How to prevent deep pass cheeser plays

So I’m having a little trouble with deep passes in h2h chill event. My corners and safeties are all 98 and 97 speed. They keep getting burned by these deep passes to sanders and hill. Doesn’t matter zone or man coverage. And they’re getting burned by a mile. Like wide open. What gives? I’m not very good at this game but I understand football. Seems like this is everyone’s go-to play. The couple times I’ve tried doing this, they get picked every time. Not looking for smart comments about how bad I am at the game. Just looking for an honest solution.

Which play/formation are they using man?

BobSacamano said:

So I’m having a little trouble with deep passes in h2h chill event. My corners and safeties are all 98 and 97 speed. They keep getting burned by these deep passes to sanders and hill. Doesn’t matter zone or man coverage. And they’re getting burned by a mile. Like wide open. What gives? I’m not very good at this game but I understand football. Seems like this is everyone’s go-to play. The couple times I’ve tried doing this, they get picked every time. Not looking for smart comments about how bad I am at the game. Just looking for an honest solution.

If you're in zone coverage, are you in Match or Drop? (It will say either "Zone" or "Match" on the bottom of the play.) If you're in match, there are some commonly-used hot-route sequences designed to bust coverages because the assignment handoff rules are not NFL quality. I avoid Match in most cases because I can't trust it to do what it's supposed to.

phatalerror said:

If you're in zone coverage, are you in Match or Drop? (It will say either "Zone" or "Match" on the bottom of the play.) If you're in match, there are some commonly-used hot-route sequences designed to bust coverages because the assignment handoff rules are not NFL quality. I avoid Match in most cases because I can't trust it to do what it's supposed to.

I have been playing mostly drop. Just happened again. My 99 speed peppers just got burned hard by wr Flacco lmao

So a little update. I switched to cover 2 man for players that do this and user the safety with much better success. Just won 4 games in h2h event. Yeah I suck at this game but feel like I’m getting a little better.

BobSacamano said:

So I’m having a little trouble with deep passes in h2h chill event. My corners and safeties are all 98 and 97 speed. They keep getting burned by these deep passes to sanders and hill. Doesn’t matter zone or man coverage. And they’re getting burned by a mile. Like wide open. What gives? I’m not very good at this game but I understand football. Seems like this is everyone’s go-to play. The couple times I’ve tried doing this, they get picked every time. Not looking for smart comments about how bad I am at the game. Just looking for an honest solution.

Something has to give. For me I will sacrifice pressure on the qb and run man with 2 deep safeties over top. For even more protection you can drop your protection deep. And a little tip if you have 3 linemen and blitz a  dB user the blitzer but drop back with him and the line will still get better pressure as if the dB was still blitzing . Great pass d. Good luck

NorCalsFinest530 said:

Something has to give. For me I will sacrifice pressure on the qb and run man with 2 deep safeties over top. For even more protection you can drop your protection deep. And a little tip if you have 3 linemen and blitz a  dB user the blitzer but drop back with him and the line will still get better pressure as if the dB was still blitzing . Great pass d. Good luck

Thanks, I appreciate the advice! It’s helpful to get input on how others run their defense. Admittedly, I’m not a big gamer but I’ve always liked the old madden games. The only reason I bought this one is because I had knee surgery back in October and I’m laid up til February. So it definitely keeps the boredom away while I’m unable to work. Overall, I am having a lot of fun with ultimate team.

BobSacamano said:

Thanks, I appreciate the advice! It’s helpful to get input on how others run their defense. Admittedly, I’m not a big gamer but I’ve always liked the old madden games. The only reason I bought this one is because I had knee surgery back in October and I’m laid up til February. So it definitely keeps the boredom away while I’m unable to work. Overall, I am having a lot of fun with ultimate team.

That crazy, I religiously gamed mostly just madden back in the day (2006-2014) or  so then life prevented me from continuing.  This labor bay broke my jaw and leg n plates put in so I got a ps5 and rebooted my gamer me. I was trash at first and almost hung it up but it slowly started getting better.  I'm still mediocre at best... the game has changed allot and there's a steep learning curve and barriers to entry, thank God my past skills were still relevant enough to keep me somewhat in the loop and slightly competitive. It really sucks getting in late tho with all the cards you miss ect. But keep it up and you'll be good, next year will be 💯 and if I can help with anything else I got ya

If someone is beating you with the deep ball don’t give them enough time for the deep route to get open. Blitz