Let's just keep this thread going even though it'll never be responded too.
The other reason that the OL penalties for medium and long passes need to be removed is because you can't properly space the field anymore on passing plays.
Most short passes put all the receivers in the same spot or at least the same zone and level. This is really bad in 4.6 for 2 reasons: (1) magnet coverage - I have no idea how this is supposed to work but what I see is every defender guarding the WR that is getting the ball and (2) players react immediately when a ball is thrown - this change was silly.
If I'm playing tight inside coverage on a downfield play, my attention is on the receiver I'm guarding and watching the receiver's eyes to know when I need to turn to the ball. Here's what we get instead:
https://bigdata.myfootballnow.com/forums/1/25?page=10&x=0KSf4mShfk#608If I were inclined, I'd do the math to figure out how much faster the defenders get to the play than the ball, but this seems so obviously broken that the average person should realize that 60 mph (the average release speed of the football in the NFL) is faster than 15-20 mph which is how fast an NFL player can run.
Last edited at 12/04/2021 11:40 am