[quote name='hostyl1']I have no problem with this rule as I'd love for people to punt to Devin Hester. But honestly, I dont know why people have such a problem with this. Maybe I'm biased from years of playing Madden in college where you'd practically get beat down if you called a punt (figuratively). If someone want to give up field position, so be it.
That being said, nowadays, I punt because it's the smart way to play. But I'm curious as to why people are so up in arms against it. Is it just because you want the games to be as "sim"-like as possible, or is there another reason.
BTW: If there is something non-real-NFL-like that I'd like to see eliminated it's the 20-step QB drop.
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Well, it's partially to make the games as "sim"-like as possible. But also, it forces people to play "the right way". As you said, it can be stopped, and thus give the opponent great field position. However, the type of person who is going to go for it on 4th down constantly is most likely also the type of person who is going to get mad and quit when their poor decisions backfire. OR, they're going to be the type of person to convert that 4th down by any means necessary (5 Wide "QB Draw", hurry up to get an easy conversion, or other jerk behavior).
Taking it one step further, they'd probably also be the type of person to go for onside kicks the entire game (I actually played a guy like this last night in ranked...and while I beat him easily, it wasn't a fun game because I had to constantly worry about him being a douchebag). That's just not the kind of mentality we want for this league. The basic thought is, if it's not something a professional would do, there's no reason anybody in a video game league needs to be doing it.
[quote name='TheSportsGamer23']Can we just pick our second team?..or are we going backwards in draft order??[/QUOTE]
I had this same thought. Unless anyone is vehemently opposed, I'd be fine with just picking secondary teams in any order (or straight up assigning them for that matter). You can't trade with them anyway, and you'll likely only be playing half their games. Who you get isn't really that crucial.
Also, like many, I'll be in and out all weekend. My family just got into town today, and will be here till Saturday. I'm sure it's going to be a slow holiday weekend in this thread, but if we can piece together these secondary teams and get as many people into the league as possible (only 3 teams have accepted their invites so far), hopefully we can be ready to start playing games by Monday.