How do you scout Defense?

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by fuzzy1718

Some of you are saying that kicking balls out is the best defense.

I wouldn't consider this defense. I do agree that having 3 teams just kick ball the close zone can be the preferred strategy, but I wouldn't consider it a 'defensive strategy'. Like, I wouldn't consider Otis Smith and the Giants offense that held the ball for over 40 minutes in Super Bowl 25 'defenders'. Yes, their brilliant ball control was sucessful in keeping the Bills no-huddle offense off the field for most of the game, but didn't defend anyone. If a team is looking for the 3rd robot to play defense, they are looking for robots to fulfill a different strategy: a defensive one, not a ball-controlled offensive approach.

Several people have hinted at or said that defense is only for their opponents' close zone. So, far this year we have won matches having our defenders starting and playing in each zone. If anything, I think we have had the most sucess when trying to keep an elite robot in their far zone.