Statistics and Sliders NCAA12

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I am going to start my slider set and testing again for this years version starting with speed threshold testing. This is a placeholder for where I will edit in the sliders:

Difficulty: All-american (default game setting, speed testing shows statistic cheats for heisman and varsity, also the run glitch helps the human on varsity and helps the CPU on heismann this really is the only balanced mode)
Speed threshold: 50 (appears to be correct this year)
Game speed: Normal
Quarter length: 9-11 minutes (there should be 130-150 plays total per game, about 65-70 per team; make sure you adjust for your clock managment style to get realistic statistics and yardage--I use 11)

Human/CPU
QB accuracy: 35/50
Pass blocking: 50/55 (appears to be fairly accurate, CPU needs help if you control linemen)
WR catching: 40/40 (gives 3-4 drops per game)
RB ability: 50/60 (AI access to jukes and spins, better vision esp at 60 but too many TD runs)
Run blocking: 50/55 (increases blocking on second level and big/TD runs)
Pass coverage: 40/50 (prevents sacks by giving open reciever, QBA needed for control of %)
Pass rush: 40/50
Interceptions: 35/35 (gives 1-2 per game)
Rush defense: 50/50 (effects defenders pursuit and getting off blocks)
Tackling: 40/40 (Broken tackle goal of 3-7 range, avg 4.5/game)
FG power: 45/40
FG accuracy: 30/40
Punting power: 30/45
Punting accuracy: 50/50
Kickoff power: 50/50

Penalties:
Offside: 95
False start: 100
Holding: 52
Facemask:53 (count 1 facemask penalty or RP as pass interference since that is never called)
Off PI:100 (never seen one)
Def PI:100 (never seen one)
KR/PR Interf: 60 (never seen one)
Clipping:54
Intent grounding:100 (never seen one)
Roughing passer:60 (goal 1 per game per side to replace pass interference)
Roughing kicker:65

Autosubs (Sub out/Sub in):
Running back: 84/85 (doesn't work but next level removes in 4th quarter, use formation subs)

Coaching sliders: No changes recommended to defensive sliders only pass/run. Substitution sliders don't effect gameplay only simulation. The Pass % should be set to match the teams listed pass %. See the table at the bottom of this page.

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BIll Parcells NFL Statistics by position:

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DEFENSEfficeffice" />>>	Hgt>>	Wgt (lb)>>	40 time (s)>>	Hand (")>>	Arm (")>>
4-3 DE>>	6'4">>	279>>	4.82>>	9.7>>	33>>
3-4 DE>>	6'4">>	291>>	4.93>>	10>>	33>>
QB rush DE>>	6'3">>	266>>	4.7>>	9.6>>	33>>
4-3 DT>>	6'3">>	302>>	4.98>>	9.7>>	33>>
3-4 NT>>	6'2">>	316>>	5.07>>	10>>	33>>
4-3 LB>>	6'1">>	239>>	4.69>>	9.4>>	32>>
4-3 Sam LB>>	6'2">>	243>>	4.65>>	9.5>>	32>>
3-4 OLB>>	6'3">>	256>>	4.65>>	9.6>>	33>>
3-4 ILB>>	6'2">>	240>>	4.71>>	9.5>>	32>>
CB>>	5'11">>	193>>	4.47>>	9>>	31>>
SS>>	6'0">>	207>>	4.51>>	9.2>>	31>>
FS>>	6'0">>	204>>	4.52>>	9.2>>	31>>
OFFENSE>>	Hgt>>	Wgt (lb)>>	40 time (s)>>	Hand (")>>	Arm (")>>
QB>>	6'3">>	223>>	4.81>>	9.4>>	32>>
RB>>	5'11">>	220>>	4.49>>	9.2>>	31>>
FB>>	6'1">>	243>>	4.76>>	9.4>>	32>>
WR>>	6'1">>	203>>	4.48>>	9.3>>	32>>
TE>>	6'4">>	253>>	4.78>>	9.6>>	33>>
C>>	6'3">>	302>>	5.22>>	9.7>>	33>>
G>>	6'4">>	312>>	5.21>>	9.7>>	33>>
LT>>	6'6">>	320>>	5.13>>	9.7>>	34>>
RT>>	6'6">>	318>>	5.2>>	10>>	34>>

