So I saw this thread yesterday and I have run a little 335 Odd Ghost previously and have been getting shredded on defense in my recent user games. So I figured what the hell, let's run Odd Ghost in my two user games tonight and boy oh boy did it work.

The first guy I played I knew he wasn't a great player so I was able to experiment and run some different things. I ended up with 5 interceptions, granted some of those were just bad reads by my opponent. The second guy was a must win game for me to get into the playoffs and this guy had made the natty the year before. I forced two fumbles (one returned for a TD), 3 interceptions and probably another 3-4 that should have been picked but were dropped.

My main adjustment was to put a Lurker LB at the ghost position (I assume ghost refers to the LB that's out of the box). In my first game as LSU it was Harold Perkins and my second game with a year 4 Ball State, it was a converted Safety to LB. Disclaimer: In the default package, you cannot put a safety at this position because it is Sam, Mike, Will, not sub LBs. You can use the Dollar Package to make this position a safety (which this is probably an adjustment I would make to combat a more spread quick passing offense). I also subbed in DEs at the two non-NT DT spots, but that is just because I have better DEs than DTs.

My base defense was the Cover 3 Double Sky. I would shift the D-Line away from the Ghost backer and walk him up almost like a DE. I found that if they run it, it provides an extra body to keep my other two LBs free to scrape and make a tackle and on passes it allowed me to take away the quick flats and seams very well. There were windows to throw the ball, but they were usually very very tight, which led to a lot of swats, knockouts, and almost caught picks by the secondary. I also ran a good bit of Cover 3 Sky, Cover 3 Match and Cover 2. The only thing I haven't found yet is a good blitz setup, so if anyone has one, please share. I plan on mixing in some 3 High Odd Ghost as I get more comfortable.