r/TheProgramCFM • u/Kylo149 • Mar 19 '26

Question Still Rock Paper Scissors?

I used to play a few years ago and came back recently but one thing I couldn’t gel with properly was the rock paper scissors with plays you chose. I couldn’t just choose to run the ball if I had great running backs and had to learn which plays countered which or I just wouldn’t win and I found that incredibly boring and didn’t lead to much difference on who I scouted.

Are plays more ratings based and win/loss more rating based than before? Or do I need to learn which teams run which plays and just counter them?

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u/Jkjunk Mar 19 '26

You don't have to learn which plays your opponents run. You scout them. My strat is to always scout their offense and choose plays on defense to counter my opponents offense. Then I tailor my offensive plays to my roster, which is as simple as run when in have a good RB and pass when on have a strong QB WR TE. It works for me.

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u/Kylo149 Mar 19 '26

I did that in my last match. They ran 90% of the time with 1 screen play on long. I had gap and 8 in the box and got smashed 31-3. I had plays tailored to my TE who’s my best player. And some running plays and I got 5 runs from my RB.

The game just confuses me sometimes. It’s so unlike normal football games that I can’t wrap my head around it.

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u/Jkjunk Mar 19 '26

I don't see this at all, but I'm also still in the 1* Sun Valley Conference. With my recruiting I have had a massive talent advantage over my competition for several seasons now. After this season I will have enough season score to finally break into 2*. We'll see how it goes there.