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redcped

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Tough to run

March 22, 2011 at 08:43PM View BBCode

Seems like running games are really struggling in the league so far. I'm averaging 2.9 yards a carry, and that's middle of the pack.

League is averaging 3.2, but I don't know if that's good or bad. It just seems like the totals are low.

KLKRTR

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March 22, 2011 at 08:44PM View BBCode

Let's give it another game day to give us a few more data points...the good rushing teams could've just had some bad rushing days..

redcped

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March 22, 2011 at 08:51PM View BBCode

I can go for that ... It was just an early warning, I guess, in case something got changed that caused something else to change.

Fulla

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March 22, 2011 at 09:28PM View BBCode

There are in the league;
11 B+ or better Guards
11 B+ or better tackles
9 B+ or better Centers
6 B+ or better Run blocking FBs

A lot of teams don't have the blocking.

redcped

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March 22, 2011 at 09:51PM View BBCode

Originally posted by Fulla
There are in the league;
11 B+ or better Guards
11 B+ or better tackles
9 B+ or better Centers
6 B+ or better Run blocking FBs

A lot of teams don't have the blocking.

I haven't seen a league yet with much more than that, though.

Admin

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March 23, 2011 at 12:05AM View BBCode

Originally posted by redcped

Originally posted by Fulla
There are in the league;
11 B+ or better Guards
11 B+ or better tackles
9 B+ or better Centers
6 B+ or better Run blocking FBs

A lot of teams don't have the blocking.

I haven't seen a league yet with much more than that, though.

Good point. Let me look at the initial player creation to see if there's a flaw I missed.

players are all created as college freshmen and then improved to their proper age, so flaws in improvements also will create players with deficiencies.

--Chris

KLKRTR

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March 23, 2011 at 12:19AM View BBCode

Yeah..actually...looking back at the preseason, I do have to wonder if maybe things are a bit low..I do think the runs that cost -4 yards are a bit much...maybe decrease those and increase runs for no gain?

Montreal had a 3.1 average through the preseason, but we have a B+ tackle, B+ guard, and an A- center, and an A+ run blocking FB...oh, and an A- blocking TE

Admin

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March 23, 2011 at 12:54AM View BBCode

I've found some bugs in the O-line; I've rewritten it to get around those bugs, properly take into account the TE for run blocking, and shifted more of the runs to the strong side to take advantage of the TE. I've also removed some bonuses given to the defensive line back when we had the opposite problem of too many ground yards. Testing these changes locally now.

--Chris

Admin

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March 23, 2011 at 07:24PM View BBCode

Code updates are up; we will definately want to keep an eye on the run. High-execution/high carry RB's should start to pull away from the pack.

--Chris

Admin

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March 25, 2011 at 01:51AM View formatted

In the last three games we are averaging 4.1 yards per run now, right on target.

--Chris