Quote Originally Posted by morsdraconis View Post
I'm not being premature at all. Try to run any HB Counter play out of any Shotgun formation and you will see what I mean. The blocking is atrocious in the trenches. Until they actually fix the game where players block with leverage (and thus get pushed around with leverage as well) this game will be nothing more than an arcade version of NCAA football where you find the plays that work and then abuse the hell out of them over and over again.
Actually, so long as you have two backside blockers in a Shotgun HB Counter, you'll have above average success. For example, run it out of Shotgun - Ace Big or even run it out of Shotgun - Slot and motion the WR and snap it as he is on the OT's back hip.