Can a Reciever BOBBLE the ball...and are their legit fumbles?

[Lisa_Bonami]

I was curious if recievers can actually bobble a ball thrown to them instead of always simply catching it....if not, would this be a complicated process to design into the physics engine that would rely on too many variables?


Also was wondering if anyone has seen legitimate fumbles where a ball is jarred loose on a hit or contact rather than just a backwards incomplete pass?


I am loving the variability of the physics in this game...I crave playing it just to see new things happen!

[ZeeAyKay]

I have seen normal fumbles.

As far as "bobbling" goes. There isn't a specific "bobble" animation, but I've seen a receiver miss a catch that bounces off his hands/head/chest, and then he catches it after the rebound.

[swaldo]

Just had a play where a pass hit the recievers shoulder pad, bounced into and out of his hands, deflected off a defenders arm and I was right there to scoop it up for an INT. I think the reason the reciever missed it was because his defender was on him like glue so he didn't have a perfect line of sight for the ball coming at him.

I don't think I've seen a WR catch it, then bobble and drop it though. Defelections are mainly what I'm seeing. I haven't seen any RB fumble a ball yet. I was concerned watching early vids of BB that there would be too many so I'm glad that's not the case. But I think they do need to increase.

[Kaanyr Vhok]

Ive seen a pass bounce off of a safety's head before he picked it.

[canes21]

I have seen WRs bobble the ball and then finally catch it, bobble it and get hit and lose it, bobble it and then the DB catches it. I have also seen just a few fumbles. Some have been backwards passes and others have been from RBs getting hit hard and the LB putting the helmet on the ball. Also, I have seen a TE catch the ball, turn and take one step and get smacked and the ball went flying out of his possession.

[JP_84]

I haven seen them bobble the ball and then run right smack into a defender losing the ball in the process.

[flagator07]

I just had a play where the TE was wide open on a 10 yd in pattern and the ball bounced off his hands into his chest and he dropped it.

[seriousluboy83]

I made the CPU fumble on a half-scramble...i say half-scramble b/c he was looking downfield and then got pressured from his open-side and i was coming from the blind-side...he did a half-turn towards me and SMACK!!!i layed it on him...FUMBLE!!!!!!