The difference between LB average (4.68) and WR times (4.48) is 0.20 seconds and RB (4.49) is 0.19 seconds. I would expect college defenses to be relatively slower since that is the main change between pro and college for quarterbacks (defensive speed). So a college LB might be 5% worse that is 4.91 40 time which is a gap of 0.43 seconds.>>

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NCAA statistics for teams for offensive and defensive values (fixed plays per game):

Team	Pts/G	Yds/G	Total Plays/G	1stD/G	3rdD%	PenYds/G	Pass Att/G	Pass Att/G %	Pass Comp/G	Pass Comp/%	PassYds/G	Pass TD	Int	Sacked	Sacked/G	Rush Avg YPC	Rush Att/G	RushAtt/G %	RushYd/G	Rush TD
Air Force	32	437	70	22	52.4	43	12	17%	6	53.1	120	12	6	5	0.4	5.5	58	83%	318	41
Akron	16	269	62	15	35.1	47	29	47%	15	49.9	155	12	14	33	3	3.5	33	53%	113	10
Alabama	35	436	64	22	43.1	39	28	44%	20	69	260	24	5	32	3	5	35	56%	175	30
Arizona	30	445	73	24	49.1	51	40	54%	27	68.6	310	25	12	32	3	4.1	33	46%	135	20
Arizona St.	32	426	73	21	40	70	39	53%	23	60.1	286	23	17	31	3	4	34	47%	139	19
Arkansas	37	489	67	22	42.3	65	35	52%	23	66.3	338	36	15	28	2	4.6	33	48%	151	22
Arkansas St.	30	403	71	22	34	60	37	51%	22	60.7	255	23	12	23	2	4.3	35	49%	149	23
Army	28	338	67	19	47	44	11	16%	6	53.4	82	7	3	8	1	4.5	57	84%	256	34
Auburn	43	498	66	24	53.1	54	20	30%	13	66.7	211	31	7	23	2	6.2	46	70%	287	41
Ball St.	22	306	63	16	32.9	50	26	41%	14	53.7	154	18	16	16	1	4.1	37	59%	152	11
Baylor	33	479	72	24	41.2	78	36	49%	24	65.9	278	23	8	20	2	5.5	37	51%	201	25
Boise St.	47	520	69	25	49.6	57	32	46%	23	70.3	319	38	6	8	1	5.3	37	54%	200	34
Boston Coll.	19	309	63	15	33.3	51	26	42%	14	52.4	175	13	19	31	3	3.6	37	58%	133	10
Bowling Green	21	294	68	17	35.1	53	38	56%	22	58.2	232	12	20	34	3	2.1	30	44%	63	16
Buffalo	14	298	71	17	36.5	49	34	48%	15	45.1	184	17	23	27	2	3.1	37	52%	113	3
BYU	24	354	72	21	45.4	44	33	46%	18	55.4	190	17	11	21	2	4.2	39	54%	164	23
California	26	334	64	18	34.9	57	28	44%	15	55.7	175	16	11	23	2	4.4	36	56%	159	19
Cent. Michigan	24	390	72	22	37.4	52	40	56%	24	60.4	284	17	18	33	3	3.3	32	44%	106	18
Cincinnati	27	417	70	22	45.6	63	36	52%	21	57.7	261	27	15	33	3	4.7	34	48%	157	15
Clemson	24	338	67	18	40	56	31	46%	17	56	191	17	14	18	2	4.1	36	54%	146	19
Colorado	24	360	71	20	45.1	50	33	47%	20	59.7	223	21	11	20	2	3.7	38	53%	137	15
Colorado St.	17	335	66	18	36.7	41	33	50%	21	64.4	222	11	13	44	4	3.5	33	50%	113	10
Connecticut	27	325	65	16	31.6	41	27	41%	14	53.1	145	10	9	15	1	4.7	38	59%	180	20
Duke	25	381	73	20	39.9	41	41	56%	25	60.3	271	14	19	25	2	3.4	32	44%	110	19
