Cloud flat
Flat zone with deep help
The flat defender plays with outside leverage expecting deep help over the top, carrying vertical routes longer before passing them off. A middle ground between hard flat and soft squat.
When it applies
Against verticals and flood concepts from 2x2 sets.
+ StrengthsHandles the vertical stem without abandoning the flat.
− Trade-offsCan get caught between two routes; needs the safety to actually be there.
Filed under: Madden adjustments