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False Starts on Punts

By JasperFrost
6/17/2020 5:52 pm
Currently, there are no fake punts. However, there are still just as many false start penalties on this play as any other play. Even in the real NFL where fake punts exist and teams can deceive others, the number of defensive false starts on offensive punts is almost zero.

It seems like every other game, or even every game, on 4th down the team on defense has someone go offside and let the offense get a fresh set of downs for absolutely free. In my opinion that's both unrealistic and adds an uncontrollable RNG element that doesn't add to the game in any way, and in fact actively detracts from the sim's competitive nature. There's enough RNG already in terms of catches, break tackles, fumbles that I feel nobody would miss this aspect of the game going away.