PLEASE HELP I SUCK

I use the eagles offense and 46 defense. I just mostly use coach suggestions and I can’t ever get anyone open and I just get cooked on D. My team is 97 ovr so they’re good enough to complete I just need advice on how to play better (Hot routes? Reading offenses and defenses)

Are you optimizing your AP value on defense?

SosaChamberlain said:

Are you optimizing your AP value on defense?

Yes I have abilities on every defensive player but 1

i run cover three zone with kos on my outside corners(and free PA) and slot zone KO on my slot corner, abd Deep in zone on both my safties. inside stuff on tackles and pass rush x factors on d line. also using mid zone and LA on MLBS. Kos are most important for pass defense and inside stuff for run defesnt

Joebone said:

Yes I have abilities on every defensive player but 1

what abilities are you running on defense

Abilities bail out a lot of poor players IMO and having abilities won't save you. The thing is, this question is too open-ended so forgive me if the following stuff is obvious but you don't really say what your issue is.

Do you take account of down and distance? For me, that's where I'd start on both sides of the ball. 

Do you look at what players he's coming out with and what formations? 

Do you match up? So if he has multiple receivers, are you in Nickel or Dime? 

Do you keep an eye on tendencies? Have you played enough to recognize the meta-plays that a lot of people rely on? Are you matching up to that and Usering the right player? 

Are you making adjustments if its needed? Can you audible based on what you see from your opponent? Both O and D?

Can you make formation subs to match your team up better? Are you able to make coverage adjustments, blitz pickups, QB Spy etc on the fly?

How much attention do you pay to what you are calling? Are you too predictable? Particularly on D.

Personally I wouldn't use 'coach suggestions'. Its lazy and often wrong.

To me, this is basic stuff and, if you get this right,  you'll frustrate most opponents. A huge amount of MUT players rely on cheese and AP but I find applying basic football concepts makes me at least competitive in every game. I run a TT that I think is 95OVR.

EightyOne said:

Abilities bail out a lot of poor players IMO and having abilities won't save you. The thing is, this question is too open-ended so forgive me if the following stuff is obvious but you don't really say what your issue is.

Do you take account of down and distance? For me, that's where I'd start on both sides of the ball. 

Do you look at what players he's coming out with and what formations? 

Do you match up? So if he has multiple receivers, are you in Nickel or Dime? 

Do you keep an eye on tendencies? Have you played enough to recognize the meta-plays that a lot of people rely on? Are you matching up to that and Usering the right player? 

Are you making adjustments if its needed? Can you audible based on what you see from your opponent? Both O and D?

Can you make formation subs to match your team up better? Are you able to make coverage adjustments, blitz pickups, QB Spy etc on the fly?

How much attention do you pay to what you are calling? Are you too predictable? Particularly on D.

Personally I wouldn't use 'coach suggestions'. Its lazy and often wrong.

To me, this is basic stuff and, if you get this right,  you'll frustrate most opponents. A huge amount of MUT players rely on cheese and AP but I find applying basic football concepts makes me at least competitive in every game. I run a TT that I think is 95OVR.

This, and I can add, develop your own scheme.

 Are you a zone schem, man or blitzing. Mix and match but do what works best for you. Personally, I run mainly zone with 3-4 rushers with a 6 man blitz from time to time according to down and distance. I don’t mind giving up 3-4 yards plays but I don’t want to get beat deep so I choose my play with that in mind. I’m waiting for my opponent to make a bad read or error. 

Focus and master 3 formations: 1 against the run, 1 against the pass and 1 balanced. For me it’s 43 odd, 3-3 nickel and big nickel.

Try and just focus on making your opponents one dimensional.

Joebone said:

I use the eagles offense and 46 defense. I just mostly use coach suggestions and I can’t ever get anyone open and I just get cooked on D. My team is 97 ovr so they’re good enough to complete I just need advice on how to play better (Hot routes? Reading offenses and defenses)

Don't follow the coaching suggestions. Whoever the coach is should be fired!

When I follow the coaching suggestions, my opponent has a good play. 

I use the coaching suggestions as guidance on if I should have run coverage or pass coverage based on the opponent's formation, then I go to one of my saved favorite plays.

Do you have saved favorite plays that you are good at running and focus on the strength of your team?

Do you audible if you chose a poor defense or if they chose a good defense that will minimize a gain on the play you called?

Do you have your abilities and X-Factors set up well?

I have made line-up changes in the past that messed up my X-Factors and added abilities and then played a game where my good defensive backs got toasted badly.

The abilities and X-Factors are very important to success in this game!

Coach suggestions suck. Never use them.  I suggest learning the plans of successful playbooks to get a better understanding of video game football mechanics and meta opponent tendencies. Huddle.gg is good.