is it possible to pass on zone defence

i play ppl that just do cover 2 or cover 3. all i can do is just run it or just do sceens and it barly works and im the bears with the eagles playbook. help anyone?!?!

Slants seem to work fairly good against the zone, or any route that has players cut across the field. I suggest running formations such as trips bunch. You will usually have a player open on a short route somewhere on the field or if you have the guy on the edge run a fly or fade and the man in the slot run a post usually one of them will be open for a big play.

Ya i pass easily usually just gotta find the right plays.

VS Cover 3 use corner routes, you wanna hit your man between the corner dropping back and the LB in the flat.. use a lob or precision if needed. You can also hit a quick streak on the side with the safety dropping back.. just fire it as soon as the WR clears the flat. You know which side it is b/c the other safety will come in near the LB's.

VS Cover 2 it depends. 3-4 cover 2 has purple zones, but 4-3 doesn't. Vs 4-3 you can hit corner routes and also middle streaks. Vs 3-4 only middle streaks or posts. Wait for the safeties to separate, put your TE on a streak and hit him w/ precision towards the middle of the field. Or wait for a post to go over the middle if you can get time, then fire it in there.

Last option, run the ball. Zones are easy to run on.. esp with delayed runs like draws b/c the D will drop back and give you a few yards.

Anything crossing destroys a zone

flood plays, or plays that have a couple routes going into the same area.

definitely bunch formations and flood plays. I used to get killed by zone till last year when I started running Gun Bunch TE plays, and learned how to make quick reads in practice mode.

Check the flat, look to the corner, go to the curl, etc.

An example of a flood, or zone buster combo is Gun Bunch TE - Z Spot (in Indy pb and Det pb, possibly others). There are a lot of Z-spot plays in different formations, so you can stay in your current book and try one.

You have a flat route, a corner route and a slant/curl or spot route. One of those 3 will be open against just about any zone coverage. Against man, you treat the spot route like a slant. Throw and pass lead before the WR makes his curl stop.

Read the flat, then either check the spot, and then the corner or vice versa. This won't get you 20 yards a pop, but 4-8 with the occasional 20 yard corner is pretty good. Plus it frustrates your opponent and opens up other routes.

Some of these plays have automotion which is pretty good. As it gives you an immediate knowledge of whether the D is man or zone thus changing your read progressions. (ie against man, you look to the spot route first)