Position to Control On Defense

I've been playing madden for a while but I want to up my defense. I've always just taken control of a DE or DT but I was wondering what position you should control when you're in zone defense. Should it be a LB or maybe a Safety? Just seeing people's opinion on what position they control best. Thanks in advance.

i find that the CPU is a lot better than keeping zones than an actual player (if they have high awareness). if you notice a play or route that your opponent is continually going to though, i suggest controlling a zone defender and cutting it off. be careful, though, if you stray too far out of your zone, you could give up a huge play. i usually control a DE, i find that a person can get much better pressure with them than the AI.

i use a lb works for me though

SailUnion, when you use the LB, are you covering the zone or using him to blitz the QB/follow the RB if you believe its a run play or just use him to see what is happening with the offense and respond accordingly?

i usually sit in a yellow zone and then see what my opponent does and adjust accordingly.

once and a while i will use a de if my opponent throws to the flats all the time and guard

the flats.

It is not as important who you control as it is knowing what his assignment is and not taking him out of the play.

it all depends for me really. if im not sure what my opponent is running, i like to use my MLB in a yellow zone to protect the middle of the field and against the run, because i have good user pursuit. but i also like to user an OLB or a CB thats in a flat zone, because if it turns out no one is running a route in the flats, i can use that guy instead of letting him go to waste defending an empty zone.

oh, and if i know a guy is gonna run, or im fairly confident he is gonna run, i like to user a safety so i can really get the run support their. so ill user the SS in a cover 3 because i like to stay in the yellow zone, or maybe the FS in a cover 1, because i like to protect the middle of the field, too.

mystainsane wrote:

I've been playing madden for a while but I want to up my defense. I've always just taken control of a DE or DT but I was wondering what position you should control when you're in zone defense. Should it be a LB or maybe a Safety? Just seeing people's opinion on what position they control best. Thanks in advance.

if u have great user skills like me, keep controlling ur dt. when i call max coverage i back my dt off of the line of scrimmage and play in coverage wit him. i knw ur thinkin that a dt is 2 slow but if u pay attention to where a receiver is goin u can beat him 2 his spot. ive gotten user picks wit casey hampton, albert haynesworth, and jamal williams.

brazil wrote:

It is not as important who you control as it is knowing what his assignment is and not taking him out of the play.

^^^^ so true! i've manually controlled a defender and blitzed with him rather than leaving him in his assigned zoned coverage. gee, i wonder what hole in my defense he threw too after that happened...lol

i user the SS or the MLB...

I control the line backers