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scarletmbb I have a question for you, according to the following from your initial post:

21. What is the yardage length for short, medium and long passes?
-----a. Short = 0-7 yards
-----b. Medium = 7-15 yards
-----c. Long = 15+ yards

a fellow owner told me that he had talked to DD before and was told that it was:
-----a. Short = 0-10 yards
-----b. Medium = 10-20 yards
-----c. Long = 20+ yards

just wanting to make sure we have the right info, can you help? I know it doesn't seem like much of a difference but it could be at some point. Thanks and you are doing a great job.

Originally posted by Brutus Buckeye
scarletmbb I have a question for you, according to the following from your initial post:

21. What is the yardage length for short, medium and long passes?
-----a. Short = 0-7 yards
-----b. Medium = 7-15 yards
-----c. Long = 15+ yards

a fellow owner told me that he had talked to DD before and was told that it was:
-----a. Short = 0-10 yards
-----b. Medium = 10-20 yards
-----c. Long = 20+ yards

just wanting to make sure we have the right info, can you help? I know it doesn't seem like much of a difference but it could be at some point. Thanks and you are doing a great job.


Yeah...I should have quoted it, but I believe either Bort or DD stated in an older post that it was the 0-7, 7-15, 15+. In all honesty, 0-10 for short is hard for me to believe because I rarely see passes over 10 yards even when I set my settings to 0% short, 60% medium, 40% long. I have yet to see an actual pass attempted that's 20+ yards (not counting the YAC), but I could be wrong.

great, I will make sure my team mates know the correct setting then, thanks.

I have another question about pass length: Is it measured from the Line of Scrimmage or is it the actual distance travelled by the ball? I mean, sometimes a QB runs back quite a lot, so a 5 yd gain might be a pretty long pass...

Originally posted by jmadsen
I have another question about pass length: Is it measured from the Line of Scrimmage or is it the actual distance travelled by the ball? I mean, sometimes a QB runs back quite a lot, so a 5 yd gain might be a pretty long pass...


That's an interesting question, I believe it is from the line of scrimmage.

measured from the line of scrimmage, as in college and the nfl.

Scarletmbb, questions...


Care to comment on setting up nickel and dime packages? Or, at least, an idea of where to place LB's in CB depth chart, in order to keep a LB in the game during these packages?

Or, is it even possible to regulate that?

Originally posted by Otega
Scarletmbb, questions...


Care to comment on setting up nickel and dime packages? Or, at least, an idea of where to place LB's in CB depth chart, in order to keep a LB in the game during these packages?

Or, is it even possible to regulate that?

The way I do it is just to have the back-up of the LOLB be the ROLB back-up and have all the LB's on the LOLB and ROLB areas on special teams. That's how I balance out the playing time. I have 5 CBs to help handle the nickel and dime formations. Not sure if that helped.

UPDATE:

Changed the note on individual advanced tactics to reflect the fact that they're based solely upon where a player is put on the depth chart.

Hey scarlet, to clear up some stickys combine these Qs with the FAQ 9Click edit then copy it so it keeps all of the formating)

Originally posted by justafish2002
Hey scarlet, to clear up some stickys combine these Qs with the FAQ 9Click edit then copy it so it keeps all of the formating)

Yeah, I'm in the process of formatting it right now so that all the questions that are answered are listed, so people know what's in it, then I'll unsticky these threads.

You can unsticky the Energy FAQ. Added it to FAQ this morning

Originally posted by johnbarber
measured from the line of scrimmage, as in college and the nfl.

Yeah well I didn't mean the actual passing yard gain. I meant the tactics setting for Short/Medium/Long passes.

I thought this tread had a sticky.

Originally posted by scarletmbb
Originally posted by Brutus Buckeye

scarletmbb I have a question for you, according to the following from your initial post:

21. What is the yardage length for short, medium and long passes?
-----a. Short = 0-7 yards
-----b. Medium = 7-15 yards
-----c. Long = 15+ yards

a fellow owner told me that he had talked to DD before and was told that it was:
-----a. Short = 0-10 yards
-----b. Medium = 10-20 yards
-----c. Long = 20+ yards

just wanting to make sure we have the right info, can you help? I know it doesn't seem like much of a difference but it could be at some point. Thanks and you are doing a great job.


Yeah...I should have quoted it, but I believe either Bort or DD stated in an older post that it was the 0-7, 7-15, 15+. In all honesty, 0-10 for short is hard for me to believe because I rarely see passes over 10 yards even when I set my settings to 0% short, 60% medium, 40% long. I have yet to see an actual pass attempted that's 20+ yards (not counting the YAC), but I could be wrong.

Another thing about this....what exactly does the distance apply to? Is it where the QB throws, or the routes the receivers are running? If the WRs and TE all run straight down the field 15 yards, and the qb dumps a 3-5 yard pass to the HB, is that considered a short or medium pass play? What if 2 WRs run 5 yard curls, and the other WR and TE streak 20 yards down the field, is that a short or medium/long play?

This would be really helpful to know in regards to game planning.

As you said, most teams hardly ever throw deep, so one would be inclined to put the long defense % close to 0 for some games. But if you look at the plays themselves, a lot of times there's 1 or 2 WRs deep.....even on the short completions.

On our team we were at 40-40-20 the whole season, and constantly giving up short/medium passes, and never even having to defend long passes. Last game I switched it to about 50-48-2, and we gave up a 33 yd td where the WR got behind the CB. Also, they were still able to consistently pass all over us in the short/medium game.

It would be helpful to know what exactly determines a short/medium/long pass play.