East Carolina	38	446	76	24	43.8	63	48	63%	31	64.7	319	39	16	15	1	4.5	28	37%	126	21
East. Michigan	19	333	66	17	35.3	53	24	36%	13	53.2	160	14	14	22	2	4.1	43	64%	173	17
Florida	29	357	68	19	38.7	59	30	44%	18	61	191	12	12	23	2	4.3	38	56%	166	31
Florida Atlantic	17	303	62	16	32.3	61	29	46%	16	56.4	208	17	14	36	3	2.8	33	54%	94	8
Florida Intl.	28	402	70	20	38.8	76	30	42%	18	61.2	213	16	14	20	2	4.7	40	58%	189	26
Florida St.	32	387	64	20	48.5	58	29	45%	18	63.3	219	24	13	27	2	4.8	35	55%	168	27
Fresno St.	30	371	66	19	35	50	27	42%	17	61.4	214	24	9	36	3	4.1	38	58%	157	19
Georgia	34	394	62	19	42.3	43	27	43%	16	61.4	246	25	8	25	2	4.2	35	57%	148	21
Georgia Tech	28	415	71	21	40	56	13	18%	5	38.3	88	9	7	16	1	5.6	58	82%	327	31
Hawaii	40	497	65	24	38.4	61	43	67%	28	64.8	388	42	17	40	3	5	22	33%	109	25
Houston	38	481	75	26	48.5	41	40	54%	25	61.6	327	34	20	12	1	4.5	34	46%	153	20
Idaho	27	387	71	20	43.4	67	42	60%	24	57	299	27	17	45	3	3.1	29	40%	88	12
Illinois	32	386	69	20	40.5	55	22	32%	12	56.3	143	18	12	25	2	5.1	47	68%	242	29
Indiana	27	388	72	22	43.8	40	43	60%	26	60.6	287	25	12	12	1	3.5	29	40%	100	13
Iowa	29	379	62	20	45.6	39	28	45%	18	64	237	26	6	19	2	4.1	34	55%	142	16
Iowa St.	22	317	69	18	37.6	51	31	45%	18	56.6	174	14	10	33	3	3.8	38	55%	143	15
Kansas	17	296	69	18	40.9	57	29	43%	17	57.5	162	11	14	37	3	3.4	39	57%	135	13
Kansas St.	34	379	66	19	46.9	39	22	34%	14	63.8	173	16	8	31	3	4.8	43	66%	206	40
Kent St.	21	314	64	17	30.6	56	33	50%	19	58.5	201	11	14	22	2	3.6	32	50%	114	15
Kentucky	33	437	70	22	44.6	45	35	50%	23	65.6	274	26	9	19	2	4.7	35	50%	163	26
LA Lafayette	22	351	71	18	35.2	41	36	51%	19	52.5	250	18	15	39	3	2.9	35	49%	101	14
LA Monroe	21	347	73	19	35.5	66	33	46%	21	61.6	227	18	14	34	3	3.1	39	54%	120	13
Louisiana Tech	27	390	74	21	37.6	44	35	48%	22	61.2	219	16	15	17	1	4.4	39	52%	171	22
Louisville	26	376	65	19	39.3	65	28	43%	16	59.5	195	22	8	17	1	4.9	37	57%	181	17
LSU	29	333	64	17	36.3	48	24	37%	14	57.8	155	10	11	24	2	4.4	40	63%	177	29
Marshall	21	314	64	17	37.1	55	35	55%	20	55.8	217	22	15	13	1	3.4	29	45%	97	7
Maryland	31	342	64	17	35	66	31	48%	17	56.1	218	27	10	22	2	3.8	33	52%	125	21
Memphis	14	285	60	14	32.3	49	28	47%	16	55.8	193	14	13	37	3	2.9	32	53%	92	5
Miami (FL)	27	423	73	22	39.7	67	34	46%	18	53.1	232	21	27	16	1	4.9	39	54%	190	19
Miami (OH)	21	347	66	19	35.4	45	36	54%	23	64.4	250	19	15	35	3	3.2	31	46%	97	14
Michigan	34	501	73	24	46.3	46	29	39%	18	62.8	250	23	15	11	1	5.7	44	61%	251	35
Michigan St.	31	407	63	20	37.5	59	29	45%	19	66.9	238	23	10	24	2	4.9	35	55%	169	25
