Quote Originally Posted by Marlowe View Post
Lol, wtf is the DE doing on that read? Bubble screen may have the dynamics improved but that was NOT the clip to show (minimal gain). The passing is better but the DB's look...um..."confused" is the only word that comes to mind. I dont like critiquing before playing the game since you can't really get a feel for the gameplay from these clips. I just thought those were kind of obvious.
The DB play looked perfect to me. Using routes to flood zones is how this stuff is supposed to work. It was clearly all Cover 2 Zone (except for the comeback route and the "WR creating space" play where it looks like some type of Cover 3 zone in each of those) and it was that way to highlight the fact that, with the right route combinations, you have the ability to throw into windows created by the receivers forcing zone defenders to cover them.

As for the DE read, I'd rather have that than what the DE does in '12 (you know, not reading the damn play at all or reading the HB but still having the ability to turn on a dime and chance my QB down). At least here you're not punished for making the correct read and it actually gets your QB out into space where anything can happen.