Which positions progress which skills faster than others?

[dlaub1811]

Has anybody experimented with this? If not, I am going to sim some seasons and pay attention to which skills progress faster than others depending on the player's position.

[aerovt]

if you are planning on doing this then switching the players back to some other position, realize that every switch you make causes a loss in awareness. So for example, if you move a CB to SS one year then back to CB, will take 2 awareness hits, and probably be like -30AWR or so.

[dlaub1811]

Yeah, I hear ya. That's not what I'm doing, though.

I'm basically just tracking a bunch of players at different positions and seeing which attributes progress faster at different positions. I'm also tracking different "types". For instance, seeing if a pocket passer's throw ratings progress faster than a scrambler.

Am looking only at QBs this first time through. Will have results posted tonight.

[dlaub1811]

Interesting findings to start off...

1. Huge jumps in AWR when your guy becomes #1 on depth chart. Progress is usually about 4-6 per season, but when he becomes the starter, you get around 20.

2. Caliber of team seems to not have any effect on progression like in previous years. A 75 OVR on Buffalo will progress the same as a 75 on Texas.

3. All QBs progress by 1 in all base categories plus all running categories and THP (with exceptions below)

4. Balanced QBs do not progress in CARRY, but progress by 1 THP and around 4 THA each year.

5. Pocket Passers do not progress in SPD, AGI or CAR but progress about a point higher in THA than Balanced QBs.

6. Scrambling QBs are the only QBs that progress in CAR and JUMP. They also progress double in BTK, but only progress about 3 in THA.

I'm interested to see what else I find with the other positions.

[dlaub1811]

HBs progress differently as well.

All types of HB get 1 SPD, 1 STR, 1 AGI, 3 ACC, 3 SPM, 3 JUK, 1 CTH, 1 SPC, 1 CIT, 1 RTE, 1 BSH, 1 RLS and 1 PBK.

BTK: Power backs get 7, Speed gets 4-5.
TRK: Power gets 4, Speed gets 2
ELU: Power gets 3, Speed gets 4
BCV: Power gets 6, Speed gets 4-5
SFA: Power gets 4, Speed gets 2-3
CAR: Power gets 5, Speed gets 4

Power backs also get +2 to RBK and IMP. Speed gets nothing.

Looks like power backs have a distinct advantage in progression.

[dlaub1811]

WRs

All WRs get +1 STR, AGI, SFA, JKM, CAR; +2 BTK, ELU, BCV

SPD: Possession gets none, others get +1
ACC: Speed gets +3, others get +2
TRK: Speed gets +1, others get +2
SPM: Speed gets +1, others get +2
CTH and CIT: Possession gets +5, Balanced +4, Speed +3
SPC, RTE and RLS: Possession and Balanced get +4, Speed +3
JMP: Possession gets +1

RBK: Possession and Balanced +1
IBL: Possession +2, Balanced +1

Given the problems people are having with speed threshold, it would seem recruiting speed WRs is pointless.

[dlaub1811]

OL

All gets +1 SPD, +2 STR, +1 AGI, and +2 IBL

ACC: Pass blockers get 1, the rest get 2
PBK: Pass blockers get 4, Balanced 3, Run blockers 2
RBK: Pass blockers get 2, everyone else 3

[canesfins]

Interesting, didn't realize the schools caliber doesn't do anything to progression.