TWIM 27 Mailbag

Bring em on!

My question for TWIM 27 Mailbag is where's last week's game of the week between Gibs and Vince? You guys are falling behind on your postings!

LOL ...

Chicago Seven wrote:

My question for TWIM 27 Mailbag is where's last week's game of the week between Gibs and Vince?

While the link may not be up on the main website, the game is watchable on ustream:

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/5549985

The way I found it (and have found past links) is to go to the live channel (link follows), which will be Off Air, and click on the Related Videos.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/this-week-in-madden

got it. thanks!

How can someone on ps3 get a gm against sgibs on TWIM?

I couldn't get anytime in the pocket on offense in my tourney game, j blanco was bringing the pressure and I literally had zero time to go through my reads. I was adjusting my line, pinching, tried aggressive, went to the split slot and blocked both rb's in backfield but the pressure was hurting me. What's the best way to make your opponent stop nanoing?/Or best way to beat counter nano's..

Durring a game will you guys just go 4 verts if you have better personel on the field?

How would you set up the Atlanta Falcons Depth Chart (offense and defense)?

In a 4-3 defense would you ever put a 84 spd DE in at OLB for better run support?

Whats your favorite man/zone combo?

as a front four (4) for either the 4-6 or 4-4 defenses; what is better to have......fast DEs or strong but slower DEs?

~Mili

what is the best pb with alot of very fast reads. very easy reads that you can do all game long out of different formations? can you show a couple plays too from the pb? things like 689 hook, but just out of many formations and other plays. not exactly a playbook with alot of 689 hook plays but just things like that, very fast throws for good yardage

I saw that in the last GOTW that gibs ran a little 4-3 (3:48 in the video)...What are your favorite 4-3 plays

EaglePride615 wrote:

what is the best pb with alot of very fast reads. very easy reads that you can do all game long out of different formations? can you show a couple plays too from the pb? things like 689 hook, but just out of many formations and other plays. not exactly a playbook with alot of 689 hook plays but just things like that, very fast throws for good yardage

West coast

I have been turbo blitzing for sometime now...Questions:

1. Why is sometimes the turbo blitzer gets slow of the line?
2. why is it not effective in the middle (or between lineman)?They Always get picked up
3. How can i combine a nano with turbo blitz?

I like the set ups in the 4-4 guide but I play in a sim league and the rules are that you can only manually move 1 player and must remain in control of him until the start of the play. Do you have any suggestions how I can best use the 4-4 within these rules?

WFColonel56 wrote:

I saw that in the last GOTW that gibs ran a little 4-3 (3:48 in the video)...What are your favorite 4-3 plays

Yea, this is a good question. Maybe get a update in the 4-4 eb with these?

How do you do the juke glitch?

DABEAST7194 wrote:

How do you do the juke glitch?

it's pretty simple, let go of the turbo, hit b and do like a 3 o'clock to 9 o'clock rotation on the left stick. It's pretty sick, i've made some people miss hit sticks with it but the animation is a pretty long one so unless you're trying to beat the last guy that's trying to stop you from scoring it will only result in 5-10 yd gain..

I can make a video if you'd like..

(1) "What is the best 'up the gut' run play in Madden 10? Is there anything that even comes close to the effectiveness of the 09 FB dive?"

(2) "Without a lab partner what is the best way to practice pass defense? (int's/swatting) The 3D hologram pass defense practice feature in Madden is not an accurate representation of how pass defense is played in real game situations in my opinion."

How can the Pistol Twin TE formation of out the KC playbook be used effectively?

i find myself struggling within the ten yard line of the red zone. im not sure if im calling the right plays or just making the wrong hot routes and reads. i run the Pass balanced playbook. are you aware of any decent redzone plays or route combonations that work well within the ten yard line out of this playbook.

I primarily run with the snugs flipped formation and i lack the ability to RC. whats the best way to RC the corner route and the inside seam route in the sungs formation is it still a down and to the sideline throw or something different?

Last week I asked about hb misdirection plays and you ran a counter instead. I should have clarified that I literally meant plays called HB misdirection. The HB runs one way and then turns the other. The Tampa book probably has the most. I think the Vikings have a few too. It's a strange play and I was wondering if you guys had any specific tips for it.

Frunkis wrote:

Last week I asked about hb misdirection plays and you ran a counter instead. I should have clarified that I literally meant plays called HB misdirection. The HB runs one way and then turns the other. The Tampa book probably has the most. I think the Vikings have a few too. It's a strange play and I was wondering if you guys had any specific tips for it.

gibs & farls understood the context, they just didnt have any misdirection plays in that playbook so they used the counter as a place holder

WFColonel56 wrote:

gibs & farls understood the context, they just didnt have any misdirection plays in that playbook so they used the counter as a place holder

Uh...Yeah. They said that. Which is why I posted which playbooks the play is in. The counter is common and self explanatory. The misdirection play is rare and a lot of people probably haven't even seen it. Hence the reason I specified it. It's an odd play with unique function and blocking.

Im-person tournament games are often played on one Xbox, right? If that's the case, I was wondering what you guys do about looking at what plays the other guy picks? Is it an agreed-upon don't look policy, or do players use the fake playcall feature?

JayNizz wrote:

i find myself struggling within the ten yard line of the red zone. im not sure if im calling the right plays or just making the wrong hot routes and reads. i run the Pass balanced playbook. are you aware of any decent redzone plays or route combonations that work well within the ten yard line out of this playbook.

I primarily run with the snugs flipped formation and i lack the ability to RC. whats the best way to RC the corner route and the inside seam route in the sungs formation is it still a down and to the sideline throw or something different?

There is a Redzone scoring guide:

https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=0ARdxTN3kg5Y6ZDQ5bXBrOV8yN2Y3N2h6emQz&hl=en


It's mostly used for the Balanced book, but it uses Goalline for Generic playbooks (it'll work for your book), Full House formations, and the Empty Trey.

I've been experimenting with pump faking a lot lately, and it seems like it definitely has an effect on defenders in certain situations, causing them to bite on a route.
My question is, how truly effective are pump fakes, and how can a player use them in a game? Also what stats on the qb, and the defender would be directly related to the pump fake being successful?