EricRayweather. Man....you are the Damn Madden Guru. Like I've said before, you just have a nag for this. Your special my G. For real, you gonna really be somebody. To intelligent not to be. Love these videos btw.lol
Thank you for making this. Will be useful for a lot of players, especially those new to 18. But at the same time this illustrates how broken this game is. You almost HAVE to user the middle of the field because defenders don't know how to cover on their own, and also the ball flight is so broken in this game that you can get a tall MLB and cover 40 yards of field by yourself. In the real world when you throw a pass it goes up and comes down. If you are more than 2 yards from your man you are beat. In Madden the passes go 7 feet high and magically travel at that altitude until they drop to the target. In Madden your 6 foot 2 inch guy covers balls the way a player in the NFL would have to be 10 feet tall. They could fix this by fixing the coverage or the ball physics or both. They consistently choose neither and for so long it's to the point where we are deceived into thinking that usering the middle is a necessary part of the game. This tip is great, but it just highlights that the game is broken. All Pro Football didn't have this problem and it's 10 years old.
Good tutorials bro. I use to be a beast at Madden (was even ranked top 50 online one year) but had to take a break to focus on college and i'm just getting on Next Gen. You really helped me get my rep back with my peers as the Madden Goat in my circle. You really know what ya doing bro.
What he says is true, guys. Follow what he says and you will learn how to user coverage. I had to learn the hard way, but this tutorial really will help you if you are new to usering defense.
What if it’s a double Slant/Drag route and you can only cover one person and they throw it to the other? You can man the CPU to cover the other one but a good player would just scramble You could spy but you couldn’t arrange ya defense in time to set a man, then a Spy, then to be ready to user So what do you do?
I like to practice usering against random defense in practice mode. But it takes the cpu offense forever to snap the ball in practice mode. I can i fix this?
Turtle Shellon if your in a linebacker and see your shitty 3 deep coverage about to get thrashed u should be able to switch to the safety back 80 yards covering no one to come up a bit so he can actually cover the post or w/e
Preciate this tutorial bro to the utmost. I swear playing defense seems like rocket science sometimes - lmmfao. Anyhoo you've gained my subscription and I look forward to more of your videos that are perfectly detailed in layman's terms for us novice players. #salute
I ran a nickel 3-3-5 that worked pretty good for me But you got me using this more and more. With the proper adjustments and usering it's a turnover machine!!!!!
Your sir are a saint. I've been camped on the D Line for years coz I always believed that I wld get more sacks that way. But I believe from watching this video and the way you break things down I will be able to start usering with alot more confidence and probably enjoy the game alot more. Thank You
One of the best informative Madden tutorials I have seen in years.ty soooooo freaking much for your patience and not making us so so players feel overwhelmed while doing this👍👏
Hi Eric. Is there anywhere that you address how to improve a receivers catch odds. I have some decent receivers on the field (+84 overall) but I can't even count the number of times I've thought I had a reciever open only for them to drop the ball. I think all the drops are the difference between a win and a loss. Or at least a more competitive showing. Thank you for addressing.
messing with gun doubles flex weak out of gb book....Flanker corner is like the sail concept except with a c route and a table rout on same side.Has same automotion on 3 dif plays.Throw in inside zone and the pa jailbreak in formation makes it crazy hard to stop.Would love your thoughts or input on other plays in this formation
Can anyone tell me - when your trying to bait and sprinting to switch the receiver your covering, before going for the pick do you let go of sprint and try to get back on strafe?
EricRayweather thanks bro! Sorry I meant to put a exclamation point not a question mark in my comment i edited it! But thanks again I watched a few videos about playing defense in madden and yours was by far the most detailed and best explained. I subscribed!
Sick content, but the covering 2 routes looks hard. I'm a total noobie, any tips on what to lab and practice when you first start playing, def and off?
The thing is, is that when i try to user people would throw it right at me and i would press triangle to intercept but my linebacker doesnt do anything the ball would go right over his head and i would be spamming triangle...i lost many games cuz of this i user perfectly but i try my best to intercept but he doesnt even react
I did not know the importance of playing user and how well it can make you a better player on Defense. I've always focused on the Offensive side Thanks!