Middle Tenn. St.	27	372	71	19	38.2	56	30	42%	17	58.5	193	9	24	23	2	4.4	41	58%	179	32
Minnesota	23	361	69	20	39.2	43	32	46%	17	55.3	226	21	9	17	1	3.6	37	54%	135	14
Mississippi	31	400	69	19	34.3	51	28	40%	15	56.1	192	17	14	14	1	5	41	60%	208	28
Mississippi St.	27	394	69	20	45.3	45	22	32%	13	56.6	179	18	13	23	2	4.6	47	68%	216	28
Missouri	30	401	70	21	37.1	58	36	51%	23	62.6	238	17	10	22	2	4.8	34	49%	163	28
N.C. State	33	407	77	24	43.6	36	42	54%	24	58.2	282	28	14	39	3	3.5	35	46%	125	17
Navy	31	407	65	20	52.9	28	12	18%	6	53.5	118	13	6	10	1	5.4	53	82%	289	37
Nebraska	33	414	66	19	42.1	69	20	31%	12	58.6	155	16	8	29	2	5.7	46	69%	260	32
Nevada	43	536	75	27	56.2	49	26	35%	17	64.6	230	22	9	12	1	6.3	48	65%	306	52
New Mexico	16	266	67	16	32.6	58	30	45%	16	52.6	158	11	15	27	2	2.9	37	55%	108	10
New Mexico St.	16	297	69	17	29.6	62	31	46%	15	49.2	167	9	9	19	2	3.4	37	54%	129	8
North Carolina	25	390	66	19	39.5	56	32	48%	22	67.5	267	19	9	37	3	3.6	34	52%	124	18
North Texas	24	375	67	19	39.7	52	26	39%	15	57.6	173	16	9	30	3	5	41	61%	202	17
Northern Illinois	38	446	66	22	51.2	40	23	35%	15	63.2	181	23	8	13	1	6.2	43	65%	265	42
Northwestern	25	392	72	22	47.7	57	30	41%	21	70.1	243	17	10	40	3	3.5	42	59%	150	22
Notre Dame	26	378	68	20	37.5	42	38	55%	23	59.7	257	28	16	20	2	4	31	45%	121	11
Ohio	28	328	60	17	34.8	48	21	35%	12	58	158	20	20	22	2	4.4	39	65%	169	25
Ohio St.	39	449	69	22	45.8	47	27	39%	18	66	229	30	13	22	2	5.3	42	61%	220	27
Oklahoma	36	478	87	27	44.3	45	45	51%	29	65.2	337	38	12	21	2	3.4	42	49%	141	23
Oklahoma St.	45	538	77	27	44.4	65	41	53%	28	67.6	355	36	14	10	1	5.1	36	47%	183	26
Oregon	49	538	79	27	45.9	63	30	37%	18	62.1	234	31	9	9	1	6.1	50	63%	304	42
Oregon St.	24	327	63	19	36.6	56	31	49%	18	58.9	207	19	12	35	3	3.7	32	51%	120	18
Penn St.	25	374	66	19	43.3	31	32	48%	18	57	231	19	17	12	1	4.2	34	52%	143	16
Pittsburgh	26	368	64	18	41.7	57	28	45%	18	64.8	210	16	11	23	2	4.5	35	55%	158	24
Purdue	20	312	66	16	32.2	57	30	44%	16	55.7	151	13	17	18	2	4.4	37	56%	161	12
Rice	29	375	71	20	45.7	44	30	42%	18	60.6	216	20	12	27	2	3.9	41	58%	159	24
Rutgers	21	295	64	16	31.4	50	27	42%	15	54.3	194	16	10	61	5	2.7	37	58%	101	11
San Diego St.	35	449	67	20	45.1	55	34	50%	19	56.1	297	28	14	9	1	4.6	33	50%	152	29
San Jose St.	16	315	61	16	26.2	51	34	55%	20	58.3	237	17	17	32	2	2.9	27	45%	79	7
SMU	27	415	66	21	43.3	52	37	56%	22	58.3	274	31	14	34	3	4.8	29	44%	141	14
South Carolina	32	391	65	21	49.1	40	27	42%	18	65.4	236	23	17	30	2	4.1	38	58%	156	26
