Quote Originally Posted by Kwizzy View Post
I would tend to agree with those that say that all PA passes ARE broken in the sense that the cpu does not bite on the fake. I would really like to see EA focus on "tendency memory" of some sort. Until the cpu bites on the fake every once and awhile because you've been running it down their throats, PA really isn't living up to it's potential. Even if they do fix the blocking.
Exactly. The only time the CPU bites on the fake is if you're using the setup play crap (that's horrible conceived). And, even then, because it was so overpowered in '10, they dumbed it down and now they don't even bite on the fake inside of that setup most of the time.



Look, a PA pass shouldn't be a TD every time. And the defense shouldn't bite on it so much that they're completely out of place. But, the PA pass should have some benefit to it if used properly (besides hitting freakin' crossing and drag routes - which are about the only routes that work in a PA pass play because it takes so long to fake the handoff and your QB to spin back around and set his feet), otherwise, what's the point? Right now, you'd better off to just do a passing play from a formation that looks like the same setup of the run that you've been doing than you are to actually do a PA pass from that same setup. Why? Because there's basically no strategic benefit from using the PA pass in this game (unless you're playing against a human player).