Genuinely the most helpful video I’ve seen on defence since getting the game. Really helped to not only point out what adjustments to look for but also why. Really really good video
Going raw no abilities in legend rating is insane. I’m currently in MVP and it’s all combine theme teams in dollar cover 4 with all deep blues with deep ko and all hard flat or purples with flat zone ko or mid zone. In short you’re insane
Appreciate it! I'm a little older than most of the other Madden UA-camrs, but the great thing about Madden is that anyone of any age can be decent at the game if they spend time learning & practicing!
just tried this in H2H and its really good pass defense but you gotta be really good at usering the run game and plugging up that hole and hitting em with a user cut stick
One take away from this video for me. Is I have been cluelessly picking a defense and changing it before I can even know what my opponent likes to do. Which brings me to lesson number 8: see what your opponent is doing before making any adjustments.
they need to do something about the coding of depth and pass trajectory. you user was on the 3 yard line and he picks a throw to the back of the end zone lmao
That’s why this game is not to be taken serious on any level. I’m really good at madden but the game is trash. I will continue to play but the coding is bad and there are so many defensive concepts missing, it’s insane. This isn’t football.
@@b2wavy510 oh for sure. I still upload videos and play money games sometimes. In my opinion madden used to be a great game. I still hold out hope that it will get back to what it was. Maybe I’m delusional. I’m never going to stop playing. Just wish it wasn’t so much of an arcade feel to it and more of an actual football game.
@@BIGNOSEPOPPAYeah, because it’s all about money. Back in 2003-2008 I don’t think we said nothing. Waiting in line at GameStop on release night! I remember Madden 2005 on a school morning and moms pulling the Ethernet chord out. I’m a veteran player this EA has disrespected the authenticity. M13 & 25 was the last of it. Put challenge the play back in the game, add injuries. Let’s see the refs work. This game is %70 chess with the randomness abilities and animations. There is no physics in this build of Madden. They can’t even get a respectable leaderboard. Take us back the real creators!
I mean this with no disrespect but I’ve been doing this since madden 18. Of you really wanna fuck with ppl on the wide side of the field have both a purple and and blue aka double Maple coverage with zone drops and u can cook soo many ppl. Especially with abilities. You can also blitz the slot corner and with proper D like set up it’s db fire outta big nickel over G. Gr8 formation and great video.
I’ve done this for a few months now this year. Only difference is I usually put my mid read in the deep third and have deep in knockout on them. Might shade him one way or other a bit but that protects the seams well. Has totally transformed defense/ win rate and I run it with shading/ drop adjustments on 80% of play calls. Goose, I don’t run it with match usually but do you ever notice random coverage breakdowns in match on the Tampa 3? I occasionally throw in some cov 4 match to mix up but not in the Tampa 3
So what player archetypes should go where? Like should a small but really fast corner that can't tackle go in the slot since they will cover deep and have to sprint back? Or do you still want big nickels that can tackle but are slower?
Even without pinching the line it can get solid pressure, but pinching the line seems to be the best, and also makes it tougher for the QB to step up and scramble up the middle
Im gonna try this. I run something similar out of nickel over wide where i take the mid read lineback and put him on a deep 3rd when i run tampa 2 and then i user my slot CB
I had a user I played that game was free when I was up 28-10 at half. He started running this and bagging me. I just knew it had to be UA-cam and sure enough 🤦🏾♂️
Hey Steven! I stream every Sunday night right here on UA-cam at 9PM ET (although not this coming Sunday, I'll be out of town). If you click the "Live" tab on my UA-cam channel, you can see all the previous streams!
You should do a video testing zone KOs. I run some of my corners with mid zone KO instead of pick artist but I’ve noticed when they’re in a purple zone or even a hard flat they’ll get consistent interceptions. I’m starting to believe that as long as you get the light up and they’re under the ball they’ll get the pick anyways.
