Everytime u post bro I get super excited to learn an apply new things keep it up big dawg.. I’ve become a pretty good player thanks to u top 30 this year !
Ive been diving into fangios 3 match a lot lately, putting the edge into a vert hook on the passing strength/#3 gives the hook a bit more freedom, mix that in with a pressure from the weak side and once they adjust to that the strong side...lovely 3 match combo. It's done wonders. Geronimo put me on and then i found a dope video breaking down his single high pressures he uses. I want to say an eagles fan did a breakdown of his use of pressures when they hired Fangio. Great video.
@@Weezle0506 It’s doing better than normal zones, but it plays very loose… once they tighten up the zone coverage and make them more responsive I think that match will be what it should be.
What you are doing is relieving the stress of the curl/flat player. Each of those are different zones on the field, and when you have a defender tasked with guarding both it leaves him liable to be stretched. Having a a separate Vert Hook/Curl zone defender, allows your flat defender to be a bit more heady and jump routes (I usually do this out of 3 cloud, showing 3 sky, with a Soft Squat to carry a route if need be).
Xando my friend. I can tell you are having so much fun with both NCAA 25 and Madden 25 this year. The more they get the x and os, I can tell the more you enjoy the teachings and playing the game. Props to EA after getting lots of things right in like 5 years.
@@hihaters2004madden only stinks because people abuse the same plays that are really good. If the players switched up formations and route combos it would be a lot more fun. But everyone runs the same playbook because it’s a meta and dampens the fun
I've been doing a deep dive on James Light YT channel watching Dante Bartee's cover 3 videos. He's an Oregon D assistant coach. I never played it last year so I needed some direction on cover 3. Definitely has helped
Thank God.... I was seriously losing hope. This Madden is different... I need some answers. Things that are suppose to work consistantly are not working this year. Xando, I really encourage you to make a discord for all your members... that would be fantastic.
Yeah I was 400-155 in the previous Madden. I remember having a big learning curve (as they patched the game throughout the season) and that’s when I went from like 100-50 to like a 300-100 type of record. At some point in late January they broke that game somehow and then after the Super Bowl it was playable again, but I was not able to dominate like I was for a big stretch in regs. I’m kind of struggling between college and M25. Just feel way more frustrated playing these games and can’t get into the zone like I was. Felt like they did something to zone coverage rules that’s just broken in the worst way and I was a big defensive guy in that one. Feel like the cheese in this Madden is very different, it’s not as bad in some areas, but because the zones/match principles are different, it’s giving up plays I normally wouldn’t and then for offense I always feel like i’m going against some gimmicky style of defense that I have to figure out. I just feel exhausted playing against the type of guys who play autistically with one formation on both sides of the ball. I just feel straight up compelled to leave, winning or losing I don’t want to deal with that shit anymore, i just want to play a football game with football concepts, not backyard football
Your status Online now is by what Division level you are in. You can't check your record unless you get ranked in the Top 100. You can only see your last 10 games played. You only see records of the Top 100. Also Flat zones are broken so be careful using them as they rarely crash underneath coverage and if you set zone depth to 0 or 5 yards they will drift higher instead of playing what you asked.
I’m in a league with some very well experienced people and this helps I wish I had full schemes and would gladly pay I am in 2 rn at 19.99 a month that I am realizing it’s all the same stuff and not near the break downs
19:31 language excused bro! Talk yo shit! Thank you! I read an article about Nick Saban putting his best corner to the boundary (Dee milliner at that time) do you think it’s feasible to put your best corner on the field side ? Or short side, also If the receiver is playing off the LOS is it feasible to play off man coverage rather than press?
Please tell me that we're not running an alternate playbook this year.... I found that Washington Commanders playbook has Gun Spread and Gun Spread Dbl Flex. Its has the plays you're running in this video and has been compared to the USC Trojans playbook from college that you use. I am loving the Washington playbook so far.
@@XandoFootball YES! Big W! Now about that discord idea... we need a place to ask questions boss! lol I have an occasional clip that I can't explain that you or others could explain.
@@thunderingice22man I been asking Xando about that discord for two years now. lol. I hope he does do it because we will get to lab against the people that follow his channel.
@@TheMomy791 You're right. But my small brain forgets to turn the shell off when I jump to another coverage. I only set the shell disguise in specific instances so I don't forget to turn it off.