Hey Eric what's up bro, hey if you have not tried out the Raiders offense of playbook yet tried out there so many money plays in that playbook especially in shotgun it is ridiculous, i'm a diehard Jacksonville Jaguar fan and their playbook is really limited this year with only three sets so I tried San Francisco's playbook which is stacked with all kind of looks and the Browns play book is pretty damn good too but the Raiders has the most money I found yet, and I know that you know the Raiders have one the best defensive playbook's, with 3-4 and 4-3 looks,
Hey what line backers did you suggest to use that are decent in the game I was at the gym and can't find which video it was where you mentioned a few that were fast and a good height
If you see this, can you let me know how to cover and follow a receiver with RS? Because idk if you press it or what. I'd appreciate if you could reply to my comment
And people need to get on madden 18 about some of these ratings because it's pathetic I can show you all kind of footage and I should post the footage that I have from NFL network and SportsCenter and live from camps and practices and one thing that irritates me and it may be because I'm a big-time Jacksonville Jaguar fans but Telvin Smith's ratings are way off, everybody in the NFL knows he is the fastest linebacker in football and his speed is way down, and Ashley how they gave John Ross the fastest player in madden this year all everybody knows he broke the record at the combine but does everybody know who broke it as well and came in second row behind him Dede Westbrook Jagwire's rookie wide receiver out of Oklahoma and I think his speed is only 87 if I'm mistaken and it should be 90,is big as Madden is in as much money as I make from this game they need to sure up the stats and it pisses me off
Huggybear 2Gunz madden favors the top few teams and ignores the rest. They have Gerald McCoy speed at like 67 and Chris Bakers at like 72. The entire Bucs team laughed about that. Jameis Winston has been an 81 ovr the entire time he's been on madden. Even after 2 4000 yd passing seasons he's an 81. It's downright comical.
Jack Meoff , the jags are a young team. The Patriots are a mature team used to excelling every season. But it’s not like they got butchered like the Titans . The jags put up a good fight and Brady couldn’t do anything in the first half really
Huggybear 2Gunz ikr I’m a huge FSU fan and his speed should be like 88-90 range and his awr should be high it’s stupid his ovr should be in the 90s based off stats and athleticism.
+Troop 96 that's not the point of this video. I'm only showcasing how to user defend. I'm not adjusting my defense or trying to cover everything. Just showing how to manually take away routes.
Great video E, Your so right, don't be afraid just get in there & get reps with your user skills. I make a ton of mistakes but I just keep trying. After all at the end of the day, it's just a video game & you will cost yourself some games but like you have repeatedly preached throughout your videos, at least you tried.
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EricRayweather. Man....you are the Damn Madden Guru. Like I've said before, you just have a nag for this. Your special my G. For real, you gonna really be somebody. To intelligent not to be. Love these videos btw.lol
Thank you for making this. Will be useful for a lot of players, especially those new to 18. But at the same time this illustrates how broken this game is. You almost HAVE to user the middle of the field because defenders don't know how to cover on their own, and also the ball flight is so broken in this game that you can get a tall MLB and cover 40 yards of field by yourself. In the real world when you throw a pass it goes up and comes down. If you are more than 2 yards from your man you are beat. In Madden the passes go 7 feet high and magically travel at that altitude until they drop to the target. In Madden your 6 foot 2 inch guy covers balls the way a player in the NFL would have to be 10 feet tall. They could fix this by fixing the coverage or the ball physics or both. They consistently choose neither and for so long it's to the point where we are deceived into thinking that usering the middle is a necessary part of the game. This tip is great, but it just highlights that the game is broken. All Pro Football didn't have this problem and it's 10 years old.
Good tutorials bro. I use to be a beast at Madden (was even ranked top 50 online one year) but had to take a break to focus on college and i'm just getting on Next Gen. You really helped me get my rep back with my peers as the Madden Goat in my circle. You really know what ya doing bro.
Glad I could help you Gino!
Gino Peterson of course ur a Michigan fan lol
MsuFan 2017-2018 3-9
Lol we dominated u guys for the last 10 years and it was only one season
Didn't we dominate y'all for like a hundred years or something lol
Hey Eric, this is my first year playing madden, just want to say that your videos helped a lot. Thank you and keep the great work!
