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Stokes36
10-14-2009, 05:38 AM
I'll preface this a bit. I drafted a defensive tackle, and switched him over to nose tackle for me for the 3-4 to play this season. He started the preseason 26/51(15/66 RD, 30/50 PRT, 50 PRS, 14/21 PD, 56 PH, 16 END). He didn't get hurt at all....ALL season...he played in over 930 plays defensively, and posted some very, very good stats considering his ratings, and bars.

48 tackles, 19 assists, 6.5 sacks, 2 blocked, 3 hurries. 7.8 tk%
442 RPLY, 495 PPLY

I get to the end of the season...and the button has already been pressed for the end of the season(we're in Coach Hiring), and this DT is STILL at 26/51!!

I've never seen a rookie who got extensive playing time, and actually produced(very well, considering he was a NT in a 3-4 and got 6.5 sacks, lol), not get any sort of 'progression'. Has anyone else had something like this happen? I've been playing FOF for about 8-9 months now...am I just looking at some sort of anomaly? Because to me, it seems like he's for certain outplaying his bars.

Thoughts?
Ben E Lou
10-14-2009, 07:58 AM
This sort of thing happens rarely enough that I doubt it's a bug, but just a slow-developing player. And 6.5 sacks with those very low blocked/hurry numbers would make me suspect that several of those sacks were just a case of luck of the dice in a few games against QBs with piss-poor sense rush. What were his knockdown numbers?
Stokes36
10-14-2009, 01:49 PM
This sort of thing happens rarely enough that I doubt it's a bug, but just a slow-developing player. And 6.5 sacks with those very low blocked/hurry numbers would make me suspect that several of those sacks were just a case of luck of the dice in a few games against QBs with piss-poor sense rush. What were his knockdown numbers?

lol....ZERO knockdowns. lol...
Ben E Lou
10-14-2009, 02:00 PM
lol....ZERO knockdowns. lol...Yup. He's not very good (at least not yet...he coudl develop)...just lucky on those sacks.
stevew
10-14-2009, 02:50 PM
I'd gather this is the type of guy that often ends up in the 36/36 range.
Firefly
10-15-2009, 09:39 AM
I once had a 3rd year QB that, after developing normally the first 2 years, gained 0 experience points in TC. I was very worried, but in the end he finished developing as expected. Just bad dice rolls, I guess.