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[viking12344]

I have tried PMO's idea (which is common setup except for this set and armors) of low reaction, high pass coverage 80-15 and just don't like it. Only 1 half mind you so it could be nothing but completion % goes up. Its like they play you tighter but dumber maybe? I am going to try them again. I don't seem to have a TE problem using Mikes sliders or high scores.

[Pat Morgan]

Quote: Originally Posted by viking12344

I have tried PMO's idea (which is common setup except for this set and armors) of low reaction, high pass coverage 80-15 and just don't like it. Only 1 half mind you so it could be nothing but completion % goes up. Its like they play you tighter but dumber maybe? I am going to try them again. I don't seem to have a TE problem using Mikes sliders or high scores.

Well PMO got banned, not sure why but anyway I was using those 15 react and 80 coverage. I loved it, made the DB's play much better...........I keep getting smoked tho by the CPU slot WR, they can either go over the middle or towards the sideline all day on me lol......but I think I just need to call better plays and hold down these slot guys better.

[Mike Lowe]

Quote: Originally Posted by eastcoast49ers

Latest game with the updated sliders in the OP. San Francisco 49ers at Cleveland Browns Jan 1, 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH SCORE San Francisco 49ers (me) 0 10 0 7 17 Cleveland Browns (cpu) 10 7 7 3 27 Team Stats Comparison SFO CLE Total Offense 257 367 Rushing Yards 122 127 Passing Yards 135 240 First Downs 13 25 Punt Return Yards 0 12 Kick Return Yards 135 91 Total Yards 392 470 Turnovers 2 1 3rd Down Converstion 38% 52% 4th Down Conversion 0-1 0-0 2-Point Conversion 0-0 0-0 Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals 2/0 2/1 Penalties 13-105 8-113 Posession Time 21:37 38:23 Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER SCORING SFO CLE 10:21 (CLE) S. Suisham, 47 yd FG 0 3 4:02 (CLE) J. Gordon, 24 yd pass from J. Manziel 0 10 SECOND QUARTER SCORING SFO CLE 9:37 (SFO) P. Dawson, 38 yd FG 3 10 3:51 (CLE) R. Turbin, 2 yd run 3 17 0:25 (SFO) Q. Patton, 19 yd pass from C. Kaepernick 10 17 THIRD QUARTER SCORING SFO CLE 9:04 (CLE) G. Barnidge, 2 yd pass from J. Manziel 10 24 FOURTH QUARTER SCORING SFO CLE 8:07 (SFO) B. Miller, 1 yd run 17 24 2:28 (CLE) S. Suisham, 29 yd FG 17 27 San Francisco 49ers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT C. Kaepernick 16/33 142 1 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD C. Kaepernick 5 52 10.4 0 C. Hyde 12 40 3.3 0 R. Bush 1 20 20.0 0 J. Hayne 2 9 4.5 0 B. Miller 1 1 1.0 1 TEAM 21 122 5.8 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. Simpson 5 55 11.0 0 V. Davis 5 46 9.2 0 Q. Patton 1 19 19.0 1 T. Smith 1 12 12.0 0 C. Hyde 2 8 4.0 0 A. Boldin 1 1 1.0 0 R. Bush 1 1 1.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK D. Kilgore 2 0 B. Miller 1 0 A. Boone 1 1 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG P. Dawson 1/2 38 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 B. Pinion 4 178 44.5 1 Cleveland Browns PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Manziel 20/38 264 2 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD R. Turbin 35 111 3.1 1 I. Crowell 4 16 4.0 0 TEAM 39 127 3.3 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. Gordon 7 113 16.1 1 D. Bowe 3 64 21.3 0 D. Amendola 3 41 13.6 0 G. Barnidge 4 36 9.0 1 R. Turbin 1 7 7.0 0 I. Crowell 1 3 3.0 0 I. Pryor 1 0 0.0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG S. Suisham 2/2 48 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 A. Lee 4 154 38.5 0 Again, scrambling qb's not scrambling. Manziel ended up with zero carries which is odd. Kaepernick had some bad overthrows and we really couldn't get anything going offensively. Cleveland just held onto the ball and RAN RAN RAN. The penalties were also very frequent. Both teams had over 100 penalty yards

I'll be keeping an eye on penalties. 3 of my last 4 games they have been good ranging from 3-5 per team or into double digits. My last game was high for both teams as well.

I'm seeing similar QB struggles too as a user. What are you noticing with WR drops (not the recorded ones, just on the field)? I haven't posted it yet, but my next game I'm going to try user WR catch at 70 to see if this helps.

I'm hoping next week's patch fixes auto-subs and QB scrambling. Not much we can do about that!

