I haven't made a suggestion in this thread in a long time and I have a sneaky suspicion that this is on the NGTH list but this suggestion is borne out of pure frustruation.
Simply put the Linebacker Special Ability tree needs some minor reworking.
These days teams are building with 6 and 7 Cornerbacks simply because as anyone who's ever tried building a cover LB will know that covering 165+ speed TEs is next to impossible with cover LBs.
Why?
Because to successfully build a Cover LB that is capable of covering a 165+ Speed Catch Fake/Juke TE you simply MUST have the following SAs:
1) Super Vision
2) Change Direction
3) First Step
Sure you can buy those 2 extra SAs but that's going to cost you (35+70=105 BTs) which means you're short changing how long you can spend Quad Training your guy and in a position like LB where you need to have a few attributes covered that is simply not worth it. So the alternative becomes building Corners and playing Nickel and Dime coverage all the time.
I'm not asking to reinvent the wheel but why not (for cover LBs anyway) get rid of useless SAs like Trash Talk and Snarl and relplace them with First Step and Change Direction. I guarantee you more people would start building more Linebackers and we'd see more variety on defensive formations.
Just a thought
Simply put the Linebacker Special Ability tree needs some minor reworking.
These days teams are building with 6 and 7 Cornerbacks simply because as anyone who's ever tried building a cover LB will know that covering 165+ speed TEs is next to impossible with cover LBs.
Why?
Because to successfully build a Cover LB that is capable of covering a 165+ Speed Catch Fake/Juke TE you simply MUST have the following SAs:
1) Super Vision
2) Change Direction
3) First Step
Sure you can buy those 2 extra SAs but that's going to cost you (35+70=105 BTs) which means you're short changing how long you can spend Quad Training your guy and in a position like LB where you need to have a few attributes covered that is simply not worth it. So the alternative becomes building Corners and playing Nickel and Dime coverage all the time.
I'm not asking to reinvent the wheel but why not (for cover LBs anyway) get rid of useless SAs like Trash Talk and Snarl and relplace them with First Step and Change Direction. I guarantee you more people would start building more Linebackers and we'd see more variety on defensive formations.
Just a thought
