Dollar or 61

bhowell2184 said:

You can run both out of the Chiefs defense but imo the best right now is Patriots 6-1. Civil.GG has an E-Book on it and with the right AP setup you can scream every play or drop into coverage and Knockout almost every pass, it also gives you a good contain angle too to stop possible rollouts.

this is who i have been following, I might subscribe for ncaa and madden next year. Idk what his setup is but I'm sure it's similar. I've just been doing some similar stuff to what he does on youtube

TheNickSix said:

Not really, essentially all you are switching is personal groupings but if my OLB has the same coverage ratings as my slot CB, and they come with free lurk artist and a zone KO they will play just as effectively. If you use pats defense and can adjust even a little bit you can run any defense that you can run in other formations minus maybe FS zone blitz out of dollar. If someone is spamming corner routes, and I use mable coverages to stop it so they flood opposite I can still go back to a cover 3/4/6 from 61. 

It's kind of obvious that 61 and dollar are the meta defenses. 

This post was to engage in a debate of 1 vs the other

I understand it's annoying and the gameplay is stale because everyone runs the same 2-3 defenses. lol that is not what I was trying to debate

Ya they definitely are meta, I use other formations trying not to be someone who spams every play but I do stay in 61 a lot. Cardinals defense doesn’t have dollar so I have to only use 61 for meta defense. I used to love using nickel but it’s just not that great this year

TheNickSix said:

thank you for being the only person to engage in the discussion instead of just complaining about how bad madden gameplay is and how cheesy these 2 defenses are. I'm glad to hear someone just runs over dollar, every time I play against it my opponent gets crazy sheds and I end up 2nd or 3rd and long and have to pass. Realistically you should be able to just run dollar over, it's super irritating that a defense with 6-8 DBs on the field is the best vs run and pass.

You're welcome.

When it comes to stopping "dollar demons", one of my favorite formations to counter dollar with is Strong close, reason being is because of personal. Now i have Gronk subbed in a fb with honorary lineman, Bo at TE with vanguard, and Dickerson with Angry runs. I also have route techs on both of my WR (moss and hill) in case they want to run a man blitz. 

This way you can either pound the ball down the dollar defense, and when your opponent then attempts to commit to the run and a db fire or man blitz, you can set great protection and give yourself a lot of time in the pocket to bomb the dollar defense by blocking your TE, FB and/or RB. Once your opponent realizes they can not run dollar against strong close, then they will either quit or switch to a different formation.

mberezoski said:

You're welcome.

When it comes to stopping "dollar demons", one of my favorite formations to counter dollar with is Strong close, reason being is because of personal. Now i have Gronk subbed in a fb with honorary lineman, Bo at TE with vanguard, and Dickerson with Angry runs. I also have route techs on both of my WR (moss and hill) in case they want to run a man blitz. 

This way you can either pound the ball down the dollar defense, and when your opponent then attempts to commit to the run and a db fire or man blitz, you can set great protection and give yourself a lot of time in the pocket to bomb the dollar defense by blocking your TE, FB and/or RB. Once your opponent realizes they can not run dollar against strong close, then they will either quit or switch to a different formation.

Idk why I’ve never tried this, thank you!