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steelsnarf · 03-03-2012, 03:24 PM

I thought I had a pretty good idea of how player progression worked, where rookies and 1 year pro guys almost always go up the most in their overall, regardless of potential, and the older they are the less they improve (in most cases.)

But I've come across some things that annoy me a bit, I just completed a first year franchise with the Panthers and early in the season their starting RE (Charles Johnson, OVR 86, POT A) got put on IR in week 1. Now understandably he went down I believe it was 3 or 4 points overall, and that's reasonable to me since most injured reserve players do regress in some physical skills. But what doesn't make any sense whatsoever is Johnson's backup, (Everette Brown, OVR 70, POT A) filled in and had a respectably good season with nothing to show for it. This guy is in his 3rd year at age 23 with an A potential, and his stats were 44 solo, 23 assists, and 8 sacks. Guess how much he progressed at the end of the season? None. Still a 70 overall.

Naturally being completely dumbfounded I decided to investigate, so I started another franchise with Carolina and put Everette Brown at the bottom of the depth chart seeing as he wouldn't get any play time. So he had no stats at all at the end of the season, and he was still a 70 overall! How did EA manage to screw something like that up. So I guy can have 40+ tackles with 8 sacks and not improve, or not play one down all year and have the exact same results? I'm starting to think progression is rigged..

03-03-2012, 03:24 PM	#1
steelsnarf Rookie OVR: 1 Join Date: Feb 2012	I'm not understanding player progression or potential? I thought I had a pretty good idea of how player progression worked, where rookies and 1 year pro guys almost always go up the most in their overall, regardless of potential, and the older they are the less they improve (in most cases.) But I've come across some things that annoy me a bit, I just completed a first year franchise with the Panthers and early in the season their starting RE (Charles Johnson, OVR 86, POT A) got put on IR in week 1. Now understandably he went down I believe it was 3 or 4 points overall, and that's reasonable to me since most injured reserve players do regress in some physical skills. But what doesn't make any sense whatsoever is Johnson's backup, (Everette Brown, OVR 70, POT A) filled in and had a respectably good season with nothing to show for it. This guy is in his 3rd year at age 23 with an A potential, and his stats were 44 solo, 23 assists, and 8 sacks. Guess how much he progressed at the end of the season? None. Still a 70 overall. Naturally being completely dumbfounded I decided to investigate, so I started another franchise with Carolina and put Everette Brown at the bottom of the depth chart seeing as he wouldn't get any play time. So he had no stats at all at the end of the season, and he was still a 70 overall! How did EA manage to screw something like that up. So I guy can have 40+ tackles with 8 sacks and not improve, or not play one down all year and have the exact same results? I'm starting to think progression is rigged..