anyone else notice "dumb" linemen?

[Von Dozier]

I've noticed this as well.

90% of the time when I get sacked, it's because a guard teleports to the left, lets a guy through, and teleports back into his spot, pretty much just like opening a door wide open for the defender to rush me. It's ridiculous.

[SeventhWard]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scoop 24

if you switch up your snap counts you will get better blocking. also sitting there let the center call out the protection helps a little too.

I can attest to changing up your snap counts helping your offense. Throwing in a few fake huts goes a long way. But when it comes to the Center calling out the protection - Is that really true? I've been hearing that for years, since way back on PS2. Sure, I've tried it but I always thought it was more of a Madden urban legend that waiting for the center to finish his "pointing" animations that my O-Line would block better. Has anyone applied the scientific gamer method to this yet?

I really wanna know - does waiting for the center's animation to complete have an affect upon gameplay (other than looking really sim and cool)?

-SeventhWard