[Mike Lowe]

Quote: Originally Posted by eastcoast49ers

One of the most intense games I have played. Teams combined for 38 4th quarter points. Thought we were heading to OT but Marvin Jones had a ridiculous catch to put them in FG range and Nugent hit the game winner as time expired. Some changes I will make: 1) Facemask Penalty - got hit with 7 of those in this game. As you can see i had 12 penalties, way to many for one team. When you keep giving them 15 yard personal fouls and first downs it gets to you. 2) Hum int back up to 35. Had a few errant passes hit my guys in the hands. Cincinnati Bengals at San Francisco 49ers Jan 1, 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH SCORE Cincinnati Bengals (cpu) 10 7 10 17 44 San Francisco 49ers (me) 3 10 7 21 41 Team Stats Comparison CIN SFO Total Offense 473 478 Rushing Yards 114 114 Passing Yards 359 364 First Downs 24 21 Punt Return Yards 24 18 Kick Return Yards 93 112 Total Yards 590 608 Turnovers 1 2 3rd Down Converstion 36% 37% 4th Down Conversion 2-Point Conversion Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals Penalties 6-46 12-142 Posession Time 28:43 31:17 Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER SCORING CIN SFO 11:30 (SFO) P. Dawson, 38 yd FG 0 3 6:54 (CIN) M. Jones, 21 yd pass from A. Dalton 7 3 2:44 (CIN) M. Nugent, 22 yd FG 10 3 SECOND QUARTER SCORING CIN SFO 12:12 (SFO) C. Hyde, 8 yd run 10 10 9:53 (CIN) J. Hill, 1 yd run 17 10 1:33 (SFO) P. Dawson, 49 yd FG 17 13 THIRD QUARTER SCORING CIN SFO 13:45 (CIN) J. Hill, 23 yd run 24 13 4:51 (CIN) M. Nugent, 29 yd FG 27 13 0:50 (SFO) B. Miller, 1 yd run 27 20 FOURTH QUARTER SCORING CIN SFO 10:52 (SFO) C. Lemonier, returned fumble 83 yds 27 27 6:27 (CIN) J. Hill, 1 yd run 34 27 4:42 (CIN) J. Hill, 9 yd pass from A. Dalton 41 27 3:28 (SFO) C. Hyde, 1 yd run 41 34 0:37 (SFO) B. Ellington, 73 yd pass from C. Kaepernick 41 41 0:00 (CIN) M. Nugent, 36 yd FG 44 41 Cincinnati Bengals PASSING C/A YDS TD INT A. Dalton 25/40 378 2 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Hill 26 111 4.2 3 G. Bernard 3 3 1.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD A.J. Green 5 126 25.2 0 M. Jones 5 111 22.2 1 T. Eifert 6 57 9.5 0 J. Hill 5 40 8.0 1 T. Kroft 1 13 13.0 0 M. Sanu 1 11 11.0 0 B. Tate 1 10 10.0 0 G. Little 1 10 10.0 0 San Francisco 49ers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT C. Kaepernick 27/42 418 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD C. Hyde 17 58 3.4 2 C. Kaepernick 5 43 8.6 0 B. Miller 3 8 2.6 1 R. Bush 2 5 2.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD T. Smith 10 185 18.5 0 B. Ellington 1 73 73.0 1 A. Boldin 3 45 15.0 0 C. Hyde 2 35 17.5 0 R. Bush 5 32 6.4 0 V. Davis 3 19 6.3 0 B. Miller 1 16 16.0 0 J. Simpson 1 10 10.0 0 V. McDonald 1 3 3.0 0

Without seeing the block stats for either team, I'd say this game had better results than the last. Yes, a lot of points, but that does happen--I see far more low-scoring games myself (Raiders!).

While the penalties may seem high, CIN had 6 using the exact same settings as you. If you want to bump something down, cool, but I'd be careful how many you lower or you'll start seeing those 1-2 penalty games as the penalty sliders seem pretty sensitive at certain points.

Thanks for sharing!

[Mike Lowe]

Quote: Originally Posted by viking12344

I have tried PMO's idea (which is common setup except for this set and armors) of low reaction, high pass coverage 80-15 and just don't like it. Only 1 half mind you so it could be nothing but completion % goes up. Its like they play you tighter but dumber maybe? I am going to try them again. I don't seem to have a TE problem using Mikes sliders or high scores.

I didn't either. I've played 1 game with the 80/15 split, and I honestly didn't notice much different. The stat I'm looking at closely for this is DB passes defended--I'm not seeing enough by my user team, but our secondary does kind of suck (and 2 starters have been hurt).

[Mike Lowe]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pat Morgan

Well PMO got banned, not sure why but anyway I was using those 15 react and 80 coverage. I loved it, made the DB's play much better...........I keep getting smoked tho by the CPU slot WR, they can either go over the middle or towards the sideline all day on me lol......but I think I just need to call better plays and hold down these slot guys better.

Yes, I can confirm the playcalling matters a GREAT deal in this game. I play as MLB and I try and really pay attention to who's covering who and make adjustments or take timeouts if I see Calvin in the slot against my SLB lol.

[Mike Lowe]

Streaming now!

[Fly8Eagles4Fly]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mike Lowe

Check out the stick in the Madden thread. It goes over how to do this, and it's great!

I can't seem to find that thread?