Fumbles... wtf

is anyone else having a problem fumbling? almost every game, i fumble more than once. its getting stupid now. kickoff returns, running the ball, passing. literally everything. idk how to fix it. my players are good, why is this happening. its like actually pissing me off

Do you have tank? Might be players with avalanche

probably because every player ref fan and concession worker has 🤬ing avalanche

Dante88 said:

Do you have tank? Might be players with avalanche

i previously had the 99 Perry with tank and he was fumbling nonstop. I just switched to gt Dillon, but i dont have tank on him. i would probably say most of the fumbles are coming from ceedee, tyreek, and bavaro. i get they dont have tank, but i just think its ridiculous that i also have multiple players with avalanche yet i will probably get 1-2 fumbles in a whole season

Yup we on the same boat lol. Plus opponent will recover ball 9 outta 10 times

You're fumbling because defenders are squaring you up after the catch, and you're not going to the ground quickly enough.

This is end-game MUT.

The concept of a guaranteed fumble with a hit-stick is what is wrong wrong wrong.  Fumbles should not be happening every 4th or 5th hit.

brakshield said:

The concept of a guaranteed fumble with a hit-stick is what is wrong wrong wrong.  Fumbles should not be happening every 4th or 5th hit.

You'll get no argument from me here. The problem is that that's not what EA gave us, and everyone should adjust accordingly.

What mode are we talking H2H, Squads? Sb?

It’s because every defender in the game has avalanche

AZCARDS said:

It’s because every defender in the game has avalanche

that’s what im sayyying

jgriff said:

is anyone else having a problem fumbling? almost every game, i fumble more than once. its getting stupid now. kickoff returns, running the ball, passing. literally everything. idk how to fix it. my players are good, why is this happening. its like actually pissing me off

It's definitely an issue, heck, i even managed to fumble this weekend with the new Shaun Alexander (HB), who gets 1AP Truzz as a baked on passive ability, but my opponent managed to User Strip and force me to cough it up.  I got a little sloppy, but figuring out how to avoid all these Avalanches is a huge uphill battle.

However, Tank ability does seem to help at least ~50% of the time, against the regular Avalanche opponents, however anyone that pairs Enforcer Supreme with Avalanche, well... Tank barely stands a chance in those instances.  Thankfully, it's fairly rare that folks are clever enough (or devote enough AP) to running both.  Regular Avalanche alone is annoying, but not nearly as decimating as the combo.  Just my experience.

Honestly I would not say it is an issue it terms of realism. The reality is that the amount fumbles that occurred in game were unrealistically low. People adjusted to this style and became careless ball carriers. So when the avalanche armies were rolled out, it caught a lot of people off guard. I can see how one could find ea basically making it impossible to fumble for the majority of the year, and then making it happen every game be perceived as an annoying change. 

At the end of the day it just comes to down basic football skills. If you want to reduce risk of fumbling, go down, or out of bounds before being contacted, and take less risks as ball carrier. Only get the yards you NEED, no more.

It's totally unrealistic. Look at this

https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/fumbles-per-game

Teams averaged between 0.5 and 2.0 fumbles per game.  NFL teams average 63 snaps per game. A MUT game has about 1/3 that number of snaps . If you play against a pair of avalanche LBs and safeties, you can count on 3-4 fumbles.   

Use these guys in solo battles, you'll get a fumble every kick return. Until you get bored. It should never be guaranteed. None of the sliders should go to 100%.