Hello OS Faithful,
I am reaching out for help from the more veteran Madden players on OS. Here's what's going on...
I'm playing CFM Career Mode with Devin Wade on the Jaguars. Considering Wade's natural playing style and the NFL team with the most need at QB I chose the Jaguars for my franchise. It's a logical and fun option given the rookie addition of Leonard Fournett in the draft. Fournett would pair nicely with Wade's scrambling ability giving the Jaguars a Prescott/Elliot feel, potentially allowing the Jaguars to pull off a Cowboy esque run in 2017.
My hope was to have Wade be to the Jaguars what Jameis Winston was to the Bucs. A strong leader that although rough around the edges could become the face of a rebuilding franchise in desperate need of a Franchise QB. Pair that with a young power back out of LSU and it seems like a no brainer duo.
Problem is the Wade/Fournette combo is not quite as dynamic as I'd hoped. Through the first 6 games of the regular season, I'm tearing it up with Wade, 1900+ passing yds with 20 passing TD's, and 1000+ rushing yds with 11 rushing TD's while Fournette only has around 400 yds with 6 rushing TD's and a couple passing TD's... Not quite that beastly.
I'm playing on All-Pro with "Armor & Sword’s Custom All-Pro Simulation Style CFM" sliders and it's improved the offense (minus too many holding calls) but for the life of me, I can't get Fournette to go beast mode. I call more designed running plays than anything else, and I only run Wade when necessary on passing downs to avoid pressure. Goalline, dive, counter, I-form, single-back, or 4WR wide no matter the formation the longest run Fournette will blast is a 13-20yd gain and that's RARE!
From everything I've seen of Fournette in scouting reports and based on his college stats, it would lead one to believe he should be a 1000-1500yd back in the NFL. His best game to date was against the Titans in Week 2 where he tore up the Titans defense to amass around 100yds. Since then nothing. He's only averaging 57yds a game in a 60/40 run vs pass play-calling style. Let's be frank though the Jaguars playbook and coaching suggestions are not doing Fournette or Wade any favors as they are repetitive and severely limited. Don't get me started on their WR's catching ability either (Drop open passes much).
Most of the issue is due to the AI choosing to run up the middle instead of taking a cut when there's clearly a hole, or push it outside when it needs to juke and cut up the field. It's ridiculous at this point how often the AI misses open holes or will look for contact when there's clearly a gap to run for instead. Is there any way to fix this through sliders? I've already tweaked Player run blocking a bit but I'm not sure how much that will help the CPU players since I'm only controlling the QB.
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance and sorry for the wordy post.
I am reaching out for help from the more veteran Madden players on OS. Here's what's going on...
I'm playing CFM Career Mode with Devin Wade on the Jaguars. Considering Wade's natural playing style and the NFL team with the most need at QB I chose the Jaguars for my franchise. It's a logical and fun option given the rookie addition of Leonard Fournett in the draft. Fournett would pair nicely with Wade's scrambling ability giving the Jaguars a Prescott/Elliot feel, potentially allowing the Jaguars to pull off a Cowboy esque run in 2017.
My hope was to have Wade be to the Jaguars what Jameis Winston was to the Bucs. A strong leader that although rough around the edges could become the face of a rebuilding franchise in desperate need of a Franchise QB. Pair that with a young power back out of LSU and it seems like a no brainer duo.
Problem is the Wade/Fournette combo is not quite as dynamic as I'd hoped. Through the first 6 games of the regular season, I'm tearing it up with Wade, 1900+ passing yds with 20 passing TD's, and 1000+ rushing yds with 11 rushing TD's while Fournette only has around 400 yds with 6 rushing TD's and a couple passing TD's... Not quite that beastly.
I'm playing on All-Pro with "Armor & Sword’s Custom All-Pro Simulation Style CFM" sliders and it's improved the offense (minus too many holding calls) but for the life of me, I can't get Fournette to go beast mode. I call more designed running plays than anything else, and I only run Wade when necessary on passing downs to avoid pressure. Goalline, dive, counter, I-form, single-back, or 4WR wide no matter the formation the longest run Fournette will blast is a 13-20yd gain and that's RARE!
From everything I've seen of Fournette in scouting reports and based on his college stats, it would lead one to believe he should be a 1000-1500yd back in the NFL. His best game to date was against the Titans in Week 2 where he tore up the Titans defense to amass around 100yds. Since then nothing. He's only averaging 57yds a game in a 60/40 run vs pass play-calling style. Let's be frank though the Jaguars playbook and coaching suggestions are not doing Fournette or Wade any favors as they are repetitive and severely limited. Don't get me started on their WR's catching ability either (Drop open passes much).
Most of the issue is due to the AI choosing to run up the middle instead of taking a cut when there's clearly a hole, or push it outside when it needs to juke and cut up the field. It's ridiculous at this point how often the AI misses open holes or will look for contact when there's clearly a gap to run for instead. Is there any way to fix this through sliders? I've already tweaked Player run blocking a bit but I'm not sure how much that will help the CPU players since I'm only controlling the QB.
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance and sorry for the wordy post.
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