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depth chart question

By TAFIV
5/07/2016 4:19 pm
if i have a player at multiple positions, lets say RB1 and WR3, and i call a play from personell 1RB/1TE/3WR will it put him at RB since he's higher in the depth chart at that position or will it play him at WR3???

Re: depth chart question

By ibblacklavender02
5/07/2016 6:15 pm
RB

Re: depth chart question

By setherick - League Admin
5/07/2016 9:01 pm
In situations like this, it's highly unlikely the player will ever play the secondary position unless you are using overrides on sets. I found this out with having a player at RB3/WR3. The player started in the 3-wide sets, but almost never got a carry as a RB because of fatigue issues. The carries that would have gone to the player went to the RB4 instead.

Re: depth chart question

By TAFIV
5/07/2016 10:31 pm
thx was just wondering since a couple of my RBs in different leagues are better at WR than my 3rd/4th string WRs and was planning on putting them in my depth chart as RB1/WR3, so that they will play as WRs in 5WR and 1TE/4WR (and RB2/WR3 or 4 to play as WR in 1RB/4WR, 1RB/1TE/3WR, 1RB/2TE/2WR) just wanted to make sure they wouldn't be playing as WRs in formations where i have a RB1 and RB2 actually listed to play
Last edited at 5/07/2016 10:32 pm

Re: depth chart question

By MistbornJedi
5/08/2016 1:15 am
You can use overrides to accomplish the same thing.

Re: depth chart question

By TAFIV
5/08/2016 2:39 am
the reason i don't want to use overrides is, if i'm thinking correctly overrides ignore fatigue

Re: depth chart question

By setherick - League Admin
5/08/2016 5:57 am
TAFIV wrote:
the reason i don't want to use overrides is, if i'm thinking correctly overrides ignore fatigue


I haven't found this to be true. I'm not sure what happens with the subbing logic when the overridden player is fatigued though. I assume it switches to the primary player at the position that is rested enough to play the snap.

Re: depth chart question

By jdavidbakr - Site Admin
5/09/2016 8:30 am
TAFIV wrote:
the reason i don't want to use overrides is, if i'm thinking correctly overrides ignore fatigue


No, it's actually the opposite - overrides stick to fatigue rules stronger than depth chart - if all players in the depth chart are below the fatigue threshold the game will iterate through again, reducing the threshold until a player is selected. The overrides will not do that - if the player in the override is below the fatigue threshold then the player will be selected from your depth chart.