@JPach, @"Punter715", @slate, @Swanty
I'll try to keep this as succinct as possible:
2,3
3,1
4,1
These are the kick return and punt return TD totals for the past three ISFL Seasons
7,10
5,7
7,7
These are the same totals for the last 3 NFL BC (Before Covid) Seasons
They say football is a 3-phase game: Offense, Defense, Special Teams and I think our Special Teams may need a little juice. I have two(and a half) proposals to possibly increase special teams plays
My half proposal would be that if return man is a defensive player, they have a wider range of height and weight combinations from all the current DB archetypes(aka they can put any two combinations together), and offensive players will not, but they will be allowed to play RB or WR freely without positional eligibility punishment.
So an example of the archetype would be:
STR 50 / AGI 100 / INT 60 / ARM 25 / THR 25 / TCK 60 / SPD 100 / HND 50 / PBLK 25 / RBLK 25 / END 100 / KP 25 / KA 25/ COMP 90
Emphasis on running straight and running fast but being a huge liability in the starting 22 like most return specialists are(some can be snuck in the more wide open packages). Honestly, as I write this, I'm not even sure how many players would want to be returners? They'd start and all their touchdowns would be explosive plays, and even if they dont score, they'll get multiple chances per game to make a big play. But it was on my head after seeing Flash Panda return a punt and made me curious about the return stats.
I'll try to keep this as succinct as possible:
2,3
3,1
4,1
These are the kick return and punt return TD totals for the past three ISFL Seasons
7,10
5,7
7,7
These are the same totals for the last 3 NFL BC (Before Covid) Seasons
They say football is a 3-phase game: Offense, Defense, Special Teams and I think our Special Teams may need a little juice. I have two(and a half) proposals to possibly increase special teams plays
- Create a "Return Man" archetype which focuses clearly on return skills(Speed, Agility, Endurance) but lowers the cap on other abilities that would make the player OP(hands, intelligence, strength). We're talking pure burners that could barely crack the starting eleven --- the Joshua Cribbs, Young Steve Smith, Leon Washington, Corrdarrelle Patterson, Devin Hester, Dwayne Harris, Darren Sproles, Reggie Bush molds of the league. These players are only useful for making one cut and running really really fast in a straight line for a long time. Granted the Sproles, Hill, Sanders, Reed, Bo Jackson types exist but we know how OP those players are in video games, let alone this sim.
- Which brings me to my second proposal, maybe someone feels the right to mimic Ed Reed, Tyler Lockett, or Deion Sanders to the most microscopic detail. My compromise would be the "Return Man Designation". Each team would be allowed to designate two players as return man specialists. This would allow this player to exceed the cap limits of their current archetype to fill the SPD, END, AGI attributes, BUT they must subtract TPE from their other attributes or the TPE costs will be 1.5x what the original costs would be(can't mix both, either subtract it all or pay on the 1.5x scale)
My half proposal would be that if return man is a defensive player, they have a wider range of height and weight combinations from all the current DB archetypes(aka they can put any two combinations together), and offensive players will not, but they will be allowed to play RB or WR freely without positional eligibility punishment.
So an example of the archetype would be:
STR 50 / AGI 100 / INT 60 / ARM 25 / THR 25 / TCK 60 / SPD 100 / HND 50 / PBLK 25 / RBLK 25 / END 100 / KP 25 / KA 25/ COMP 90
Emphasis on running straight and running fast but being a huge liability in the starting 22 like most return specialists are(some can be snuck in the more wide open packages). Honestly, as I write this, I'm not even sure how many players would want to be returners? They'd start and all their touchdowns would be explosive plays, and even if they dont score, they'll get multiple chances per game to make a big play. But it was on my head after seeing Flash Panda return a punt and made me curious about the return stats.