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Is it me or is that now the deadliest play in the game? I'm not too thrilled about that, actually. Seems a bit much to me.

It's just you. ;)

Pass At Distance
	DrpBk	Att	Pct	Cmp	Pct	Yds	YPA	YPC	YAC	YACPC	Succ	Pct	Sack	Pct	Yds	Avg	Scrm	Pct	Yds	Avg	INT	Pct	TD	Pct
Screen	253,874	227,823	89.7%	175,960	77.2%	1,207,849	5.30	6.86	1,114,124	6.33	87,277	34.4%	11,638	4.6%	70,849	6.09	14,413	5.7%	100,789	6.99	2,006	0.9%	5,840	2.6%
P0To4	213,593	191,522	89.7%	150,996	78.8%	1,107,677	5.78	7.34	712,702	4.72	77,899	36.5%	10,001	4.7%	60,685	6.07	12,070	5.7%	81,340	6.74	1,724	0.9%	7,631	4.0%
P5To8	466,067	417,481	89.6%	280,436	67.2%	2,574,980	6.17	9.18	833,622	2.97	208,628	44.8%	22,028	4.7%	133,406	6.06	26,558	5.7%	184,718	6.96	6,688	1.6%	12,746	3.1%
P9To12	324,706	289,212	89.1%	155,149	53.6%	1,945,670	6.73	12.54	447,797	2.89	130,044	40.0%	17,196	5.3%	104,060	6.05	18,298	5.6%	129,266	7.06	7,618	2.6%	7,784	2.7%
P13To18	179,140	155,977	87.1%	70,906	45.5%	1,178,425	7.56	16.62	231,160	3.26	65,307	36.5%	13,137	7.3%	79,833	6.08	10,026	5.6%	70,283	7.01	6,089	3.9%	5,171	3.3%
P19To26	116,321	101,323	87.1%	35,519	35.1%	828,928	8.18	23.34	122,545	3.45	34,826	29.9%	8,439	7.3%	51,307	6.08	6,559	5.6%	46,198	7.04	5,316	5.2%	4,031	4.0%
P27To39	62,530	54,609	87.3%	12,767	23.4%	427,781	7.83	33.51	52,540	4.12	12,748	20.4%	4,401	7.0%	26,494	6.02	3,520	5.6%	25,384	7.21	3,281	6.0%	2,784	5.1%
P40Plus	33,224	28,984	87.2%	4,319	14.9%	195,267	6.74	45.21	12,248	2.84	4,319	13.0%	2,348	7.1%	14,360	6.12	1,892	5.7%	13,490	7.13	2,047	7.1%	1,772	6.1%

Now what's interesting is a comparison from FOF2K7 to FOF7. Including sacks, yards per play has changed as follows:

	FOF2K7	FOF7	DIFF	PCT CHG
Screen	4.06	4.76	0.70	17.2%
Pto4	3.81	5.19	1.38	36.2%
P4To8	5.55	5.52	-0.03	-0.5%
P9To12	6.57	5.99	-0.58	-8.8%
P13To18	7.41	6.58	-0.83	-11.2%
P19To26	8.20	7.13	-1.07	-13.0%
P27To39	7.98	6.84	-1.14	-14.3%
P40Plus	7.33	5.88	-1.45	-19.8%

We played FOF2K7 for so long that I suspect that what you're seeing is that screens and 0-4 yard passes work significantly better than they used to. I often used 20-5-75 or 15-5-80 for my short pass distances to avoid the 0-4 yard black hole. I no longer do that.

Downfield passing was *the* way to go in FOF2K7. Now that longer passing has been toned down and shorter passing improved, it's much more balanced. But longer passing with the right personnel is still extremely effective: http://www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/...playerid=24969 (2042 and 2043 are in FOF7.) With that guy and his stud TE, stud WR, solid WR2, good pass-blocking o-line, strong HC/OC, and high passing cohesion, I'm using a barely-modified FOF2K7 PAV and putting up the numbers you see.

Sorry, I forgot I had started this thread! Thanks for the info, I particularly appreciate it since I can't get gameplan analyzer to work.

Seems like your interpretation, plus maybe some bad luck for my defense, is spot on.

Hehehehe

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Good one. He should play the Lions. We play the bombs like screens and the screens like bombs -only with a much higher completion %!

Bump for the awesome info laid out here. Good stuff, Ben!