Is Johnny Manziel playable this year?

[bigd51]

Quote: Originally Posted by ninremix

I have Phillip Rivers but was offered SS TJ Ward which fills a huge need. Rivers has good accuracy (91SAC, 88MAC, 81DAC) but his 88THP will drop by 2 points every year due to his age. Johnny Manziel is on my team and has 88 THP with blazing speed (88ACC, 91AGI, 90BCV) but lower accuracy, I am thinking I can build up Manziel's accuracy (81SAC, 77MAC, 78DAC) over a season or two even with his Slow trait worries me a bit. Worst case, I draft a QB instead of a SS next year.

You will not be able to build Manziel's accuracy ratings up enough to make him a legit QB 1.

For starters, his SAC rating is abysmal, so we'd essentially have to start there. Most legit QB 1's have SAC's in the high 80's - mid 90's. Manziel will never be afforded that opportunity because of his Slow dev trait. Accuracy ratings for QB's take a lot of XP to build, so it would probably take you two full year's worth of XP, plus using a slot in gameplanning to train him weekly, just to bump his SAC to a respectable 85 and up... but with regression, there's no telling what could happen at his age. If we were talking about a Superstar like Newton, this would be a completely different story.

Play Rivers til you get your real future at QB. Ask yourself, would a real NFL team trade Rivers as their starter for a safety to fill a need, and bank on Manziel of all people? No. If anything, they would do the exact opposite if given the opportunity. Without knowing a single other thing about your roster, I can guarantee you that your roster is better off with Rivers as your starter than Manziel + TJ Ward.

If you want to develop a QB, dump Manziel and draft a QB with Rivers as your QB 1. Never, EVER, trade your QB 1 like Rivers hoping a guy like Manziel can fill the gap, because he simply can't and won't ever be able to.

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If you want to use him in a limited capacity like I do or you just want to tank a year for a high draft pick, then by all means use him lol. However, he's not a viable long term solution at QB unless you have user QB accuracy at 50, then you can get by with him.

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[wellred]

As said before any qb can be good this year. And I wouldnt worry anything about a qb's throw power regressing. In the low 80's and much lower you can still throw the ball deep.

Madden thinking from gamers is still medieval. They value these certain ratings and worry a lot about them for really no reason other than theyre sexy to look at.