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Quote: Originally Posted by Glorious Arc

Yes and no. What about the players that make a name for themselves after a couple of years down the road this season? Example again is James Harrison. Also, what if I draft a running back who is solid 80 across the board for his "max potential" on his moves and what naught. That same RB manages to run for 1500 yards 15 td with a 4.5 average. why shouldnt his stats increase some? I propose that potential be a stat that shows how fast a player can grow. The better they perform and the better their potential the faster we see a superstar out of them. The only thing that should be limited is the physical stats. Exmaples Speed, strenth, acc, throw power, maybe jump ect ect. These should grow some(differeent for each stat) in the early years and thats it.

Yes and no. What about the players that make a name for themselves after a couple of years down the road this season? Example again is James Harrison.

In the game, he would have always had 95 potential but he came into the league with a current ability of 70 and remained at that level until he found the right system, was played consistently and played well at which point he eventually reached his potential...just like real life.

Also, what if I draft a running back who is solid 80 across the board for his "max potential" on his moves and what naught. That same RB manages to run for 1500 yards 15 td with a 4.5 average. why shouldnt his stats increase some?

Well in theory that 80 rated running back wouldn't be able to run for 1500 yards cos he isn't that good... it's still a game and has to have limits....

however players did often exceed their potential levels by 2/3/4 units in HC if they did really well... but they're potential also fell 2/3/4 units if they consistently perfomed poorly or had a number of injuries, ie-
Peterson started with 93 pot in my HC and by 2011 had an 84 pot cos he missed about 20 of 35 games... his pot could rise again if he started performing well again but it was less likely cos his current ability was now an 84.

A players potential is also dependant on the system he plays in... using reggie bush as a power runner would give him a pot of 80 but using him in a west coast/speed/moves HB system would give him a 90 pot- ONE MANS RUBBISH IS ANOTHER MANS TREASURE.