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93runner
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21 days ago

Please Do Not Over Correct Pancakes

I understand currently they are a little over tuned. The OL should not be pancaking other DL regularly. BUT right now they are also pancaking LBs usually lurkers or low overall level thumper/signal callers. Pancaking the lurker type linebackers needs to stay in the game. In last years title there was ZERO reason to ever recruit a Thumper or Signal Caller, when you could get a Lurker that was usually much faster and still stayed up right when engaged on blocks by linemen over 100Lbs their weight. It completely removes the strategy involved in creating a roster and the real life strategy of putting the right players on the field at the right time. If you over tune this back to how it was in 25/26 the meta of just pass coverage fast line backers will return and remove a whole side of the strategy involved in building a team and fielding the right people at the right time. Again I do think its slightly overtuned at the moment with interior OL pancaking DLs a little too often. I believe the intent of having a strong running game was to make the PA more useable since defenses have to actually respect the run adding more depth to the overall game play similar to how route running stats affect separation with man coverage which is something that seems to be accented this year. Having the right archtype wr's to beat man based schemes is great, please keep the same concept in the run game.

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  • Pancakes need to be in the game but the frequency has to change. At the snap of a play I had 4 D-Linemen on their backs. That is insane! Even in situations where O-Linemen are on smaller players they still aren’t getting pancakes at the rate the game is right now.