I get what
@Flanntastic is saying, he and I are the same way defensively. What we do is based entirely on stopping the run and forcing you to abandon it and go to the air, which hopefully leads to mistakes. We are banking on people being impatient and abandoning the run early, then once you go to the air, forcing a mistake and having it snowball from there.
If you stick with the run, you are going to be more and more likely to bust a big play. We're hoping we can discourage you from it early, get you one dimensional and take you out of your comfort zone and that is that.
When I play Flann, it seems like our games are similar. I break a big play on the ground early, he comes back with adjustments to stop my run game and I either have to go through the air to loosen up the run game or hope I can find my own adjustment on the ground and make some big plays. Sometimes it works out, sometimes he beats the shit out of me. Unlike me, Flann benefits from elite players across the board so he is better able to leave his DBs alone in coverage and dedicate 6-7 players to stopping the run every down. I can't afford to do that with my DBs, so I find myself having to anticipate/guess more. Easier to guess when people get one dimensional early.
Seems like in general most people are really impatient in this game. If your initial plan is stopped, people get into break glass in case of emergency mode quick. Part of what makes my offense so deadly is that I will stick with it all game long. If you stop it, congrats, but you're not taking me out of my offense.
