The Compression Offense is a scheme or system that many are using in the football gaming world. In fact, it has taken the country by storm over the last few years since Big B introduced it back in 2006. Many top tourney players have since used it to win Madden Challenges and other major Madden tournaments over the years.
What is the Compression Offense? It consists of the grouping or bunching of players in one area on offense to cause mismatches. By grouping or bunching players it forces an Offensive Overload. What we want to do is force the defense to adjust to us, rather than adjusting to them. On defense a form of applying pressure is using overloads. This forces the offense to have account for every defender coming in. The goal here is for the defense is to get a defender in because someone wasn’t accounted for.
The Compression Offense makes it very easy to read the type of pass coverage the defense is in. If man coverage is called, the corners line up head up over the receivers. If zone coverage is called, they generally line up outside of the receiver.
While the defense can send more than we can block, we can use that same scheme on offense. We want them to have to account for everyone. When we run our overloads we’re working for an uncovered WR. This overload attacks zones, man, man/zone, and extreme heat (pressure from blitzing).
Teams today on every level use the Compression Offense. Many top players run the Compression Offense and use it very effectively to win leagues and tourneys. The Compression also allows you to have easier pre-snap reads and makes your progressions simpler.
By having everyone on one side with a backside threat it allows you to make quick and easy reads. Then when you marry routes with flooding zone coverage’s you can get players open quickly.
The Compression is also an excellent formation to run out from. Pooling your blockers to one side gives you an advantage by having an open area or extra blocking to one side.
When running any scheme/system you have some good points and some draw backs. The focus here is for everyone to understand that the Compression Offense isn’t a quick fix! When running any system you have to work on the weaknesses of your scheme to strengthen your system.
This is why many top players lab hours at a time to master their craft. This is why many coaches drill for perfection. Coach Bill Walsh believed in practice and scripting plays. He felt that when you practice and script your plays, it gives you the advantage during the game. He used practice for every possible situation. He also had a list of plays for every situation. This way during the game there was no stress at all.
The players have practiced being in this situation, and know what to do. Scripting your plays allows for easier adjustments. Once the defense shows you how they intend on countering your plays, you can make adjustments when you use that play again. The benefits for using the Compression are endless and is great offensive scheme to use in Madden.
