How does AWR affect CBs?

[jello1717]

I'm about to sign an ATH for my talentless SMU team in my OD that'll be an 80 WR or an 80 CB. I'd love his 96 SPD @ WR so I'll make him a WR, but I'd love to play him two ways at CB too (he'd be my 3rd best WR or my very best CB as a true FR). He still has 88/85/87 MCV/ZCV/PRS but his AWR will be about a 29 or so.

Will that horrendous AWR rating make him ineffective as a CB, or will his high cover skills overcome the low AWR?

As a second question, how would a low AWR affect a WR? Would I be better making him a CB and having him play WR as his second position? As a side note, I have 0 option routes in my CPB, so I don't need AWR for that.

Thanx!

[jello1717]

I still don't know how AWR affects WRs or CBs, but I did find out some good info. I created 2 identical guys (with the ratings of the ATH I'm about to sign) and made 1 a WR and the other a CB. I then put them both in the WR and CB depth charts and here's what happened to them.

CB playing WR
OVR: 80 -> 67
AWR *1/2
BTK * 2/3
CTH * 2/3

WR playing CB
OVR: 80 -> 76
AWR * 1/2
CTH * 3/4

So, while playing out of position, both guys lost half of their AWR. They both took a hit to their CTH, but the WR @ CB got 75% of the catch rating while the CB @ WR only got 66% of it. Also, the CB playing WR only gets 66% of his BTK rating for some reason.

Based on that, if you want to play a guy both ways, it looks to be better to make him a WR and play him at both WR and CB rather than make him a CB and play him both ways. Of course doing this means that he'll only progress in his WR skills and won't improve his CB skills which is another factor that needs to be considered.

[cparrish]

AWR is the single most important rating regarding CPU controlled players. The higher the AWR, the better they will play.

[jello1717]

Quote: Originally Posted by cparrish

AWR is the single most important rating regarding CPU controlled players. The higher the AWR, the better they will play.

Do you know what it'll affect? I've played a few quarters where I had my 2 identical guys as the #1 and #2 at both WR and CB. On offense I throw almost exclusively to my out of position CB. On defense, I switch teams and exclusively throw at my out of position WR. So far, I haven't seen either guy having any issues on either side of the ball (except for my out of position CB dropping a couple of passes while playing WR).