Are you building your franchise on a "scrambling" or "pocket passer" quarterback?

[adamshpe]

Wanted to get the communities opinion on who they are trusting their football franchises with, the new age "scrambling" quarterback or the old school "pocket passer". I am in a debate myself on which direction I want to go. Running pistol/option is fun to do but there is the obvious injury risk that is being taken along with lesser accuracy. Whereas the traditional pocket passer will pick a defense a part with arm power/accuracy. Thanks for the help!

[jdawg26]

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Traditional pocket passer for me


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[drsublime]

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Andrew Luck or Cam Newton.. sorta best of both worlds w/ those two

[mr44]

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I always make my choice based on the type of oline I am planning on having. If I know that I am going to have a bad line for a few yrs then I am going with a runner and through those yrs working on all of the throwing issues that he has. and Vice versa with the strong line pocket passer. I can say though that I have had way more fun with pocket passers than runners. IMO runners are cheese on this yrs game due to people just running everyone on streaks and then taking off.

[stp2081]

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Because of the game making starting QB's "immune" to injury if you only carry two QBs on your roster (which IMO makes scrambling QBs over-powered), I prefer pocket passers. But it's obviously it's better if they're a Rodgers/Luck/Newton type that can make powerful and accurate throws from the pocket, but also scramble as well if the pass protection breaks down or if the downfield coverage is tight, or to just run the option.

[AshamanCarnage]

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I prefer pocket passers. If they got enough speed to move around the pocket like a Flacco or Rodgers, then that is preferred.

[Shibito]

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Pocket Passer here. Looking to shatter passing records.

[rewarder]

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Rolling with the pocket passer, I like my three step drops with a cannon arm into tight spaces. Though, qb boots are always fun lol

[MattUM]

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Just got Madden 25 on PS4 so I'm doing a fun offline CFM with the Seahawks. Wilson is pretty balanced with the ability to both good, but neither spectacularly.

[seanjohn21276]

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I'd want a pocket passer who can get out of the way of the rush and not a scrambling QB who has no pocket presence.

[fballturkey]

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I'm building around a pocket passer I drafted for my Vikings franchise. Well, really I'm building around AP, but having a QB not named Ponder or Cassel helps.

[parks1]

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I built my Dallas Cowboys Madden 13 team around pocket passer Austin Duncan who was superb and won NFL MVP twice.
So this time around I fancied a bit of a speedster with my London Black Knights franchise and took Price McCaskill in the first round who had all-round good skills with A for speed and acceleration.
His play didn't disappoint, however, I started to notice virtually every time he got tackled past the line of scrimmage he would get injured and be out of the game for a period of time (ranging from a couple of plays to the whole of the game).
His injury rating was high 70s and I built his toughness up to the 80s so I couldn't really understand the problem but the inevitable happened when he received a six-week arm fracture injury which blew my season apart as I went on a losing streak. On his return we won five on the bounce and missed out on the play-offs losing the final game 21-24 to the Titans!
The new season began with high hopes with McCaskill showing he had the ability, but within the first quarter of the first game he tore his stomach muscles putting him out for the season. Ouch, ouch, ouch!!!!
The injury is bad enough but he also misses out on experience points so can't develop properly. It's hard to avoid the temptation to scramble when thats where his skills are but I have already traded for the Broncos rookie qb Sam Delagarza and I think he will probably oust McCaskill when he gets back from injury.
Sorry for the long post but thought it was worth the cautionary tale for you.

[bbmike15]

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I got a guy Ryan Feeney who is pretty sick. Super fast and great arm with accuracy. Evry time I run and get talked he gets injured