That's interesting, I haven't heard of that before. Abilities testing is a little bit niche (a lot of people hate the ideas of abilities entirely), but I'm going to write that idea down and take a closer look when I find some time!
@@SpruceGooseTV I understand, I just haven’t seen anyone talking about it when atleast in my experience it’s been a major game changer of how I set up my defense when it comes to spending AP and which cards I even buy.
Two differences - 1) The obvious difference is the safeties in the outside thirds, 2) the less obvious difference is that if you put one of your LBs on the middle third, he will backpedal slowly at the snap and can get beat deep up the middle pretty easily. The slot CB on the middle third instantly sprints back and gets into position much faster
Those cloud zones drops are set at what depth? Did you say 30 yard clouds? The flats look very open, might be smart to set curl flats to 5 and play the flat or man the rb with the flat defender
Great defensive tips. All these "legend" players using Bo Jackson for QB. SMH. That's like telling us they're really a trash player without actually saying it.
Despite what he says, the deep middle is open - you just need speed in the slot position and make a better throw. You can dink and dunk and run on this defense all day as well.
So i just want to say this does not take away corner routes 100% of the time. Just like any cover 3 with a cloud flat it will take it away if its just a streak and a corner howeve that is not whats popular at all in madden. What is popular in madden is known as a flood concept meaning a streak a corner and a flat. If you ran just this defense that corner will still be open every time because that cloud flat will chase that flat and even if he stays with the corner the flat will be open. To take these away run a double mavle concept which is a blue zone and a purple zone on the same side but dont press your blues and run them at 30 and run your purples at 5 or even 0 sometimes. Just a helpful tip.
Hi i’m trying to run this, but my nickel/slot CB is my strong safety safety and if i try to change to package i no longer get the correct zone adjustments. Is there anyway to accomplish this coverage with my slot corner as the nickel?
Am I doing something wrong or is your backup SS playing FS and statting SS is at slot corner? Is there a way around this or is it all just manually subbing players?
@@itztrent4419 to be completely honest no hate or joking intended…. It’s trash lol. Mesh concepts absolutely destroy it as I thought. Horrible run against the run because you’re automatically taking a someone out the play by making them cover deep and too many presnap adjustments to be effective. I also main the eagles so it’s not like my team was just trash. However it does work against the corner routes and filling the gap in the deep middle against streaks. But too situational for me.
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Hey spruce, I tuned in on the stream and asked for a video like this, thanks for making it
Genuinely the most helpful video I’ve seen on defence since getting the game. Really helped to not only point out what adjustments to look for but also why. Really really good video
Appreciate it man 🙏🏻
This is SO good
If u saying that I already know this gon be good
Appreciate it man!!! Love everything you've been doing too!
@@SpruceGooseTVmost op defense, been getting a ton of picks and wins in H2H
I stopped folding clothes to watch this masterpiece
😂
Lol straight up... This guy be dropping knowledge 🦾
I rolled one up to watch this video 😂
TMI
😂
Great video, and great tips! I am a big believer in tip #5, which I personally refer to as "Don't panic"!
That's a perfect way to phrase it 😂
My base defense is cover 3 from Nickel Over so I found this video super interesting and hopefully helpful, can’t wait to try out your variant!!
Going raw no abilities in legend rating is insane. I’m currently in MVP and it’s all combine theme teams in dollar cover 4 with all deep blues with deep ko and all hard flat or purples with flat zone ko or mid zone. In short you’re insane
fr abilities are insane really impressive that he didnt use any
RESPECT 💯
With this new setup and some well timed changes I got to the mark I needed for mut champs. The rage quits were so fun lol thank you man!
Am I the only one who thinks it’s too many adjustments to do by the time your opponent snaps the ball?
seems like it but if you keep doing it you’ll get used to it and it will become faster
No takes 5 seconds
That’s what I thought until I did it
you’re absolutely younger than I am, but here I am learning from you. Great video young man, keep them coming! 🔥
Appreciate it! I'm a little older than most of the other Madden UA-camrs, but the great thing about Madden is that anyone of any age can be decent at the game if they spend time learning & practicing!
