• Join SGO
  • Meet Our Team
  • Review Policy
Saturday, March 25, 2023
  • Login
Sports Gamers Online
  • News
  • Features
  • Guides
  • Reviews
  • Previews
  • Esports
  • Games
PATREON
No Result
View All Result
Sports Gamers Online
  • News
  • Features
  • Guides
  • Reviews
  • Previews
  • Esports
  • Games
PATREON
No Result
View All Result
Sports Gamers Online
No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Features
  • Guides
  • Reviews
  • Previews
  • Esports
  • Games

Home » News » Tips & Tactics » Madden NFL 17 Defensive Tips: How to Beat Cover 3

Madden NFL 17 Defensive Tips: How to Beat Cover 3

Christopher Walker by Christopher Walker
Aug 19, 2022
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0 0
A A
0
0
SHARES
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterPost on Reddit

Welcome back to our Madden NFL 17 defensive tutorial series. We’ve already seen how to run a Cover 3, today we’re looking at how to beat Cover 3 defense, despite its new ability to man up on the fly.

One of the weaknesses of Cover 3 is that the inside linebackers don’t have middle/read assignments that drop them deep into their zone. Unless you control him yourself, a huge void is left for the offense to attack behind the linebackers and in front of the safety. So you want to get it in this area. Although, another area to attack is the sidelines.

You might also like

MLB The Show 23 Brings Team Affinity Back to Diamond Dynasty

SGO Weekly: Wrestle Story, Street King Racing, Knock Out 2, & More! (3/17/23 – 3/23/23)

Finding the Right Competitive eSports FPS Game For You

The problem we’re going to tackle figuring out how to beat Cover 3 consistently this year is making the Cover 3 Match plays nonexistent. Because if your opponent is running a match play, if you have a receiver lined up by himself or have a slot receiver make any sort of threat vertically, his defender who will have the new seam/flat assignment and the corner next to him will man up both receivers and blow up your play entirely if you expected zone. So how can we avoid that?

Running a drag with the inside or outside receiver seems to be the only route the defender will stay off and play as the play art suggest. Another option is formations with no outside receiver. Run the play as is and they’ll play you straight up, but as soon as you motion the guy to the outside, it’s man defense. Once you motioned him back it’s a straight zone play again. Lastly are regular sets that have 3 receivers on 1 side like Y Trip, where the defense can’t afford to man up somebody in fear of flood route concepts.

Do beware though, when using the Cover 3 Match play, sometimes mid play defenders will switch assignments with each other to get better angles on receivers.

Hopefully this can help you improve your game. Stay tuned because next we tackle Cover 4 defenses and the new zones attached to it!

Tags: frontpagenewsMadden 17Madden 17 tips
ShareTweetShare
Previous Post

NHL 17: Top Five Most Underrated Players

Next Post

New NBA 2K17 Ratings – Simmons, Towns and More

Christopher Walker

Christopher Walker

I have been playing football games since 99’. All starting with the NFL Game Day demo and NFL Blitz on PlayStation, then I moved on to Madden for the next 5 years, where I really didn't know what I was going yet. I flirted with NFL 2K for a year, but have played Madden and NCAA (up until its demise last year) ever since steadily improving my game each year and developing a passion for the X’s and O’s part of football.

Recommended For You

MLB The Show 23 Brings Team Affinity Back to Diamond Dynasty
Baseball

MLB The Show 23 Brings Team Affinity Back to Diamond Dynasty

Mar 25, 2023
Wrestle Story SGO Weekly
Sports

SGO Weekly: Wrestle Story, Street King Racing, Knock Out 2, & More! (3/17/23 – 3/23/23)

Mar 24, 2023
Next Post
New NBA 2K17 Ratings – Simmons, Towns and More

New NBA 2K17 Ratings - Simmons, Towns and More

Upcoming Games
March 14 Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PS4, PS5, PC WWE 2K23
March 24 Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch MLB The Show 23
April 7 Xbox Series X|S, PS5 EA Sports PGA Tour
October 13 Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PS4, PS5, PC, Nintendo Switch WRC Generations
March 25 PC Franchise Hockey Manager 9
VIEW ALL GAMES

Recent reviews

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Meet Our Team
  • Join SGO
  • Privacy Policy
  • Review Policy
  • Store
Contact us: [email protected]

© 2014-2022 SGO Entertainment

  • News
  • Features
  • Guides
  • Reviews
  • Previews
  • Esports
  • Games

© 2014-2022 SGO Entertainment

Welcome Back!

Sign In with Facebook
Sign In with Google
OR

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In