A look back at week 1

[Mario ADK]

What do you think? Here are my pennies:

Top 5 "Wows":
1) Raleigh: WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2) Aaron Rogers
3) SACs Jerome Davis: Set a new ALL-TIME-FWL-record with 6 sacks(!)
4) Austrias Defense: First wipeout since Week 6 of season#5 (31-0 vs. Orlando)
5) Austrias Kicker Anderson (tied ALL-TIME-FWL-record with 6/6 FGs)


Top 5 "What the hell?s" (Disclaimer: NO OFFENSE, just my ranking....):
1) Montreals last three quarters
2) Berlins running-game
3) Orlandos performance
4) Jamal Robertsons performance in his first game for Barcelona
5) "When it´s close: The good teams always win in the end....": (Frankfurt, Amsterdam, New York, San Antonio......)

throw in your pennies.....

[Paul-London]

Well some of those rushing games are just plain ugly, thats why we need to fiddle the files and make them realistic so most teams have at least an average rushing attack.

I knew Raleigh were a good team, but Rodgers going 27a, 27c was totally OTT and unrealistic which was a shame. Still in the past we had unknown Jim Ballard go 17a, 17c.

I'm a bit disappointed with Week 1 after all the months of offseason to be honest.  Its good the leagues started again, records created, all time records added to etc but some very disappointed offenses.  As normal with the software the 'defense' catches up and we're back to the dark old days of RB's carrying the ball 15 times for 21 yards.

[Mario ADK]

cmon, wipe away your tears.
things are not as bad as they seem...

we should wait and see and not start thinking about what should be changed after just one week of play....

Think about to huge amount of trading that was going on in the last couple of weeks and enjoy the leauge....

[Paul-London]

They are Mario, last year we had 1 1000 yard rusher, so far in just week 1 the vast majority of starting RB's had terrible stats, yes it was only one week but many of them were terrible.

I have so many other things going on right now i dont have tons of time for the FWL so if i am going to continue with the FWL i want things to be 'realistic' and not 8 carries for 4 yards by a lot of RB's. 

The huge trading is great for the league, just a pity about some of the games this week

[jcompton-Orlando]

I think you're overreacting. Ohio nearly had two 100 yard rushers all by itself, and several teams were over 100 yards in team rushing yardage.

[Mario ADK]

hi mr. compton.
i miss you..... (a bit...)

[joshroberts1987]

Really disappointed with the result, thought we would get the result this week. The problem on the offence from last season seem to have improved, however our tight defence totally disappeared! Could see some changes for Week 2...

[micheàl-no team]

Same problem as last season awfull O-Line.

[jcompton-Orlando]

hi mr. compton.
i miss you..... (a bit...)

Me too, about that much.

[Paul-London]

I think you're overreacting. Ohio nearly had two 100 yard rushers all by itself, and several teams were over 100 yards in team rushing yardage.

Yeah a few people have said that, i'll see how Week 2 goes without any changes.  Very strange though, rushing offenses werent great, i'm saying defenses are great then Rodgers has an incredible day ?!

[Mark-skyhawks]

Well maybe Rodgers performance was all down to the team   

[Niki]

Yeah a few people have said that, i'll see how Week 2 goes without any changes.  Very strange though, rushing offenses werent great, i'm saying defenses are great then Rodgers has an incredible day ?!

I am more worried about the qb stats! almost no interceptions and unbelievable compl stats.

maybe we just have to change the future rookie: better RB's and TE and much worse QB's, worse WR.

making changes in the skills is unfair to some teams, especially the defense focused teams.

On other thing we can do to make teh stats more realistic is that the FA vets will retire after the season (or atleast the QB's)

[Aztecs]

Even though the Aztecs lost, I was very happy with the way my team played in San Antonio.  SA's roster is downright scary, yet we had a chance to beat them on the road.  Mexico probably would have won the game if it weren't for the lousy punt return coverage.

[velcro]

On the Rodgers thing, don't firget that he was sacked twice and thrown for a loss as well, A smarter QB may have thrown those away and had fewer sacks and less completions.

[Mario ADK]

maybe we just have to change the future rookie: better RB's and TE and much worse QB's, worse WR.

making changes in the skills is unfair to some teams, especially the defense focused teams.

Ah i see: niki needs a RB and a TE on his roster ;-)

regarding shortages in the skills i do not uflly agree with you niki. the only thing that can happen is that the better teams have a slightly disadvantage (which is not a bad thing at all) if skills are cut by the same level:

if a 90/90/90-player is reduced to 88/88/88 taht is more of a loss than a 70/70/70-player which is reduced to 68/68/68 because it is easier to get back to 70/70/70 in next TC then go back to 90/90/90....

But all in all the differences would be peanuts and it would not change the fact that ADK will win the next four FWL-Bwols... 

[Paul-London]

Well we've had some low int totals the last few seasons, Curt Anes finished Season 14 with 0 ints, the first time ever that has happened.

Its difficult knowing what to change, hopefully Jason/David once they have the time can give us some pointers and eventually make the changes to the files.  We'll see how Week 2 pans out.

[Andrew-Neutral]

The number of interceptions has always been pretty low in the FWL, but it is getting lower.

Here are the total number of regular season interceptions thrown in each year:-

Year	Total Ints
1	141
2	139
3	151
4	144
5	134
6	116
7	94
8	94
9	94
10	96
11	120
12	106
13	109
14	89
15	85

So, last season was the lowest total ever. What happened in season 11 to make the total jump so high?

[Aztecs]

How about a significant global increase in the hands rating for defensive backs and linebackers?

[Niki]

The number of interceptions has always been pretty low in the FWL, but it is getting lower.

It has been low, but after 1 week the avg is 1 a week = total 14, that si extreem low

How about a significant global increase in the hands rating for defensive backs and linebackers?

even players that already have high hands rating do not make a lot of int, besides that the hands skills has no influence on the completions, since a couple of seasons the compl % is extreem high (QB below 65 is a bad QB). I think this problem is due to quality of players (skills in 90's is normal in off and high 80"s in def) the better the players are, the less mistakes are made (less int, less long runs) I think we have two ways to solve it that is fair for everyone: down grade all skills with a % or create in next draft much more better players on positions that do not work (RB's and TE"s) both positions are needed for a good run off.

if a 90/90/90-player is reduced to 88/88/88 taht is more of a loss than a 70/70/70-player which is reduced to 68/68/68 because it is easier to get back to 70/70/70 in next TC then go back to 90/90/90....

That si partly my point, main issue is that it happens after TC, and teams with older players are hit twice

[Mark-skyhawks]

INTS:Well as Far as I understood it was the Intelligence of the QB that chooses the pass and the Discipline not

to throw any ints and Strength the distance so if we want more ints then lower the

Intelligence which means he will make more wrong passes, but I am sure

it is not that simple 

RB's: Well maybe the D-lines are just to good and lower the average yards per

Carriage so a QB with good IN will choose not to run the ball again(or less)

So in my opinion it is down to the QB’s ie.
                         TEAM  YR POS  CARRIES  YARDS   AVERAGE  LONG    TD'S
Payton, Jarrett      OHIO  2   HB       13          93         7.2         57       0

With an average of 7.2 I would run the ball nearly every play but with the QB completing 67% 

and having 3 TD'S he choose not to run the ball.