+Pedro Lima glad I could help!
What he says is true, guys. Follow what he says and you will learn how to user coverage. I had to learn the hard way, but this tutorial really will help you if you are new to usering defense.
Dude your videos are pure quality... keep it up
+J Beezy thanks fam
Best explained video for madden beginners
+Melo Vibez thanks fam
^^^
3:36 wtf my mans using TWO controllers at once!
+King Savage97 lmao trying to at least.
He was offense to
EricRayweather easier to point out what he is trying to show u.
You make it simple.Great vid! Keep up the good work!
Thank you!
What if it’s a double Slant/Drag route and you can only cover one person and they throw it to the other?
You can man the CPU to cover the other one but a good player would just scramble
You could spy but you couldn’t arrange ya defense in time to set a man, then a Spy, then to be ready to user
So what do you do?
Great stuff! When I adopted this last year my defense improved tremendously
+Yazan Rantisi it's the biggest thing you can do to help your defense
How do u back off ur corners if u r showing blitz in xbox1
Been waiting for u to make a video on dis..good video man as always
I like to practice usering against random defense in practice mode. But it takes the cpu offense forever to snap the ball in practice mode. I can i fix this?
Play squads on mut even as a head coach and user as a lb
They need to allow us to user swap directionally instead of closest player after snap
Finnz 7 you can. Left stick in the direction then switch
Turtle Shellon no you can't after snap..prove it I'm not tryna be smart I really wanna know
I'm talking about how during preplay...it's directional and chronilogical...after snap it's closest player....that's the issue....
Turtle Shellon if your in a linebacker and see your shitty 3 deep coverage about to get thrashed u should be able to switch to the safety back 80 yards covering no one to come up a bit so he can actually cover the post or w/e
You don't switch with O you manually switch with X
Preciate this tutorial bro to the utmost. I swear playing defense seems like rocket science sometimes - lmmfao. Anyhoo you've gained my subscription and I look forward to more of your videos that are perfectly detailed in layman's terms for us novice players. #salute
I ran a nickel 3-3-5 that worked pretty good for me But you got me using this more and more. With the proper adjustments and usering it's a turnover machine!!!!!
Your videos are so much better then ebooks
Thanks man!
Thanks Eric! This was very useful and i see the first step. Ive been trying to be advanced first but patience and simplicity i see comes first.
Usering is difficult but if you pay attention to the plays your opponent is making. You can start to take away your opponents favourite routes
Great tutorial brother. Will practice from now on.
+Aaron T McKoy thanks fam
I appreciate honest tips. I'm enjoying all of your videos, Eric. You've become my go-to channel for all things Madden. Keep up the great work.
+RoJo DisTendo thanks for the support!
Really good tutorial video, thanks man. This has been more helpful than anything else I've found, I'm already seeing improvement
+Hudson Sheppard that's awesome man. Glad I could help.
Your sir are a saint. I've been camped on the D Line for years coz I always believed that I wld get more sacks that way. But I believe from watching this video and the way you break things down I will be able to start usering with alot more confidence and probably enjoy the game alot more. Thank You
Glad I could help!
Great channel bro, new sub. You get straight to the point and telling us exact what you're doing with controllers
One of the best informative Madden tutorials I have seen in years.ty soooooo freaking much for your patience and not making us so so players feel overwhelmed while doing this👍👏
Hi Eric. Is there anywhere that you address how to improve a receivers catch odds. I have some decent receivers on the field (+84 overall) but I can't even count the number of times I've thought I had a reciever open only for them to drop the ball. I think all the drops are the difference between a win and a loss. Or at least a more competitive showing. Thank you for addressing.
Hey your videos are a big help to my game I struggle at this and you just dropped a gem thank you.
+Otis Reed glad I could help!
It’s funny he’s spotlighting Anthony Barr because the guy that gives me headaches is Eric Kendrick lol
Great great video bro!
+Dietrick McKinney thanks fam
messing with gun doubles flex weak out of gb book....Flanker corner is like the sail concept except with a c route and a table rout on same side.Has same automotion on 3 dif plays.Throw in inside zone and the pa jailbreak in formation makes it crazy hard to stop.Would love your thoughts or input on other plays in this formation
Great tips bro. Using these tips for Madden 19 🔥
Can anyone tell me - when your trying to bait and sprinting to switch the receiver your covering, before going for the pick do you let go of sprint and try to get back on strafe?
