How to stop throwing interceptions

efj115 said:

I feel like every game I lose I throw 10 interceptions and I wanna know if anyone has some tips on how to stop throwing them

I'm assuming you're playing head-to-head against skilled (and likely cheesy) users. You'll need to do two things right off the bat before being in-game:

1) Equip Identifier for 2 AP, or 1 AP if you can afford a player with that discounted ability.

2) Put receivers in your lineup that aren't grossly outclassed by common defensive players available for the secondary. If you're good, you might be able to do something good with fully-upgraded guys like Ed or Luke McCaffrey or Stefon Diggs, but most of the BND receivers otherwise just won't be fast enough.

Once you've started your game:

1) MUT receivers do some predictably dumb stuff because, well, they're not trained football players. They don't recognize seams in zone schemes, and they frequently break the wrong way on option routes; they also don't show any savvy when man-covered.

2) Avoid throwing short routes in the vicinity of the defensive user. They've seen what your receiver is doing a thousand times, literally, and they'll jump your routes.

3) Take more sacks than you've been taking until now. If you're throwing more picks than you are taking sacks, you're throwing too early. Let the plays develop to open up more space for your receivers.

If you are taking immediate heat because of cheesy AI-abusing blitzes, or if the opponent is overloading on one side of the line or sending six pass rushers, you'll need to keep a tight end or runningback back to block, or you'll need to throw hot. Depending on the scheme, you may be throwing toward the side from which the overload is coming. You'll likely need to practice throwing with touch in those situations. You'll also need to make effective use of hot routes.

There are some decent resources around for showing how to counter Mid Blitz cheese and similar nonsense, but the real killer and the measure of your ability to stay calm is being able to pause when the defense alternates between sending the squad and feinting pass rushers but dropping back into coverage. You've got to throw when they're really coming, and you've got to hold it when they aren't. Easier said than done. Sometimes I'm able to punish those guys with big plays on throws to the flats or completions over the top, but often the random elements of the game stack against you with quitting being the only option that will promote stable emotional health.