With higher Aggressiveness we have that:
- In 65% of the team's defensive snaps, they used their Base Defense.
- 35% of the team's defensive snaps were in any kind of subpackage, of which:
- 16% of the total defensive snaps were in a Nickel set.
- 11% of the total defensive snaps were in a Dime set.
- 8% of the total defensive snaps were in a Quarter set.
With lower Aggressiveness we have that:
- In 59% of the team's defensive snaps, they used their Base Defense.
- 41% of the team's defensive snaps were in any kind of subpackage, of which:
- 21% of the total defensive snaps were in a Nickel set.
- 9% of the total defensive snaps were in a Dime set.
- 11% of the total defensive snaps were in a Quarter set.
I can conclude that, with higher Run defense, the team will prefer Subpackages with Lower Defensive Aggressiveness.
Next, the type of coverage the defense will use. With higher Aggressiveness we have that:
- In 68% of the team's defensive snaps, they used Man Coverage.
- The remaining 32% was in Zone Coverage.
With lower Aggressiveness we have that:
- In 65% of the team's defensive snaps, they used Man Coverage.
- The remaining 35% was in Zone Coverage.
I can conclude that, with higher Run defense, the team will prefer more Man Coverage regardless of Defensive Aggressiveness.
Finally, how many pass rushers will go for the QB. I will note that players in QB Contain will be counted as rushers for this count's purposes, as they aren't serving a coverage function, instead just delaying their rush until the QB is outside of the pocket. At the same time, I did not keep count of how many times the defense had 3 down linemen, but rushed 4 players. With higher Aggressiveness we have that:
- In 3% of the team's defensive snaps, the defense will rush just 3 players.
- In 70% of the team's defensive snaps, the defense will rush 4 players.
- In the remaining 27%, the defense will rush 5 or more players.
With lower Aggressiveness we have that:
- In 6% of the team's defensive snaps, the defense will rush just 3 players.
- In 68% of the team's defensive snaps, the defense will rush 4 players.
- In the remaining 26%, the defense will rush 5 or more players.
I can conclude that, with higher Pass defense, the team will prefer more players dropping back in coverage regardless of Defensive Aggressiveness.
This makes it harder to conclude on anything, so let's analyze each description:
jose21crisis wrote:See this chart? This chart determines what kind of Offensive and Defensive Scheme the coach will run. And the logic of it seems pretty simple.moonbax wrote:West Coast & Contain Passing: (Run <50% / Off. Agg. ≥51)
Vertical Passing & Disrupt Passing: (Run <50% / Off. Agg. ≤50)
Ball Control & Force the Pass: (Run ≥50% / Off. Agg. ≥51)
Establish Run & Shut Down Runs: (Run ≥50% / Off. Agg. ≤50)
Notice that Contain Passing is associated with a Pass biased ratio, and a HIGH Offensive Aggressiveness. At least that's the way EA set it up. And Disrupt Passing is associated with a Pass biased ratio, and a LOW Offensive Aggressiveness. However, looking at my conclusions after tests 1 and 2:
jose21crisis wrote:With this I can conclude that:
- A Pass Biased defense with High Defensive Aggression is, indeed, a "Disrupt Passing" defense.
- Therefor, a Pass Biased defense with Low Defensive Aggression is a "Contain Passing" defense.
We can see that the Defensive Philosophy associated with a HIGH Offensive Aggressiveness, which is Contain Passing, is actually associated with a LOW Defensive Aggressiveness. On the same way, the Defensive Philosophy associated with LOW Offensive Aggressiveness, which is Disrupt Passing, is actually associated with a HIGH Defensive Aggressiveness.
If we apply this same logic to the Run biased Philosophies, we would have that:
- Force the Pass is associated with a HIGH Offensive Aggressiveness. Which means that it is actually associated with a LOW Defensive Aggressiveness.
- Shut Down Runs is associated with a LOW Offensive Aggressiveness. Which means that it is actually associated with a HIGH Defensive Aggressiveness.
- Shut Down Runs: The team protects against the running game by calling upon their base defense to stop it, forcing the teams to go to the air to get any yardage.
- Force The Pass: The team thinks their Defensive Backs are capable of covering the receivers without problem. This allows them to use 8 man fronts to take away the run and force the offense to go to the air.
- A Run Biased defense with High Defensive Aggression is a "Shut Down Runs" defense.
- Therefore, a Run Biased defense with Low Defensive Aggression is a "Force The Pass" defense.