I thought that too, I just took the job with Clemson that was offered to me in my dynasty. I was playing the first game vs Ole Miss and my D was swatting down passes left and right. I was like WHF then I looked at my DT that was getting all the swats and he is 6'7" tall. I started looking at who was swatting down passes and mostly its really tall guys which is realistic.Originally Posted by ram29jackson
theres plenty of tall lineman in college, that doesnt mean the ball gets swatted once every series.
no, it isnt realistic.
Still loving this game but the DB's running the slant routes better than your receivers is getting to be a bit much. The majority of the time my recievers are covered like glue and you can't even lead the reciever because the DB is in front of him. If this issue can't be patched then my time with this game will become very limited~ at first it was a little annoying, then it became a pain in the butt, and now it's downright infuriating. Little things like this turn out to be major issues over time and it needs to be addressed ASAP.
What do you have the pass coverage slider set at?
Yes and no. Sure, it's an "easy fix", but why would they fix something they don't consider broken? It's not designed to help the running game. Slide Protection, in NCAA, is designed for pass protection only.
And while I'll agree that there are probably some coaches that use it ... I'd venture to guess there are a lot more that don't. Our slide protection schemes had no bearing on our run blocking, even on the rare plays that we actually used zone blocking techniques.
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That's the thing... I had been playing with the cpu pass D at 40. Now I will say that my receivers are pretty avg. this year but the issue isn't the receivers it's the dbs. What do you have your D pass covg at? Sounds like you're not seeing an issue?
I am curious as to what is tougher to programme... zone blocking or manual L/R slide?
Playing on Heisman with CPU pass coverage is at 30 or 35, can't recall which right now. There is separation, but good CBs will stay with slants.....not every time though, so if it is open, it is open. If not, look elsewhere quickly. My WRs will get open on ins and outs too, but not every time.
I lowered mine from 50 to 40 on All-American and saw a SIGNIFICANT improvement in coverage abilities. Granted, against superior talent it's still gonna be tough, but I've been pretty happy with the results against with the slider at 40. Tempted to go down to 35 to see how much more of a difference it makes.
I might try 35 today if I get a chance. I have a new FIVE STAR STUD raw freshman as my starting QB so I will see how he does. Hey get this, he's giving Jamarcus Russel a run for his money: Cory Covington 6'6 275lbs. That's a big, big QB.
Holy shit, that's a HUGE QB. Was he a QB prospect or an ATH? I've never seen a QB that freakin' big.
Jared Lorenzen
I've got a 6-7, 265lbs TE with 81 THA and 94 THP. Rates out as an 81 OVR at QB.
He was the #2 ranked QB.
I will definitely have to look more at the QB prospects. Especially since I am finally a [6star] prestige team in my offline dynasty.
I got one 5* recruit to quick commit this year. I'm going after less players but higher rated recruits. Quality over quantity this year. I've got a lot of great players in my Top 10 right now (plus two hard commits through 4 weeks) and I'm pretty much spending the full 60 minutes on each guy in my Top 10. I really hope there isn't an epic fail.
I do notice that some of the LBs are really undersized. Some are even under 200 lbs. Do they gain weight over the years of my dynasty? That's something I never pay attention to. I'm running the 3-4 and I need bigger players at their positions.
That's an excellent question and one I've not really noticed. I will pay more attention to progressions and such next time when I sim through a few seasons.
Pretty sure they did at the end of last-gen. I damn can't recall if they do in this/next-gen.
'10, they definitely gained weight but I never actually looked for this year to see if they did or not.
I would presume zone blocking. Zone blocking requires artificial intelligence to be programmed to determine who to block on a given play. Of course, we see the results of that this year with the blocking AI (which is particularly interesting to watch on Zone blocking plays). Manual L/R slide requires no intelligence, just a direction to go/follow.
Again, I think this goes back to fundamental design. I don't believe they intend for slide protection to do anything on running plays. So it's not "broken", and I don't really think it's something they play to do either. You never know, but I wouldn't think so.
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