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Th3RealSpace
Seasoned Rookie
2 days ago

Match Coverage (Quarters) is broken.. (again)

Run a slant-flat in 2x2 vs. quarters

when I did this, my quarter-flat took the slant and the corner dropped to a deep quarter and left the flat wide open.

What should happen:
1.  Quarter-flat see's #2 goes out and BUYS it (MAN)
2.  Corner see's #1 go in/under quick (slant) and drops to a deep quarter/half
3.  Safety see's #2 go out and locks (MAN) on #1

Some teams even coach the corner to treat a slant/post like a vertical route, so you would have the safety and corner BRACKET #1 instead.

If you guys just coded this where every individual player just follows his own rules, we wouldn't have issues like this.

Wheel routes were broken last year as well because of logic like this - safeties would treat a wheel like a vertical route (likely because the game is programmed for the DB's to know the route pre-snap). IRL a wheel is going to look like a FLAT initially, so the safety would come off of it and lock on #1, leaving the quarter-flat to carry the wheel up the sideline.

I'm not sure if this was a problem in 2x2, but it was definitely a problem in 3x1 vs. palms or cover 6 (STUBBIE check) if #3 ran a wheel.

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  • Agree. The wrong matching coverage principles are a huge problem! 

     And then there’s the whole separate issue of your corners running to the opposite side of the field when you make any defensive adjustment with any coverage if your settings aren’t balanced. 

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