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Originally Posted by Front Office Midget
Passing stats in FOF8 ARE lower than the NFL average, that's well accepted and just part of the game. The ceiling in FOF8 is far beyond the NFL ceiling, but the averages are much lower.
For running- offensive line run blocking is arguably more important than RB ability. With a great OL and a RB with excellent hole recognition, strength, and elusiveness, 6.0 ypc and 2,000 yards is not out of the question at all.
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Exactly. Especially with the more recent patches where Jim made passing slightly harder, the average numbers are NFL-like, but not
exactly like in the NFL.
As far as OP's concerns, it's hard to answer you about why your pass rushing isn't working without actually seeing what you're doing. This game is about more than "just get good guys" as you need to have cohesion to get the best from them (assuming you've got Chemistry turned on). Small things also help, like having your guys sized correctly for their positions. Then there's the playcalling. And so on.
FOF is a lot of little things that add up, so to answer your general question about why your pass rush isn't as effective as you'd think, I'd say it's about a lot of small things adding up that is impacting your performance.
I feel this way especially because you keep talking about individual players and individual players in any season can give you the wrong read on what's happening. Sometimes the "wrong" guy puts up big numbers. It happens. But how is you team of pass rushing crazies performing? Is your
team successful at pass rushing?