Ball St Chronicles 21: This Game is About DEFENSE

[@espermournsong6061]

Came for the gameplay, stayed for the Knighting ceremony. Congrats Sir Santiago!

[@maxplayscfb]

LMAO that’s awesome, I should’ve called it that

[@ftligahmef1]

Ive noticed that the cpu on heisman cheats so on defense you have to audible to what you want to do. If you want to play man then call zone and audible to man. I like to call heavy zone plays and audible to man blitzes. It works well most times. Also play tight but not press coverage. Move the db closer to the receiver and defend run with safety. On 3rd down call a safe man and audible to a zone blitz. Always try to apply pressure

[@carltonbanks5470]

This is very true. I think it's ridiculous they've built the AI to know your initial play calls. You pretty much have to audible and hot route damn near every play. Stock plays almost never work. Especially pass plays.

[@ftligahmef1]

@carltonbanks5470 yep the same goes for offense. If I want to run I call a deep pass or play action

[@maxplayscfb]

I’m with ya - sometimes I call a man blitz then hot route 3 blitzers to drop in zone and it WRECKS the QB

[@QuesaritoDude76]

HUGE fan of how the running game has been coming together with this new playbook and these fun formations. I’ve seen some other people say it as well, but try delaying the sprint button, sometimes it’s a trigger for the blockers to get to the next level, even when you’re one first level block away from no doubt big gainers. Dominating Time of Possession is a massive lift until the defense gets good enough to actually compliment the offense. Glad I was here for the standard playbook and all of the hot routes, helped me learn a whole lot!! Can’t wait to see the trophy make its way to Muncie, you’re the man Max!

[@maxplayscfb]

Heck yeah, thank you for following along the journey! I really gotta get some reps in when it comes to not pressing R2 in the backfield - it’s totally my habit to hold that the entire way

[@Johnwesleywardlaw]

The play at 35:00 is a perfect example of the computer having too much power in this game. If they want to beat you, they will lol

[@masenburg34]

50 yard fg with 12 mph wind right at you with that crazy fast meter is wild 😂

[@maxplayscfb]

I was SHOCKED to make that

[@masenburg34]

Omg finally a user lurk!!!!!! Hell yea my man

[@maxplayscfb]

Thanks!!

[@MrSwish33]

bro the intro music fr is amazing

[@maxplayscfb]

Dude holy cow I can’t believe people actually like it, I thought it was just a fun vibe but thank you!!

[@jalenjrose]

Max you gotta start coming out in some different coverage shells on defense to mix it up, have to confuse those QBs! I like running a cover 3 for playing the pass but using a cover 0 shell to help with the run game at times just a short example. Great vids man keep it up !

[@maxplayscfb]

Thanks for watching!! Kinda want to start consistently showing a cover 2 shell so that way I’m super flexible - I’m willing to take the L on the runs if I can confuse the QB more

[@texaskid4444]

Heartbreaking That roughed kicker was the worst play and ended up swinging the game. I am always doing the safe call on field goals and punt plays because I don’t want the risk. I’ve never blocked a kick but I’ve never given up a first either lol

[@BosephJonesMan]

Blocked one kick very next play roughing the kicker… all I call is “safe” fg block/ punt return

[@maxplayscfb]

Yeah I’m done going for blocks, I’ve maybe had 1 in the 300 PATs

[@tanana3000]

@@maxplayscfb I’ve also resigned to just doing punt safe and FG safe

[@rileymack32]

When you're looking at the recruiting board, you can go through each position and the athletes will be sorted into the recommend position. When you're on the"any" tab it's kinda hard to tell what position they're playing bc all you can see is player archetype.

[@maxplayscfb]

Oh yeah I like to do that at times, good call

[@tanana3000]

Congrats to Sir Santiago on being knighted.

[@maxplayscfb]

LMAOOOOO

[@m.m.3029]

I came here to say this! "Kneel Santiago Kight and arise, a Knight of the Realm of Muncie!"

[@johncollins7465]

I know what you mean about the roughing the kicker penalty. It feels cheap to get a first down on that. So I turned that off. Great content, man!

