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What are your guys thoughts on - Dive for Yardage SA?

Thanks,
bottleofbeer

My HB has 4 in it and I'm thinking it was a waste. It's one of those SAs where you never really know if its working or not.

Originally posted by Drukman
My HB has 4 in it and I'm thinking it was a waste. It's one of those SAs where you never really know if its working or not.

+1.
Since the replays are already pretty inaccurate, you won't get a clear idea of whether it's working for you, unless Bort adds a little note/gives our dots some arms.

haha dots with arms

There are a few times you can see it work. I've seen a few replays where my HB will run and be tackled a yard or two short of the 1st down marker, but still pick up the first down.

I know that the dots are only approximations of player position, but if the dot was 1-2 yards shy of the first and Dive for Yardage is designed to get 1-2 additional yards... it seems likely that Dive for Yards triggered and that's why I picked up the first down.

I've seen similar plays where I'm tackled before the first down marker/goaline but pick up the firstdown or touchdown. Just very infrequent. Less frequest than Spin even.

I used to get tackled 0.5 yds short in 3rd and short yardage situations really often. I've put some points into dive 4 yards and started picking up a lot more first downs. Course I also put points into strength the whole time too so its difficult to determine which helped more. I think its beneficial... just not going to show up in film.

I have 1 point in it and I think it works, but I'm not sure. I almost always get the 1st when I get tackled near the line.