PT - Milestone Tweak

[kckolbe]

As a coverage linebacker, I noticed that there are some huge discrepancies between LB and S.

LB:
Tackles: 90 or more
Tackles For Loss: 5 or more
Forced Fumbles: 2 or more
Passes Defended: 5 or more
Sacks: 6 or more
Interceptions: 2 or more

S:
Tackles: 40 or more
Tackles For Loss: 1 or more
Forced Fumbles: 1 or more
Fumbles Recovered: 1 or more
Passes Defended: 4 or more
Interceptions: 3 or more

To get full TPE, a linebacker needs 50 more tackles, 4 more tackles for loss, 1 more forced fumble, and 1 more pass defended.

Safeties just need 1 more interception.

Can we fix this?

[Stormblessed]

Why do you think it needs fixing?

[kckolbe]

Because a ton more is asked of one position than the other.

[RavensFanFromOntario]

If you see the sim, linebackers are infinitely more involved in the play is why. They get way higher stats.

[Stormblessed]

Because a ton more is asked of one position than the other.

I personally don't see the way it's laid out as a problem but I'm not a decision maker here.

[Bzerkap]

I think with the way the milestones were set up they wanted to get about the top 40% of players in each category.

So for example any linebacker in the 60th percentile got around 90 tackles and can claim the PT

I think what they wanted was to give a certain percentage of players this TPE and so they just took that percentage and applied it to the season statistics.

[kckolbe]

If you see the sim, linebackers are infinitely more involved in the play is why. They get way higher stats.

Let me do some research and I'll get back to you.

[kckolbe]

Okay, here we go.

Last season, here's how those milestones worked.

50% of starting LBs made the tackling goal, 100% of safeties did
28% of LBs made the TFL goal, 33% of safeties did
33% of LBs made the FF goal, 67% of safeties did
44% of LBs made the PD goal, 42% of safeties did
17% of LBs made the int goal, 50% of safeties did.

[Noppadet]

Yeah linebacker goals were pretty tough. Did any linebacker get all 5 TPE?

But in fairness all linebackers were held to the same standard, so it's not like any one linebacker had an advantage.

[kckolbe]

Yeah linebacker goals were pretty tough. Did any linebacker get all 5 TPE?

But in fairness all linebackers were held to the same standard, so it's not like any one linebacker had an advantage.

I didn't check, but there was a 0.3% chance of that happening, compared to 4.6% of safeties, so safeties were about 15 times more likely to max bonuses, despite the fact that LBs were more active in building TPE and therefore should have been more successful.