Is running a pure spread offense in madden cheese?

[raughton55]

I have always enjoyed running from shotgun sets it just fits better with my style. I struggle passing from undercenter an don't like to use them alot. So I go ahead an play like a normally do an get absolutely blasted by the other guys in the league saying omg thats cheese an to boot me an what not. I would like to get others thoughts on it....

[Hooe]

Re: Is running a pure spread offense in madden cheese?

No, a shotgun spread offense is not "cheese". That's football.

[kobestopper]

Re: Is running a pure spread offense in madden cheese?

it's only "cheese" to the people who suck on d.

[The JareBear]

Re: Is running a pure spread offense in madden cheese?

I mean, are you running the same play out of shotgun every time? As long as someone is mixing it up, I don't think they can be called cheese.

[Branchurian]

Re: Is running a pure spread offense in madden cheese?

I agree with Jare bear, if that's your preference on offense then hell no that's not cheese, the guys your playing probably doesn't know much about football and wonders why their 4-3 D getting beat. I eat cheese, try all you want I'll find a way to shut it down especially running the same play. Mix it up, run in your spread...it may be akward to defend for some ppl or make them uncomfortable but that's the point.

[howboutdat]

Re: Is running a pure spread offense in madden cheese?

well it depends on other factors, however i personally cant think of 1 nfl team where ALL of their runs come from shotgun sets. Nor do i really know any that run shot gun 100% of the game. so on that front , could seem alittle cheesy(unsim because it dont happen in real life on sundays , thus they call it cheesy). Because most likely the opponent (if they have any sense when they see your offensive set) is picking dime, nickel, dollar , or quarters ( not 4-3) to combat the amount of receivers you have on the field. so that makes running alot easier when you only have 1 lb to contend with , maybe 2 tops if they call nickel. you have 5 linemen at all times, if they run dime d or quarters or even dollar, your runs will work very well as you have enough or more than enough blockers to get u an easy 5 yards everytime unless they have cbs who have really high block shed. Personally i wouldnt run shotgun spread all game, for the fact i dont know of 1 NFL team that does that for 100% of their plays, yes some run it alot , but not all game long. so i think that is why your being called out for it , i am assuming your in a SIM league , not a lobby ball league since they are calling your playstyle cheese. Again SIM leagues require you to play as you see it on sundays. and again i state no NFL team i know runs shotgun spreads all for 100% of their offense.

[gameface1324]

Re: Is running a pure spread offense in madden cheese?

Cheese is 7 HB screens in a game for 132 yards (140 YAC), while also running 5 FB dives on every short yardage situation, and quick snapping every offensive play




Yes this happened in one of his games today, and yes he was booted for it, and it came AFTER a long talk with the commish about mixing up playcalling and how to play sim football

[Mizzou24]

Re: Is running a pure spread offense in madden cheese?

His idea of spread is running the same run plays and lots of screens.


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[raughton55]

Re: Is running a pure spread offense in madden cheese?

I mean theres not many run plays but inside zone I dont like to run with the qb a whole lot. I basically use the read option as a counter to somebody crashing with a de the way ive always been taught to play is spread it to run it if they wanna come out in a 43 34 throw it till they get out of it or go man. Then gash them with the run. Goin under center jus takes alot away to me I will use it in the red zone some though.

[Scyp]

Re: Is running a pure spread offense in madden cheese?

Honestly my brother played at UH and all Kevin Sumlin ran was spread shotgun, which is why Case Keenum wasn't drafted at all after breaking several ncaa records. Now Sumlin went to texas A&M wit the same scheme with Johnny football, who also hasn't taken a snap under center Is being considered a first round pick.


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[howboutdat]

Re: Is running a pure spread offense in madden cheese?

Cheese is 7 HB screens in a game for 132 yards (140 YAC), while also running 5 FB dives on every short yardage situation, and quick snapping every offensive play




Yes this happened in one of his games today, and yes he was booted for it, and it came AFTER a long talk with the commish about mixing up playcalling and how to play sim football

And this is very typical of people wanting to be in a league .Reading the rules of that league before they join , then when they get called out for breaking that leagues rules, they " dont understand" . Always blows my mind, even after talking to a commish about things, being warned , then still doing it, trying to bring it up to "others" not really involved about how is it not sim what he claims he was doing. Leaving out the real details of running same plays over and over and over. very typical sadly. i still dont know of 1 NFL team that runs all shot gun , all game , everygame. i just dont think there is a team that does it. to me that alone isnt Sim. the ONLY reason peps run out of shotgun most the game is because it makes people most of the time pick a dime or dollar d and gives them lots of easy yards. Once in a while , ok i see that, but not most of your runs in a game. The reason the guys says it is "what works best for him" is because running like that would work for anyone . No skill is even needed.

[m1ke_nyc]

Re: Is running a pure spread offense in madden cheese?

Well the Broncos run alot of shotgun sets so I wouldnt kill someone if they chose to mainly stay in shotgun, with that said it appears op may have held out on additional info on why he was kicked out. Either way you join a league you read the rules you gotta play by the rules. Even if you dont like them the fact is you agreed to the rules upon joining the league.

[PS4HD]

Re: Is running a pure spread offense in madden cheese?

I think people need to realize that you can't really gauge what teams do in real life with what's excepted as cheese or not in Madden seeing as how Madden doesn't play like real life. In other words something that's perfectly normal in the NFL in real life can be considered cheese in Madden.

[Caveman24]

Re: Is running a pure spread offense in madden cheese?

Spread offense isn't cheese at all. Running screens and constant HB counters out of it is. Basically I always tell people you have what 400+ plays in your playbook? Out of all that most people from what I seen call there same stock 5-10 in rotation same on defense.

If you go an entire game and call a different play from different formations, packages etc at least once you shouldn't have a problem. I don't think no league or someone cares if someone runs a based offense. You want to run spread,pistol base go ahead that's fine. Just try to call every play once then there won't be an issue at least that's how I view it.

[TheDude22s]

Re: Is running a pure spread offense in madden cheese?

Hey guys just wanted to add that staying in a base D like the 3-4 or 4-3 can be a way to stop the spread even if your opponent comes out with 10 or 11 personnel. It's one of the ways Stanford has stopped Oregon and the 49ers have used it against the Seahawks, Lions, and Packers. I've noticed that usually when people run a spread offense in madden it is because they want to run inside zones and read options. So staying in a base D forces them outside their comfort zone.

On topic though I really don't think a pure spread offense is cheese. I know someone said that "no one in the NFL runs it", but a few years ago no one ran the read option either. That beings said, only running the same 5-10 plays all game is cheese no matter what offense you run.