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CT Carson Palmer, Bengals Edition.    Dude is lit.

his Speed, Agility, and ACC are all pretty good, it’s breakaway good if there’s only a few defenders in front. He releases the ball faster than say CH RG3. The only thing I don’t like is that he doesn’t do the side-step launch when throwing. Which I often use so my timing is off a bit.    But - if you haven’t locked in a QB yet he’s pretty fun to use. Those worried about adjusting to a leftie: don’t worry guys, it’s not like previous years where they invert the controls. There’s really no change in gameplay, in terms of left v right, and anyone saying that there is, is just messing with you.

I can provide some insight on gameplay    I added Lechler to boost my golds & silvers on my Bengals Theme team. Took me from 106 to 112 OVR.    What sucks is that it seems to have evened out the playing field for my opponents.   Yes, my team was 106 OVR, but that was because my OVR was heavily deflated by 5 key players (the golds and silvers). In reality, the majority of “skill players” on my team were all 115+ and some were 120+ after boosts. I was facing in H2h, mostly 112-118 OVR, at just 106 OVR, and I was beating most players.   then i added Lechler, and my OVR jumped. Now I face mostly 120-125 OVR teams, and I am strugglin in H2H.    Gone is my mismatch - my “fake” lower overall.    So...if you add Lechler, know that’s a risk to any favorable mismatches you might have. If you have a current Lower OVR, but you have some high OVR skill players that you rely on (say, WRs or DBs), then you basically eliminate that advantage.

CT Palmer is fantastic. I would put him on the list without question.

I run PB Tomlin + Harbaugh   My theory is that by running Harbaugh (Run Defense) I can sacrifice a bit on Run Soft Counter %. I figure a high level Harbaugh kind of makes up for focusing on Long/Short/PA Counter % in the name of sacrificing Run %.

I’d use PB Tomlin + Harbaugh.    Garret / Madden seem to make it worse imo.

I’ve got to think these two qualify...    - Career Tribute Carson Palmer (either version)  - Black Friday James Harrison    Aside from the first month of release and the ones I own, I don’t know if I’ve seen either card on the AH since release.

Well it’s possible that if there were additional Metal Masters, the new ones might boost only Elite players. Or specific positions.    + 10 OVR to Elite OLINE + 5 OVR to Elite DB    hell, it could even be something like +5 OVR to Elites that are at least base 105 / 110 / 120 OVR.    I mean, it could really be anything.    Imagine a “Masters Only Boost”   a +5 OVR boosted MJJ would be pretty fun lol...   Or.... +10 OVR on Run plays  +5 OVR to Deep Passes  +10 Speed on PA plays.    Ya know...anything would be possible.

All-Time Bengals got ya covered (not entirely, but pretty good):   Defense  S: Reggie Nelson (Base 18 Raiders) LB: James Harrison (Steelers/Pats) MLB: Karlos Dansby (Throwback Sig Cardinals)  CB1: Newman (FB version, Vikings)  Dime/Nickel: Johnathan Joseph (Hero, Houston)  DT2: Chris Baker (Base 18, Tampa Bay)   Offense  WR1 Option: Easter Marvin Jones Jr (Lions) WR2 Option: Probably not, but Sanu is an option  OT: Whitworth (Base 18; Showdown Boss; Tourney) OG: Kevin Zeitler (Hero)    If you run the All-Time squad, the only thing you’ll be missing is 1 Elite Safety, and 1 Elite DE. Generally, and this is good news, they release a Flashback George Iloka each year. So hoping that’s who we get next!

Oh geese thanks man - I’ve been doing it wrong lol.