South Florida	24	312	62	17	28.6	47	25	40%	14	55.9	163	13	16	27	2	4	38	60%	149	19
Southern Miss	38	458	80	24	50.3	73	36	46%	23	62.5	255	24	8	17	1	4.7	43	54%	203	28
Stanford	40	467	72	25	57.8	44	30	41%	21	69.7	256	32	8	6	1	5	42	59%	211	34
Syracuse	21	308	62	17	36.6	61	29	46%	16	56.1	178	19	8	33	3	3.9	34	54%	130	14
TCU	43	492	74	26	52.3	44	26	35%	17	65.9	230	29	6	9	1	5.5	48	65%	261	41
Temple	25	334	61	17	35.4	46	25	41%	14	56.9	184	15	13	24	2	4.2	36	59%	150	20
Tennessee	27	366	63	18	36.4	42	31	50%	18	56.4	250	26	15	41	3	3.7	32	50%	116	14
Texas	24	383	73	20	40.1	55	37	51%	22	58.9	232	10	17	18	2	4.2	36	49%	151	19
Texas A&M	32	448	81	24	42.2	64	40	49%	24	60.1	282	28	15	37	3	4.1	41	51%	166	19
Texas Tech	32	453	81	24	43.6	62	47	58%	30	64.7	315	39	12	21	2	4.1	34	42%	138	17
Toledo	28	360	66	17	40.6	65	28	43%	18	63	204	23	14	22	2	4.1	38	57%	156	22
Troy	33	441	77	23	41.1	77	40	53%	26	63.3	290	33	15	24	2	4.2	36	47%	151	21
Tulane	25	373	75	21	38.8	37	39	52%	22	57.6	246	19	12	28	2	3.5	36	48%	128	17
Tulsa	40	504	79	26	49.4	42	36	46%	22	60.2	284	32	11	28	2	5.2	42	54%	219	32
UAB	26	423	74	21	41.9	51	39	53%	21	54.6	267	28	14	12	1	4.5	35	47%	156	14
UCF	34	384	65	21	52.1	41	21	32%	14	65.8	192	16	11	20	2	4.4	44	68%	193	36
UCLA	20	317	67	18	35.3	60	27	40%	14	50.9	141	9	14	28	2	4.4	40	60%	176	20
UNLV	18	274	62	16	34.3	59	27	44%	15	54.3	171	18	12	35	3	3	35	56%	103	9
USC	31	432	72	23	43.3	61	35	49%	22	61.6	242	28	13	18	1	5.2	37	51%	189	20
Utah	36	405	65	20	44.4	49	31	48%	20	63.6	248	24	12	12	1	4.7	33	52%	157	27
Utah St.	22	347	71	19	39.8	58	27	38%	14	53.1	179	8	14	25	2	3.8	44	62%	169	24
UTEP	26	371	66	21	48.8	51	33	51%	18	53.6	222	23	14	18	2	4.6	33	49%	150	18
Vanderbilt	17	298	65	15	26.9	45	30	46%	14	46.9	159	11	11	36	3	4	35	54%	139	13
Virginia	25	405	72	21	37.2	73	37	51%	22	59.1	266	20	17	23	2	4	35	49%	139	17
Virginia Tech	36	411	65	21	45.2	43	24	37%	14	59.4	202	24	5	34	3	5.1	41	63%	209	30
W. Michigan	32	412	72	21	39.9	53	40	55%	25	62.7	286	30	12	30	3	3.9	32	45%	126	18
Wake Forest	23	302	64	16	34.4	45	25	40%	14	55	144	9	10	26	2	4.1	38	60%	159	23
Washington	22	364	66	18	31.4	58	30	45%	17	55.7	200	19	9	24	2	4.6	36	55%	164	15
Washington St.	20	330	67	18	39.1	60	32	48%	19	59.1	239	19	12	51	4	2.6	35	52%	91	11
West Virginia	27	377	70	20	44.6	42	29	41%	19	65	214	24	8	27	2	3.9	42	59%	162	18
West. Kentucky	23	318	66	18	39.3	46	25	37%	13	51.2	144	11	6	29	2	4.2	42	63%	175	21
Wisconsin	43	450	66	24	50.8	30	21	32%	16	74.5	203	17	6	14	1	5.5	45	68%	247	48
Wyoming	19	286	58	14	31	47	24	42%	15	60.2	166	12	9	31	3	3.6	34	58%	120	17

