How are you handling or not handling punt blocks in your league(s)? I'm finally hearing about it in USFL and I don't have the desire to go through every game log or start kicking people out of the league. I don't like the exploit and I want it gone, so what do I do?

For now, I'm trying a Name and Shame in the hopes that getting called out publicly will stop it. I'm not sure if an outright ban would work, and I don't want to just have anything goes.

This is what I did:

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Ok I have seen this happen and I have been the recipient, so if I want to quickly correct this am I to understand it is straight forward and easy or do I have to go and dig deep into this? How deeply?

In the ST depth chart I have thrown LB'r DE's and CB into Gunner at random and also into ST Rusher along with some other suitable DLine duds all at random, between my few teams there has been an assortment of different players and with injuries it changes a lot and at times there have been a few CB and safeties
Ok so if that created issues, Uh OK but I thought that was what I was supposed to do,
But it sounds like it's fairly easy to remove CB and Safeties from the ST Rusher spot if I am to understand and follow along. That I can do as pretty straight forward

So now your telling me I also have to set up wings?
I guess you require an additional level of involvement then cause I am not so sure I understand.
I have taken the effort to go look at punt return in Overrides? I think that is what you mean and while I have no "red" players slotted into override it does list some example players of which it fills in names. It includes CB and other players so how the heck am I supposed to correct this? Does that mean it will auto place a CB on the outside? I didn't have any CB listed in the ST Blocker Depth chart section. So would I then get kicked out of your league?

I would prefer to play fairly but for a casual player with limited time I need to know my options and to have them clear. It does make sense, just want it easy

What would happen if I just leave it blank and didn't fill in anyone in the depth chart

You arent a punt blocker but have to adjust because the actual punt blockers lined up DBs, WRs or RBs...basically anyone undersized with +90 speed along the front four of the punt return formation. By overloading the line with speed....someone would break through unblocked and block punts to the tune of 2.5/ game.

On your depth chart...remove any non defensive lineman or linebackers from the ST Rusher and you will be fine.

I posted this in a thread in Paydirt. I'll post the same response here.

Punt Blocks suffer from an observational fallacy. Since they are broken plays, when you suffer one, it's probably the only thing you remember about a game. But it is rarely going to change the course of a game. (You shouldn't be punting that often if you are game planning for your opponent anyway.)

I have two 96 SP gunners that I have put on the wings. In ~28 games between last season and this season, here are the number of punts that I have blocked or that I have had blocked. (I haven't uploaded the past few games from that league into my DB, and I know I blocked one last game, so there is at least one more in this mix.)

ARZ 4-5-ARZ 35 (3:32) Punt BLOCKED by 43-James Dilley! recovered by LA.-43-James Dilley to ARZ 7 for 9 y
SD. 4-10-SD. 15 (1:12) Punt BLOCKED by 29-Donald Higgins! recovered by LA.-40-David Harden to SD. 3 for
DET 4-17-LA. 43 (9:11) Punt BLOCKED by 43-James Dilley! recovered by LA.-99-Randal Swint to DET 33 for 2
JAX 4-1-JAX 50 (8:03) Punt BLOCKED by 43-James Dilley! recovered by LA.-29-Donald Higgins to JAX 29 for
LA. 4-3-LA. 33 (2:45) Punt BLOCKED by 45-Stephen Foster! recovered by IND-45-Stephen Foster for 14 yards
SEA 4-18-SEA 29 (12:56) Punt BLOCKED by 43-James Dilley! recovered by LA.-43-James Dilley for -2 yards.
SF. 4-11-SF. 40 (8:49) Punt BLOCKED by 43-James Dilley! recovered by LA.-43-James Dilley for 15 yards. T
NYG 4-31-NYG 15 (1:00) Punt BLOCKED by 29-Donald Higgins! recovered by LA.-40-David Harden at NYG 18. Ta

That's it.

The current argument goes I should be blocking a punt a game but I don't. Now, my team is pretty bad, don't get me wrong, so I don't force that many punts, so I don't have that many chances for blocks.

But if the argument was actually correct, I would expect more blocked punts.

THAT SAID, there is definitely a problem with punt team blocking that can be exploited and that should be fixed. It's the same problem that plagued the code for years in that punt blocking is SP vs SP and the defender will usually win.

Let the master JDB ponder and execute his will upon the land!
I'm pretty sure everything about this topic has been covered. Many thanks to all who weighed in, but it is my opinion that it would be best to leave it to JDB at this time, and continue submitting information in the background for his review.
The reason I propose this is mostly due to the flame wars, angst, and general tension created by the topic effects an equal negative impression upon a great game.
...but that's just me.
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I don't cheat or whatever others want to call it, but I have my Coaches set ST all the time and shi* happens. Sometimes I pull out starters at critical positions because I don't want to risk injury , but I never purposely put CB's in those spots.