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Re: Scouting next weeks opponent - CUST-9

By TAFIV
5/25/2016 2:34 pm
when you scout a team this is how it goes
Scout Offense - how familiar your defense is with a called offensive play
Scout Defense - how familiar your offense is with a called defensive play

there is no way to know how familiar your opponents team is with a play other than the number of times it's been called, which makes sense because in real life no coach is going to tell another team "hey we are really good at running 'insert random play' but we **** running 'insert random play'.

Re: Scouting next weeks opponent - CUST-9

By jdavidbakr - Site Admin
5/25/2016 2:39 pm
Brrexkl wrote:
The 'Knowledge Bar' or 'Familiarity Bar'... I have a question.

On MY Plays, it makes perfect sense. It's the Plays I am most Familiar with, and thus SHOULD have the best chances of Success with (or at least the least chance of breaking down due to missed assignment).

When I Scout... is that MY Bar still, or the Scouted Team's bar? Is that MY Familiarity with 2/2/1 TE Out, or THEIR Familiarity?

The reason I ask is because I want to be Scouting the plays they are most Familiar with, thus more likely to run... but I don't want to Scout plays I already have the hang of.

So I need to make sure I understand WHOSE Knowledge or Familiarity I'm seeing in Scout.


It's your team's familiarity with their play. The more familiar your players are with the opposition's play, the better they will perform.

Re: Scouting next weeks opponent - CUST-9

By Kahoon
5/25/2016 3:12 pm
As long as several of us are reaching out for help, I have another question re: the plays themselves. I haven't asked before now, because I thought I was the only one that "didn't ghet it".

On each of the plays it shows :
Off Familiarity: 96%
Def Familiarity: 93%
Times Used/Avg: 18/2.4
1st Down/Avg: 10/3.1
2nd Down/Avg: 3/1.9
3rd Down/Avg: 5/1.2

could someone............, rather Would someone explain (specifically, item by item) how to read all that info?

Thank you in advance for helping an newb try and get a grasp on how this all works.

Re: Scouting next weeks opponent - CUST-9

By Gustoon
5/25/2016 3:23 pm
Kahoon wrote:
As long as several of us are reaching out for help, I have another question re: the plays themselves. I haven't asked before now, because I thought I was the only one that "didn't ghet it".

On each of the plays it shows :
Off Familiarity: 96% Your teams knowledge
Def Familiarity: 93% Their knowledge
Times Used/Avg: 18/2.4 Overall yards per play
1st Down/Avg: 10/3.1 On 1st down - called 10 times for an average of 3.1 yds per play.
2nd Down/Avg: 3/1.9 On 2nd down - called 3 times for an average of 1.9 yds per play
3rd Down/Avg: 5/1.2 On 3rd down - called 5 times for an average of 1.2 yds per play.

could someone............, rather Would someone explain (specifically, item by item) how to read all that info?

Thank you in advance for helping an newb try and get a grasp on how this all works.

Re: Scouting next weeks opponent - CUST-9

By jhartshorn
5/25/2016 4:22 pm
Gustoon wrote:
Kahoon wrote:

Def Familiarity: 93% Their knowledge


But according to the thread 3-4 above by TAFIV, how would we know what 'their' defensive familiarity is?

This also confused me.
Last edited at 5/25/2016 4:23 pm

Re: Scouting next weeks opponent - CUST-9

By jdavidbakr - Site Admin
5/25/2016 5:00 pm
jhartshorn wrote:
Gustoon wrote:
Kahoon wrote:

Def Familiarity: 93% Their knowledge


But according to the thread 3-4 above by TAFIV, how would we know what 'their' defensive familiarity is?

This also confused me.


It's actually your offensive players' familiarity and your defensive players' familiarity.

Re: Scouting next weeks opponent - CUST-9

By jhartshorn
5/25/2016 5:30 pm
But how can my defensive players be familiar with an offensive play?
In football (soccer), defenders wouldn't be any good at skinning players on the wing.
Maybe I'm just tired and it's very late? ?

Re: Scouting next weeks opponent - CUST-9

By raymattison21
5/25/2016 5:37 pm
Brrexkl wrote:
The 'Knowledge Bar' or 'Familiarity Bar'... I have a question.

On MY Plays, it makes perfect sense. It's the Plays I am most Familiar with, and thus SHOULD have the best chances of Success with (or at least the least chance of breaking down due to missed assignment).

When I Scout... is that MY Bar still, or the Scouted Team's bar? Is that MY Familiarity with 2/2/1 TE Out, or THEIR Familiarity?

The reason I ask is because I want to be Scouting the plays they are most Familiar with, thus more likely to run... but I don't want to Scout plays I already have the hang of.

So I need to make sure I understand WHOSE Knowledge or Familiarity I'm seeing in Scout.



It's yours.

Re: Scouting next weeks opponent - CUST-9

By jdavidbakr - Site Admin
5/25/2016 7:31 pm
jhartshorn wrote:
But how can my defensive players be familiar with an offensive play?
In football (soccer), defenders wouldn't be any good at skinning players on the wing.
Maybe I'm just tired and it's very late? ?


They get familiar by practicing against it. They aren't performing the play, but they are defending it. In the NFL, teams will scout their upcoming opponent and they have a scout team that actually runs their most common plays so that the defense gets used to seeing certain things; essentially that's what happens when you scout plays here, and your defensive familiarity with an offensive play indicates how well your defense is prepared to defend that play.

Re: Scouting next weeks opponent - CUST-9

By TheAdrienC
5/25/2016 10:57 pm
Okay, let me give you an NFL example to help you understand defense knowing an offensive play. Super Bowl XLIV: Tracy Porter was a corner for the New Orleans Saints and he was so familiar with a play that the Colts ran a lot (specifically knew the route Reggie Wayne was running) that he jumped it and caught the game sealing interception and ran it back. All of that because he saw the play and immediately knew what play the Colts were doing. That's what the defensive scouting offensive plays are meant to emulate.