Originality Or Conformity

Ok MB, what do you think--- Is it more important to be original when formulating offensive & defensive schemes? Or is it better to play it safe & adopt the "if you cant beat'em,join'em" mantra.Tell me your opinion on this...

always be original......be different

when i see someone post a tip like MB or other various madden sites, i like to take the concept and make it my own..

ull never see me running someones play setup for setup..

but thats just me

ORIGINALITY.

I'll admit, right now. I'm in a super popular formation...but I'm (trying) to add my own flavor to it rather than run the typical plays...That way, I can mix in the popular stuff and catch my opponent off guard...

Played a well known tourney player last night and he ran tight doubles in a way I'd never seen run (WITH THE BILLS) and scored quite a few points that way....His D screamed with Buffalo, too.

Played Chad too....He knows I'm on this in/out route binge right now...and he can attest that making your own man/zone beaters makes you a lot harder to stop than if you just run bench switch every down...

Be a SHEEP and the Execute. People are running the best stuff, just run it better than them. Execute.

Nicely put farlz, but call it foolish pride on my behalf(lol).And tell gibs i want my rematch for dismantling me...

Do both, people put tips out for a reason. Honestly, their way might be the best way to run a scheme but it is important to make that scheme fit your play style otherwise you will be out of your element and copying will make you a worse player even though it is a dynamic scheme.

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Nah....nothing is harder to stop than something you come up with and only YOU (or your close circle) understands WHY it works...

I like getting info...knowledge is power, but I do like trying to add my own flave/twist if possible.

i think everyone should have 1 or 2 lab buddies that are on a similar skill level (not talking about ranked gm lvl) where they can give advice on different set ups, but never really tell the whole set up. They dont have to run the same o or d but you learn concepts that can be used with many pbs. I think running the same o or d is fine if your lab buddies, but you always have to have your own spin on it.

prophet wrote:

I like getting info...knowledge is power, but I do like trying to add my own flave/twist if possible.

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its better to be original

"its gunna be hard to beat it if u never seen it"

i try to make all my plays and formation imposssible to defend man or zone run plays everything . b original i dont know anyone who uses shotty 2 back like i do or used spread liek i do use 5 wide like i do iform like me.. use a formation that u feel will exploit there D and beat it for yards

i cant stand kids who copycat i mean absolute robots liek make the same adjustments every single play liek that kinda stuff thats why when u ask me the setups i will never tell u because there usually different each time around on defense as well i i hate those kids that are liek i saw that on a site yeah but i dnt use it like they do its jus knowledge and concepts other wise everybody on this site does this than lol

but yeah find a formation learn everything u could about it and use it to ur advantage

now create a scheme with all ur formations

oh yeah GO jets!! haha JETS and packers was my prediction