I'm new to the game, owning my first team and coming through my first pre-season. My team has been comprehensively stuffed in the last two scrimmage games. 7-231 and 24-182!
The last game against Homicidal Killbillies looked, on paper, like it would be a reasonably close one from the match up. I scouted them and assessed that, in their last two games (all I had to go on) they ran 60% and Passed 40% of their plays. I also ascertained that they ran mostly out of Single Back and Single Back Big with Strong I as their most frequently used dual-back set. Predominantly, their rushes were to the weak outside or the strong outside, but more to the weak
Accordingly, I had my first attempt at DAI Playcalling, creating Inputs for all quarters dealing with those three formations and setting my defence to protect the outside run, including creating some custom plays. My base defence was 3-4.
Now, my attempting to customise my playcalling and some plays may have been my downfall but in the previous game, I left all playcalling on basic AI and the result was worse.
Play after play after play, they would rush outside, mostly on the weak side, just as my scouting had predicted and play after play (usually a first down, that's all it took) they ran in for TDs without being touched, my defence nowhere near them at all! Compound this with their PR running 20 returns for 502 yards and 5 TDs with my Punting team seemingly static and clueless.
I obviously haven't got the first idea of what I'm doing and I'm not really sure where to start. I want to prioritise my defence and get my head around defensive playcalling. I've had a read in the DC forum and advice offered elsewhere but whatever I've picked up is nothing like enough to be able to compete (or even participate, my guys just seemed to stand still in the game video)
Anything any of you can do to help me understand what happened and what I'm doing wrong or how I ought to analyse what I am seeing in the replays would be very greatly appreciated.
The last game against Homicidal Killbillies looked, on paper, like it would be a reasonably close one from the match up. I scouted them and assessed that, in their last two games (all I had to go on) they ran 60% and Passed 40% of their plays. I also ascertained that they ran mostly out of Single Back and Single Back Big with Strong I as their most frequently used dual-back set. Predominantly, their rushes were to the weak outside or the strong outside, but more to the weak
Accordingly, I had my first attempt at DAI Playcalling, creating Inputs for all quarters dealing with those three formations and setting my defence to protect the outside run, including creating some custom plays. My base defence was 3-4.
Now, my attempting to customise my playcalling and some plays may have been my downfall but in the previous game, I left all playcalling on basic AI and the result was worse.
Play after play after play, they would rush outside, mostly on the weak side, just as my scouting had predicted and play after play (usually a first down, that's all it took) they ran in for TDs without being touched, my defence nowhere near them at all! Compound this with their PR running 20 returns for 502 yards and 5 TDs with my Punting team seemingly static and clueless.
I obviously haven't got the first idea of what I'm doing and I'm not really sure where to start. I want to prioritise my defence and get my head around defensive playcalling. I've had a read in the DC forum and advice offered elsewhere but whatever I've picked up is nothing like enough to be able to compete (or even participate, my guys just seemed to stand still in the game video)
Anything any of you can do to help me understand what happened and what I'm doing wrong or how I ought to analyse what I am seeing in the replays would be very greatly appreciated.
