A modest O-line proposal

[Daybe]

GMs would get creative with 4 Oline bots too. Plug in that extra TE at center or something. In your scenario if a GM is struggling to field anything other than safeties and DL, you don't just go botting LBs and CBs. And of course DL do well. They start off versus almost exclusively 350 TPE bots that never get any better. If wideouts were all 350 that never improved, CBs would be great off the line too.

LT is still my favorite position and i'm going to stick it out regardless to be the premier blind-side protector. I just think others would be attracted to it if we aren't stuck behind a wall of bots and nobody else has to. Wait for a team to have a need is one thing, wait to be better than a bot is just lame. And i'm stunned at every level it feels like "this can't improve" is the consensus. If it wasn't for CRF trying to improve things as best he can as a user i would have just moved on. I really couldn't understand the position tracker as a new player so the dire lack of CBs is new to me. Maybe that's a better avenue for improvement for positions not full of bots.

I don't think we should get a boost of TPE so we can make a radical change overnight. I already suggested a better solution of phasing it in slowly with either 1 bot regressing gradually or just giving the community a few seasons to prepare and adjust. Or abort if it's not working. It's a modest proposal to phase in one role to be in-line with everyone else now that we know much more about the sim and roles of the o-line.

If I put a 250 pound tight end in at center I can assure you he would get his skull kicked in. Not that he actually wants to play offensive line or anything, but he HAS to because of a dumb rule. Stocking up on safeties and DL is not a foreign concept. Last season we ran with 5 safeties, 4 defensive linemen, 1 cornerback, and 1 linebacker on our team. Guess what, we went 10-3 and had the same record as the 1 seed.

The reason why we are against phasing this in slowly is cause we haven’t SEEN any of you been successful. And if the time comes when a majority of you ARE NSFL caliber, we’ll accept that maybe some OL are here to say. Maybe GMs will evaluate you more highly than just “Oh, these guys go inactive no matter what.”

And yes, this conversation happens every few seasons. A few guys create offensive linemen and clamor for changes. Their proposals aren’t very thought out and generally they have little knowledge of the simulation. Their proposals die and then they go inactive.