Kicker awareness?

[redlasers123]

Why is kicker awareness important and should I upgrade it or should I save up the XP for other attributes?

[ajb3313]

If you're controlling them, the only thing that matters for kickers is KPW and KAC. And even how much those matter is debatable.

[BrnwsBucksFanNC]

I am in the 2nd season with the Browns after simming the 1st season. Dawson had his KP drop to 86 and KA to 81 and I was paying him $3 mil. Granted, his AWR was an 81. But, I signed a rookie with KP of 98 and KA of 70 for 360k. He hit 2 45+ FGs in pre-season and just missed a 54 yarder with a 15 mile per hour wind in his face. Also, his AWR is 40 something.

So I dont think AWR matters. I got some good advice on here about kickers and saved myself over $2 mil.

If I control the kicks, I think he can be as dumb as a box of rocks...as long as he can kick a country mile!

[onac22]

I agree normally I drop a kicker when I take a team and find the FA with the highest KPW and KAC. Unless it's a team like the Rams that already have a kicker.

[Jazz555]

I dont know.

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[Trick13]

I agree, if you control your kicker, there is no need to ever boost AWR, in fact doing so will cost you big at contract time.

That fact and the fact that lag online has "dirted" me into missing a handful of short FG attempts leads me to this idea;

There should be an option to have the kicker, and punter for that matter, "auto-kick". You call FG and snap the ball, the kicker would kick based on his ratings. Same with KOs and Punts, you call middle or directional KO or punt and the "auto-kick" would do it based on the ratings. This could possibly be a huge boost to obtaining some "realism" within online CCMs because it may force guys to pay more for a decent kicker in terms of accuracy, and maybe even AWR.

[tre_ball88]

Awareness doesn't matter for user controlled playres, I think.

[TheDelta]

Quote: Originally Posted by ajb3313

If you're controlling them, the only thing that matters for kickers is KPW and KAC. And even how much those matter is debatable.

Um... how is it "debatable" how much KPW matters? I think next to SPD and ACC, there's no attribute in this game that's more clear-cut than KPW.