Man Coverage Logic

I need someone to explain why man is so bad in this game. Abilities don't do anything, what's the point of blanket coverage if worse rated and slower wrs can still run away from my dbs that have 95+ man.

so basically ea is a bunch of braindead monkeys who dont know how to balance there own game. the problem is since the main gamemode is ultimate team and thats how they make i would guess 75% of there money they need it to be "good". the problem is alot of the less good players who just spend a ton of money to get really good teams. would not have fun if man coverage worked. the problem with ultimate team is you can go buy the most broken op stupid cards and if it worked like it should, they would lock the reciever down everytime. is there a skillful way to beat man coverage? yes and its honestly not hard. but they lose out on so much money if the bad players stop spending money because they dont know how to beat simple man schemes, and everyones locked down.

Xman7798 said:

so basically ea is a bunch of braindead monkeys who dont know how to balance there own game. the problem is since the main gamemode is ultimate team and thats how they make i would guess 75% of there money they need it to be "good". the problem is alot of the less good players who just spend a ton of money to get really good teams. would not have fun if man coverage worked. the problem with ultimate team is you can go buy the most broken op stupid cards and if it worked like it should, they would lock the reciever down everytime. is there a skillful way to beat man coverage? yes and its honestly not hard. but they lose out on so much money if the bad players stop spending money because they dont know how to beat simple man schemes, and everyones locked down.

I'm fine with that but if my players are better they shouldn't get beat 99% of the time in man then the guy usering the dline locks up all of my receivers running the same cover 3 as everyone. So much broken in the game mechanics wise but guess I can't expect much more from ea

awillis968 said:

I'm fine with that but if my players are better they shouldn't get beat 99% of the time in man then the guy usering the dline locks up all of my receivers running the same cover 3 as everyone. So much broken in the game mechanics wise but guess I can't expect much more from ea

they could lose the rights to madden this year or next year thatd be pretty cool

awillis968 said:

I'm fine with that but if my players are better they shouldn't get beat 99% of the time in man then the guy usering the dline locks up all of my receivers running the same cover 3 as everyone. So much broken in the game mechanics wise but guess I can't expect much more from ea

I feel you bro.  I can live with the slants, zigs, and quick out route man beaters.  What kills me is my 97 Jalen Ramsey with GOLD jammer getting beat over top by 91 Amari Cooper type cards.

This and the corners, safetys and OLBs completely ignoring corner routes even if they have no one else to guard. Gotta remember Ultimate Team is in arcade mode so its meant for big plays and more offense (but also more interceptions and fumbles)

I agree but it's a weird a give and take- an odd one because I've had receivers with much higher ovr not win against lesser corners in man unless it's specifically a zig or streak/stop pending on the shade. It's one of the hardest things to run successfully IRL, and if people sit in mid blitz all game- there's no way that a team with multiple top end WRs isn't torching it. 

The biggest issue is that it feels like the ratings don't matter, it's sort of a toss up on what happens outside of 2/3 routes lol.

ejstew said:

I agree but it's a weird a give and take- an odd one because I've had receivers with much higher ovr not win against lesser corners in man unless it's specifically a zig or streak/stop pending on the shade. It's one of the hardest things to run successfully IRL, and if people sit in mid blitz all game- there's no way that a team with multiple top end WRs isn't torching it. 

The biggest issue is that it feels like the ratings don't matter, it's sort of a toss up on what happens outside of 2/3 routes lol.

Yeah that's my biggest complaint is that ratings don't seem to make any difference, coin flip every time

in this game ratings more or less mean nothing if you know how to exploit the programming and mechanics of the game

TheWorldBroke said:

in this game ratings more or less mean nothing if you know how to exploit the programming and mechanics of the game

100% correct.  Speed is the only rating that has “true” meaning in this game.  Which is only true until you get in a game that’s clearly flagged with DDA and your 96 spd WR is losing by a step to the 89 speed LB covering him in a zone   The other ratings might as well be fluff for online play.   It’s always crazy how people slice and dice traits and ratings just for the players to all play the same week after week.   Just some fancy card art and a few flashy ratings and people will break down the door to head to the store and buy packs and bundles.     There’s a reason 89 OVR teams beat 95 OVR teams consistently.   It’s not a skill issue, if those ratings were ACCURATE, then you should be able to put a noob on the sticks with a 95 team and he could beat an above average player with the 89 OVR team.

Anyone else run into a glitch with five wide …. they shift the 2nd wideout /TE on left inside to block in motion with 3 wide receivers side and the defensive back on outside follows him leaving outside wide receiver open for touchdown the guy had 87 overall team …

Rvike said:

Anyone else run into a glitch with five wide …. they shift the 2nd wideout /TE on left inside to block in motion with 3 wide receivers side and the defensive back on outside follows him leaving outside wide receiver open for touchdown the guy had 87 overall team …

the players like that are the most pathetic man like how sad does your life have to be to do corny shit like that smh

Hopefully EA patches it I have seen it twice now and I  did save and record clip of it .  
its pathetic I did try it in practice mode didn’t work so I’m trying to figure out if it’s online only