An idea for the kicking game.

[nightRAMcometh]

I would like to see EA revamp kicking field goals and extra points to include the long snapper and holder.

My idea is to have a vertical meter for the long snapper with a bar moving up and down with an accuracy bar in the middle whose width is determined by the skill of your long snapper.

After selecting your accuracy for the snap, a circular meter will appear by your holder. The circle will have a bullseye, and inner ring and an outer ring. A small ball will bounce around the target pong style, but will always pass the bullseye on each pass.

Once you select your hold accuracy the final kicking meter will appear. This will be similar to what exists now, but your maximum accuracy will be dependent on your snap and hold placement. A good snap and hold will reward you with a wider kick accuracy bar on the meter. A bad snap and hold will require a much more accurate kick as the accuracy window will be greatly narrowed due to the bad snap and hold.

This would allow for potentially bad snaps that sail over your holders head, or a catastrophic hold where the holder muffs placing the ball down.

It might be a bit much, but the current method is easy I rarely miss anything unseen 55 yards. Including the long snapper and place holder in the kicking process would make every kick an event, and not something you can sleepwalk through.

[canes21]

I'd love for snapping to have more of a presence in the game, but that seems like a bit much and could be cumbersome. I can see a meter for the snap working out, but the bullseye added as well, and then trying to do all of the normal stuff just seems like way too much going on in such little time.

I do wish we had long snap ratings and the option to have botched snaps that relied on that rating. I also wish we had the option to have Real Kicker % similar to Real FT % or Real FG % in the NBA 2k games.

[ncbravesfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by nightRAMcometh

I would like to see EA revamp kicking field goals and extra points to include the long snapper and holder. My idea is to have a vertical meter for the long snapper with a bar moving up and down with an accuracy bar in the middle whose width is determined by the skill of your long snapper. After selecting your accuracy for the snap, a circular meter will appear by your holder. The circle will have a bullseye, and inner ring and an outer ring. A small ball will bounce around the target pong style, but will always pass the bullseye on each pass. Once you select your hold accuracy the final kicking meter will appear. This will be similar to what exists now, but your maximum accuracy will be dependent on your snap and hold placement. A good snap and hold will reward you with a wider kick accuracy bar on the meter. A bad snap and hold will require a much more accurate kick as the accuracy window will be greatly narrowed due to the bad snap and hold. This would allow for potentially bad snaps that sail over your holders head, or a catastrophic hold where the holder muffs placing the ball down. It might be a bit much, but the current method is easy I rarely miss anything unseen 55 yards. Including the long snapper and place holder in the kicking process would make every kick an event, and not something you can sleepwalk through.

Nice idea. I would also like them to add LS as an official position and rate it accordingly. That way, you don't have a bunch of low rated TE's who wouldn't be an actual option at TE even if every other TE got hurt. And in the depth chart, have a special teams spot for Holder. That way, you could have the punter hold as they do in most cases in the real NFL games.

[Cory Levy]

Quote: Originally Posted by ncbravesfan

And in the depth chart, have a special teams spot for Holder. That way, you could have the punter hold as they do in most cases in the real NFL games.

Whoever is your #2 QB on the depth chart will hold for Kicks, IIRC. So, if you slot your Punter there he will become the holder.

Not ideal, especially when you end up having to play a snap with your Punter at QB if your starter gets hurt but it's an option.

[ncbravesfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cory Levy

Whoever is your #2 QB on the depth chart will hold for Kicks, IIRC. So, if you slot your Punter there he will become the holder. Not ideal, especially when you end up having to play a snap with your Punter at QB if your starter gets hurt but it's an option.

You can also go into the playbooks and sub the position for all teams, but who wants to do that? If you look at all official depth charts, special teams are broken down like this:


Kicker
Punter
Long Snapper
Holder
Kick Returner
Punt Returner


Seems like it wouldn't be that difficult for EA to add a slot in the depth charts for holder, that's all.