[RGiles36]

Has Ian commented and said that it was going to be a forced 3 step drop?

I know the word "forced" originated b/c at the time we were playing the game, you could not break out of your drop. You could pass out of it, but you couldn't move. I know LBz and I didn't really have a problem with this. I remember Kane hating it.

Then, there were plans to tweak the dropback so that it indeed could be broken out of at an earlier point. However, I don't remember reading clarification that it would indeed be a mandatory three steps.

It's a delicate balance b/c as much as people don't want to be forced into bad throws for blitzes, fades, etc, I don't want the CPU or a potential human opponent to easily interrupt their dropback for an accurate pass either.