Offensive Linemen eligible to be an Impact Player?

[ODogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by morganic

I don't think that they should have impact players at all. When the player starts breaking tackles left and right against a better team it just because they are in the zone, it seems overdone. Naturally the better players on the team will stand out because they have better ratings than those around them. Just seems like overkill to me to put on an artificial boost to the already top players on the team.

Well to be honest that doesn't sound like there shouldn't be impact players so much as it's, as you say, just overdone and not implemented in the way it was intended.

I also agree with the above assessment that it really should be based upon the true impact players and not just say "every team has to have a certain number of impact players". That really makes no sense.

[Saber]

Amen. the 3 per team rule is crap too. Let's just take a school here... um... Michigan. Now if OL can be impact players too, then Michigan has 4 options on offense... ALONE! Henne, Hart, Manningham, Long. On defense: Taylor, Adams and Crable are options. So that leaves Michigan a legit National Title contender with 7 Impact players!!! Let's take a smaller school like Marshall for instance... I could see making Doug Legursky (Rimington hopeful) on offense, and DE Albert McClellan on defense. With maybe the addition of TE Cody Slate and MLB Josh Johnson. Sooo you have Michigan with a minimum 7 impact players vs. a Marshall team with 2-4 impact players and you have the matchup you expect to have. A blowout by Michigan as that do essentially whatever they want to do. Adding all those impact players to powerhouse schools will make it more realistic because then you can shutdown the great running backs from bad schools more easily. It also makes it harder when you decide to take the big step up and schedule one of the powerhouse schools. Sooo... after having said that I'm going to spin this to another thread for debate.

[VTPack919]

Quote: Originally Posted by Saber

Well if EA were to just go ahead and get rid of "impact players" altogether, it wouldn't break my heart. Kinda irks me when an 83 rated runningback from SMU shuffles down the sideline for a TD after breaking through my defense of all 5 star studs because he was in the "zone". Something more accurate would have been the Poinsettia Bowl. TCU owned Garrett Wolfe.

Great point and I agree with everything you said.

[razcan]

Quote: Originally Posted by stingmgt

hey don't talk with your mouth full smart guy, KaMichael Hall (LB) was in impact for Tech and well deserving. I know u were just using us as an example but i just couldnt help myself. btw, u are right, they shouldn't just require 3 for all teams, it hurts the quality of the real impact players.

While posting that I thought to myself, "gee... I bet someone jumps on my ***". Fair enough though. I was just trying to search for an example. No harm.

[Cebby]

I think Impact Players should be dynamic.

For example, nobody starts out a game as an impact player. But if a player starts busting off, say, 35 yards on 5 carries or 2 catches for 50 yards over a 2 minute span, he becomes "in the zone". This would be about a 5-8 point OVR increase lasting 2-3 plays. But then, don't stop it until the player gets stopped.

Essentially, incorporate it into the dynamic player rating system instead of the 3 player per team nonsense.

But I really hate how my player will get 'in the zone', bust off a 30 yard run, and then get out of the zone. WTF?

[Saber]

Quote: Originally Posted by The Soldier

I think Impact Players should be dynamic. For example, nobody starts out a game as an impact player. But if a player starts busting off, say, 35 yards on 5 carries or 2 catches for 50 yards over a 2 minute span, he becomes "in the zone". This would be about a 5-8 point OVR increase lasting 2-3 plays. But then, don't stop it until the player gets stopped. Essentially, incorporate it into the dynamic player rating system instead of the 3 player per team nonsense. But I really hate how my player will get 'in the zone', but off a 30 yard run, and then get out of the zone. WTF?

Or the opposite of that. I just sacked the QB twice on this drive after he had thrown 2 interceptions in the 1st quarter anyway. He's completed nothing but dump off passes and on 3rd and a mile, he's totally in the zone. Go figure.

[USF11]

Just make everyone with a rating of 90+ an impact player or get rid of the system.

[Sting]

i like the "impact player" thing being highlighted, but i don't like the ratings boost. makes no sense. I would like it better if it were like the old "Gamebreaker" games that sony made for college fball. certain players that were "gamebreakers" were lit up yellow while the other players were lit up white, but there were no ratings boosts given, it was just to show who is the premier players on the field. I think EA should adopt that as well.