Warrior General Games

Originally posted by misterbing
One concern I have with the Bump and Run as it looks now is the running start CBs seem to get at the WRs to engage at the LoS. First of all, it looks silly and rather unrealistic, most CBs looking to bump tend to squat right at the the line. Mechanically, the point of the Bump and Run is to delay routes and make the WR take longer to get upfield. By allowing the CB to attempt to engage a Bump from off the line, it introduces delay in the time between the snap and when the bump starts, which naturally increases the time between the snap and the when the bump ends, and the WR is free to run. This effectively artificially increases the potency of your CB's Bump by a factor of however long it takes him to close and engage. Players assigned to Bump and Run should be locked right on the LoS to avoid this issue.

Or just easier to avoid by the WR.

A defender may try to bump when he is 5 yards behind the LOS, it just suppose to be harder to accomplish.

Make sure that when you send a WR in motion they can't be bumped.

Originally posted by Deathblade
Tons of changes to the passing game.

First...brand new bump and run coverage. Granted, still needs fleshed out a bit (equations, it's apparently a very simple equation atm), and of course needs balancing or what not.

With CB's being 20+ points stronger than the WRs
http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?game_id=1426&pbp_id=310017

With WR's and CB's being about equal:
http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?game_id=1430&pbp_id=310648

Also, Bort made a change so that defenders will actually cover players behind the LoS, instead of stopping at it (huge changes to screen mechanics)
http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?game_id=1428&pbp_id=310407

I think the blocking order is getting closer to being "final". You can see a decent example in these plays. The blockers tend to favor the side with the most blitzers, and in case of being outmanned, will block the inside first. All of it will eventually require vision checks, those haven't been worked in yet (players pass the vision checks 100%)
http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?game_id=1426&pbp_id=310017
http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?game_id=1430&pbp_id=310652

Bort has said that it is also a little bit more difficult to block players outside of the box (on screens, lead blocking, etc etc...guess it may also effect WR's holding blocks forever)

All good stuff, thank you.

Will this be a CB's call or a Defensive Play Creator call?

If it's a CB call (a tactics setting) then I'm going to be really mad at some CBs as a coach.

If it's a Defensive Play Call, then because of Depth Charts, I probably wont be able to tell who I asked to do it... I certainly don't want my back-ups doing it.