Oneback
08-06-2010, 11:26 AM
With the tuning sets coming out yesterday and me having the day off today (good timing EA) I figured I would do a little research. So I simmed 10 seasons letting the CPU handle everything and recorded the OVR rating for a 6-star programs starters. Then in season 10 I recorded how many players the team had at each position and the OVR for each of the top 5 players at the position.
First up is the yearly breakdown for each of the 10 years:
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/2892/10yrovr.png
The biggest thing you will see here is that the starters overall rating ends up roughly the same from year one to year ten and the average for all years is only slightly lower than where they started.
The biggest thing I noticed is that right after the defualt roster players leave the roster (year 5) there is a big drop off in overall starting talent. Now the team I recorded these results for has a really young roster so that may play a big role in why years four and five have a big drop off in talent at several positions. However while my next graph will show the CPU does a decent job of filling out the roster this graph shows that they don't do a good job of planning ahead as there doesn't seem to be a good player ready to ready to step in and fill the shoes of the out going player as there is typically a 10+ point drop off when a player decides to leave/graduate.
Next is a breakdown of each position in year 10:
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7718/yr10players.png
As I said above the CPU did a solid job of filling out the roster, however there is not a lot of depth along the offensive line or at tight end. There are still too many quarterbacks, halfbacks and defensive tackles on the roster that without those extra players I am sure there would be more depth along the offensive line.
Overall I think EA did a fine job of making changes for the better, I'd still like to see a few tweaks...especially in those years they just did not recruit a tight end or fullback.
First up is the yearly breakdown for each of the 10 years:
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/2892/10yrovr.png
The biggest thing you will see here is that the starters overall rating ends up roughly the same from year one to year ten and the average for all years is only slightly lower than where they started.
The biggest thing I noticed is that right after the defualt roster players leave the roster (year 5) there is a big drop off in overall starting talent. Now the team I recorded these results for has a really young roster so that may play a big role in why years four and five have a big drop off in talent at several positions. However while my next graph will show the CPU does a decent job of filling out the roster this graph shows that they don't do a good job of planning ahead as there doesn't seem to be a good player ready to ready to step in and fill the shoes of the out going player as there is typically a 10+ point drop off when a player decides to leave/graduate.
Next is a breakdown of each position in year 10:
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7718/yr10players.png
As I said above the CPU did a solid job of filling out the roster, however there is not a lot of depth along the offensive line or at tight end. There are still too many quarterbacks, halfbacks and defensive tackles on the roster that without those extra players I am sure there would be more depth along the offensive line.
Overall I think EA did a fine job of making changes for the better, I'd still like to see a few tweaks...especially in those years they just did not recruit a tight end or fullback.