In the game, it's essentially just a matter of putting the best personnel you have on the field for that situation. If you're in a passing situation and your Nickel back is a better cover guy than your SS2, then you might just stick with the default in the Nickel whereas if you want to give a coverage look like the 3-3-5 Nickel but want to blitz, you might put your SS into the Nickel spot and then let him either blitz or play run coverage in place of your blitzing LBs.
You're right, due to the psychic blocking, the OL will pick up a lot of blitzes no matter where they come from. However, with overload blitzes, or even SS blitzes, the OL can't always block everyone. For example, with just a simple SS blitz, the OT might pick up the DE in front of him leaving the G to try to pick up the SS. If the SS stays wide enough, then the chance of that G getting there is slim.
Yeah, you definitely have to be a gambler to run the 3-3-5 to make it effective. However, it's like playing roulette... you may not win every time but when you do, you get paid off big.One reason I struggle with the 3-3-5 is that I'm not very good at changing it up and running exotic blitzes or plays. So part of the upside of the 3-3-5 is eliminated by my own coaching.
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