WR abilities

so I've been seeing all of the WR'S getting 0 or 1 ap elite abilities like deep in or mid out, what do these abilities do? do they counter KO'S? people are saying WR abilities don't matter so I'm wondering what those abilities even do?

From what I’ve been told, elite catching abilities do NOT counter KOs, it’d be a cool mechanic if this was introduced in M25 tho. General consensus seems to be that juke box or evasive are the most important wr abilities, and the apprentices are valuable if not running HRM/MT, and all others are a bit meh

They might counter X factors, but don’t quote me on that. I swear Nnamdi’s UC doesn’t trigger even when he’s on top of a receiver sometimes 

those pass catching abilities help w in traffic catches I believe

theperkness said:

From what I’ve been told, elite catching abilities do NOT counter KOs, it’d be a cool mechanic if this was introduced in M25 tho. General consensus seems to be that juke box or evasive are the most important wr abilities, and the apprentices are valuable if not running HRM/MT, and all others are a bit meh

I believe this is correct. I've seen Calvin drop a number of deep balls against deep KOs even with deep elite

They boost the chances to counter KO's by inducing some crazy animations, for instance I ran deep elite on UL moss and he would make some crazy aggs against DOZKO and DZKO but it would mainly happen when they went for the pick and only in about 10% to 15% of the time.

bobotrom said:

They boost the chances to counter KO's by inducing some crazy animations, for instance I ran deep elite on UL moss and he would make some crazy aggs against DOZKO and DZKO but it would mainly happen when they went for the pick and only in about 10% to 15% of the time.

Yup. They'll still drop it if they're touched by KO but with deep elite Calvin gets this animation where he jumps with a rac animation and the corner jumps for the ball overhead and misses it.

SosaChamberlain said:

Yup. They'll still drop it if they're touched by KO but with deep elite Calvin gets this animation where he jumps with a rac animation and the corner jumps for the ball overhead and misses it.

Yeah Calvin and randy both snd some taller receivers

They don’t counter KOs. WR abilities aren’t super useful tbh all you need is HRM on your QB and your set for your WRs, route tech isn’t bad but honestly not necessary. Most just help to get slightly open or catch in traffic against players without KOs

They definitely do not counter KOs, they help seperate vs man coverage if the route is breaking at the correct depth on the field and they help with catches in traffic vs defenders without a KO. Now that everyone has 6-8 defenders all with KOs, and 90% of people run zone, these abilities are basically useless. 

Try to find receivers with free juke box, free WR app (if you do not have hrm or master tactician) and now look for some receivers getting free Route tech just in case someone does run man coverage.