Evernight
08-18-2005, 03:51 PM
I got bored today so I decided to look into the whole horrible punt blocking issue. I've been able to successfully return a punt for yardage maybe once every 5 or so games. So I went into practice mode and this is what I found:
First, I punt the ball as high and with as much power as I can possibly go. Result? MAYBE 1-2 guys that block someone. ALWAYS at least 4-5 guys standing there looking at me.
Next, I punt the way it's defaulted at. First, with half power. Same results as if I punted it high. Next with full power. EVERYONE blocks. Not necessarily very well, but I'd at least be able to run a few for yardage.
Lastly, I punt with it all the way down. Half power, same as punting it high. Full power, I can definitely get 10-20 yard returns consistantly
So to test this out, I went into practice mode again with the best punter in the game (Raiders) who has 99 OVR 97 KPW 90 KAC vs my return team. I noticed that the computer sometimes would boot it long where I could definitely get a return but sometimes would punt it shorter resulting my teammates looking at me while I caught the ball
Next I found the team with the worst punter in the game (Browns) who has 67 OVR 84 KPW 83 KAC. With him, I was able to return about 1 in 20 punts and on all but about 3 of these punts I had my guys stand there looking at me because the punter didn't have any distance on his punts.
Next I went into the A.I. and turned up the CPU punt length 3-4 notches. Then I was able to return about 5 in 20 punts with a lot less times when my players would just stand there looking at me. This can be corrected by bumping up accuracy a bit as well.
So from what I've seen so far, it seems that the distance of the punt has a great impact on what kind of blocking you'll get. I plan on raising the CPU kick power and accuracy a bit in my Franchise so hopefully my punt return man can be more than just a glorified ball catcher :cool:. If anyone would like to test this on their own and give input into this as well that would be great.
First, I punt the ball as high and with as much power as I can possibly go. Result? MAYBE 1-2 guys that block someone. ALWAYS at least 4-5 guys standing there looking at me.
Next, I punt the way it's defaulted at. First, with half power. Same results as if I punted it high. Next with full power. EVERYONE blocks. Not necessarily very well, but I'd at least be able to run a few for yardage.
Lastly, I punt with it all the way down. Half power, same as punting it high. Full power, I can definitely get 10-20 yard returns consistantly
So to test this out, I went into practice mode again with the best punter in the game (Raiders) who has 99 OVR 97 KPW 90 KAC vs my return team. I noticed that the computer sometimes would boot it long where I could definitely get a return but sometimes would punt it shorter resulting my teammates looking at me while I caught the ball
Next I found the team with the worst punter in the game (Browns) who has 67 OVR 84 KPW 83 KAC. With him, I was able to return about 1 in 20 punts and on all but about 3 of these punts I had my guys stand there looking at me because the punter didn't have any distance on his punts.
Next I went into the A.I. and turned up the CPU punt length 3-4 notches. Then I was able to return about 5 in 20 punts with a lot less times when my players would just stand there looking at me. This can be corrected by bumping up accuracy a bit as well.
So from what I've seen so far, it seems that the distance of the punt has a great impact on what kind of blocking you'll get. I plan on raising the CPU kick power and accuracy a bit in my Franchise so hopefully my punt return man can be more than just a glorified ball catcher :cool:. If anyone would like to test this on their own and give input into this as well that would be great.