TAC hidden stat... How important is it?

It's hard to find conclusive evidence anywhere on the internet, but obviously the stat is there and it's vastly different on quarterbacks unrelated to their other accuracies...

This has to be the stat related to completely overthrown and wonky balls correct? 

People like Tom Brady and Joe Montana have completely maxed out 99 TAC 

Well some of the favorite meta quarterbacks have barely low 70s 

What's the community consensus on how important this stat is to your actual in-game play?

okay I'm gonna tell you something......there just random numbers on the screen I've seen Geno and russ throw terrible balls from behind the line of scrimmage russ has 77 while Geno has 40 

it's literally the combination of height and accuracy that defines a qb in this game height being 6"3 or so while also having the accuracies (short, medium, and deep.) to throw off any platform so that's that.

theoriginalkbgames33 said:

okay I'm gonna tell you something......there just random numbers on the screen I've seen Geno and russ throw terrible balls from behind the line of scrimmage russ has 77 while Geno has 40 

it's literally the combination of height and accuracy that defines a qb in this game height being 6"3 or so while also having the accuracies (short, medium, and deep.) to throw off any platform so that's that.

I've reread what you wrote like three times and it's just not clicking... Lolol 😆 

What are you talking about 'They're just random numbers on the screen'... Hidden attribute I'm talking about isn't actually visible on a screen unless you're talking about this website.

I'm specifically speaking about TAC differences. 

Have you used quarterbacks that have an above average TAC because the two you listed do not? 

Looking for real feedback on people that have actually given this some thought

What's TAC again?

Ayooper said:

What's TAC again?

If you compare athletes through the site, you'll see a stat that's not mentioned anywhere else that's labeled TAC. It stands for throw accuracy because you can sort by it and that's definitely what it's written out as. 

It's like an overall hidden throw accuracy that can be really low on quarterbacks that have great individual accuracies ... Some think it affects allot some think it only affects simulation play...

I'm convinced it's why some 'good' QBs will miss 'deadeye' throws to open receivers

I was getting a lot of good play from Legends Randall Cunningham. Then I slapped Gunslinger on him. I haven't had any issues in games against the CPU, but yesterday I couldn't complete a bullet pass to a seam streak against Cover 3 on four attempts: Every single one was overthrown (and all but one would have gone for touchdowns if caught in-stride). I've read elsewhere here that Gunslinger might be busted, and I'm starting to think that's true.

TAC may be an orphan attribute for legacy Maddens. SAC/MAC/DAC were innovations seen on the PS3 version of Madden (and whatever the XBox equivalent was at the time), and TAC may derive from an algorithm that factors the three depths of throwing accuracy, along with some other stats.

phatalerror said:

I was getting a lot of good play from Legends Randall Cunningham. Then I slapped Gunslinger on him. I haven't had any issues in games against the CPU, but yesterday I couldn't complete a bullet pass to a seam streak against Cover 3 on four attempts: Every single one was overthrown (and all but one would have gone for touchdowns if caught in-stride). I've read elsewhere here that Gunslinger might be busted, and I'm starting to think that's true.

TAC may be an orphan attribute for legacy Maddens. SAC/MAC/DAC were innovations seen on the PS3 version of Madden (and whatever the XBox equivalent was at the time), and TAC may derive from an algorithm that factors the three depths of throwing accuracy, along with some other stats.

That's the working theory I've read before, but there's no conclusive evidence 

and with some quarterbacks having such a vast difference in tac and tac definitely playing a role in the college version of the game this year. To where it procs certain abilities. I think it plays more of a role in Madden than we realize

But even if your theory is right and it's an algorithm, taking all three accuracies their height, their throw under pressure and a bunch of other factors to come up with an overall accuracy. When someone's accuracy is below 70, you're going to miss more balls than when someone's accuracy is 99 regardless of their overall stats 

At least that's the logic I'm trying to get to the bottom of

DjNysus said:

That's the working theory I've read before, but there's no conclusive evidence 

and with some quarterbacks having such a vast difference in tac and tac definitely playing a role in the college version of the game this year. To where it procs certain abilities. I think it plays more of a role in Madden than we realize

But even if your theory is right and it's an algorithm, taking all three accuracies their height, their throw under pressure and a bunch of other factors to come up with an overall accuracy. When someone's accuracy is below 70, you're going to miss more balls than when someone's accuracy is 99 regardless of their overall stats 

At least that's the logic I'm trying to get to the bottom of

If it's what I say it is, TAC has no real meaning, and trying to compare Madden to CFB doesn't make sense because they're two different programming builds. For quite some time, EA has rolled out regular content for MUT, and there's plenty of evidence in Madden itself that the programmers would rather orphan outdated code than actually remove it from the system.

My opinion is largely shaded by my general disdain for EA's programming practices. Every software has bugs, but I've seldom seen evidence of such sloppy programming, seemingly void of pre-planned architecture. Everything is grafted into the main code until you have a Frankenstein of a program, which characteristically is extremely difficult to debug. And so we get dumb bugs that have been around for years, and others that pop up repeatedly in a single iteration of MUT as various updates are applied.

But you could be right.

DjNysus said:

I've reread what you wrote like three times and it's just not clicking... Lolol 😆 

What are you talking about 'They're just random numbers on the screen'... Hidden attribute I'm talking about isn't actually visible on a screen unless you're talking about this website.

I'm specifically speaking about TAC differences. 

Have you used quarterbacks that have an above average TAC because the two you listed do not? 

Looking for real feedback on people that have actually given this some thought

I actually agree with that guy. Most stats don’t really make that big of a difference once they pass certain “Thresholds”. Some qbs are better than others based on the players build and stature. idk How to explain it further and it’s not like what I’m saying is 100 percent correct because there’s no concrete evidence. For example there are defensive players that have less speed, agility, acceleration, and cod but they are a better user than other players with better stats. Some people just move and react better than others. Same goes with qbs.