Strength, Agility, Vision, Footwork, Consistency and Teamwork.

I would rank a running back's key stats like this:
1) Carrying
2) Footwork
3) Agility
4) Speed
5) Strength


Stamina is also important if you run the ball often or are going with a single primary back. Also, my rankings are subjective since it is simply from my observations since no one knows for 100% certainty what attributes contribute the most.

I'd sooner put a guy wth 20 speed and 1 carrying at RB then a guy with 20 carrying and 1 speed... So, speed first for me!

I'd use a 7 Carrying 10 Speed 10 Strength HB over a 4 carrying 15 Speed or 4 carrying 15 Strength. I'd use a 15 Speed, 15 Strength, 4 Carrying HB over any of the previous three though.

If it was a "Design your own Rookie" HB - He'd have 15 Speed, 12 Strength, 4+ Agility, 6+ Footwork, 7+ Carrying, 4+ vision.


EDIT - Others mention Consistency. HB is the one position on the field where I think that the lower consistency is actually better than higher consistency.

croverja wrote: Xiong Yoshi wrote: EDIT - Others mention Consistency. HB is the one position on the field where I think that the lower consistency is actually better than higher consistency. How so?

Well, Thinking about it - even though *this* season low consistency would have been fine, as there are no fumble turnovers and therefore the downside risk of having a cold day was less than the upside potential of having a hot day... but when fumbles do get implemented - then the downside risk might become greater than the upside potential.