Originally posted by Seric
This is rookie where the lack of anything is quite evident. Why both safeties were right on top of the RILB is beyond me. Only thing I can think of is one was a spy and the other was blitzing. Hence the FS immediately rushing the line and the SS following the QB.
SS definitely a spy there. I think the LILB is too. There are some learning curves for casual defense. For instance "run" in the casual defense tactics only helps inside rush defense. It's actually horrible for outside run contain. Casual "run" defense is typically a cover 1 or cover 0 depending on the defense depth. That play looks like short depth, run, weak side shift with both LILB and SS as a spy. As a result, both safeties, LILB, and the LOLB are in the box and get caught up in the clutter inside and are useless to support outside runs. There is also some bad luck with the rookie build for the LILB that is just too slow at this point in their build to do any good on outside rushes from the inside. I am sure by the time they reach plateau, that dot would be fast enough to get to the sideline before the long TD went all the way.
Just a bad defensive call against that play, but when playing casual defense it can be Russian roulette as you set %'s and you don't know when the %'s you call will be put in against what formations or plays. He could have had his defense set to 10% short, 10% weak side shift, 10% run defense, and they all get called at that time.
For me in casual, I will always defend against the home run TD plays. A much higher percentage of long rushing TD's are on sweeps and pitches in casual, so I set up my defense to stop that and use a lot of 100%. It usually results in a bend but don't break style where I can give up a lot of FG's, but rarely the long TD's due to dots being out of position
This is rookie where the lack of anything is quite evident. Why both safeties were right on top of the RILB is beyond me. Only thing I can think of is one was a spy and the other was blitzing. Hence the FS immediately rushing the line and the SS following the QB.
SS definitely a spy there. I think the LILB is too. There are some learning curves for casual defense. For instance "run" in the casual defense tactics only helps inside rush defense. It's actually horrible for outside run contain. Casual "run" defense is typically a cover 1 or cover 0 depending on the defense depth. That play looks like short depth, run, weak side shift with both LILB and SS as a spy. As a result, both safeties, LILB, and the LOLB are in the box and get caught up in the clutter inside and are useless to support outside runs. There is also some bad luck with the rookie build for the LILB that is just too slow at this point in their build to do any good on outside rushes from the inside. I am sure by the time they reach plateau, that dot would be fast enough to get to the sideline before the long TD went all the way.
Just a bad defensive call against that play, but when playing casual defense it can be Russian roulette as you set %'s and you don't know when the %'s you call will be put in against what formations or plays. He could have had his defense set to 10% short, 10% weak side shift, 10% run defense, and they all get called at that time.
For me in casual, I will always defend against the home run TD plays. A much higher percentage of long rushing TD's are on sweeps and pitches in casual, so I set up my defense to stop that and use a lot of 100%. It usually results in a bend but don't break style where I can give up a lot of FG's, but rarely the long TD's due to dots being out of position
Edited by sunder B on Nov 3, 2021 09:12:41
