2019 Week 1 Results.

[kosar19]

GG Waco.

QB Cowell played well, especially in the first half. And rookie WR Neeley had a very nice debut, 8-155. Defense played better than expected, allowing only 231 total yards and forcing three turnovers. Hard core test next week with Columbus.

[Guest]

For all the bold talk, I actually thought I matched up poorly against Denver. They have weapons on offense that I can't stop on D. And they have an outstanding defense. Corbett is a premier outside linebacker and can dominate games.

I'm not surprised to lose this one. I really did not see it like you, I think your team stacks up very well against us. What shocks me is how well our offense played. Although the six fumbles was indeed worrisome. And... our offensive line was really leaky. That's what you get for trading your starting LT.

We won games with our defense last season. But... like I said before, there are a lot of new faces and young players in the line-up. We particularly missed Inoue. McCloud will eventually be that kind of corner but he still has some growing to do. But Foley just burned him in this one.

We also generated very little pressure. Strange since I used much more blitzing than normal. Again, probably a symptom of the youth on the team.

A very poor performance by the d overall. Although you are right, Wrighster did look very good.

As for the double coverage, a couple of things entered my head. You have to remember how the game determines the "top" WR. The top WR is the one on the field with the highest RR. Maybe, on that particular play, someone had better RR than Ross? I know that Ross's RR is not fantastically high. Maybe as players tire, it affects RR?

[Guest]

I'm also interested to see the log. I tried a number of different things in this game. Some seem to have worked, others not so much.

[Guest]

As for the double coverage, a couple of things entered my head. You have to remember how the game determines the "top" WR. The top WR is the one on the field with the highest RR. Maybe, on that particular play, someone had better RR than Ross? I know that Ross's RR is not fantastically high. Maybe as players tire, it affects RR?

When he brought that up yesterday I checked. Ross has the highest RR on your team. Don't know about endurance and ratings, though.

Actually, TE Skip Harper comes close, though I'm just looking through the database right now, so it's possible he has a higher RR than what the database has. Same with FL Keith Chiaccheri.

[Guest]

also on the double team thing it could be set to "by formation strength" instead of by "top WR"

[Guest]

I think I am adjusting my expectations downward....a lot.

LOL nah our game could have went either way and im sure it will be very different in week 9. your passing game was VERY effective 33 of 43 just a sloppy week one game that i got lucky on. i also had a blocked fg and waaaaayyyyy too many turnovers.

i will say im happy with my punter IIRC late in the 3rd he pinned you guys at the 2 yard line and you guys went 70+ yard but only got a fg to tie the game. makes me wish i had gotten my punter in the 3rd

[Spear]

1-0 and stayed off the injury report, we'll take that! Glad to see Gellar picked up where he left off last season too. Hoping there wont be a sophomore slump in order.

[Aston]

I'm not surprised to lose this one. I really did not see it like you, I think your team stacks up very well against us. What shocks me is how well our offense played. Although the six fumbles was indeed worrisome. And... our offensive line was really leaky. That's what you get for trading your starting LT.

We won games with our defense last season. But... like I said before, there are a lot of new faces and young players in the line-up. We particularly missed Inoue. McCloud will eventually be that kind of corner but he still has some growing to do. But Foley just burned him in this one.

We also generated very little pressure. Strange since I used much more blitzing than normal. Again, probably a symptom of the youth on the team.

A very poor performance by the d overall. Although you are right, Wrighster did look very good.

As for the double coverage, a couple of things entered my head. You have to remember how the game determines the "top" WR. The top WR is the one on the field with the highest RR. Maybe, on that particular play, someone had better RR than Ross? I know that Ross's RR is not fantastically high. Maybe as players tire, it affects RR?

I'd have to check on that. I did do the DC with RR in mind, although I only looked at your top four WRs or something. The one thing I am unsure of...if one guy is 58, and another guy is 53/64...who has the higher RR? Tricky, tricky...

I never look at TE/RBs for RR, maybe that's a mistake...but I always thought this was for WRs only.

Re: pressure, IIRC, you had at least one sack, maybe two, taken away by penalties. Pretty good considering Boone's Sense Rush.

[Guest]

We stumbled out of the gate and played sloppy and lost. The passing game of Pearl Harbor was efficient, and we never got any type of passing game going, but the two fumbled and lost punts were too much to overcome. GG PH.

[Guest]

I never look at TE/RBs for RR, maybe that's a mistake...but I always thought this was for WRs only.

TEs for sure can be double covered. I have seen it.

Maybe I am wrong but I seem to remember a bug with double coverage it was reported incorrectly in the game logs (but actually the right WR was covered). I tried to look for the thread in FOFC. But maybe I'm just remember incorrectly.

Also, I think the current rating counts (and not future). But masking also plays a role. For example, Ross's RR may be a bit lower if you take making into account (I hope not... just throwing it out there ;-) ).

[Aston]

Well, I always assumed TEs being double covered were when they were thrown to in a zone, the zone guy counting as the double - and that the DC settings were only about which WR you wanted to spotlight.

That's a little gimmicky...I wish it were easier to decide, "I want to double cover this guy, so do it." Masking/untrue ratings numbers makes it pretty hard to do that. Unless you cover by side of formation, I guess, but I'm not too sure how that works. Also seems unreliable...a team might just flip their FL to SE and vice versa.

[Guest]

Also, I think the current rating counts (and not future). But masking also plays a role. For example, Ross's RR may be a bit lower if you take making into account (I hope not... just throwing it out there ;-) ).

if im reading the thread right according to ben the game uses the masked rating or at least to him it seems that way. and id tend to agree that explains guys playing above their "bars"

like Bens 1st round WR

http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/...ht=odd+targets

[Guest]

Well, I always assumed TEs being double covered were when they were thrown to in a zone, the zone guy counting as the double - and that the DC settings were only about which WR you wanted to spotlight.

If that were true (and I'm following correctly), you should see double coverage even if your double coverage settings are 0. I don't think that's the case... But it should be easy enough to test.

In any case, double coverage is certainly not just about the FL and SE. Because a known exploit is to put your best WR in the slot. The strong and weak side double covers can't double him. But... if you double the guy with the highest RR (or 2nd highest), you can indeed double the slot WR.

[Aston]

If your DC settings are zero, the CPU auto assigns double coverages. (You'd have to set them to 1, or something) I thought you do see double coverages even when you aren't set for DC, though. Perhaps this is wrong - I assume you know this better than I do.

[Guest]

Tough loss, NLB. I was horrified when it looked like it was going to go into OT before your kicker missed the XP. I still look forward to all of our games after you whipped us in our first matchup last season, I think we have a burgeoning rivalry here! :)

Grumble.....it aint' a rivalry until I beat you again, until then...it's a "why can't I beat dem bums?" kinda game...lol.


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