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Steps for reading the defense:

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Coaching sliders:

Defensive aggession: Alters the blitz frequency. NFL teams blitz from 3-11% with the majority blitzing around 7-8% of pass plays. A blitz in the NFL is defined as 6 or more rushers. Check out your opponents setting before a game to see how often they rush 5. Then try to keep a blocker at home to prevent sacks or feel free not to if they aren't a blitz heavy team

Great great news for this year. It appears defensive over-blitzing has finally been fixed. It also appears the coaching sliders work for run/pass the same as last year.

Defensive aggression 50/50:

5 man rush: 43% plays
6 man rush: 7% plays (no 7 or 8 man blitzes)

Defensive aggression 85 conservative:

5 man rush: 17%
6 man rush: 0%

Defensive aggression 85% aggressive:

5 man rush: 55%
6 man rush: 5% (no 7 or 8 man blitzes)

Offensive run/pass 50 run: 64% run, 36% pass
Offensive run/pass 85 run: 78% run, 22% pass (not exactly 85% run but close)
Offensive run/pass 85 pass: 73% pass, 17% run (not exactly 85% pass but close)

Conclusion:
Run/Pass: The run/pass slider effects the play calling and coaching sliders can be updated from last season with some tweaks for coaching changes this season.

Defensive aggression: Odd this year. There are almost no 6 man blitzes (which is good), the slider primarily appears to effect the utilization of 5 man blitzing instead. It is not a % determination as is run/pass slider. I am not sure how to interpret this but I would leave most teams at EA default this year as it seems fairly realistic.

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Speed threshold testing:
1st step I reviewed all teams for average speed of WR and LB. The idea is to use an average player from each level of quality at WR and LB and run 40 yards in practice mode with a stopwatch to assess times. I will run 20 test with each player and generate average values for these players. The idea is then to use published values on the differences in 40 times to create a normal gap between WR and LB avoiding LB burning (still can be burned deep but closer coverage in short zones)--in prior years LB were remarkably slower compared to WR vs their real world counterparts.

Reviewing teams showed the following on rosters:
Top tier WR/CB (same): Avg Spd 93, Avg Acc 93
Top tier LB: Avg Spd 84, Avg Acc 90

Mid tier WR/CB (same): Avg Spd 91, Avg Acc 92
Mid tier LB: Avg Spd 84, Avg Acc 86

Low tier WR/CB (same): Avg Spd 90, Avg Acc 87
Low tier LB: Avg Spd 81, Avg Acc 84

Fairly uniform declines suggest sig drop off between tiers which is expected. Will try to adjust gap within top tier primarily since it most closely mimics pro. Published gap for pro players is 0.20 sec between drafted combine 40 times of WR and LB--Source Bill Parcells ESPN special.

