ABILITIES & pERSONNEL

Below are two ability setups that everyone can run without having to do anything fancy, as well as my own ability setup. Note that these setups require having Zone archetype CBs (or replace your CBs with safeties) in order to get the lowest AP possible for your zone KO abilities. Remember that you can also save AP by using players with AP discounts such as FS Julio Jones and SS Jayron Kearse. Also, if you do the roster glitch to get your safety at MLB, then you don’t need Lurker on your user. As always, try to get the fastest & tallest players possible at every position!

*Note: I’m not using any abilities on my edge rushers for two reasons:

1. I’ve found that if I don’t QB contain on every play, the opposing QB can easily get outside the pocket, even without escape artist. As a result, I now QB contain on every play, but doing so cancels out Edge Threat and the Edge Threat component of Edge Threat Elite.

2. I’ve noticed that many good players are using the Fearless ability on their QB, which cancels out Under Pressure and the Under Pressure component of Edge Threat Elite, assuming the QB is in the pocket. Since I am QB containing every play, the expectation is that the QB will be in the pocket most of the time.

Thus, right now I’ve gone away from using Under Pressures on my edge rushers, although if I notice that most opposing QBs aren’t using Fearless, then I’ll go back to using them.

Setup 1 (With Under Pressures)

• DT - Inside Stuff (1 AP on Run Stopper archetype)

• ROLB - Under Pressure (2 AP)

• LOLB - Under Pressure (2 AP)

• CB1 - Flat Zone KO (1 AP), Deep Out Zone KO (2 AP), and Acrobat (2 AP)

• CB2 - Flat Zone KO (1 AP), Deep Out Zone KO (2 AP), and Acrobat (2 AP)

• FS - Mid Zone KO (1 AP)

• SS - Mid Zone KO (1 AP)

• MLB - Lurker (1 AP) and Acrobat (2 AP)

Setup 2 (Without Under Pressures)

• DT - Inside Stuff (1 AP on Run Stopper archetype)

• CB1 - Flat Zone KO (1 AP), Deep Out Zone KO (2 AP), and Acrobat (2 AP)

• CB2 - Flat Zone KO (1 AP), Deep Out Zone KO (2 AP), and Acrobat (2 AP)

• FS - Mid Zone KO (1 AP) and Deep Out Zone KO (2 AP)

• SS - Mid Zone KO (1 AP) and Deep Out Zone KO (2 AP)

• MLB - Lurker (1 AP) and Acrobat (2 AP)

My Ability Setup

I have a 50/50 Bucs Theme Team and the “In the Zone” strat cards that give +2 speed to all of my defensive backs. Additionally, I’m using FS Julio Jones and SS Jayron Kearse, who both have AP discounts.

• DT Mean Joe Greene - Inside Stuff (1 AP)

• CB1 Richard Sherman - Flat Zone KO (1 AP), Deep Out Zone KO (2 AP), and Acrobat (2 AP)

• CB2 Kaiir Elam - Flat Zone KO (1 AP), Deep Out Zone KO (2 AP), and Acrobat (2 AP)

• FS Julio Jones (subbed to SS) - Mid Zone KO (1 AP), Deep Out Zone KO (1 AP), Acrobat (1 AP)

• SS Jayron Kearse - Mid Zone KO (1 AP), Deep Out Zone KO (2 AP), Acrobat (1 AP)

• SS Kam Chancellor (use roster glitch to get him at MLB) - Acrobat (2 AP)

You can absolutely run this scheme in regs, but you have to prioritize the speed of your edge rushers over everything else. Because of that, here are the regs teams (in alphabetical order) that I think are best suited to run this scheme and the players I think you should use at MLB/edge rusher:

• Browns

  • MLB (user) - Sione Takitaki (85 speed)

  • Edge Rusher 1 - Montrel Meander (91 speed)

  • Edge Rusher 2 - Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah (89 speed)

• Bucs

  • MLB (user) - Lavonte David (85 speed, has the Lurker ability)

  • Edge Rusher 1 - Devin White (92 speed)

  • Edge Rusher 2 - Shaq Barrett (84 speed, has the Edge Threat ability)

• Cardinals

  • MLB (user) - Dennis Gardeck (85 speed)

  • Edge Rusher 1 - Isaiah Simmons (93 speed)

  • Edge Rusher 2 - Zaven Collins (84 speed)

• Chargers

  • MLB (user) - Kenneth Murray Jr. (87 speed)

  • Edge Rusher 1 - Nick Niemann (89 speed)

  • Edge Rusher 2 - Drue Tranquil (87 speed)

• Cowboys

  • MLB (user) - Keanu Neal (87 speed)

  • Edge Rusher 1 - Micah Parsons (91 speed)

  • Edge Rusher 2 - Jabril Cox (88 speed)

• Raiders

  • MLB (user) - Patrick Onwuasor (84 speed)

  • Edge Rusher 1 - Divine Deablo (90 speed)

  • Edge Rusher 2 - Nicholas Morrow (87 speed)

• Seahawks

  • MLB (user) - Bobby Wagner (85 speed)

  • Edge Rusher 1 - Tanner Muse (90 speed)

  • Edge Rusher 2 - Jordyn Brooks (87 speed)

• Steelers

  • MLB (user) - Buddy Johnson (86 speed)

  • Edge Rusher 1 - Devin Bush (90 speed)

  • Edge Rusher 2 - Ulysees Gilbert III (88 speed)

• Washington Football Team

  • MLB (user) - Cole Holcomb (87 speed)

  • Edge Rusher 1 - Jamin Davis (90 speed)

  • Edge Rusher 2 - Khaleke Hudson (87 speed)