User Guide

Blocking Hot Routes
Change your blocking assignments for your halfbacks, fullbacks,
and tight ends. Call these changes at the line of scrimmage when
you anticipate the defensive pressure coming from an unprotected
side of the line.
To call a Blocking Hot Route:
1. Press Button 4 and then press the button symbol of the running back
or tight end whose passing/blocking route you want to change.
2. Press L2 to change to a blocking assignment to the left. Press R2 to
change it to the right.
Receiver/Back Motion
Move a player in motion before play begins. After the ball is snapped, the
player runs the original pass route from his new location on the field.
To call a man in motion:
1. At the line of scrimmage, press the D-Pad ↕ to highlight an eligible player.
2. Press the D-Pad
↔
to send that player in motion and then snap the ball to
begin the play.
Bullet/Touch Pass
➥➥
To throw a bullet pass, press and hold down the button that corresponds
to the targeted receiver.
➥➥
To drop the ball in over coverage, tap the receiver’s button to throw a touch
pass.
Route-Based Pass
On a route-based pass, the quarterback leads the receiver based on the player’s
route instead of the current direction the player is running.
NOTE: Route-based passing is not available with the mouse & keyboard
control scheme.
➥➥
To throw a route-based pass, hold L2 and press the button of the receiver you
want to target. The quarterback leads the receiver through his route while he’s
running.
QB Scramble
If your quarterback is under heavy pressure behind the line of scrimmage, press
Button 4 to scramble for yardage. During the run, you can press Button 4 again to
bring up the passing symbols. After the quarterback crosses the line of scrimmage,
he’s not allowed to throw the ball downfield.
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