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It seems like it would cancel out juke moves from ballcarriers if it were developed. Anyone specialize in this?

Juke and Headfake moves don't usually fire all too often. You could try just upping your vision to counter them, although 2 avoid fake % pieces would work nicely if you really wanted a pure run stopping LB. Especially since LB SA's aren't much to write home about.

Originally posted by HATEMOBSTER
Juke and Headfake moves don't usually fire all too often. You could try just upping your vision to counter them, although 2 avoid fake % pieces would work nicely if you really wanted a pure run stopping LB. Especially since LB SA's aren't much to write home about.

Thanks. Yep, that is what I want. Just a run stuffer. So, let's say I have 2 pieces of AF% gear. What do you think would go with it besides Make Tackle% which is where I am headed next?

Make Tackle >>>>>>>> Avoid Fake for LB's

Originally posted by idm03
Make Tackle >>>>>>>> Avoid Fake for LB's

Not really. Not if you get faked 4-5 times a game and only miss one tackle every two games.

I don't know that I think 2 pieces of AF% are necessary. For LOLB, I go with one AF% or SV piece, one make tackle %, and one coverage or maybe monster hit piece. For ROLB I'd do the same except for you probably don't need the coverage piece.

Originally posted by Darren McFadden
Not really. Not if you get faked 4-5 times a game and only miss one tackle every two games.

I don't know that I think 2 pieces of AF% are necessary. For LOLB, I go with one AF% or SV piece, one make tackle %, and one coverage or maybe monster hit piece. For ROLB I'd do the same except for you probably don't need the coverage piece.

My guy is a straight up MLB rushing the gaps every play. I'm more concerned about making tackles and stopping the run than anything else. I don't really need much coverage because my team runs a 4-3 with the extra ILB. So you are saying I can get by with 1 piece of AF%? Should I sell my undeveloped piece and go for MT% or SV? Al I would have is a 2% piece with one improvement to 4% for AF%.

If you're getting faked multiple times a game, adding agility/vision can fix the problem. If you're missing tackles left and right with respectable STR/TAK, Make Tackle can help bridge the gap. The latter is the more frequent problem, imo. If elusive rushing gets fixed, though, the game will change. Even if the changes are coming, you will still have to deal with your contemporaries - power backs.

At some point no matter how high your vision and agility are, you can still get faked out quite a bit. Caleb Miller had a serious problem with this before juke rays were nerfed, AF% helped a ton. After the nerf, it was still a better piece than make tackle, since he only missed 5-6 tackles a season, but got fake attempts constantly.

2% avoid fake isn't very good in the grand scheme of things though. Super Vision is like a bonus to vision and an additional bonus to avoid fakes. You don't really need both. You will want something that helps make tackles and probably something that helps shedding blocks. I'd probably go with a shed blocks AEQ and get that to 10-11 overall, and then hopefully a good SV piece, or a make tackle% and avoid fakes % piece. 'swhy I like 3 pieces for LBs. An ILB that's taking on a ton of blocks close to the line, from interior linemen and fullbacks, should probably have shed blocks maxed or close to it.