[@maxplayscfb]

Thanks for watching as always!!

[@tstumpf75]

4:34 that smash play should be a formation audible if it not already so you always have access to it..strong play.. also beware of the defensive formations you zone blitz out of alot because when the cpu goes to short quick game routes to defeat it.. is when you need to start going man.. robber or 2 man Also 15:33 71 is pancaking fools 😂😂😂, maybe look to run behind him more!!

[@maxplayscfb]

Holy cow at 15:33, it’s like 71 ran into a bug and he was the windshield - just straight through him 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bloodboughttheo]

Before runs you need to hold left trigger down and right joystick to the left It shows who is assigned to block who. Then you won't be surprised when someone doesn't block a DB or lb

[@maxplayscfb]

Dang I’m never doing that, I gotta start

[@azure_azure]

Successful challenge is wild haha. Never seen that before!

[@maxplayscfb]

Same!! I was like what the heck man, why didn’t the booth review find that??

[@masenburg34]

@@maxplayscfb in past Ftball games if you looked at instant replay you couldn’t challenge it. I was so worried you weren’t gonna be able to lol

[@johntesel1967]

Oh man, as the big QB sneak supporter in the comments every week I fel terrible about that first drive, sorry Max. I can honestly say though that in probably 50+ times running that play, I've only fumbled once or twice. I think it usually happens when your qb has high wear and tear, which is true on running backs as well of course. It seems like Kelly often goes into the game with high wear and tear or it builds up super fast. Maybe he has really low injury stats or something. I had a player like that in one of my own rebuilds who was a 91 ovr running back but he couldn't play more than like 40% of snaps without building up massive wear and tear. New playbook looks super solid though!

[@maxplayscfb]

Ahahahaha no worries, I think even if he didn’t fumble I was short, so I just thought it was hilarious🤣🤣 I think they ran that goal line pinch, if they line up in that formation again I may audible out of it, but I’m still a QB sneak believer Also yeah - wild how easily he gets worn down, but to be fair, Kelly is GRINDING in these games. Like a modern cam newton

[@prestonchrisman7382]

@@maxplayscfb with how good that Pistol Empty QB Blast play looked, that play might need to be the short yardage go-to rather than Goaline QB Sneak! Play looked great I'm going to have to add it to my playbook!!

[@rileymack32]

@@maxplayscfbwhen you QB sneak adjust your ball carrying to conservative for that play then go back to balanced.

[@ldeez4375]

I hate it because it does take a lot of the challenge out but I’ve had to turn off wear and tear and injuries when I play on heisman. The wear and tear system is broken still.

[@maxplayscfb]

It’s my FAV play rn

[@shenandoahsportscards]

Best CFB 25 Dynasty on KZbin.

[@maxplayscfb]

Holy cow thank you for the kind words!!!

[@MrSwish33]

17:57 ok pre snap read, 2 high safeties w magwood on an island. so my thought is that safety WILL get pulled up to cover magwood. as that safety spaces up, A will be open. If the safety doesn’t track back, magwood bomb. A was wide open exactly how the presnap read called it. I think ncaa25 is hard because to play well u have to read SOOO much defense like i be USIN my brain during RTG as QB

[@maxplayscfb]

Dang good call on 17:57 Editing my videos always makes me laugh because I see SO MANY mistakes I made

[@MrSwish33]

@ man same for myself! watching ur gameplay helps my own too, so i hope my comment came across constructive and not overly critical!

[@JacobSmith-iy8il]

Sprint less in the backfield. affects the CPU Defense Block Shed

[@maxplayscfb]

Yeah everyone keeps tellin me that, I gotta get some reps in

[@mitchellmoris6729]

Max hit ‘em with the Fargo, “ah geez”

[@maxplayscfb]

LMAO

[@rileymack32]

Hey Max. A few things I wanna say for tips. First I think you should put magwood in the slot more often. Second guess pass when your on defense and when you know the computer is passing. Like at the end of games. It will help with pass rush and coverage. I'm pretty sure that's what the computer was doing to you. That's you your O line was blocking for only like one second. Third The A.I. is very adapted.

