As I'm relatively new, I need some help figuring out what to do to right this sinking ship of a team...
I just gave up THIRTEEN sacks. THIRTEEN. To a team that has only ONE player on his defensive line rated at over 64 (at an underwhelming 76), ONE linebacker over 56 (WLB at 75), and ZERO defensive backs rated over 60. My QB finished a putrid 16 of 37 for 0 TD and 1 INT, and seemed to be scrambling as soon as he took the snap.
My offensive line isn't great, but it's not the worst either, with mostly young, developing players. Offensively, my QB has two amazing TEs to throw to and one decent WR. The TEs should be absolutely shredding their competition, especially against such terrible LBs, but have had almost no success all season long. I can't even seem to get the ball thrown to my TE2, despite running almost exclusively two TE sets.
What makes this even more frustrating is that I was playing a QB equally rated to my own, with a FAR worse offensive line, and very little support in its offensive weaponry. While we shut down the run game completely, his 63 rated QB put up a 105.46 rating, and his 57 rated back-up came in for a cool 116.67. I managed only ONE sack... by my CB.
Comparatively, this was with two DEs rated at 80+ and two DTs at 70+, and all starting DBs, including the nickel, over 60 rated.
While obviously my team isn't great, on paper it seems light years over the competition it was facing, and yet the results aren't even in the same universe. Maybe it might just be a horrific slew of bad rolls, but the team hasn't played much better in its prior games this season either, and I'm left scrambling for answers as to what I can possibly do to salvage the year. On paper, I honestly think this is my best team in any of the leagues I'm in, but so far it's been complete trash, stumbling only incompetently into ugly wins, while my other teams have both been at least competitive, even if their rosters weren't as strong.
The only difference I can think of is that (due to my great set of TEs and an excellent FB) I've been playing almost entirely out of heavy sets, whereas neither of my other teams have much depth at TE or FB and consequently tend to play out of the spread. Has anyone else had any success passing in heavy sets? Is there any way I can actually take advantage of the TEs I have? Running is weak across the board for all teams, so there isn't much help there to take the pressure off my struggling passer.
For reference, the game in question:
http://cust9.myfootballnow.com/box/124Would love some advice, not only as to how to fix an anemic offense, but to teach these d-linemen to pin back their ears and replicate some of the success far inferior teams seem to be enjoying. Thanks!
Edited to add:
Here's the total cumulative score of respective units' starters, for comparison...
My (5) O-Line: 322 points
Versus (4) D-Line: 266 points
My (4) D-Line: 314 points
Versus (5) O-Line: 251 points
Major mismatch on both ends, yet the results of the game seem totally reversed :/
Last edited at 12/30/2014 5:20 am