Purple Zone Semi Fix vs Bunch

Quick note: I wrote this up really quick lol

Purple Zone Semi Fix VS Bunch from the 4-3

Backstory

Well over the past week or two I have gotten hit up a lot about defending this particular play. I guess they hit me up cuz they know I play a ton of zone lol. But a lot of guys wanted help vs this 1 play/formation

This is a pretty decent fix for the purple zone problem against the bunch. And I actually do use this when guys try to throw this a lot. Now if they do a LOT of different things from the bunch I will do some other things but lets get to it

Offensive play

Z spot

-streak the B wide receiver

This will take advantage of the broken purple zones by sucking them into the flats 

And I will use the 4-3 stack formation to defend it

Cover 3

*What needs to happen*

-step 1- Shade Zones to the bunch or up

-step 2-Put SS in a purple zone

-step 3- Man a player up on the flat route wide receiver or put a flat zone relatively close

The key is that without that flat route WR being covered by the flat zone or man coverage the purple zone will get sucked down!!!

You shouldn’t have to do it but whatever, it’s the game we have. Its kind of ironic that we have to trick the AI to get it to play correctly

The reason you shade the coverage to the bunch side or up is that without it your opponent could just through the corner deep behind the somewhat fixed purple zone. Now its more like braket coverage. It will have to be a very well thrown ball to get through the window. Either your purple zone or your CB Will have a chance at the ball

The only repercussion to shading your coverage to the bunch is that the seam route could burn you. BUT YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE AT IT. Click on and make a play

Some Variations You Can Use (actual position names)

FLIP THE FORMATION IF THE BUNCH IS ON THE LEFT!!!!!!!

AND THE PLAYER POSITIONS WOULD BE IN REVERSE

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Shade zones 

SS in purple

Put LDE in man coverage (or a flat zone) on flat route WR

Put DT1 in a QB contain

Do whatever with ROLB

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Shade zones 

Put SS in purple

Put LOLB in a flat zone (putting him in man cov on flat WR can work but not as well)

I like putting the ROLB in a yellow zone but u can do anything

User MLB
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This can work for guys who want a tad quicker set up

Shade zones

Put LOLB in a purple

Shift LBs to the bunch

Put MLB in a yellow (yes…re do it)

User ROLB

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Some people may wonder why I don’t spotlight the corner route. Well that’s because this is an all zone coverage play and it will effect every one of my defenders in coverage.

*cough* seam route *cough*

Yes….that really happened before……in game…….for the win…..I cried lol

But if you follow the *what needs to happen * above than you should be able to use any formation or zone coverage to defend this particular play.

Also you can work in your own blitz plays if they fit with the overall coverage