this event is beyond dumb...how are you supposed to win if you don't start with the ball?

any game i don't get the ball i get it back with like 20 seconds on the clock regardless of if they score or not.

I found the best way to win this year is to avoid the sweat fest

Git gud

twitchtaxpro said:

any game i don't get the ball i get it back with like 20 seconds on the clock regardless of if they score or not.

It's tough for sure. I've gone 10-0 4 times now. Here are some tips I've learned:

• If you start on defense, go offsides on the first play. If they accept the penalty, they can't beat you in one play. It's kind of scummy, but since they have the option to decline it, I don't think it's that bad. Most people accept it for some reason.
• Once they're out of "instant win" territory (past their own 25 yard line) be aggressive on defense. The last thing you want is to get clocked. Either force a turnover or let them score and do your best to stop the 2 point conversion play.
• Have a 2 point conversion play of your own that you're really confident in. I'm converting it at least 90% right now.
• Have one-play TD bomb plays ready to go. I'm making presnap coverage reads based on what they come out in and plays I like to audible to, depending on the coverage. It really helps speed things up when you're 25-50% of your games with walk-off 75+ yard TDs.

Hopefully this helps, and if you have any questions, let me know. Good luck!

Staff Rocketz said:

It's tough for sure. I've gone 10-0 4 times now. Here are some tips I've learned:

• If you start on defense, go offsides on the first play. If they accept the penalty, they can't beat you in one play. It's kind of scummy, but since they have the option to decline it, I don't think it's that bad. Most people accept it for some reason.
• Once they're out of "instant win" territory (past their own 25 yard line) be aggressive on defense. The last thing you want is to get clocked. Either force a turnover or let them score and do your best to stop the 2 point conversion play.
• Have a 2 point conversion play of your own that you're really confident in. I'm converting it at least 90% right now.
• Have one-play TD bomb plays ready to go. I'm making presnap coverage reads based on what they come out in and plays I like to audible to, depending on the coverage. It really helps speed things up when you're 25-50% of your games with walk-off 75+ yard TDs.

Hopefully this helps, and if you have any questions, let me know. Good luck!

I’ve gone 10-0 twice. Once last week and once today. Saving my token for most feared. Was wondering, do you get any good rewards for going 10-0 twice? Do you get another token?

Football247365 said:

I’ve gone 10-0 twice. Once last week and once today. Saving my token for most feared. Was wondering, do you get any good rewards for going 10-0 twice? Do you get another token?

Same here, once per reset, and no. You get a 85+ pack, I won the last event around 9 or 10 times and never got better than an 85

im not worried about 10-0, i just think it's a dumb concept for them to create.  who is determining who gets ball first?

Football247365 said:

I’ve gone 10-0 twice. Once last week and once today. Saving my token for most feared. Was wondering, do you get any good rewards for going 10-0 twice? Do you get another token?

It's just a pack with 2x 85+ OVRs or 6x 82+ OVRs. I'm saving those packs too. I play this mode a lot because it doesn't have a full game time commitment like Seasons or Ranked. Seasons would be more profitable per hour but I'm also grinding this campaign (sorry @kan ) in hopes the rewards are good for finishing top 5.

twitchtaxpro said:

im not worried about 10-0, i just think it's a dumb concept for them to create.  who is determining who gets ball first?

Make sure you set your settings to receive ball first. I feel like a lot of people have kick first from just playing ranked and h2h and I end up with ball first like 2 out of 3 times.

I feel like a coin flip to determine who wins is stupid.

RyyoLurkedEm said:

Same here, once per reset, and no. You get a 85+ pack, I won the last event around 9 or 10 times and never got better than an 85

U get 2 85+

phatalerror said:

I feel like a coin flip to determine who wins is stupid.

I just went starts six-in-a-row on defense, and only managed to win the last one because my opponent didn't convert on downs early on. I should have won the game before that, but Madden said I rolled snake eyes on a hit-while-passing bobble that went directly to the defensive lineman (after I had user-picked the guy early on).

It's a really stupid mode largely decided by how committed your opponents are to cheap crap, on top of the stupid coin-flip start-on-defense nonsense. It would be nice if sometime this year we got a playable event with the old House Rules win-X-games-and-move-on-cheaters-because-there-are-no-great-rewards-left format.

Without a straight cheese defense full of the best cards you just dont. Idk how people are getting to start on offense so often, I set mine to recieve and went 8 straight games afterwards of defense. When I finally got on offense most recently it sparked wins for me, I managed to get to 8 wins albeit starting on defense 5 of the 8 games and of course 8th game i start on defense and my luck ran out. I feel like my matchmaking luck was just stupidly in my favor is the only reason I got to 8. I typically win when put on offense but like idk what im supposed to do when 75% of the time i start on defense.