Boomer05
09-26-2005, 06:57 PM
First, in the interest of giving credit where credit is due, this is all information I learned from DuckFan last year in the Franchise Tips thread in the 2005 Franchise forum here at VG Sports.
Question: If you have two running backs you'd like to develop, what is the best way to split time between them (split playing time each game, play one every other game, etc.)?
Answer: Play one running back for an entire progression period before switching to the other.
Each player has a sort of base level based on his ratings that the computer expects him to play at. Suppose a typical 90 OVR running back is expected to run for 80 yards in a game. If he runs for 100 yards in a playoff game (which is a progression period), he's going to see a mild progression--maybe one point OVR--because it's slightly better than what you'd expect from a 90 OVR running back. If he runs for 200 yards, though, you're going to see a significant progression--maybe 4 points OVR--because that's significantly better than expected.
Suppose you're at the beginning of the playoffs and you have two running backs you want to use. If you play them both evenly in the first game, and they each run for 100 yards, they'll probably both progress a little (depending on what their OVR are to start with). Then if you do the same thing in the next playoff game, they'll both progress a little more.
However, if you let one play the whole first game and the other play the whole second game (and so they each rush for the whole 200 yards in the game they play), they're both going to progress significantly more than in the first scenerio. They've gained the same number of yards, but because it all came in one progression period instead of spread out over two progression periods, they advanced more.
You can apply this principle to many position throughout the whole season, too. For the first five weeks of the regular season (which is one progression period), you might focus on a single receiver. Then, during weeks 6-11 (another progression period), focus on a different receiver. You can feature the running game for one period and then the passing game for the next period.
I do this on defense, too. I pick one player who I want to get the most tackles. I've got my kickoff set up so that if I put a fast corner or safety in a particular position, he'll get 90% of my kickoff tackles. Then I'll blitz him often to get him a few sacks and tackles for a loss. And I'll stick with it until the progression period is over.
Based on the information that Nobody Special posted in the "In-Season Progression" thread recently, you could do this with the O-line, too. If you tended to run off-tackle to the right more often than you normally would, you're going to see an extra progression in your RT. Run a lot of dives to the left, and your LG will progress, but you really should keep it up for an entire progression period in order to maximize your results.
Question: If you have two running backs you'd like to develop, what is the best way to split time between them (split playing time each game, play one every other game, etc.)?
Answer: Play one running back for an entire progression period before switching to the other.
Each player has a sort of base level based on his ratings that the computer expects him to play at. Suppose a typical 90 OVR running back is expected to run for 80 yards in a game. If he runs for 100 yards in a playoff game (which is a progression period), he's going to see a mild progression--maybe one point OVR--because it's slightly better than what you'd expect from a 90 OVR running back. If he runs for 200 yards, though, you're going to see a significant progression--maybe 4 points OVR--because that's significantly better than expected.
Suppose you're at the beginning of the playoffs and you have two running backs you want to use. If you play them both evenly in the first game, and they each run for 100 yards, they'll probably both progress a little (depending on what their OVR are to start with). Then if you do the same thing in the next playoff game, they'll both progress a little more.
However, if you let one play the whole first game and the other play the whole second game (and so they each rush for the whole 200 yards in the game they play), they're both going to progress significantly more than in the first scenerio. They've gained the same number of yards, but because it all came in one progression period instead of spread out over two progression periods, they advanced more.
You can apply this principle to many position throughout the whole season, too. For the first five weeks of the regular season (which is one progression period), you might focus on a single receiver. Then, during weeks 6-11 (another progression period), focus on a different receiver. You can feature the running game for one period and then the passing game for the next period.
I do this on defense, too. I pick one player who I want to get the most tackles. I've got my kickoff set up so that if I put a fast corner or safety in a particular position, he'll get 90% of my kickoff tackles. Then I'll blitz him often to get him a few sacks and tackles for a loss. And I'll stick with it until the progression period is over.
Based on the information that Nobody Special posted in the "In-Season Progression" thread recently, you could do this with the O-line, too. If you tended to run off-tackle to the right more often than you normally would, you're going to see an extra progression in your RT. Run a lot of dives to the left, and your LG will progress, but you really should keep it up for an entire progression period in order to maximize your results.