Matt A I'm looking for this same answer. I imagine you'd have to strafe again to square up on the play and press triangle to int it
donny g that would make sense but I feel like if gotten picks just by timing them right. Who knows.
You don't need to strafe to pick it off.
Upped my game crazy from four of your videos. You the man brother keep bangin
Glad to hear that bro!
Great vid and tutorial 👊
+Graylin Greene Jr thanks fam
Excellent instructional vids. Thank you.
+Alvin Lee you're welcome bro
Just curious. Sometimes the routes are very ambiguous. What to do then?
What side do you user on when the pass heavy side are weak side
You do a great job at explaining this stuff and breaking it down! Do you have anymore videos like this in regard to defense?
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EricRayweather thanks bro! Sorry I meant to put a exclamation point not a question mark in my comment i edited it! But thanks again I watched a few videos about playing defense in madden and yours was by far the most detailed and best explained. I subscribed!
Got any tips on beating cover 6?
Good vids I've been playin a long time and just started userin!
+Stallion801 thanks fam
Good stuff bro. Subbed.
+David Robinson thanks for the sub!
Had a guy pick giants so I used the safety and just doubled on Beckham and got 4 ints first quarter before he quit the game lol
Good video man!
+John Gathers thank you
To intercept do you hold down triangle or do you need to be in a strafe first?
You don't have to strafe to intercept the ball.
How do you get better at tackling while usering my timing is horrible when I used tackle...
You're a god damn hero for this sir.
Haha thanks bro
Dope tutorials... gotta ask when you play CFM solo do you do all pro or all madden
All Madden
Great stuff - thank you.
But a lot harder when u don't know what pattern is being called.
+Chairman7w gotta try to pick up on your opponents tendencies.
Thank you!
No prob
Good vid dude. Looking to increase my win percentage.
+sitruC6 thanks fam
Amazing video thank u bro!
I wanna learn how to user a corner on man coverage
TheSkinzPlayz Pu
If you are worried about the middle of the field, why not go cover 3 and then user?
How do you feel about the Seahawks playbook
+Tyler Huynh on offense or defense?
EricRayweather offense
Sick content, but the covering 2 routes looks hard. I'm a total noobie, any tips on what to lab and practice when you first start playing, def and off?
this guy has a voice for radio.
After the update..has anyone noticed that gun spread is no longer an option if your creating/editing a pb?
Great info. Thanks
+Eric Cox no prob
The thing is, is that when i try to user people would throw it right at me and i would press triangle to intercept but my linebacker doesnt do anything the ball would go right over his head and i would be spamming triangle...i lost many games cuz of this i user perfectly but i try my best to intercept but he doesnt even react
Nice vid bro.
+Caio Rodrigo thank you
Do i even need to buy 19 if i can get the rookies on 18
Thanks bro appreciate that video
No problem
I did not know the importance of playing user and how well it can make you a better player on Defense. I've always focused on the Offensive side Thanks!
it is a nice video man
Hey Eric what's up bro, hey if you have not tried out the Raiders offense of playbook yet tried out there so many money plays in that playbook especially in shotgun it is ridiculous, i'm a diehard Jacksonville Jaguar fan and their playbook is really limited this year with only three sets so I tried San Francisco's playbook which is stacked with all kind of looks and the Browns play book is pretty damn good too but the Raiders has the most money I found yet, and I know that you know the Raiders have one the best defensive playbook's, with 3-4 and 4-3 looks,
Hey what line backers did you suggest to use that are decent in the game I was at the gym and can't find which video it was where you mentioned a few that were fast and a good height
Brendan Ripp Anthony Barr and shazier
Anthony Barr, Ryan Shazier, Bud Dupree, Telvin Smith, Deion Jones, Deione Buchanan, Bobby Wagner, etc. are all good choices.
Thanks guys
If you see this, can you let me know how to cover and follow a receiver with RS? Because idk if you press it or what. I'd appreciate if you could reply to my comment
Thank bro
Are you just watching that route or looking back if for from the route of the quarterback
Im new to madden, what DEF Playbook can you recommend, and do you prefer 43 or 34 DEF?
