Everything needs to be in sync for an offense to work. I have had some of my teams for several seasons and what I have found is even QB with excellent ratings can't do it alone. In MFN 48, I actually let my 100 accuracy QB go to free agency cuz he sucked. The alternatives were worse so I brought him back while also upgrading my WR corp and getting RB depth. Now he performs like a top notch QB.

Sometimes it's playcalling. In Cust-79, my accurate QB started a season throwing too many INT, way more than the year before. I dug through the game logs and found they all came on 2 formations which I quit using at that point. The INT problem went away.

Sometimes it's the difference between a good OL and a bad OL. In MFN 85, I have had QB problems from day 1. The franchise QB I drafted lost a ton of accuracy the first TC and once the new game engine started, Whatley was useless. I traded for 2 others, 1 was accurate but slow and with my turnstile pass blocking, many turnovers and sacks ensued. Enter QB #3, ugly ratings but Gustoon said he'd do well in my system and he did that year. Made it to the Conference Championship.

Different story this season in 85, as I lost my #1 WR in week 2, and the rest of them didn't play well. The QB play picked up some after I traded for another #1 WR, but offense was my team's problem despite 2 very good RB and my killer defense got worn out. Looking forward to the upcoming season there, as I have 2 #1 WR healthy, still have both RB and an open QB competition as I have 2 young guns with the attributes to take Cate's job possibly.

TL/DR: There is no 1 cut and dried rule for good QB play and many factors determine bad play

Great analysis seth, I would say that no one knows player evaluation based on attributes any better. But, there's also the random factor, the "dice roll", which adds to the variance among QBs with similar attribute settings. Then, as pointed out, you combine that with the play selection, OL blocking, fatigue, et al, and you get the outcome, whatever it may be.

Fatigue and QBs still bothers me. I can't get JDB to give me a straight answer on how much it affects a QBs ability to throw.

Can't give away all the secrets. What fun would that be.

How fatigue works shouldn't be a secret? Neither should QB reads, but that was a secret until JDB revealed it in a thread. Pretty sure he did it by accident too.

Yes a debt of gratitude here

Kick Return .... 1. Clarence Woodward/Pats 5 TDs 2. Vince White/Jets 3 TDs 3. There are 5 kick returners with 2 TDs

Punt Return ..... 0 there have been no punt returns for TD, the longest return is 36 yds by the #1 WR in the league, Romero/Clev.

Nice job on the balance between kick & punt returns jdb, as this is consistent throughout all the leagues. Went from one extreme to another.

Name Team KR TDs
Lester Norris (RB) SEA 2
Vincent White (WR) NYJ 5
Dale Sacco (CB) BAL 2

Working on PR for TDs now