Potential Rating Isn't In Rookie Rating File

[marktg30]

They released the potential for Pat White (83) in the separate blog entry but the entire category is missing from the Excel file. Am I blind or is this actually the case?

[fourthreemafia]

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I didnt see it either, but that potential is too high for Pat White.

[salbowski]

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No it isn't and nor should it be. They shouldn't have release the potential for Pat White either.

What would be the point in scouting if we already have the potential ratings?!?!

[marktg30]

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No it isn't and nor should it be. They shouldn't have release the potential for Pat White either.

What would be the point in scouting if we already have the potential ratings?!?!

I don't know. Then again I am puzzled about a lot of things they are doing at the moment.

[Krodis]

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I didnt see it either, but that potential is too high for Pat White.

83 is too high for an early-mid 2nd rounder?

[kmart2180]

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That is again a perfect rating for him cause in real life he will never be what people are making him out to be. He is a product of a certain style offense. And will only accel in certain areas like running the WildCat/maybe catching a few passes.

He will never be a great Wr or Qb in the NFL....(well not for years if ever anyways)

[marktg30]

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83 is too high for an early-mid 2nd rounder?

I wish Potential was kept invisible. Why would I keep a guy on my team if he is 76 OVR with 82 potential? There is no reason to use him or try to progress him much more than one season. At which point I will trade him away for draft picks.

For instance - I plan on making James Davis the Cleveland Browns' starter after a season backing up Jamal Lewis.

He (Davis) is a 70 OVR in at the moment. Let's say his potential is 76 (Based on White's being 83 as a second rounder and Davis being a 6th Rd Pick).

What happens if Lewis breaks his leg in the preseason and Davis comes in and runs for 1684 yards and 19 TDs?

He will progress to a 76 OVR? Okay, I can understand that after 1 season.

Then in the second season he goes for 1783 yards and 21 TDs. He won't progress at all? I am pretty sure that is what they stated in the Franchise Mode Blog.

If I am wrong please say so, but I don't think I am.

[kcarr]

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83 is too high for an early-mid 2nd rounder?

draft position should really not effect potential too much.

[Krodis]

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draft position should really not effect potential too much.

But at the same time, you don't draft players high if you don't at least THINK they have good potential and/or can contribute from day one.

[marktg30]

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But at the same time, you don't draft players high if you don't at least THINK they have good potential and/or can contribute from day one.

Changed my sig for statements like yours.

You are logical in what you say, but crazy things DO happen.

[kcarr]

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I wish Potential was kept invisible. Why would I keep a guy on my team if he is 76 OVR with 82 potential? There is no reason to use him or try to progress him much more than one season. At which point I will trade him away for draft picks.

For instance - I plan on making James Davis the Cleveland Browns' starter after a season backing up Jamal Lewis.

He (Davis) is a 70 OVR in at the moment. Let's say his potential is 76 (Based on White's being 83 as a second rounder and Davis being a 6th Rd Pick).

What happens if Lewis breaks his leg in the preseason and Davis comes in and runs for 1684 yards and 19 TDs?

He will progress to a 76 OVR? Okay, I can understand that after 1 season.

Then in the second season he goes for 1783 yards and 21 TDs. He won't progress at all? I am pretty sure that is what they stated in the Franchise Mode Blog.

If I am wrong please say so, but I don't think I am.

What happens is davis already has the ratings to run for 1783 yards and 21 touchdowns and will therefor still have the ratings to do so the next year.

[kmart2180]

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IMO if you can get a 1400 yd season out of a guy with a 74 rating why care about his ratings at all? I believe that it shoul be close to impossible to have that type season with a player rated that low unless you have the best O-Line.

But I do understand some who would want to get a certain player to be great (like me I would try and make Alex Smith great) but in reality he should have a number that is as high as he can reach for now. As the season goes on in real life and if he starts tearing it up they would have to rethink this pottential thing.

But to me there is more limited people out there then people who are gonna defy there pottential IMO. Im 50/50 on it. Like it but in some cases dont. Cause there is gonna be a guy or 2 that come in at rookies in the real nfl that just tear it up and if you already started a franchise there is no way to make that guy as good as the update does do to his pottential being set in stone.

[Krodis]

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Changed my sig for statements like yours.

You are logical in what you say, but crazy things DO happen.

Well of course, but I don't see how you could say 83 is "too high" empirically for ANYONE, really, let alone a person drafted with like the 40th pick.

[CLEAR17]

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I wish Potential was kept invisible. Why would I keep a guy on my team if he is 76 OVR with 82 potential? There is no reason to use him or try to progress him much more than one season. At which point I will trade him away for draft picks.

For instance - I plan on making James Davis the Cleveland Browns' starter after a season backing up Jamal Lewis.

He (Davis) is a 70 OVR in at the moment. Let's say his potential is 76 (Based on White's being 83 as a second rounder and Davis being a 6th Rd Pick).

What happens if Lewis breaks his leg in the preseason and Davis comes in and runs for 1684 yards and 19 TDs?

He will progress to a 76 OVR? Okay, I can understand that after 1 season.

Then in the second season he goes for 1783 yards and 21 TDs. He won't progress at all? I am pretty sure that is what they stated in the Franchise Mode Blog.

If I am wrong please say so, but I don't think I am.

I argued the exact same thing when the franchise blog came out. What everyone argued against me is that if the ratings are suppose to work the way the dev team wants it to work, than a 76 running back can't achieve those kind of stats.

I would like to see if a player reaches their potiental, then that player's potiental can increase by 3-4 points or go from say a "B-" to a "B".(not sure how potiental ratings will appear)

[mmorg]

Re: Potential Rating Isn't In Rookie Rating File

I wish Potential was kept invisible. Why would I keep a guy on my team if he is 76 OVR with 82 potential? There is no reason to use him or try to progress him much more than one season. At which point I will trade him away for draft picks.

For instance - I plan on making James Davis the Cleveland Browns' starter after a season backing up Jamal Lewis.

He (Davis) is a 70 OVR in at the moment. Let's say his potential is 76 (Based on White's being 83 as a second rounder and Davis being a 6th Rd Pick).

What happens if Lewis breaks his leg in the preseason and Davis comes in and runs for 1684 yards and 19 TDs?

He will progress to a 76 OVR? Okay, I can understand that after 1 season.

Then in the second season he goes for 1783 yards and 21 TDs. He won't progress at all? I am pretty sure that is what they stated in the Franchise Mode Blog.

If I am wrong please say so, but I don't think I am.

Progression shouldn't be stat based. Stat based progression needs to stay with MMO's. Not sports games.