+Fifa-Cave both are good this year. Currently I'm using 43 though.
EricRayweather Okay thank you :)
How do you Hitstick in Madden Overdrive I'm stressed, please help!!!
💀 swipe up or down on ur screen
did you move barr to mlb?
+steven fitzgerald yeah I did
Good Shit Bro!!!!!
+Victor Rose Sr. thanks!
Damn I feel like playing 18 right now to try this out
amaaazing video thx
Bro thank u?🤙🏾
Thank you *
How do I hit stick what button
swipe down with the right joystick
How to stop the bad timing dropped pic?
+DBU 9 you gotta tap the catch button when the ball gets close. Don't hold Y.
I can user on online easy... but against CPU.. they just dont throw it
CPU cheats lol
So true the cpu is harder than online players most the time
I can't find this defense on my Madden 18. I've went though every team
Ppl who don’t user will never beat me
I used to be a noob at madden but now im winning championships like its nothing
this video has more ads than the superbowl
good vid tho lol
Lmao he said get in the game 😂
I remember when u were at 8K
Wasn't too long ago lol
Too many ads bro. I like your vids a lot but cut back on the ads
And people need to get on madden 18 about some of these ratings because it's pathetic I can show you all kind of footage and I should post the footage that I have from NFL network and SportsCenter and live from camps and practices and one thing that irritates me and it may be because I'm a big-time Jacksonville Jaguar fans but Telvin Smith's ratings are way off, everybody in the NFL knows he is the fastest linebacker in football and his speed is way down, and Ashley how they gave John Ross the fastest player in madden this year all everybody knows he broke the record at the combine but does everybody know who broke it as well and came in second row behind him Dede Westbrook Jagwire's rookie wide receiver out of Oklahoma and I think his speed is only 87 if I'm mistaken and it should be 90,is big as Madden is in as much money as I make from this game they need to sure up the stats and it pisses me off
Huggybear 2Gunz Telvin and Jack are beasts, I still get 2 to 4 picks a gm with them. Go Jags!!
Huggybear 2Gunz madden favors the top few teams and ignores the rest. They have Gerald McCoy speed at like 67 and Chris Bakers at like 72. The entire Bucs team laughed about that. Jameis Winston has been an 81 ovr the entire time he's been on madden. Even after 2 4000 yd passing seasons he's an 81. It's downright comical.
You must be sick Jags are sitting on the ball going into half 14-10 against the pats that's a no no see what happen? Jags are going home
Jack Meoff , the jags are a young team. The Patriots are a mature team used to excelling every season. But it’s not like they got butchered like the Titans . The jags put up a good fight and Brady couldn’t do anything in the first half really
Huggybear 2Gunz ikr I’m a huge FSU fan and his speed should be like 88-90 range and his awr should be high it’s stupid his ovr should be in the 90s based off stats and athleticism.
aye bro b has been sooo damn open
+Troop 96 that's not the point of this video. I'm only showcasing how to user defend. I'm not adjusting my defense or trying to cover everything. Just showing how to manually take away routes.
EricRayweather i gotchu bro. so it was just basically a video of user without adjustments. my bad
+Troop 96 yeah that's all it was. Just wanted to show how you user a defender.
GAME👊
Need a college course for all this shit.
Starts video with "first time seeing me? Go ahead and subscribe" instantly not subscribing no matter what just because of that
I'll live.
Good to know 👏
How come my user never plays ball, I'll have reciever covered I hit triangle and nothing
Dustin Limberg hold triangle while your usering
1st
Thank you!
I can gaurentee I will out perform your defense every single time and I ussually control a DT or DE, Watch this channel for bad advice 101
Lol. The irony.
This is so unrealistic, you can't cover the whole field with a linebacker or with anyone.
+Phillip Hobson we play the game that we're given.
EricRayweather thats fair enough but i just hope madden 19 is much better
Great video E, Your so right, don't be afraid just get in there & get reps with your user skills. I make a ton of mistakes but I just keep trying. After all at the end of the day, it's just a video game & you will cost yourself some games but like you have repeatedly preached throughout your videos, at least you tried.
+Oakley Fightclub exactly bro