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Does the game engine treat strong & free safties differently?
Forum index >> Center for rookies >> Does the game engine treat strong & free safties differently?
 
Chidash
Posts: 952
Posted on 2010-12-20 19:05:03
I know the difference in real football (and in reality, assigning a strong safety to a particular side of the field is meaningless, since the strong safety lines up on the TE's side). But, does the free safety help out more with the pass and the strong safety against the run? Or has no one been able to discover a difference?
  
viktor
Posts: 0
Posted on 2010-12-20 19:49:33
I believe if anything the SS helps reduce the number of yards on a rush play.
I couldn't tell the difference on pass plays though.
SS FS and MLBs are all possible 2nd defenders on pass plays and apparently broken tackles are statistically important/otherwise relevant only when a player scores
And apparently they heard Keith Brooking say tackles are overrated and thought he was talking about tackling receivers
  
Chidash
Posts: 952
Posted on 2010-12-20 22:58:22
viktor wrote:

I believe if anything the SS helps reduce the number of yards on a rush play.
I couldn't tell the difference on pass plays though.



So, based on that, I'd be better off playing two SSs and no FSs, I suppose.
  
BlueDemons84
Posts: 3435
Posted on 2010-12-20 23:03:17
thats a great question but I have nothing to add except I'm also interested to learn more about SS vs FS
  
Monkey
Posts: 7
Posted on 2010-12-20 23:04:11
BlueDemons84 wrote:

thats a great question but I have nothing to add except I'm also interested to learn more about SS vs FS



ditto
  
jespernohr
Posts: 0
Posted on 2010-12-20 23:07:10
Chidash wrote:

viktor wrote:

I believe if anything the SS helps reduce the number of yards on a rush play.
I couldn't tell the difference on pass plays though.



So, based on that, I'd be better off playing two SSs and no FSs, I suppose.


Unless the FS does the same against the pass since we know so little, it is all speculations.
  
Chidash
Posts: 952
Posted on 2010-12-20 23:13:35
jespernohr wrote:

Unless the FS does the same against the pass since we know so little, it is all speculations.



I had a couple theories, although I don't know how I'd test them:
1) FS = pass bonus & SS = run bonus
2) SS will cover TE if on his side, otherwise OLB covers TE
3) SS just plays closer to the LOS that FS, meaning shorter running and even passing plays, but a higher likelihood of being completely out of a long pass play.
  
 
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