One of Peyton Mannings favorite passing concepts is Levels. Zan over at compete4ever.com has written an excellent article on what the Levels passing concept is all about and how it applies to Madden 12 football.
The following is an excerpt from the article called “FORWARD PROGRESS #7: NO FACE THROWS? (LEVELS PASSING CONCEPT” that posted February 1, 2012 by ZAN
“Welcome back everyone.
Let’s dive right in. Harrisburg was the weekend before (January 21st), and I’ll be honest; my defense was unbelievable. I sacked the guy with the best “Vick stick” in the nation seven times. I was holding everyone under 21. But I wasn’t winning games. Why? My short game on offense left a lot to be desired. I got into the popular “Hike throw check face throw” offense, and I didn’t run the ball enough. That would be my best explanation as to why I was losing games 21-17, while watching other players scoring in the 50′s and 60′s (No, seriously …. CannonSmoke vs. TDavis had 107 points scored in 3 quarters!).
So what was wrong with me? Tournament nerves? Not really. I was relaxed during every game I played. I knew what I had to do … but I just didn’t execute it. I guess I was tunnel visioned to my original gameplan. I was also very heavily invested into my base formation. I should have tested the waters to see what my opponent disliked most.
I saw a lot of zone coverage at this tournament, as most expected. Some people had a dominating bump and run coverage, but that really wasn’t an issue for me. I was just too greedy and didn’t check down enough.
So this week, I’m going to tell you to do as I say, not as I DID. We’re going to look at the staple of the Peyton Manning offense:
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the “Levels” concept. The above play is actually from the Colts’ playbook, and is called “Colts Ins”, from the Singleback Trips Colt formation; but it’s actually called “Levels” in other teams’ Madden 12 Playbooks.”
To read the rest of the article and view a video, please click on the following link – FORWARD PROGRESS #7: NO FACE THROWS? (LEVELS PASSING CONCEPT
