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herancourt
Rising Rookie
3 months ago

MIKE Linebacker forced to play left end every play

I played almost every down freshman year as a MIKE linebacker in my MIKE career mode. Then Michigan hired Steve Sarkisian to be Head Coach, and for some reason I have to play 95% of my snaps this year as a Left end. I do not know why. I am a pass coverage MIKE. I have very low power and finesse moves. It makes no sense for me to ever play there. I spend half of my games trying to find which plays other than 3-3-5 formation have me playing in the right position. 90-95% of the time, despite the fact that I have 18 plays unlocked each down, all of the play options have me playing left end. I don't know if it is a glitch and I have ended up at Rush Left end in the depth chart, but it is absurdly annoying. Really needs to be fixed. You guys fixed the coaching trust for defense and the game became way more fun, but now I am back to not wanting to play. I am forced to be in a four point stance on the line and I cannot even move off it until post-snap. This is really bad. I have been MIKE No. 1 since like week 6 of freshman year. I can barely get involved my sophomore year, but what do you know, all 4 of my picks so far have come in the 5-10% that I got to play my correct position, and wasn't instructed to rush every single play. Once again, I am a pass coverage MIKE! Please fix this. It is really ruining my game experience rn. At this point I am completely determined to transfer (despite wanting to play all 4 years at UMICH) because this is just absurd. And as far as I am concerned, there is a chance the exact same issue occurs unless I transfer to a school that exclusively plays 3-3-5.  - Dear EA, I used no expletives in this message and I am not making any attacks at your devs. Please look into fixing this issue.

5 Replies

  • Yeah, I’m dealing with the same issue. I don’t know why I’m constantly in nickel and I’m not playing LB I’m playing edge. Please fix.

  • Loiselle3's avatar
    Loiselle3
    Seasoned Novice
    3 months ago

    This is an honest question, and I’m not trying to be a smartass. Have you tried changing the defensive playbook back to Michigan from Texas? I know when a new coach comes in, that coaches “original school” becomes the new playbook. Happened to me when Sark took over at Michigan as well. 

  • AyeJuanNC_910's avatar
    AyeJuanNC_910
    Seasoned Newcomer
    3 months ago

    I’m going through this issue right now, except I started with Steve Sarkisian as my head coach in my 1st year, and Lane Kiffin took over in my 2nd year. I also don't understand the logic because we won the National Championship in my 1st year, then Steve Sarkisian left to go to Oklahoma. EA needs to fix this ASAP 

  • i dont think it has anything to do with the coach or team, i could be wrong. I am on my 3rd MLB RTG and it happens every time. Switch your playbook to a 3-4 and hopefully you get the full playbook as the play caller, then you can make sure you are in the LB spot when you choose plays. 

  • Peak954's avatar
    Peak954
    Rising Newcomer
    3 months ago

    By the time my team started to throw me at end I had control of the whole playbook. So I just made sure in formations my guy was always the Mike. Then again I was rarely put at end to begin with. Guess it’s all playbook dependent.

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