I finally got into practice mode. I don't know how, I hope it keeps working.
I have a 4 man QB battle in Utah right now. I think I know who I'm going to go with. His name is Mays. He's a 86 Accuracy and 80 Power. His biggest strength is by far his 94 speed as a freshman. He's got pretty solid break tackle (69) for a QB. His carrying rating is like a 92. He has 45 strength, which I have always thought was a factor for when QB's get hit and how they absorb it, but it could just be break tackle/trucking/elusiveness for all I know. His main weakness is his throwing power. All my other guys are better in that area.
I did a lot of testing on throwing power. As far as throwing the deep ball, I found that there isn't a huge difference in how far they can throw it. A guy with 55 throwing power can sling it 45 yards.
-An 89 power can throw the ball 60...maybe 61 yards.
-Mays (80) can throw the ball 54 yards.
-A 40 overall can throw the ball 40 yards about.
So that is a 6 yard difference from 80 to 89. I don't know...I guess I thought it might be a little more. I'd just guess that a 99 would probably be able to throw 65 yards.
It also doesn't seem like there is any difference in velocity when you throw a rocket.
I also noticed that when you do throw it hard, the ball seemingly goes the same distance, or at least it can. ]
My conclusion? Maybe throwing power really isn't that meaningful. In real life I think it's actually pretty true. I think throwing power in real life is a bit overrated. Sure it's an asset, but good throwing QB's are accurate with the ball. I find that and overall QB awareness (ie Peyton Manning audibles) to be a lot more important than being able to sling it. I think it's more important in real life than on this game though.
Really curious how a 40-55 power 99 accuracy guy could do with every other rating being solid for QB.