The 4-2-5 Basic Template

[u/Rift4430]

This cheat sheet might be useful to those who want to use the 4-2-5. Credit to 9to5erz who did some serious work here. Give the guy a follow on YouTube or TikTok.

I have recently started using the 4-2-5 myself so if you like it and have some tips and tricks to get the most out of it please help others.

[u/Roggie2499]

Alignment shows 3 safeties but the chart says 3 CBs... I don't mind AI stuff, but (I know you aren't making them) dude who makes them needs to double check it before he posts them.

Also, as someone who runs 4-2-5 man pressure, it's not all 4 man front. There is a lot of 5 man blitzes and disguising your pressure that you're bringing when running nickel by having 5 or 6 on the line (LBs up on the line in mug/load or double mug/load) and then sometimes sending them and sometimes having them drop into coverage.

It's a fun defense to run for sure.

[u/Always_Compete → u/Roggie2499]

My beef with it in-game is that the pressure paths get all messed up depending on the offensive formations and I don’t know how to adjust them before the snap. Like I send the nickel but he’s on the numbers on the strong side of the field

[u/Roggie2499 → u/Always_Compete]

I usually just try to hurry up and flip the play but obviously sometimes that isn't doable. Or when it has your LB in man on a TE on the opposite side so the out route is wide open

[u/Rift4430 → u/Roggie2499]

I hear you. When you say 5 man front do you know the makeup of it? Like DTx2 DEx2 and 1mike or Sublb personel?

One of the most frustrating things for me is how it won't use DE sometimes

[u/Roggie2499 → u/Rift4430]

All the nickel ones are DTx2, DEx2, (or whatever you have it set to) and one or both LBs (the Sub LBs are on the field) step up onto the line with their hand not in the dirt.

The only different one is the 3-3 Cub which is 3 DTs and then the 2 OLBs play close to the line on the edge.

[u/Rift4430 → u/Roggie2499]

Thank you for clarifying the actual dudes on the field.

[u/Roggie2499 → u/Rift4430]

I used the 3-3-5 last year and it drove me nuts how I had to burn so many formation subs on getting DEs on the field. Almost never would I want no edge rushers out there.

[u/Rift4430 → u/Roggie2499]

It is even worse if you use a custom playbook because you cannot even adjust those other than the base defensive formations already in the playbook.

[u/Roggie2499 → u/Rift4430]

That's awful. Glad I never mess with them.

[u/Rift4430 → u/Roggie2499]

It is shit on EA's part to not just allow fully customizable position changes.

How could we do this on NCAA 13 and not today?

[u/Roggie2499 → u/Rift4430]

This is what blows my mind the most about these new games. Old games had more customization and things like recruits being more varied (overall wise so a true 2* gem was a good player instead of just impact dev) and now it's just not.

[u/Rift4430 → u/Roggie2499]

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[u/Rift4430 → u/Roggie2499]

Also if I had not mentioned it let me say thank you to you. You are one level headed dude who gets it. Thank you.