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What I mean by that is is there a difference between having high awareness and low awareness when all defenders seem to have set paths and reaction times anyway? I've always wondered this, but this play happened today

http://glb2.warriorgeneral.com/game/replay/145609/2609725

3 defenders, all with varying degrees of Man awareness ranging from the low 73 to 98, all react to a pass play at the same time, react to the ball at the same time, turn and run at the same time and take the exact same path to the ball and then to the ball carrier. Not the first time I've seen a couple defenders react the same way, but I've never seen 3 on 1. Almost the same with screen passes, no matter the awareness it seems that defenders always do the same thing.

Why bump up awareness if defenders are just on preset rails?

This should be a thread about cover tech, because the cut in you see all 3 make is actually covering the route, not the ball. It's 1 reason coverage was buffed early on in this game because cut backs and stuff were overpowered, and clearly they are still very good. Just don't get one of those guys to jump the route, or it's an interception =P

And regarding awareness, I think it's just a check ( a dice roll ) so the more you have, the greater chance he'll make a quick reaction and maybe deflect in time, or get close enough to force a CIT check. Or tackle the guy from behind as pass comes in, and get a chance to knock loose. Yes, awareness is important. Not sure if consistency adds a little factor in those checks, or if it's just a minimum dice roll you can get, I dont know, but I would also get consistency up because it helps on third downs. Third Down Stopper is a huge, and the third down is the passing down (at least on balanced teams). I would recommend gold on it for your CB and SS if they don't already have it. They are vets, so, I assume they have some level of it?

Even if it's coverage tech, the range between them is still about the same, actually greater lol.

And yeah, I think I might have meant coverage tech as well.

awareness reduces the chance your defender gets worked by headfake or juke.

Does anyone else think it's retarded that all 3 of them tried to cover that identically?

It was good coverage, that's the pathing the defender takes on those stupid cuts. That was 'sticking with him'. Ya, it is retarded.