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Since I started DCing my team about 3 season ago, in the close games alot of times I get the offense to 3rd and 8 or longer most of my series on defense.

But as soon as we get to 3rd and long it seems like my plays suck or my players or something, can anyone help me here?

This is an example of a friendly just played today in the 1st and 2nd quarter when it was close I repeatedly had them at 3rd and long only to give up a big play. Is this my play calling or player builds or what? Any help is appreciated!
http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=905353&mode=pbp

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?game_id=905353&pbp_id=2599385

Just my 2 cents but on third and long GLB is a little counter intuitive if you are coming from a real football background. In RL football 3rd & long is a pin the ears back down where you send the house. In GLB this doesn't really work as well since QBs usually get the ball out pretty quickly.

I would suggest sending more people into coverage. In the play shown above even if the WR hadn't been the target the QB could have hit the HB underneath. Sending 7 blitzers meant that all the receivers were 1 on 1 with no HB coverage which is a recipe for giving up big plays. The maximum amount of blitzers I like to send is 6 with at least one person deep to keep plays like above where a tackle is broken from killing you.

Keep alot of Guys back to defend the deep passes like the play above. Just like in real life. Rush 3 or 4 guys and drop the rest in coverage. When doing this..dont play zone, assign them to a man. If you play Zone, they will make the catch. you want to prevent them from making the catch in the first place.

thanks guys, I'll start doing the double teams on man 2 man.

Originally posted by madmatg
thanks guys, I'll start doing the double teams on man 2 man.

COVER TWO MAN, BLITZ EVERYONE ELSE OR MLB SPY THE QB, WHAT YOU REALLY NEED ARE SOME MARQUEE PASS RUSHERS