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I took a little break from the game and came back this weekend. Since I've been back everyone seems to be running the same defense. I keep seeing them playing "Cover 3 Sky" but from the look of it they make a lot adjustments at the line. So a couple questions. 

1. Is this some new meta defense? If so, what adjustments are they running?

2. What should I do to counter?

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Mishkabigcat
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People so lazy now, go in practice mode and figure it out lol

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Rollhumps
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Honestly, they are probably running some sort of mable coverage out of cover 3. I haven't ran into this, but i would assume mable coverage with zone drops.

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Mishkabigcat said:

People so lazy now, go in practice mode and figure it out lol

Why not take a break and come back when you’re in a better mood?

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Why not take a break and come back when you’re in a better mood?

Am I wrong? What is the point of playing this game if you’re just hoping for someone else to tell you how to play it.. if YouTube didn’t exist, i guarantee you, this game, even  with a shitty imbecile squad coding it, would be so much more fun. It gets annoying to play the same scheme over and over again, as people quit the second you bag it.

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I hear you, but he’s been away for a while and there would be lots to catch up on.

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packersfan5000 said:

I took a little break from the game and came back this weekend. Since I've been back everyone seems to be running the same defense. I keep seeing them playing "Cover 3 Sky" but from the look of it they make a lot adjustments at the line. So a couple questions. 

1. Is this some new meta defense? If so, what adjustments are they running?

2. What should I do to counter?

It’s stupid. It’s so hard to counter. Especially when they have a good user to  stop run game.

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Practice mode really is your friend here.

Flood concepts, spead + inside zone,  RPO's or just screens in general all beat Cover 3. If someone is doing adjustments it's likely either to try to stop the run game or to put flat zones in addition to the other zones.

The easiest play that beats Cover 3 Sky is any sort of compressed formation where you go Streak / Corner / Flat on one side of the field. The corner route gets behind the curl/flat and underneath the deep 3rd.

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Rollhumps said:

Honestly, they are probably running some sort of mable coverage out of cover 3. I haven't ran into this, but i would assume mable coverage with zone drops.

Okay that makes sense. We have way more AP then when I left so it took some time gettin  used to all zone KOs out there. Appreciate it.

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AFlaccoSeagulls2 said:

Practice mode really is your friend here.

Flood concepts, spead + inside zone,  RPO's or just screens in general all beat Cover 3. If someone is doing adjustments it's likely either to try to stop the run game or to put flat zones in addition to the other zones.

The easiest play that beats Cover 3 Sky is any sort of compressed formation where you go Streak / Corner / Flat on one side of the field. The corner route gets behind the curl/flat and underneath the deep 3rd.

Agreed, this is what I went to when I saw they were spamming cover 3. But they had it locked up, that's why i posted. Just wanted to see if there was any new meta defense that works out of a cover 3 shell.

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Mishkabigcat said:

Am I wrong? What is the point of playing this game if you’re just hoping for someone else to tell you how to play it.. if YouTube didn’t exist, i guarantee you, this game, even  with a shitty imbecile squad coding it, would be so much more fun. It gets annoying to play the same scheme over and over again, as people quit the second you bag it.

But he asked a question on a forum where people post about cards and strategy and advice. Yes.  You are wrong if you are offended by it.  100% sure that you’ve gotten advice here, seen strategy, watched YouTube. Peace to you, but, yes, you are wrong.

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But he asked a question on a forum where people post about cards and strategy and advice. Yes.  You are wrong if you are offended by it.  100% sure that you’ve gotten advice here, seen strategy, watched YouTube. Peace to you, but, yes, you are wrong.

I think you mistake offended with stating simple facts. And no to all of those lol, a monkey can figure out how to manipulate madden AI, and  which cards fit your team.

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packersfan5000 said:

I took a little break from the game and came back this weekend. Since I've been back everyone seems to be running the same defense. I keep seeing them playing "Cover 3 Sky" but from the look of it they make a lot adjustments at the line. So a couple questions. 

1. Is this some new meta defense? If so, what adjustments are they running?

2. What should I do to counter?

usually going to be holes in the middle of the field, all zone coverages have holes, you just have to find them, would recommend recording yourself playing and reviewing in regular season h2h since seeing the plays helps learn it better and practice mode running defensive schemes / offense against them helps

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chefbulldog said:

But he asked a question on a forum where people post about cards and strategy and advice. Yes.  You are wrong if you are offended by it.  100% sure that you’ve gotten advice here, seen strategy, watched YouTube. Peace to you, but, yes, you are wrong.

I see both sides, it's lazy to expect people to give you an answer and there is no right one answer, people can only tell him what to do to get better and he has to put in the wurk...

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BillGardiner20 said:

Why not take a break and come back when you’re in a better mood?

^^^^^This^^^^^

Isn't this point of the forum.....DoooooooooooooooooooSH

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