Warthog wrote:
I have to say I have no f-ing clue what is going on.
First off, apparently seth doesn't have a punter, so I had a few punt blocks. Watching the game, I noticed his K was punting then checked his roster to see he has no P. But this post isn't about calling him out for that.
This is about what the **** is going on with my special teams depth chart. The notorious Richard Robinson (WR), who got me in trouble in the preseason for playing defense, was the one blocking the punts. I was afraid that was going to get me in trouble, but apparently anyone can rush the punt in 4.6 here.
But Richard Robinson is nowhere to be seen in my Punt Rush depth chart. I actually have 10 players listed in the Punt Rush depth chart. I just auto-set this and don't even look at. So after getting the punt blocks, I downloaded the game details to see what was happening.
The details show only ST Rusher positions 1-4 being filled. The rest of the guys on the punt return team were Gunners. This happened on every punt. Robinson, I think, is listed as my #3 Gunner. So that somehow got him on the field for punt return. (Along with my #1 RB and #1 WR, neither of which are on my ST depth chart anywhere.
I checked another of my teams that simmed last night and it might be even weirder. The first punt return players were accurate. The next 6 punt returns had gunners on the field, and then the last 2 were correct again.
Am I going crazy? Anyone else seeing this?
First point...Yes Seth didn't have a punter. His punter retired after last season and he thinks he auto set his ST depth chart. I wasn't aware of this until I looked at the box score of last night's game, because who ever beats Seth by such a huge margin? So I noticed the punt blocks first thing, checked his depth chart and roster, finding no placekicker.
I sent Seth a PM about it right away and he fixed it with tonight's sim. I didn't post about it because I knew it was just an oversight by Seth, and not some kind of tanking attempt.
I will always send a PM as a warning whenever a rules violation is spotted. Everybody deserves a chance to fix an error and I only resort to booting people if my PMs are ignored and the roster spot remains unfilled.
On a side note, I don't usually do roster checks because you guys do a great job following league rules. In this case, his lack of a punter went unnoticed until Week 2. It happens.
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On to your second point. According to current league rules, Robinson can line up anywhere on the punt block team now. That wasn't always the case but you can even put him on the front 4 if you want now. Any player can be a gunner or ST blocker/rusher now, no more weight restrictions.
