HB Play Style Calculation Issue/Exploit
Game Areas Affected by Bug:
- Dynasty Player Dealbreakers (Playing Style)
- HB Archetypes: Contact Seeker, East/West Playmaker, North/South Blocker, Elusive Bruiser
Description of Bug:
The HB archetypes listed above all have as their preferred playing style "Rushing Yards per Game", visible in the "My School" menu. It appears that this is calculated as the sum of the rushing yards per game statistic for all individual HB players on your roster.
This should be changed to either a game-weighted average (total rushing yards across all HB players on your team divided by total Games Played for all HB players on your team), or to count total rushing yards for all RBs and be a counting statistic rather than a per-game average.
The issue with the current implementation is that it is easily exploitable to game this metric and artificially increase the appeal of your team to HB prospects in Recruiting or meet the dealbreakers for HB players on your roster.
Exploit Example / How to Replicate:
I use a backup HB on my roster in 1 game against a weak opponent and they rush for 80 yards in that one game. I ensure that they never get another snap in any other games that season by placing them far down my depth chart. In the rest of my games that season, my other RBs average about 100 total yards per game.
My Playing Style metric, observable in the "My School" screen in recruiting, will report that my school has 180 rushing yards per game for HBs. However, in reality, my HB committee averaged slightly less than 100 rushing yards per game. Rather than being an average / below average team in HB play style, I will instead be one of the top teams in the country. Many more HB prospects with Playing Style dealbreakers will be interested in my school and it will be far easier for me to keep HB players with Playing Style dealbreakers on my team and avoid them transferring.
