What does the awareness rating in Madden 13 affect in certain positions?

[Bose3399]

I recently drafted a stud TE who excels in a lot of areas, but only has a 29 for awareness. (Apparently he's one of those guys who only played b-ball in college a la Antonio Gates). I haven't gotten to use him yet, and wanted to know if anyone knew how that could adversely affect him

[thebizarrojerry]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bose3399

I recently drafted a stud TE who excels in a lot of areas, but only has a 29 for awareness. (Apparently he's one of those guys who only played b-ball in college a la Antonio Gates). I haven't gotten to use him yet, and wanted to know if anyone knew how that could adversely affect him

Only guessing here, but run blocking he will probably miss a block once in a while

Also probably more false starts.

[falconfansince81]

honestly i never even look at awareness, if it does hold any water it is not significant enough to sway me from drafting an otherwise beast player.

[bsantos_5]

I don't know if AWR has ever really been explained. As thebizarrojerry said, it might affect his blocking and his decision making when running option routes. I know a lot of guys say AWR doesn't matter when user controlling the guys, I'm not so sure about that. It could just be me but when playing QB it sure seems that my receivers get open a lot more when the QB has high AWR. I know that doesn't make sense as the WR should get open based on their AWR and route running, but it could be that high AWR for a QB allows him to "see" the field better which in turn allows him to find open guys easier.

That's probably all in my head but that is my take.

[Rebel10]

I have never understood awareness, but it's usually the #1 factor in determining overall rating. But what it actually does on the field... hell no one knows.

[MikeLove]

probably essentially nothing like it does every year

[Greencollarbaseball]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rebel10

I have never understood awareness, but it's usually the #1 factor in determining overall rating. But what it actually does on the field... hell no one knows.

Yeah, raising a guys AWR is the fastest way to raise his OVR. I


Sent from that place where I'm at.

[StevenPalaci]

I know that doesn't make sense as the WR should get open based on their AWR and route running