Originally posted by TJ Spikes
there is no answer to that question.
on any given play 80 catching could be way too much or not nearly enough
the difficulty of the catch is determined by 3 things....
#1 proximity to the nearest defender -- if your receiver is wide open then the catch is much easier... so you could design a WR to get wide open and let the OC only throw to him in certain situations
#2 incoming pass quality -- pass quality is determined by your QB and the amount of pressure he's under... if you have a killer o-line build for pass blocking then your receivers could in theory scale back catching, in favor of more get open ability
#3 situation -- We know for a fact, Bort did build in a pressure mechanic so that it's harder to catch passes on 3rd down. We could conclude that also pertains to touchdowns. We could conclude that the score of the game adds pressure. In theory catching a pass in a playoff game, with a tied score, in the last 2 minutes of 4th quarter on 4th down --- would be a lot harder than a regular season game, in the first quarter on second down when the score is already 35-0.
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So.. tl;dr
If you have a catch fake and fly guy, then 80 catching is plenty, you could probably get away with 70s if you had 170 speed
The slower you are, the more catching you need
There is a LOT of valuable information in that straight-forward answer.
there is no answer to that question.
on any given play 80 catching could be way too much or not nearly enough
the difficulty of the catch is determined by 3 things....
#1 proximity to the nearest defender -- if your receiver is wide open then the catch is much easier... so you could design a WR to get wide open and let the OC only throw to him in certain situations
#2 incoming pass quality -- pass quality is determined by your QB and the amount of pressure he's under... if you have a killer o-line build for pass blocking then your receivers could in theory scale back catching, in favor of more get open ability
#3 situation -- We know for a fact, Bort did build in a pressure mechanic so that it's harder to catch passes on 3rd down. We could conclude that also pertains to touchdowns. We could conclude that the score of the game adds pressure. In theory catching a pass in a playoff game, with a tied score, in the last 2 minutes of 4th quarter on 4th down --- would be a lot harder than a regular season game, in the first quarter on second down when the score is already 35-0.
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So.. tl;dr
If you have a catch fake and fly guy, then 80 catching is plenty, you could probably get away with 70s if you had 170 speed
The slower you are, the more catching you need
There is a LOT of valuable information in that straight-forward answer.