@@SpruceGooseTVno worries brotha I would love to vs you on a friendly match, I’m only trying to get better 💪🏼
just tried this in H2H and its really good pass defense but you gotta be really good at usering the run game and plugging up that hole and hitting em with a user cut stick
What playbook?
I was trying this out with KC and was finding it hard to assign all the players before the snap. Any tips?
@@rickyvw1042practice your speed when making your adjustments to the point where it becomes 2nd hand nature
The best madden videos by far. Appreciate you Goose
Thank you, I better understand how I make my defense better. I just needed to fix and tweak my cornerbacks with flats vs deep 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Out of this world video bro, great freaking stuff… also respectfully… screw the saints lol
Appreciate you man 🙏🏻 Whoever reads this comment, go check out Rocky's channel for more awesome Madden videos!
@@SpruceGooseTV much love homie!💯🔥
Bro your helping me but my offensive pass game struggles alot, but thank you. You've earned a subscriber
I’ll never have time to do all that before the ball is snapped. 😂😂😂
Went from absolutely hating this game to going undefeated and 3 sb by far best defense in the game
Let's go!!!
8:41 hell yeah! Fire them cannons baby. 🏴☠️😤
One take away from this video for me. Is I have been cluelessly picking a defense and changing it before I can even know what my opponent likes to do.
Which brings me to lesson number 8: see what your opponent is doing before making any adjustments.
I’ve noticed nickel 3-3 works well with pass coverage and run defense especially since nobody really runs it
This video never gets old gud stuff 🔥💪🏾💪🏾
@@MrSorry545 Appreciate it man 🙏
Great video, earned my subscription
I can always tell when you drop a video..cuz I’ll see it that same night 🤦🏾♂️lol
You helped me with my KC offense thanks!
they need to do something about the coding of depth and pass trajectory. you user was on the 3 yard line and he picks a throw to the back of the end zone lmao
That’s why this game is not to be taken serious on any level. I’m really good at madden but the game is trash. I will continue to play but the coding is bad and there are so many defensive concepts missing, it’s insane. This isn’t football.
@@BIGNOSEPOPPAI agree the abilities changed everything but its the only football game out even though its trash but ill be on Ncaa when it comes out
@@b2wavy510 oh for sure. I still upload videos and play money games sometimes. In my opinion madden used to be a great game. I still hold out hope that it will get back to what it was. Maybe I’m delusional. I’m never going to stop playing. Just wish it wasn’t so much of an arcade feel to it and more of an actual football game.
@@BIGNOSEPOPPAYeah, because it’s all about money. Back in 2003-2008 I don’t think we said nothing. Waiting in line at GameStop on release night! I remember Madden 2005 on a school morning and moms pulling the Ethernet chord out. I’m a veteran player this EA has disrespected the authenticity. M13 & 25 was the last of it. Put challenge the play back in the game, add injuries. Let’s see the refs work. This game is %70 chess with the randomness abilities and animations. There is no physics in this build of Madden. They can’t even get a respectable leaderboard. Take us back the real creators!
Been using the tampa 3 shits kinda legit
Thanks man I won a Superbowl using big nickel over g than making adjustments on the field to look like a Tampa 3
Let's go!!
@@SpruceGooseTV and went 7-1
I mean this with no disrespect but I’ve been doing this since madden 18. Of you really wanna fuck with ppl on the wide side of the field have both a purple and and blue aka double Maple coverage with zone drops and u can cook soo many ppl. Especially with abilities. You can also blitz the slot corner and with proper D like set up it’s db fire outta big nickel over G. Gr8 formation and great video.
