College Football 25 Defense 101: How To Play Correctly

In this College Football 25 tips video, I'll be showing you how to play defense in CFB 25. If you want to learn how to get better or how to get good at College Football 25, look no further. For more College Football 25 tips and gameplay, subscribe!

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[grobinson]

Getting nearly 0 stops on All-American against the CPU is ROUGH.

[RaccoonRigby]

This is very much needed so I don’t get blown out by 70 anymore

[snlalex.]

I lost so many games last minute in the clutch because I can’t play defense😭😭

[kalebbruce]

can we get a defense 201 for people that now the basics but want a little bit more defense. every game feels like who gets ball last/ who gets one stop lol

[myron]

I’ve just accepted the fact that every game is going to be a shootout 😂

[nijchealredd]

We need to talk about field goals are insane

[BurchyGaming]

I feel like zone is way better than man. Unless you have top end corners.

[GrayCorps]

Great info....one issue I have come across with a lot of teams is they snap the ball so early on the play clock, I don't have a lot of time to adjust the defense

[micrmay]

I'm struggling more in defense in this game than I EVER have in Madden or the older NCAA games, and I started off with varsity.

[chrisrhodes]

I just pick the d lineman not looking likely to get doubled and try to create disruptions. Been my EA defense strategy for over a decade. Works fine

[jordanwalks]

Notes for me:

0:22 Matching personnel
*Basic Adjustments:*
1:54 Defensive line (Left on D-Pad)
- Left stick for positioning
- Right stick for slanting (direction)
2:32 Adjust linebackers (Right on D-Pad)
3:05 Secondary/Coverage adjustments (Triangle)

[codyscottmac]

Love listening to you explain this stuff, it's super helpful for a casual football fan like myself

[carsonsmith]

Thank you Eric, this is the first defense video I’ve ever understood.

[RIPJimmyAX]

Man I'm glad I don't play online,
I don't need the stress of giving up 50 no matter what I do in my life lol

[arizonawildcat]

What I would recommend to people is try and predict the play, but only predict a run if your absolutely certain they’re gonna run the ball or you’ll get burned on a deep route because you safety’s move up.

What I typically do is predict the pass, if I’m wrong, they’ll get a 7 yard run max. Then I control my LB’s manually. Follow the running back or play zone coverage in the middle.

My biggest complaint with this game is your player ratings don’t account for difficulty. What I mean by this is if your on higher difficulty, it increases the abilities of all the opposing players, while making your players arguably worse. I can have an O Line with higher ratings than the opposing D-Line but they’ll still get burned anytime I run the ball on high difficulty.

[ThailandXpress]

Gap discipline is huge against the run. Don’t slant or pinch the d line. Lots of outside runs I’ve stuffed by playing a DE and essentially pushing outside to force the run back in and the LBs easily clean it up.

[porschepal]

Even the CPU can't play defense. I was sinming all defense and just playing offense on a Dynasty with South Alabama and we lose 64-63 in overtime. I scored a touchdown in OT and got the extra point but the defense proceeded to give up a touchdown and a 2 pount conversion and that was it.

[BaldFury]

Your videos are always so helpful! Thanks for your hard work!

[Mocitydon]

I lost 2 close games to blow zone coverages and missed chase down tackles I need this 😂

[picassogamez]

Yoo as someone that never played any football game. This was much needed !!!! Thank you.