[@maxplayscfb]

Ahhhhh yeah I gotta start guessing pass in the 100% pass situations

[@OmniOmega-uz1ry]

I know you like to make a lot of adjustments on the line, but in situations like that 4th quarter drive you might want to consider using your coach adjustments to chew clock or just letting it run more.

[@maxplayscfb]

Yeah I totally blew it there. Should’ve tried to chew clock and score right as time expires, I was playing too safe and scored too quick

[@m.m.3029]

It makes a huge difference in your run game if you ID the mike when the CPU puts the mike in a crazy place. I noticed it happened a couple times in this game, but you really can avoid a lot of bad running plays that way

[@maxplayscfb]

I thought ID the Mike was only for passing plays?

[@m.m.3029]

@@maxplayscfb No, it is used to set the offensive lines blocking assignments on running plays too, the O line uses it to assign the blocks. It isn't the only reason, but it is one of the many reasons in this game sometimes you will get insane O-line Behavior

[@maxplayscfb]

Wowww I gotta look into that more

[@faust-_]

One recommendation I have is to try to prevent spoiling the game for us in the title or thumbnail. When I saw it I went into the video assuming you were going to lose.

[@maxplayscfb]

Ahhhhhh gotcha, will do!

[@masenburg34]

@@faust-_ I noticed this too so I’ve been trying to barely look and try not to read the top comment before I go to full screen 😂

[@JacobSmith-iy8il]

Spam A on every single tackle until you get some 4star and 5star recruits

[@maxplayscfb]

Good call here too

[@adamgeigerjr6995]

only goaline play i've ever run in this game is FB Dive & its successful 9/10 times in that 3:15 scenario

[@maxplayscfb]

Dude I WANTED TO AUDIBLE TO THAT bc of how close they were to my center, that’s totally on me for not having that audible ready

[@adamgeigerjr6995]

@@maxplayscfb its just tedious work. especially when you haven't played maybe in a couple days, you just want to get back to playing (even recruiting can feel burdensome from time to time now). completely understandable and unfortunate circumstance. can't wait for Chronicle 22 👍

[@zachq1r2]

On defense you should experiment with different shells. You’ll get more coverage sacks and picks

[@maxplayscfb]

So show a diff shell every time or show the same shell and then run diff stuff underneath that shell?

[@masenburg34]

@@maxplayscfb I literally run cover 3 90% of the time with no shell and the cpu doesn’t “know” what I’m doing. Some plays just beat cover 3 better

[@ldeez4375]

I only run safe man left on field goal defense to prevent roughing the kicker

[@maxplayscfb]

Yeah that’s gonna be my strategy from now on too

[@mubariksabur]

I wish you would have kept his name as Kight, and we just keep mispronouncing it as knight 😂😂😂😂😂

[@maxplayscfb]

Dude it would’ve been the funniest inside joke ever One new guy: “hey max, you know his name isn’t Knight, right??” The rest of us: “yes, exactly”

[@Apollo_Flair]

Max, recently just copied your playbook, and I love it. But my question is, how do you add audibles? Need em so badly

[@maxplayscfb]

oh SHOOOOOOOOT did i upload a playbook that doesnt have audibles????? please email me at [e-mail] if i did bc that's a horrible mistake. either way, you can add audibles in the custom playbooks screen, but im not sure if you can edit the audibles of a copied playbook

[@SurlyViper]

I think you have to call him Sir Santiago now since you Knighted him. Still, I'm going to miss the potential Kite-Man memes.

[@maxplayscfb]

LMAO good point

[@jeffjernigan3661]

You should have pulled some hours off the 5*. You had a big lead and he would have committed on 20 or 40 hours. On the DT, sometimes the computer puts up a lot of points, and then backs off, so you could have gained or scheduled a visit to recapture the lead. Class is coming together. Just need those base players for the future run. You wasted the coaching points, as you don't scout many players as is. I usually watch on 1.25 or 1.5 speed, slow it to normal when I pay attention to detail. @17:30 you made bad route progressions looking for the TD, and missing open X and RB (was opening). We all do it. I don't disagree w/ the heavy Double Mug 0 Blitz guy, but I like the strategic D play as well. It's real and not cheesing. I also run a lot of Match concepts, but it gives up a lot of underneath and runs. It's good that you speak your thoughts on what you are seeing for the adjustments made. #BSC #FireCoach #BowlingOrFired!

