No, this is what I said.
The main thing that keying does is dictate whether or not the defense is going to bite on the PA fake. That's really about it. There should be an in game bonus to defense, but it's not big enough to matter.
The right defense shuts down the run regardless of the key because players immediately switch to run defense when the ball is handed off.
Biting on a play fake inevitably leads to 70 yard TDs out of the 212 PA FB Flats.
The bigger point that was overlooked is defenses start keying correctly for a play after it is run three times. And most people only keep 20-25 plays active, which means that every game inevitably becomes keyed correctly without having to set a key before the game.
Therefore, it's better to start in Pass Key to prevent the homerun throw off the PA. You're still not going to see that much of a difference against running plays, and the bonus you get from Pass Key will not really be that great anyway since the game inevitably breaks down to plays vs play for player alignment anyway.
Everything else is dictated by the downfield passing nerf that prevents you from going over the top.
Last edited at 12/23/2020 4:18 pm
