[Dayze]

After playing a season as a CB as a PR/KR a few thoughts.

to earn extra XP you have to achieve goals each week; which is almost solely predicated on making tackles. so to get that, you essentially have to let WRs catch the ball, then tackle them. like if you're in a flat zone and you see someone leaking out into the flat and pick him up....don't pick him up too well, or the QB won't throw it and you won't get jack shit for doing your job. you almost have to bait him into making the throw then make the tackle. This goes back to my desire to have some XP for doing your job correctly. and it's hard to get INT's when you cover your guy so well or play good zone / relationship with the other defenders when the QB won't throw to your side of the field at all.

I had a game against the Jets where I returned 3 kicks/punts and had an INT. Monster game by my standards (don't think i've ever done that. 2 of them were me fighting through tackles, then getting free and having wide open field in front of me...so nothing magical about my return skills...more luck that anything). Know what I got XP-wise for those TDs? ...nada. I was so excited to see my post game XP earnings, figuring "Oh yeah...gonna get a ton of XP here....."....then I see the breakdown and was like WTF. So, again, that's pretty lame.

Hope they fix some of that stuff in 18. I doubt it though lol.