....and not only that, instead of it just occurring naturally at the end of the season for the flip overs it then became well now any private league can adopt it MID-SEASON and vote it in.

That's ugh. Not fair to have to completely wipe out an offensive game plan and then install the one to deal with 4.4 where long passing is outlawed.

I've held tight on the private leagues which run tonight, first game under the new code to see how my teams do before adjusting.

Rivals League I had a very youthful bunch and of course, play knowledge was low. New league.

But thanks fellas for your observations. Glad I'm not the only one seeing this!

We are in definite agreement. I had already started thinning my leagues out, but the new version quickened the process. I was in a couple of leagues there was no vote. I woke up this today and they had already switched over. I can see right now by the end of December I will be down to 3-4 leagues and I will see where MFN goes from there. Regardless this has been fun and most of the owners are great.

You all tell all this after i trade high picks to acquire DL form Houston ... :) Love you all....

Guys code can be good or bad..... we play to build the best team we can but most imp to have a bunch of fun owners who are part of our days .... so i would keep 2-3 teams ... even if it goes bad..... as owners will be same and love interacting with each of you.

Poll is now closed.

14 - 2 in favor of new code.

The league has been updated to 0.4.4

Hi fellas, 4.4 is a dramatic change, as those of you who have checked it out or are already playing in it will attest. The Rivals league is 3 games into it and there has been quite a bit of posting about it, including a lot of detail and analysis/results by setherick, who is league admin.

In general, all I can tell you from the several games that Ive been in so far.... 1. Dial long pass plays way, way down, and if you do throw long do it out of formations where you get the FB blocking and make sure your FB is a good pass blocker.

2. There are med pass plays that are putting up better results than others, most of the better med pass plays are out of the 2-1-2, 2rb3wr, and 2 TE formations.

3. Short passing is still good, and like med pass, there are a few that have been better than others so far.

4. Run game is hard to tell whether or not its better, but most are running more in 4.4.

5. Defense is improved, scores have been much lower than 4.3. Pass coverage has improved.

That is my "early read", am going to be trying a few things over the next few games, if anything stands out, will post it. cheers!

PS... Would advise you review what Seth's Dallas team is using for offense play selection, and defense with attn to Normal, Nickel, Dime, Qts, GL vs offense formation and situation (down/yds to go). We dont agree on everything, but we're not far apart. And from the first pre-season game results, looks like the Brownies continue to roll in 4.4 :)

Word of advice: Game 1 for my team was a fluke. I forgot when the sim was, and I never reset my game plan from the last playoff game I played in. I didn't mean to go almost exclusively 113, but it did turn up a few things to think about.