jdavidbakr wrote:
This update greatly increases the impact of both the QB accuracy and arm strength in the algorithms, both in the completion rate as well as the interception rate.
This may be anecdotal (and based off the old engine), but I've noticed that my strong arm QBs have a tendency on deep throws (most especially go routes) to bounce the ball off the trailing DB, even when the WR has a several yard lead. My weaker armed QBs however are much more consistent dropping the ball onto the open WR. I was just thinking that this may have something to do with the throw trajectory. Weaker armed QBs will have a higher arc, thus placing it over the DB more effectively. Like I said, this may be just my own anecdotal paranoia, but I thought I'd at least mention it as a thought that might help explain why so many teams are able to succeed using deep-throw gameplans with weak-armed QBs.