Testing with 20 attempts shows that:
LB 40 time is now 4.7 sec (NFL is 4.68)
WR 40 time is now 4.5 sec (NFL is 4.48)

This shows a gap of 0.2 sec on default threshold slider. This test is remarkably different from last year. Not only are the numbers of top tier players identical to their NFL counterparts on the test (which is a bit unrealistic considering that they are in pads in this game) but the gap is already perfect this year. EA must have altered the game in a good way. Will test mid level next before making final recs.

Mid level testing showed:
WR 40 time is now 4.5
LB 40 time is now 4.8

This is 0.3 seconds difference and worse than NFL within the same tier. I am a bit concerned the threshold may need a minor tweak perhaps to 55 since this would give a sig advantage to recievers within the same tier but for now:

Recommendation: Don't adjust threshold as it appears to be fairly good at default this year. Alternatively adjust to 55 to give mid-tier teams more of a chance against upper tier teams.

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Pass block and pass rush testing:

I planned on running the pass block and pass rush sliders in 10 poin increments with 10 test each to determine time to sack with 4 man rush, 5 man rush, and 6 man rush. Fortunately I found the following (expected release time is <5 seconds before sack--ESPN, Yahoo sports).

Default slider 4 man rush:
Time to sack 4.5 seconds

Default slider 5 man rush:
Time to sack 4 seconds
Additional blocker held (matching rush): 4.5 seconds
Shotgun: 4.5 seconds

Default slider 6 man rush:
Time to sack 3 seconds
Additonal 2 blockers held (matching rush): 4.5 seconds
Shotgun: 4 seconds

Results: The default settings appear perfect. If you are getting sacked too much it is because you are not using the pocket, holding the ball too long, or not holding additional blockers. You can beat the blitz this year by holding additional blockers or using shotgun (less effective). Last year holding blockers had a minor impact and 4 man rush took way to long to get a sack. It is perfect this year.

Recommendation: Default slider for Pass block and pass rush. May need adjustment to obtain real world game stats but that is later testing.

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Run inside and outside testing:
Unfortunately testing was not possible for how much sliders change yardage here. The game seemed to have balanced inside and outside runs. It did seem to have a few too many TFL plays. However, by examining the extremes of the sliders I can now state what they do in general terms:

1) RB ability: Increases the RB speed and ability to break tackles and hit the correct hole. This slider improved yards per carry with some potential for big plays. It seemed to adjust yardage gained the best but at high levels the RB starts to look oddly fast. Probably my 1st choice adjustment for improving YPC.

2) Run blocking: Very interesting slider. It does almost nothing for YPC if you exclude touchdown runs. However, this slider has a huge impact on the quality of lineman blocking at the second level. At default you rarely see blockers getting to the second level consistently. At a slider of 100 they were consistently blocking downfield even to the level of the safety (a bit unrealistic though). Largely this downfield blocking is because they level their assigned defender and move on. Use this slider if you want to have imrpoved second level blocking and more big runs (i.e. TD runs). Be very cautious at 70 and above it resulted in >20% of runs being TD's; I personally wouldn't recommend using >60.

3) Run defense: Appears to effect the defenses ability to adjust to and correctly read the running play. This improves somewhat the YPC by allowing bigger gains but doesn't give up TD's like Run blocking sliders do. This would be my 2nd choice for imrpoving the run gain after RB ability and probably a tandem usage of both sliders would be best rather than overutilizing 1. Has its biggest impact on inside runs by improving YPC there.

Recommendations:
Don't adjust any sliders yet until in game testing begins. Then first adjust RB ability slider but if going above 60 adjust the Run defense slider first. If not enough big plays/TD for your preference (generally not >1 per game for matched teams) adjust run blocking but a high risk slider as only effects the second level. If more inside YPC are needed decrease Run defense slider.