1st and foremost i want to say happy holidays to everyone, ok heres my topic: why do a lot of people hot route their defense? to me, hot routing players will put you in a position to where you will gamble a lot of defense, im finding out that and lately have been winning a lot more games without hot routing a lot.the most i hot route now is one player.the other day i played gy who's record was 92-37, pretty good record.he used the eagles i hd the vikings, i shut him down!!!! he conceded in the 3rd quarter because he realized he couldn't scramble with vick nd i shut desheawn down.i had 4 picks off him.but it is in my belief that if you let the play run as it shold be yo will get better results, now don't take this like im saying there's something wrong with the hot routing and fast pressure, heck, ive been killed with that before, but to each his own, i prefer letting the play be as is.i love MB community and its like now, im a defense first guy who dont like to gamble or take risk, because iam highly competitive, i play a lot of unranked games online to experiment, but my record ranked is 39-12. not bad at all. im just throwing it out there, what do you guys think? am I right? or am i wrong to say hot routing is not my cup of tea anymore like that?

hot routing on defense is the same as it is on ofense. i WILL put a defensive end in a flat zone or whatever, just depending on wat my opponents tendancies are. I will houte route on defense probably every play of the game.

right, and i understand you on that note, but ho routing to create a nano blitz, for pressure, thats what im saying, its sacrificing a player and gambling, if you hot routing 5 to 6 guys into a combination of reblitzing,contains, spies and zones at one time.thats too much, youre heavy gambling then.and from experience the BEST elite players will @%@# all over that in a heartbeat, you'd be surprised how good results you get from just keeping it honest.

You have to use hotroutes to create a defense that is unique. Any good player can rip apart any type of stock coverage.

well, from me playing and im a level 5 so far, i only hot route one player every play based on the opponents tendacies, if i select a blitz then i select a blitz, now if that blitz isnt enough and i see the player throwing along the sidelines then i throw in a purple route from a LB or DE.just one hot route, and ive had success with this, my highest streak was a 15 game win streak with this concept.im not disagreeing with yall, im just trying to get get others input on the subject.

You just do what gives you the best chance to win
IMO hot routing is a must to beating better opponents because it helps to adjust.
I'm level 19 online and I would probably lose every game online is I couldn't hot route lol
But if It is working for you keep doing it bruh

yeah congrats on your level 5... but go ahead and play a 3-4 cover 3 against me all game and we'll see how that works out for ya.

Also myself and a lot of the better players use hot routing to creat pressure with 2 or 3 players using hot routs so your "taking a risk... sacraficing a player" doesnt apply to most. hot routs on d give me equal pressure with more players in coverage. Just saying.

but hey man if you found something that the rest of us overlooked good for ya and keep on keepin on.

I would lobe to run stock 43under/over plays but the problem is the 4 man dfault rush can not get pressure in time so it will be easy to move the ball.. Hell 4verts up n down ..

But hey i suck so do your thing..

Madden would be so fun if we could just run stock zone coverage. That's where stick work comes in
I don't really mind it though because I love getting creative on d, I just wish I had the same enthusiasm toward my O

Yea hot routing on defense is no different then a captain like Vilma on defense, telling everyone what to do, or what he see's so all his team mates are in the best position to make a play on defense.

I use to play vanilla defense all the time just pinching the line, shifter backers at most. With the way the game is this year you have to make adjustments to get better blitz angles and cause confusion. I love to come out in an all out zone play and man up a receiver. Cause confusion = force mistake = WIN.

playing zone and making l bers on the slots makes people so confused lol

Hot routing is a must for defense this year. If you just pick a blitz and leave it as is you will get destroyed by any good player. Like in the NFL, the defense doesn't just come out in a play and just stay there, the make changes. which is why you must hot route.