Help needed please for a newbie

[sidthelid]

A quick couple of questions

1) Do the coaches skills that are not in red have much of an affect on things, especially the Head Coach ?

2) Is it better to play a rookie say a 40/60 who is yet to reach his potential with low experience say blue or green or a Vet say 30/30 but it is on red experience, in a game you need to win ?

thank you in advance

[JetsIn06]

Welcome to the board!

1) I'm not 100% on this (and I'm not really sure, actually, if anyone is), but I don't think that the non-highlited areas affect anything. Again, not sure but that's always been my take on it.

2) My take on this is you should start the 40/60 guy. Even though the 30/30 guy's experience is higher, the 40/60 guy is still better than him.

I've actually never even paid attention to their experience colors unless I'm switching someone's position.

Again, welcome!

[sidthelid]

thanks for the help

[Vinatieri for Prez]

Jim has confirmed recently that the non red-highlighted ratings do not affect the game play.

I also would start the 40/60 guy.

[sidthelid]

Jim has confirmed recently that the non red-highlighted ratings do not affect the game play.

I also would start the 40/60 guy.

Can I ask why ?

[AlexB]

i may be wrong, but I thing the 40 vs. 30 is the critical rating, rather than the experience rating...

My understanding is that the current rating is exactly what it says on the tin, how good the guy is at that particular time. The experience grade is in my mind linked to the green bars - and how much potential he has left...

[Vinatieri for Prez]

Can I ask why ?

I just value giving young guys the nod when there is not much separating them. Personal preference.

[sidthelid]

I thought maybe the experience had to do with knowing the position ,reading the signs being able to react so too speak.

So what happens if the bars are filled out fully and he is not at the top experience ?

Sorry just trying to understand there is a lot to take in

[larrymcg421]

I would also say it depends on the specific bars and how they fit into your gameplan. Beware of guys that are maxed out in endurance and special teams which inflates their overall rating. Also, if you have a QB with low timing, you may start the 30/30 guy is he has good Adjust to Ball skills and the other guy is really poor in that area. I generally find that the overall rating is just a very basic guide and should never be used to compare players. When I'm making trades/FA pickups, I don't bother considering the overall ratings.

[sidthelid]

I would also say it depends on the specific bars and how they fit into your gameplan. Beware of guys that are maxed out in endurance and special teams which inflates their overall rating. Also, if you have a QB with low timing, you may start the 30/30 guy is he has good Adjust to Ball skills and the other guy is really poor in that area. I generally find that the overall rating is just a very basic guide and should never be used to compare players. When I'm making trades/FA pickups, I don't bother considering the overall ratings.

So you pick up FA's depending on how they fit your scheme, so if you play Man Coverage a CB that has say 75 man and 0 Zone is as good as a player that has 75 Man and 50 zone as long as you only play Man ?

The one i don't get is Courage for WR's, i have used Solevision so far as I want to learn how to plan and it seems i have no control over whether my WR's run deep patterns or cross patterns etc, I presume if i wish to play a shorter passing gme Courage would be more important as they will get hit that much more by the LB's etc ?

[CraigSca]

This definitely won't be a panacea for you, but there's a little file in your installation directory called csv.txt. It goes into at least SOME detail regarding what the individual ratings mean. Might be a help (?).

[sovereignstar]

are you british?

[JetsIn06]

I thought maybe the experience had to do with knowing the position ,reading the signs being able to react so too speak.

So what happens if the bars are filled out fully and he is not at the top experience ?

Sorry just trying to understand there is a lot to take in

I believe that it doesn't really make a difference. Others may believe differently. Actually, I think the only way a player wouldn't have full experience, but be maxed out in his bars, would be if he switched positions. Am I correct in my assumption?

I only say this because after this thread I checked out some of my guys position experience and the only players who didn't have maxed out experience had green showing.

[Julio Riddols]

A lot of times, players with maxed out bars that aren't full on experience at their primary position will continue to improve beyond those bars. Its like the scout is underestimating the potential of the player in those cases.

Another thing about young players is that playing time helps them improve much faster than riding the bench- Usually if I have a young player within a few points of a veteran who he is competing for playing time with, I give the rookie first crack at the starting job. If he doesn't perform well, maybe you make the switch back to the veteran.

In those situations where it is too close to call, go with the guy who fits your scheme better. With WR, if you like throwing deep, the main ratings to value seem to be big play receiving, route running and avoid drops. If you like an underneath passing game, a guy with good skill getting downfield with route running and maybe a little courage seems to be a good combo- If you like to pound the ball on 1st and 2nd down, a guy with good 3rd down receiving, route running and courage seems to be able to get you those key catches on 3rd downs.

This is only in my experience, others may have different preferences.. The best way to figure things out is to test various team building and game planning strategies and see what works best for you.

The csv.txt is also a great help, there is a lot of good info in there for beginners.