Knockout Mechanics are horrible…

Is anyone else finding these knockout mechanics unbelievably bad? It’s to the point that my receivers have the defenders completely beat, yet the ball just drops out of their hands while running up field because someone got literally a finger on them from behind. This happens on any route, but  worst on slants and drags. It looks blatantly absurd in game. If the receiver has the defender beat by two steps, there is no way there should be a knockout from a one hand touch. Yet, somehow when I’m on defense dudes are throwing high balls, getting pummeled and coming down with them.

These knockout mechanics are absolute trash.

SHOWintel said:

Is anyone else finding these knockout mechanics unbelievably bad? It’s to the point that my receivers have the defenders completely beat, yet the ball just drops out of their hands while running up field because someone got literally a finger on them from behind. This happens on any route, but  worst on slants and drags. It looks blatantly absurd in game. If the receiver has the defender beat by two steps, there is no way there should be a knockout from a one hand touch. Yet, somehow when I’m on defense dudes are throwing high balls, getting pummeled and coming down with them.

These knockout mechanics are absolute trash.

Welcome to end-game MUT, my friend!  Yes, things have gotten quite nutty.  Run game is as decent as it's been all year, which is truly saying something... because, quite frankly, the run game has been abysmal this entire year.  Only once we started getting dudes who could spin and twirl their way to victory has been the saving grace here, making the run game somewhat viable.

Often times throwing into double teams can somewhat uhhh "cancel" these knock-outs.  It's not a great idea (to throw into double coverage), but the game will cancel itself out when two or more abilities collide.  Buggy ass shit.  Try Drags instead of Slats maybe?  Corner routes.  What QB are you using?  Do you have sufficient abilities to throw lasers to the sidelines?  Combo of Inside + Sideline Deadeye on Anthony Richardson is really elite.

And don't forget Gift-Wrapped, which will basically give all of your receivers Acrobat, enabling them to make those diving catch animations we see all the time.  It prevents the game from cheating us, so the ball doesn't bounce off our receiver's hands.

i feel like mine hardly ever work when im on defense haha

peatrick said:

Welcome to end-game MUT, my friend!  Yes, things have gotten quite nutty.  Run game is as decent as it's been all year, which is truly saying something... because, quite frankly, the run game has been abysmal this entire year.  Only once we started getting dudes who could spin and twirl their way to victory has been the saving grace here, making the run game somewhat viable.

Often times throwing into double teams can somewhat uhhh "cancel" these knock-outs.  It's not a great idea (to throw into double coverage), but the game will cancel itself out when two or more abilities collide.  Buggy ass shit.  Try Drags instead of Slats maybe?  Corner routes.  What QB are you using?  Do you have sufficient abilities to throw lasers to the sidelines?  Combo of Inside + Sideline Deadeye on Anthony Richardson is really elite.

And don't forget Gift-Wrapped, which will basically give all of your receivers Acrobat, enabling them to make those diving catch animations we see all the time.  It prevents the game from cheating us, so the ball doesn't bounce off our receiver's hands.

Thanks man. I’m honestly running everything I should and keep varying routes, but I thought EA claimed they “fixed” these one hand touch knockouts... I don’t remember them being this bad, but I guess they lied, like they do with so many other mechanics. 

I know the game is in arcade style hell right now - I’m not going to bother complaining anymore, but I was actually having fun despite everything and then lost a long, heated game because of being barely “touched” from behind on an end zone slant as time expired. I was so open that I started to celebrate and couldn’t believe it when the ball just rolled out of his hands. I didn’t even think he was touched. Ruins the game.

optimusxgrind said:

i feel like mine hardly ever work when im on defense haha

Same here! Why is it only on offense that they glitch out? Am I missing something?