Originally posted by DIphoeniX
Does Tagging & Tagged defense in general work?
yes, you use tags to take away weapons and to match personnel. Like if you tag a Blocking TE, then you probably don't have to worry about double teaming him with coverage dots. If you tag a TE as a receiver, you probably want use a coverage dot or 2, instead of Heavy Hitters for example.
Originally posted by DIphoeniX
AND if you tag players individually, do you HAVE TO use the tagged defense in order for the tagging to work or can you tag individual players & then play a different type of defense (run focus, pass focus, balanced etc.)?
Tags are only a label. They don't intrinsically do anything. You have to make inputs and outputs based on the tags in the defensive Ai, or tags do nothing.
Originally posted by DIphoeniX
and is tagging a passing qb as a passer, pointless or hurtful (will defense always assume he's there to pass, when he may sometimes handoff for the run)?
Any OC worth their salt will of course hand the ball off with a passing QB, and most of the others will do it accidentally if nothing else. However, you probably want some way of differentiating between passing and running QBs.