Anyone else having trouble passing?

kmccoy1 · Jul 26, 2010

Hey,

So far so good on my dynasty, but I'm having a really hard time passing. The coverage seems a lot tighter this year. Of course, maybe I'm out of practice, but it really seems like my receivers are blanket covered on every play (occassionally Julio jumps up and gets one).

I was wondering if anyone had any pass plays that they are using with success. I'm using the standard Bama playbook, AA difficulty.

Drifter · Jul 26, 2010

Eat more fiber.

RollTideinGA · Jul 26, 2010

i have noticed more of a pass rush by the computer controlled teams. I think it adds a bit more to the realism. You have to be quicker on the draw. Choose a lower difficulty and /or adjust the sliders.

I will more than likely knock down the running offense to make it harder, and bump up the pass to make it a little easier.

BEATtutorsee · Jul 26, 2010

The coverage does seem a bit too good this year IMO, but I've found a pretty good balance on AA with slider tweaks. I rarely throw for 270+ but I find that to be rather realistic given our offense, plus I'm usually pretty balanced between rush and pass yards which I like anyways.

RTR13 · Jul 26, 2010

The game is actually bugged to some extent this year. The defensive moves are broken, which often results in little-to-no seperation between the receivers and defenders.

I would link the video of it, but the guy removed it since I last saw it. But the linebackers (or whoever is covering the WRs) actually won't transition between their moves, which does not slow them down in the slightest.

AlexanderFan · Jul 28, 2010

RTR13 said:
The game is actually bugged to some extent this year. The defensive moves are broken, which often results in little-to-no seperation between the receivers and defenders.

I would link the video of it, but the guy removed it since I last saw it. But the linebackers (or whoever is covering the WRs) actually won't transition between their moves, which does not slow them down in the slightest.

I've noticed that as well. They jump under or over the receiver lightning quick. It's frustrating.
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specialkpntbl · Jul 29, 2010

AlexanderFan said:
I've noticed that as well. They jump under or over the receiver lightning quick. It's frustrating.
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Thats whats its been for me. CB's covering on curl routes will "go through" the receivers almost to make a pick, even though the CB's are behind the receivers. It seems like the timing or something is a bit different this year, but it usually different from year to year. But its a bit tougher and, to me at least, makes it more realistic.

I'm playing my dynasty with troy just to make it a nice challenge. I've had a lot of success over the middle with cover 2 however.

BEATtutorsee · Jul 29, 2010

specialkpntbl said:
Thats whats its been for me. CB's covering on curl routes will "go through" the receivers almost to make a pick, even though the CB's are behind the receivers. It seems like the timing or something is a bit different this year, but it usually different from year to year. But its a bit tougher and, to me at least, makes it more realistic.

I'm playing my dynasty with troy just to make it a nice challenge. I've had a lot of success over the middle with cover 2 however.

Yeah over the middle is about the only place you can throw it, it's almost impossible (at least for me it seems anyway) to beat the defense down the sidelines or deep for that matter (unless a guy is just completely uncovered). And linebackers batting passes down that are being thrown a good 20+ yards downfield behind them is starting to get really annoying.

BFANLC · Jul 29, 2010

Drifter said:
Eat more fiber.

I would think you wouldnt want to pass until you have your family taken care of. Do you have life insurance? Will you be cremated? Is your will ready? Once all the major items are checked off you should be good to go.

BEATtutorsee · Jul 31, 2010

Lowering the speed threshold setting helps get some separation for the deep ball (at least so far from what I'm seeing). I had it at 35 and lowered it to 20, liking what I'm seeing from that thus far.

RTR13 · Aug 1, 2010

BEATtutorsee said:
Lowering the speed threshold setting helps get some separation for the deep ball (at least so far from what I'm seeing). I had it at 35 and lowered it to 20, liking what I'm seeing from that thus far.

Might try that. Last year's game, nobody could drop a pass. This year, nobody can catch one.

Bear Disciple · Aug 1, 2010

RTR13 said:
Might try that. Last year's game, nobody could drop a pass. This year, nobody can catch one.

I definitely notice that. I'll throw to a crossing route and if they get hit within a second of catching the ball, dropped. That's what's killed me the most, happens 20 times a game.

(I guess I should learn not to run those routes)

miggy402 · Aug 1, 2010

The most success I've had is effective use of the hurry up. Use it too much and the defense will eventually catch on, but used sparingly seems to really catch em off guard. Computer's first reaction usually is some type of safety blitz which leaves them wide open on a deep slant.

BEATtutorsee · Aug 1, 2010

RTR13 said:
Might try that. Last year's game, nobody could drop a pass. This year, nobody can catch one.

Bear Disciple said:
I definitely notice that. I'll throw to a crossing route and if they get hit within a second of catching the ball, dropped. That's what's killed me the most, happens 20 times a game.

(I guess I should learn not to run those routes)

I definitely see my share of drops but for the most part they seem rather realistic and I'm okay with that, I'd rather have it that way than seeing no drops at all. Plus if you set the "catching" portion of your gameplan to conservative it really seems to cut down on the "unrealistic" drops (i.e. wide open).

specialkpntbl · Aug 2, 2010

What difficulty are yall setting it too? varsity (lol), all american, or heisman?

Just curious. I've played on all american exclusively and besides some here and there "omg why didn't you catch that now I have to punt because of your rock hands @$$ passes" I've done fairly decent, especially for a 65-70% pass offense.

Basically what I'm saying is that there has been some way weird passes dropped, int'd, or over thrown, but all in all its not to bad IMO.

kmccoy1 · Aug 3, 2010

specialkpntbl said:
What difficulty are yall setting it too? varsity (lol), all american, or heisman?

Just curious. I've played on all american exclusively and besides some here and there "omg why didn't you catch that now I have to punt because of your rock hands @$$ passes" I've done fairly decent, especially for a 65-70% pass offense.

Basically what I'm saying is that there has been some way weird passes dropped, int'd, or over thrown, but all in all its not to bad IMO.

I'm on All-American too. The main problem that I'm having is that the defensive backs seem to stick to my receivers like glue. Occassionally I'll be able to find an uncovered man (like when I run a spread shotgun formation into an all-out blitz), and once in awhile Julio will jump over his man and bring in a big play, but in general, if the computer is in man-to-man coverage, there's not much I can do. I have the most success throwing short dump passes to Ingram before his man can get to him. Of course, I'm undefeated through two seasons, but that's mainly because our running game is unstoppable in this years game!

TrampLineman · Aug 3, 2010

DJ Fluker was getting McElroy and McCarron killed:biggrin: I like it though, more of a challenge keeps it fun. I initially went 28-0 with 2 NC's, then tried to go to a spread option offense with a new QB I recruited and quickly went back

I've found more play action helps for me to throw the ball.

AlexanderFan · Aug 5, 2010

I've had success with play action passes, although JC gets me killed and he is supposed to be one of the best.
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