CJ's D Schemes

this is my D scheme book. there are sections

1.)Base Defense
2.)defensive setup
3.)Effective blitzing
4.)Stopping the run
5.)stopping the pass
6.)man coverage
7.) man coverage blitzing
8.)overload blitzing
9.)audibling down
10.) overload blitz(only from 46 bear)

your base Defense is the formation that you use the most. My Base D is
46, so I'm going to give you a few tips on what to have with your base
D along with some examples for my 46 scheme.

BASE DEFENSE SCHEMES: I don't have a scheme for every formation, but I have examples of what they should have in them.
In your base D scheme, you should always have a run stopper, a pass
stopper and a nano blitz of some sort. my plays for 46 are 3 deep
blitz(run stopper), cover 4 with adjustments(pass stopper), and inside
blitz or buzz weak(nanos). I just started to use these plays, and they
have worked great for me. you also need to have these plays in your
audibles as well as 2 others(I'd choose a quarter play and a goalline
play). having a scheme like this or similar to this.

Setting up the Defense is harder for some than others, but it's quite easy.

SETTING UP THE DEFENSE: When you set up your D, your going to
have to get it started before your opp. gets to the line. freezing the
D is the hardest to do for most people, but if you just cycle thru the
players and hold a direction while doing it, they stay where they're at
then you can Shift them to wherever you want. when you set up your D,
you should always have about 7 people in the box(except with sets
bigger than 3 WR's on the field). doing this allows you to try and stop
the run as well as stopping the pa

Effective blitzing is not great nano blitzes that get to the QB every
time. It's a blitz allowing you to keep decent coverage while still
bringing pressure towards the QB.

EFFECTIVE BLITZING: here is a setup of effective blitzing out of 4-3 over.
play: cover 3
setup: blitz the RDE(on screen LDE in the depth chart) and both DT's.
blitz the MLB and put him over the LDE(on screen, RDE in the depth
chart). pinch the Dline in. move the safety(in a hook zone) down and
play the middle manually. there is just an example of effective
blitzing. 46 is one of the best formations for it due to the odd routes
that the Dline runs on a regular man blitz or zone blitz.

if you play a person who LOVES to run the ball, here are some tips for you.

STOPPING THE RUN: To stop the run here is what I use to do it. I
come out of 46 normal(regular package) engage 8. I crash the Dline to
the outside in case of an outside run. I put both DT's in hook
zones(putting DE's there is good, because DE's play better coverage
than DT's.). I blitz down all of the LB's(with the L2(LT) button) I put
my SS on a flat zone, and I do the same thing with my LOLB(on the
screen, ROLB in the depth chart) spotlight the RB and control the
ROLB(on the screen LOLB in the depth chart)
this pretty much shuts the run down, and can also bring pressure if you
switch to the DE after the hike. you could change this arounf by
putting the DE's into flat zones and the sfaety and LB in hook zones,
but I don't think it would work as well. experiment around with
dropping some of your Dline into coverage and blitzing LB's.

stopping the pass is the hardest part of defense for some people, but
here is a play that will stop the pass, but won't get good pressure on
the QB.

STOPPING THE PASS: to stop the pass you need to know how your
opponent passes. if he passes to the sideline put some buzz zones in
there. If he dumps it off to the HB play Cover 2 and control a safety.
If he likes to throw deep across the middle, hit Triangle(Y) then the
right stick up, and hot route the CB's that are in deep zones to deep
zones(clears up the holes in the secondary). if he likes to RC and you
can't stop it, super-swat(strafe and X(A on 360)). here is a play that
I do if I know they have to pass.

46 NORMAL(SPEED PACKAGE) COVER 4:put LB's where the DE's are.
put DE's where the DT's are. put the DE's(LB's into buzz zones. control
one of the DT's(DE's) and try and get to the QB. this works great, and
works better if you put spy on the QB just in case he tries to leave
the pocket

this one isn't long, but it's effective.
this year man coverage sucks, but is really good for blitzing. cover 0
blitzes are good, but you have to make sure that you know what your
doing with the play so that you can get to the QB before he gets the
ball off.

