From: wrsauerw@apgea.army.mil (William R. Sauerwald <wrsauerw>)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: FPS Football Player Ratings, etc
Date: 18 Dec 92 14:39:02 GMT
Organization: APG-Edgewood


> From: wpb@icf.hrb.com (William P. Bown)
> Subject: FPS Football Player Ratings, etc.
> Date: 17 Dec 92 16:32:10 GMT


>  Does anyone have any good algorithms to evaluate the best player for each
> position using his ratings.  I have used the following as a first thought

>  I have rated each of the attributes in importance from 1-4 for each group
> (i.e.)

>              SP AC AG ST HA EN IN DI
>QB            3  2  3  1  2  1  4  4
>RB            3  4  3  2  4  1  2  1
>R             4  3  3  1  4  1  2  2
>OL            3  2  3  4  4  1  2  1
>DL            3  2  3  4  4  1  2  1
>LB            4  3  4  3  2  1  2  1
>DB            4  4  3  2  1  1  3  2

	1 for DI of OL and DL?  I guess you've never had a lineman jump
offside at a key moment in the game ?  Same for DB, pass interference can
ruin a great defensive series.  EN of 1 is fine if you have a deep bench,
but nothing is worse than having DB's at 80% orless with the game on the line.
I would also flip/flop SP and ST for LB's.  Nothing is worse than a LB blitz
that gets held up at the line of scrimmage and LB generally don't have to cover
deep so they don't need speed.  Save you speed LB's for nickel coverages, and
your slow/strong LB's for run Def. 



>(I have no idea what is important for a kicker or punter)

  I think the only important rating for P/K is ST (ie leg strength).  I 
played a season as Dallas as was getting pissed at my K for coming up short
on 45 yd FG.  He had a ST in the 60's.  So I drafted a K with a ST of 
80 something.  Boom!... 53 yarder.  Same for the punter, but you have to 
kick at an angle higher than 45 and sacrifice distance for coverage.  Also,
watch out for fair catch interference.  This happens way too often.  When
your player is close, and the other team has called for a fair catch, take 
control of your player and move him away.



> Why do I suffer a massive problem with my punts getting blocked at least once
> a game?

  I don't suffer from the once a game problem, but then again I don't punt
too often (Dallas is the best team in the NFL, with the best QB :)  ).
It does however happen far too often, considering my team has never blocked 
even one.  I've even had an XP blocked, using an angle of 60+.  Maybe it has
something to do with a kickers HA, IN or DI ????

 Now for my question.  How come I've never had an interception?  Granted, Troy
Aikman is God :), but even the Messiah himself would surely throw the ball 
away once or twice and get picked off.  I've never had to scramble because I 
know I can just throw the ball without fear of int.  Also, my defense has 
never picked one off.  I went into the play book, changed my DB Pass Coverage
to agressive,  But still no ints.  What gives??  BTW, I have played over 19
games (full season, playoffs, SB)  Any ideas?

Any comments appreciated. Thanks.

            						Bill S


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From: bagdy@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Mark Bagdy)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 18:51:40 GMT
Subject: Re: SURVEY: Split of this newsgroup (repost)
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