Its still important to use buzz and cloud because the shells usually put unideal players in the safety rotation. For example Cover 6 show 3 has a deep half saftey in the box and the quarters safety as the middle third. But ideally you’d want the deep half safety in the middle and the quarters defender in the box where he has a run fit anyways. In cover 3 show 2 the seam flat defender is one of the rotating safetys. This isn’t the worst, but its better for a hook player to rotate because 3mable plays more naturally vs 3x1 and 4x1 when you would call it. palms show 3 is pretty good vs 3x1 cause its a quick way to set up a 5 man pressure by blitzing the weak side safety. quarters and palms show zero is also pretty sound for the most part. Most of the shells are pretty unrealistic though and will get you in alignment trouble.
@@wheeler116I’ve been experimenting with the shells with crazy mixed results lol. Some work some get instantly cooked lol. I’ve been trying to implement Brian Flores style of defense by showing a Cover 0 defense presnap but then playing Palms/Quarters and Cover 2 Post snap. Even tried to run Cover 3 Match and 2 Man Under with a Cover 0 shell. They work some times but other times it gives up big plays. What’s been working the most out of the Cover 0 shell is Cover 4 Drop, Nickel Trap 2, Cover 3 Cloud and Cover 6 Press. They usually create an even coverage across the board and holds up on the back end. I think this strategy probably only works in 3rd and long situations and not on every down
They need to fix defense especially match. Whenever someone runs 4 verts and I run cover 4 palms the quarter flat on the front side glitches out and leaves the streak from the number to 2 wide open. Both ncaa and madden have the same code logic for defense.
@@JokerGaming-y2z pass committing doesn’t do anything. I even showed Xando a clip and he noticed it’s a coding issue in the game. Palms, quarters, cover 6 and cover 9 don’t play very well in both games
Is this vs trio and wide bunch formations? I know in college football 25 the nickel bugs out when number 3 runs an option route and 2 goes vertical. At least in palms/C6.
My only problem Is quick snappers.I know you say you run hurry up offense,but your not cheesy about it,i literally lose because people hurry up an then motion like 3-4 times an my zones are misplaced an then they throw a big touchdown every play an they know they glitching my zones out where I can’t even defend it if I wanted to,even when I flip my defense to match it back it’s to late zones already all over the place smh.I need to see how xando deals with this,i know you ran into this I’m on heisman level because of you. I notice top players are not really good tbh they spam rpo an hurry offense an motion back an forth I’m like there is no way this is the way people in heisman play literally 80 percent do !
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I’m not sure if you can call that Cover 0 meta from a few years ago bad scheme because the Patriots use to do similar things like that when Brian Flores was the D coordinator and they had Steph Gilmore. It’s pretty much a high risk high reward game play that should only be using seldomly. The problem is the game doesn’t allow you to do the things that exploit that coverage. If the game was more realistic that scheme would never work play after play. Conceptually it’s pretty much the same thing as the Hot Blitz 3 play you made a video on. You’re taking advantage of the sped up clock of the QB. But you wouldn’t run that play over and over. I feel like you have to be careful with calling something bad scheme because you run the risk of deterring creativity. Tampa use to “steal hots” when they had Derrick Brooks so conceptually it’s the same thing. The real problem is the game is terrible like you say all the time
Everytime u post bro I get super excited to learn an apply new things keep it up big dawg.. I’ve become a pretty good player thanks to u top 30 this year !
We need more of this. So much better than ppl who know nothing abt football just using glitch blitzes
Ive been diving into fangios 3 match a lot lately, putting the edge into a vert hook on the passing strength/#3 gives the hook a bit more freedom, mix that in with a pressure from the weak side and once they adjust to that the strong side...lovely 3 match combo. It's done wonders. Geronimo put me on and then i found a dope video breaking down his single high pressures he uses. I want to say an eagles fan did a breakdown of his use of pressures when they hired Fangio. Great video.
Fangios stuff is top of the line.
3 match is doing good this madden.
@@Weezle0506 It’s doing better than normal zones, but it plays very loose… once they tighten up the zone coverage and make them more responsive I think that match will be what it should be.
