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First of all, I would like to say that the patches are really improving the game considerably. But I'm very concerned about Punting in Coach Mode of games. With Beta Patch 1.0131, I have been using a Custom league with US Rules with generated players at about Pro Level skill. I know in the Patch Read List it said that Punts now average a 55 degree angle, but all my punts don't seem to get a lot of height compared to earlier patches, and certainly don't look like the average 55 degrees the patch list indicated. From my experience, I have seen Punters usually punt a ball at least 40 to 50 feet off the ground, it doesn't look like the game is having punts go that high. They look like they barely get 15 to 20 feet.

Also, I think the Average Kick Strength of the punter seems ok in the game (my punters have been rated around the 80's in ratings), but I'm seeing way too many severly Angled punts that only result in about a 30 yard Punt (sometimes even less) and the Punt Return guy has a very good chance of getting a clear path to the Endzone. I suppose special Punt Designs would keep that Punt Return guys from Scoring much, I'm not concerned with that. But when I play in Coach Mode, all I want the Punter to do most of the time is Just try to punt straight down feild, not try to angle it all the time Left or right. Is it possible that in Coach Mode only games that we can have the Punter just Kick Straight Down feild or put just a slight angle with Punts?