MAN COVERAGE: when you play man coverage, your usually blitzing,
so take control of the person who's guarding the FB(if he's in Iform.)
since the FB usually blocks, you can have the man guarding the FB come
thru instead of trying to guard another person, and get better pressure
to the QB by doing this. I like using plays form 46 like inside blitz,
SS blitz, rush outside, and others as well. if you can develop a scheme
from my Base Defense section, then this section will be easy for you.

since man coverage is dead,the only time you'd want to use it is when
your going to blitz. these are some tips that will allow you to have
better man coverage blitzing schemes

MAN COVERAGE BLITZING: if your in man coverage, BLITZ. Make sure
that you have everyone covered in the play though. if your doing this,
and your playing against TO or someone fast, back-off the coverage so
you don't get burned deep. try to adjust your play before your opp.
gets to the line. make sure that you control a DE or LB so you can use
the power and finesse moves to get to the QB quicker. if you play cover
0, make sure you know what your doing, cuz then you will get burned by
someone on the Offense.

Overload blitzing is the art of overloading one side,, but lots of people get burned with this, cuz they forget to do something.

OVERLOAD BLITZING: Overload blitzing is where you overload one
side of the field with blitzers. lots of people forget to put a
containment on the other side of the field tho, and when they don't
they get burned. putting a containment on one side of the field is
good, but slide protection kills the overload and usually get beat for
about 15 yards, so.... you want to re-blitz all of your D-lineman so
that if they do slide protect one of the lineman gets thru pretty much
untouched.
OVERLOAD ZONE BLITZING: when you overload on a zone, you may want it
to be a corner blitz. blitz the person in the buzz zone, and put the
other buzz zone on a hook zone(the buzz zone that you blitz has to be
on the same side of the CB blitz also.) re-blitz all of the D-lineman
except for one(he should be put in a containment, and he should be on
the opposite side of the blitz) pinch your D-line in after that. shift
the coverage to the side of the blitz(if you blitz left, then hit
triangle(Y on 360)) left so that the WR on the left isn't unguarded.

Audibling Down has been used in madden for a while now, and has become more and more effective. here's what audibling down is.

AUDIBLING DOWN: This is when you come out of a set like Quarter
or dollar and audible to a 4-3 or 3-4 or something like that(usually 4
down-lineman.) when you do this, a safety will come down and play the
DT position allowing you to drop him into coverage and blitz someone
else. also, this allows for better coverage, AND faster blitzes, but it
does get bad somewhere. since CB's aren't good at tackling, the run
pretty much screws this all up, so if your playing someone who likes to
run you might want to audible down to a goalline play and play deep
safety.

I've been labbing this play for a while now seeing how I can make it
better, and here's what Ive found. the play is Buzz weak out of 46
bear. I know I posted a nano, but I think I've found a more efficient
way to bring heat with an overload. this WILL take practice, but once you get it down, you start to get used to doing it and it's easy to setup.

Setup: blitz your RDE, RDT, LDT, SS, and the MLB(thats on the screen,
so the LDE would be the RE in the depth chart). put the LDE(RDE in the
depth chart) on a hook zone(you may want to put a LB right there) put
the safety between the LDE and LDT(on the screen) and put the MLB
between the DT's. you want to put them really close to the LOS so that
it looks like this(pic or vid will be posted later). put the ROLB(on
screen, LOLB in the depth chart) on a QB contain. try and get the ROLB
close to the RE before the ball is snapped. this stops the run well if
they slide protect, and the ROLB on the contain gets to the HB as he
comes to that side(not all the time, but some of the time) this is also
good for getting to the QB in shotgun as well.

CJ!!! i didn't know how to refer you but why didnt you put any of my stuff on this, does it suck that bad?

CJ, Chris Johnson:owned: your Nanos.

Tru1Ace3 wrote:

CJ!!! i didn't know how to refer you but why didnt you put any of my stuff on this, does it suck that bad?

na, I won't tryin to steal ur stuff. thats Eckos job

Mcnair2Wycheck wrote:

CJ, Chris Johnson:owned: your Nanos.

I didn't run any nanos on you Mcnair. nanos get killed by the run, so I stayed in cover 3 and cover 2 the whole game. I used an occasional blitz but they didn't stop CJ

to freeze your d all you have to do is click Y and then Right

I DON'T IM NOT FEELING these setups>>>weak compared to wat i use..

This is definitely from Madden 2009. I think my 2010 one is in Madden Quick Tips.

ohh...srry..can u put in the link...?

http://forum.madden-school.com/quick-madden-tips-f137/cj-s-defensive-strategy-guide-t13748.htm

GOOD SH!T CJ' I SOME OF THE STUFF YOU DID ON THE OTHER FORM'S TOO!