Play diagnosis?

[MrBigglesworth]

Is that just good for trick plays, for trick plays and counters, or for every play? How important is play diagnosis for each position?

[randal7]

Based only on anecdotal evidence I think it affects all plays. I have had 2 starting DE's, 1 with much better play diagnosis, the other with slightly better skills otherwise, and the guy with better play diagnosis outperformed the other. I have also seen guys with meager skills but high play diagnosis perform better than reasonably expected. So I assume it affects ability to be where the ball is going. However, I lack the patience and determination to really test this. For that I depend on the hard work of other people around here.

[nilodor]

I'm pretty sure it has to do with detecting what kind of play it is. In the help file it says that it is the ability to recognize the flow of a play. I feel this is being able to identify counters, play-action, draws and most importantly, runs when the defense is expecting pass and passes when the defensive is expecting run.