I’ve done this for a few months now this year. Only difference is I usually put my mid read in the deep third and have deep in knockout on them. Might shade him one way or other a bit but that protects the seams well. Has totally transformed defense/ win rate and I run it with shading/ drop adjustments on 80% of play calls. Goose, I don’t run it with match usually but do you ever notice random coverage breakdowns in match on the Tampa 3? I occasionally throw in some cov 4 match to mix up but not in the Tampa 3
Been running this accidentally when I get into my 2 shell too quickly lmao
3 double cloud. You can also soft squat your corners and jam WRs at the LOS.
the goose is the GOAT
Good stuff man
This was a great video and I don’t even play madden.
Appreciate it man!
You aren’t a madden player!!!! You’re a madden coach!!!! Awesome video. Awesome explanations. Awesome talking points. Awesome execution. Well done.
Subbed thank you for the tips
I won All Madden once and havent played Madden since. Went undefeated, alot of people quit
I've been running this concept for years
13:39 I know that dude was pissed 😂
The Mark Rober music goes hard lol 😂
It's stupid you can't just set your base defense without having to make all these presnap adjustments.
Great content! Curious, how do handle the run when usering the LB? I get caught up in the wash sometimes which gives up the run.
Inside stuff and no outsider abilities on your dline.
So what player archetypes should go where? Like should a small but really fast corner that can't tackle go in the slot since they will cover deep and have to sprint back? Or do you still want big nickels that can tackle but are slower?
This is a really good play to run this without adjustments run cover 2 sink but dont user the linebacker he gets 25-30 yards down field
So in order to generate pressure from Over G is just to pinch the line?
Even without pinching the line it can get solid pressure, but pinching the line seems to be the best, and also makes it tougher for the QB to step up and scramble up the middle
8-0 first run with this d Ty bro
Zan built this out of BNOG last year
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Great stuff as always
Im gonna try this. I run something similar out of nickel over wide where i take the mid read lineback and put him on a deep 3rd when i run tampa 2 and then i user my slot CB
Tampa 3 has been my favorite defense since madden 22 and everyone tells me it sucks
Tell them they're wrong!!
Been Running this for years.
Wow bravo for real. 👏 What game mode was this, MUT?
Yep!
I was using the bears defense for it but it keeps resetting so I can’t use it
Great video btw
Appreciate it man!
Tampa 3 has a lot of problems with it don’t yall know that one play where everyone just on a streak if u hit the middle wr it can go to a one play td
Yea on rookie mode in solos maybe bud
I had a user I played that game was free when I was up 28-10 at half. He started running this and bagging me. I just knew it had to be UA-cam and sure enough 🤦🏾♂️
Great video. Thank you for sharing! Where can we go to watch more of your game play?
Hey Steven! I stream every Sunday night right here on UA-cam at 9PM ET (although not this coming Sunday, I'll be out of town). If you click the "Live" tab on my UA-cam channel, you can see all the previous streams!
Why do the icons shift sometimes? It messes me up when my safety goes from like X to R1 randomly in the same position. Slows down my adjustments.
B is WIDE OPEN in this scheme. You need a good throw
You should do a video testing zone KOs. I run some of my corners with mid zone KO instead of pick artist but I’ve noticed when they’re in a purple zone or even a hard flat they’ll get consistent interceptions. I’m starting to believe that as long as you get the light up and they’re under the ball they’ll get the pick anyways.
That's interesting, I haven't heard of that before. Abilities testing is a little bit niche (a lot of people hate the ideas of abilities entirely), but I'm going to write that idea down and take a closer look when I find some time!
@@SpruceGooseTV I understand, I just haven’t seen anyone talking about it when atleast in my experience it’s been a major game changer of how I set up my defense when it comes to spending AP and which cards I even buy.
God I wish I could show the clip from my first game using this play🤣 made him rage quit so fast.
Hey man, just a quick question, wouldn’t this be similar to a standard Tampa 2 just with the middle read turned into a deep middle third?
