does Deep Zone KO work?

I'm gonna be honest today I tried testing something with the BRAND NEW  Sean Taylor (ST21) and I'm very perplexed to wether or not this ability even works....

THE TEST: I threw several balls from various styles (BULLET,LOB, TOUCH PASS etc.) It was a inside post pattern with 94 OVR Jordan Reed down the seems  where Sean Taylor could make most plays on... out of the several passes the ability DEEP ZONE KO lit up one time therefore not getting a increased reaction  on a late breakup....but pick artist constantly lit up every single time Sean was in position to get the ball....went to abilties.fyi and I will say this whole heartedly....how is this deep in and deep out together if it doesn't give out a improved reaction to the ball inside and outside the hash marks from the other respected abilities?

EDIT: Yes, I have seen Zan's Guideline of zone abilities but he never throughly explain this ability which is a clear discrepancy.

If it doesn't work, it's because EA messed something up. Which in all honesty wouldn't be surprising.

I checked abilities.fyi and my understanding is the only differences listed between deep in, deep out, and deep zone ko are in the activation requirements. But that's to be expected as these abilities should be activating in different circumstances. Deep in checks if the throw is inside the numbers, deep out checks if it's outside the hashes, and deep zone just checks if it's a certain distance downfield. But according to abilities.fyi they should all be providing the same boosts when they activate

Breakluna said:

If it doesn't work, it's because EA messed something up. Which in all honesty wouldn't be surprising.

I checked abilities.fyi and my understanding is the only differences listed between deep in, deep out, and deep zone ko are in the activation requirements. But that's to be expected as these abilities should be activating in different circumstances. Deep in checks if the throw is inside the numbers, deep out checks if it's outside the hashes, and deep zone just checks if it's a certain distance downfield. But according to abilities.fyi they should all be providing the same boosts when they activate

but what is certain distance downfield? Is it a cut off version of both in and out 30  yards down the field? this has to be visually tested by somebody since this is getting discounted so soon.

Deep out KO is 20+ yards I belive. Works best on outside DBs. Inside zone is for FS

theoriginalkbgames33 said:

but what is certain distance downfield? Is it a cut off version of both in and out 30  yards down the field? this has to be visually tested by somebody since this is getting discounted so soon.

Based on the in game description it should be 20 yards. But abilities.fyi doesn't actually specify the exact distance deep zone looks for in the code just that it checks for the "downfield throw distance from the line of scrimmage". Before anyone says it, I know abilities.fyi has the part about 19+ yards but all the deep KOs have that so that's not what would cause deep zone KO to act differently from deep out zone ko or deep in zone ko.

So you are correct this should be tested to confirm.

Breakluna said:

Based on the in game description it should be 20 yards. But abilities.fyi doesn't actually specify the exact distance deep zone looks for in the code just that it checks for the "downfield throw distance from the line of scrimmage". Before anyone says it, I know abilities.fyi has the part about 19+ yards but all the deep KOs have that so that's not what would cause deep zone KO to act differently from deep out zone ko or deep in zone ko.

So you are correct this should be tested to confirm.

It is 20 yards from scrimmage, not Ball in the air distance, tested in practice mode.

Dante88 said:

Deep out KO is 20+ yards I belive. Works best on outside DBs. Inside zone is for FS

But I would say, if you’re running a cover 2 the inside zone really doesn’t apply to the FS unless there’s a formation that allows you to sub him in as the middle linebacker then you  you put him  on a deep blue , I could see that being useful in that situation

Cover 2 would be outside KO then

Yes..DUH!

Mishkabigcat said:

It is 20 yards from scrimmage, not Ball in the air distance, tested in practice mode.

Good to know

ItsmeD said:

But I would say, if you’re running a cover 2 the inside zone really doesn’t apply to the FS unless there’s a formation that allows you to sub him in as the middle linebacker then you  you put him  on a deep blue , I could see that being useful in that situation

Not sure if this is universal, but in my experience deep in zone ko sometimes helps on your safeties in a cover 2 shell if your opponent tries to throw a post. Now, it might also be my opponents who this has worked against don't have the correct timing or route combos but I've gotten several activations this way.