What you are doing is relieving the stress of the curl/flat player. Each of those are different zones on the field, and when you have a defender tasked with guarding both it leaves him liable to be stretched.
Having a a separate Vert Hook/Curl zone defender, allows your flat defender to be a bit more heady and jump routes (I usually do this out of 3 cloud, showing 3 sky, with a Soft Squat to carry a route if need be).
What are we doing vs Bunch str? That is my Achilles heel
Xando my friend. I can tell you are having so much fun with both NCAA 25 and Madden 25 this year. The more they get the x and os, I can tell the more you enjoy the teachings and playing the game. Props to EA after getting lots of things right in like 5 years.
😂😂😂madden stinks
@@hihaters2004madden only stinks because people abuse the same plays that are really good. If the players switched up formations and route combos it would be a lot more fun. But everyone runs the same playbook because it’s a meta and dampens the fun
Exactly what I want to watch man, thanks
This was great! I love the football talk. So much to understand and much more fun than memorizing ways to take advantage of software mistakes.
I love your vids man I would subscribe to a site of yours all day
I've been doing a deep dive on James Light YT channel watching Dante Bartee's cover 3 videos. He's an Oregon D assistant coach. I never played it last year so I needed some direction on cover 3. Definitely has helped
Thank God.... I was seriously losing hope. This Madden is different... I need some answers. Things that are suppose to work consistantly are not working this year. Xando, I really encourage you to make a discord for all your members... that would be fantastic.
Do not loosing hope. A lot of things will be fixed. I am sure.
How to become a member?
Yeah I was 400-155 in the previous Madden. I remember having a big learning curve (as they patched the game throughout the season) and that’s when I went from like 100-50 to like a 300-100 type of record. At some point in late January they broke that game somehow and then after the Super Bowl it was playable again, but I was not able to dominate like I was for a big stretch in regs.
I’m kind of struggling between college and M25. Just feel way more frustrated playing these games and can’t get into the zone like I was. Felt like they did something to zone coverage rules that’s just broken in the worst way and I was a big defensive guy in that one.
Feel like the cheese in this Madden is very different, it’s not as bad in some areas, but because the zones/match principles are different, it’s giving up plays I normally wouldn’t and then for offense I always feel like i’m going against some gimmicky style of defense that I have to figure out.
I just feel exhausted playing against the type of guys who play autistically with one formation on both sides of the ball. I just feel straight up compelled to leave, winning or losing I don’t want to deal with that shit anymore, i just want to play a football game with football concepts, not backyard football
Your status Online now is by what Division level you are in. You can't check your record unless you get ranked in the Top 100. You can only see your last 10 games played. You only see records of the Top 100. Also Flat zones are broken so be careful using them as they rarely crash underneath coverage and if you set zone depth to 0 or 5 yards they will drift higher instead of playing what you asked.
Are you serious about the online records? You can’t view your record unless you are in the top 100?
@@BenjaminRivera-pu7hk workaround is to create another profile and friend yourself
I’m in a league with some very well experienced people and this helps I wish I had full schemes and would gladly pay I am in 2 rn at 19.99 a month that I am realizing it’s all the same stuff and not near the break downs
Great breakdown 💯💯💯
19:31 language excused bro! Talk yo shit! Thank you! I read an article about Nick Saban putting his best corner to the boundary (Dee milliner at that time) do you think it’s feasible to put your best corner on the field side ? Or short side, also If the receiver is playing off the LOS is it feasible to play off man coverage rather than press?
Please tell me that we're not running an alternate playbook this year.... I found that Washington Commanders playbook has Gun Spread and Gun Spread Dbl Flex. Its has the plays you're running in this video and has been compared to the USC Trojans playbook from college that you use. I am loving the Washington playbook so far.
@@thunderingice22 I'm running the Washington playbook this year
@@XandoFootball YES! Big W!
Now about that discord idea... we need a place to ask questions boss! lol I have an occasional clip that I can't explain that you or others could explain.
@@thunderingice22man I been asking Xando about that discord for two years now. lol. I hope he does do it because we will get to lab against the people that follow his channel.
