Originally Posted by
morsdraconis
I've actually seen quite a few overthrown and off target balls. The QB is more likely to throw a poor pass if there is pressure on him (just like real life).
Well, I think Locomotion for '11 is playing a big part in that. CBs don't need retarded speed to be great. Acceleration, agility (be able to back pedal and snap their hips around as well as turn around and make a play on the ball while running down the field), awareness, and coverage abilities are going to play that much more of a role in pass defense with '11.
I definitely still think it's possibly an issue, but I also think that acceleration and top speed are playing a huge role in these deep passes that people keep saying they are completing so easily.
I think I'm going to do some testing with Cover 2 Man Under with zones set to aggressive to see if the deep safeties take away the long ball completely. Realistically, they safeties playing deep like that should be able to take that away and hopefully help on the seam routes as well. The middle of the field is still going to be wide open though. Not much you can do about that really unless they give us the ability to assign individual shading per player or something (don't see that ever happening).