Two differences - 1) The obvious difference is the safeties in the outside thirds, 2) the less obvious difference is that if you put one of your LBs on the middle third, he will backpedal slowly at the snap and can get beat deep up the middle pretty easily. The slot CB on the middle third instantly sprints back and gets into position much faster
Those cloud zones drops are set at what depth? Did you say 30 yard clouds? The flats look very open, might be smart to set curl flats to 5 and play the flat or man the rb with the flat defender
As good as this might be who has that much time to move players around. My opponents snap way before I get a chance ~.~
Maybe I’m a tad slow but I noticed that I get abused by corner routes with this shell coverage. Any way to stop it?
The flats are open against the "tampa 3 " look. They're gaps for a qb to run for a few yards too
What play book?
kc
Baltimore has it
Chicago or chiefs or Baltimore should have it
Chargers playbook cuz it says
Man I've been patiently waiting this🦾
Nice video 🎉
what abilities would you put on the slot DB playing the middle? Great Vid!!!
Pick Artist and/or Deep In Zone KO!
Great defensive tips. All these "legend" players using Bo Jackson for QB. SMH. That's like telling us they're really a trash player without actually saying it.
Are you using a TE as your MLB?
Despite what he says, the deep middle is open - you just need speed in the slot position and make a better throw. You can dink and dunk and run on this defense all day as well.
Literally every defense has a weakness but that doesn’t mean it’s bad overall
@@THUGGIN247365nah this d is a one play tuddy when I use it lmfaooo
I have been running this and it is a great defense. I just have a hard time stopping the run. Any extra tip?
can you make a vid on plays you can run stock or or 1 adjustment?
that is a whopping 6 pre-snap individual adjustments. smart players wont give you this time.
Fast fingers
Easier said than done my dude
Do you adjust your zone drops pre snap ?
Was running this defense in madden 20 I used to bag shit with this don’t know why I stopped lol
So i just want to say this does not take away corner routes 100% of the time. Just like any cover 3 with a cloud flat it will take it away if its just a streak and a corner howeve that is not whats popular at all in madden. What is popular in madden is known as a flood concept meaning a streak a corner and a flat. If you ran just this defense that corner will still be open every time because that cloud flat will chase that flat and even if he stays with the corner the flat will be open. To take these away run a double mavle concept which is a blue zone and a purple zone on the same side but dont press your blues and run them at 30 and run your purples at 5 or even 0 sometimes. Just a helpful tip.
Watching this, you have a new subscriber bro.
I like this! I'm getting killed In the seams and over the top
🔥 vid
this defense would be nutty with all the broken abilities you can have on MUT
Spread out O w/ multiple crossers across the field at different levels will destroy this
Hi i’m trying to run this, but my nickel/slot CB is my strong safety safety and if i try to change to package i no longer get the correct zone adjustments. Is there anyway to accomplish this coverage with my slot corner as the nickel?
Okay i figured it out with substitutions in practice right after i commented this. 😂
Funny thing this is basically tampa 2
Literally the best defense in madden ngl
don’t know how to make all these adjustments quick enough im getting quick snapped
I been running this defense for 4 years now
Every since I came across this and starting doing this people has gotten confused and throw a lot of picks 🤣
What would u set your zone drops for this???
Am I doing something wrong or is your backup SS playing FS and statting SS is at slot corner? Is there a way around this or is it all just manually subbing players?
The sweetest madden place in the world LOL
This shit actually works😂😂😂
Nice video, go bucs
A Sapp pick 6 is nasty work😭
Amazing…👍🏽🔥
I think any mesh concept kills this defense but I’ll definitely be giving it a try
How’d it go
@@itztrent4419 to be completely honest no hate or joking intended…. It’s trash lol. Mesh concepts absolutely destroy it as I thought. Horrible run against the run because you’re automatically taking a someone out the play by making them cover deep and too many presnap adjustments to be effective. I also main the eagles so it’s not like my team was just trash. However it does work against the corner routes and filling the gap in the deep middle against streaks. But too situational for me.
No joke on the first play I did this I got a pick