@@BIGNOSEPOPPA I’ve been thinking about just making a channel on myself for Xando fans… if he doesn’t start one soon, I’m gonna do it
@@thunderingice22let me know lol
What made u reupload this
with the new coverage shells no need to call buzz or cloud. you can just set the shell pre-snap
@@TheMomy791 You're right. But my small brain forgets to turn the shell off when I jump to another coverage. I only set the shell disguise in specific instances so I don't forget to turn it off.
Its still important to use buzz and cloud because the shells usually put unideal players in the safety rotation. For example Cover 6 show 3 has a deep half saftey in the box and the quarters safety as the middle third. But ideally you’d want the deep half safety in the middle and the quarters defender in the box where he has a run fit anyways.
In cover 3 show 2 the seam flat defender is one of the rotating safetys. This isn’t the worst, but its better for a hook player to rotate because 3mable plays more naturally vs 3x1 and 4x1 when you would call it.
palms show 3 is pretty good vs 3x1 cause its a quick way to set up a 5 man pressure by blitzing the weak side safety.
quarters and palms show zero is also pretty sound for the most part.
Most of the shells are pretty unrealistic though and will get you in alignment trouble.
@@wheeler116yes, If you are calling C6 show 3, you are inverting the C2 side, and making the C4 side look like C3.
@@wheeler116I’ve been experimenting with the shells with crazy mixed results lol. Some work some get instantly cooked lol. I’ve been trying to implement Brian Flores style of defense by showing a Cover 0 defense presnap but then playing Palms/Quarters and Cover 2 Post snap. Even tried to run Cover 3 Match and 2 Man Under with a Cover 0 shell. They work some times but other times it gives up big plays. What’s been working the most out of the Cover 0 shell is Cover 4 Drop, Nickel Trap 2, Cover 3 Cloud and Cover 6 Press. They usually create an even coverage across the board and holds up on the back end. I think this strategy probably only works in 3rd and long situations and not on every down
They need to fix defense especially match. Whenever someone runs 4 verts and I run cover 4 palms the quarter flat on the front side glitches out and leaves the streak from the number to 2 wide open. Both ncaa and madden have the same code logic for defense.
Have u tried pass committing ?
@@JokerGaming-y2z pass committing doesn’t do anything. I even showed Xando a clip and he noticed it’s a coding issue in the game. Palms, quarters, cover 6 and cover 9 don’t play very well in both games
Is this vs trio and wide bunch formations? I know in college football 25 the nickel bugs out when number 3 runs an option route and 2 goes vertical. At least in palms/C6.
@@wheeler116 empty sets the nickel back glitches out and leaves the number 2 wide open on a streak.
@@killasniper2565 I’ve noticed that but only on empty trio where number 2 is on the los and 1 and 3 are off
Thank you so much for this
Have you notice cover 2 don’t have vert hooks anymore unless in 3-4 packages
Wait seriously?
do you have a video on cover4 bingo ?
Can you make videos of what defense players to use for certain formations like you did for the last Madden it helped me tremendously
My only problem Is quick snappers.I know you say you run hurry up offense,but your not cheesy about it,i literally lose because people hurry up an then motion like 3-4 times an my zones are misplaced an then they throw a big touchdown every play an they know they glitching my zones out where I can’t even defend it if I wanted to,even when I flip my defense to match it back it’s to late zones already all over the place smh.I need to see how xando deals with this,i know you ran into this I’m on heisman level because of you. I notice top players are not really good tbh they spam rpo an hurry offense an motion back an forth I’m like there is no way this is the way people in heisman play literally 80 percent do !
Finally
Ea did something because you could see it before
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I’m not sure if you can call that Cover 0 meta from a few years ago bad scheme because the Patriots use to do similar things like that when Brian Flores was the D coordinator and they had Steph Gilmore. It’s pretty much a high risk high reward game play that should only be using seldomly. The problem is the game doesn’t allow you to do the things that exploit that coverage. If the game was more realistic that scheme would never work play after play. Conceptually it’s pretty much the same thing as the Hot Blitz 3 play you made a video on. You’re taking advantage of the sped up clock of the QB. But you wouldn’t run that play over and over. I feel like you have to be careful with calling something bad scheme because you run the risk of deterring creativity. Tampa use to “steal hots” when they had Derrick Brooks so conceptually it’s the same thing. The real problem is the game is terrible like you say all the time
Do you individually shade your players or do you do it for everyone at once? I could never seem to have enough time to do it for each one individually