[@maxplayscfb]

Heck yeah thank you for all the details and tips!!!! (Except for #FireCoach LMAO) I’m with ya on the hours for the 5 star. I had a feeling I could’ve got him with as little as 10 hours, but tbh I couldn’t risk choking my first 5 star in front of everyone🤣🤣

[@masenburg34]

Max I know you saw this comment last time and it’s such a hard habit to break but you have to stop pressing turbo on runs in the backfield. Your blockers won’t engage if you do it.

[@maxplayscfb]

Yeah I agree, I am just genuinely so used to holding it nonstop that it’s hard to break that habit

[@rileymack32]

Until EA actually fixes running/roughing the kicker, I got both of those penalties turned off.

[@maxplayscfb]

Fair

[@prestonchrisman7382]

He deserves to be "Knighted"

[@maxplayscfb]

LOL

[@sporty37io]

1st 🎉

[@maxplayscfb]

Early morning!!

[@evangarcia944]

no way should they have been able to hold onto all of those passes where they got immediately hit

[@maxplayscfb]

My WRs or theirs? Bc if you’re talking about my drops, I’m with ya, that was mainly just me being bad

[@kyleredlinger1195]

Let me see your Nyx pics👀

[@maxplayscfb]

SHOOT I FORGOT TO SHOW THE GUY, I’ll have to remind myself to bring him out during game 12

[@vinspad3]

Was it the D that was bad or was it 2 huge turnovers (1st drive QB Sneak and last drive INT) and Kelly getting injured that screwed you? I *really* don't like the slide delays from CFB25 for QBs. So many times we're trying to slide and either get caught in a tackle animation, dive forward, or fumble. A bunch of Kelly runs we could tell you were trying to get down, and he just ... didn't.

[@maxplayscfb]

I’m with ya on the slide delays - also yeah, I did a bit of digging into my team defense stats in one of the future games and my main takeaway was: We do a pretty solid job on a total yards basis when it comes to defense, we just have HORRIBLE starting field position / lots of tries on defense right now bc of my turnovers

[@vinspad3]

@maxplayscfb still have a chance at the conference and going bowling. Congrats on the 5star. That'll fix your D right there!

[@maxplayscfb]

100%, thank you! Gonna do my best to resist the urge of moving the 5 star SS to play nickel linebacker alongside Santiago Knight🤣🤣

[@prestonchrisman7382]

For defense: I know it is cheesy, but in my Heisman dynasties I am a full "live and die" by the nickel double mug mid blitz player. I call it 99% of the time regardless of down and distance. Do I give up frequent long touchdowns when they block it up and break one tackle? Yes. But the amount of sacks and tackles for loss that it generates more than makes up for it in my opinion. It usually completely shuts down the run unless they use lots of heavy two tight end sets or something like that. And I spend tons of recruiting effort on man-to-man corners with high speed ratings to try to limit those big passing plays, and move faster LB's to my outside pass rusher spots to get to the QB as quickly as possible. And just like you did with Knight, I like moving safeties to my MLB spots and if I have enough good man coverage corners, I'll move some of them to safety spots because I would rather them be good at locking down receivers rather than coming down and making tackles in the run game. Maybe you won't want to run it exclusively like I do, but maybe it will help if you just sprinkle it in more often? Anyways, love the series!!! Actually, I'm addicted to it lol

[@maxplayscfb]

Yeah I may wanna look into the double mug a bit more, but I also love the variety when it comes to the strategy - but thank you so much for being a consistent viewer!!!

[@carltonbanks5470]

This game tries to manufacture outcomes. Its not a true sim. The harder the level, the more the cpu knows your play calls on both sides. Plus your players are capable of coverage busts on defense even if you call the correct defense. The cpu will never bust a coverage.

[@maxplayscfb]

LOL

[@matthewhartzell7890]

tragic!