I put my strongest guys on the line, my most intelligent and agile at linebacker, and my fastest in the secondary. I then play a 3-3-5, make sure they can all tackle, and have trained stamina.

The result is that my defense alone has won quite a few games for me in the last couple of seasons. Now if I can just figure out the offense the same way.

speed seems to affect play length so go with slow DBs at your own risk.

Mercutioh wrote: speed seems to affect play length so go with slow DBs at your own risk.

not so sure about that
against bots and humans my old secondary, which was filled with guys 16+ speed 5+ agi and footwork, was getting beat left and right. ever since i switched to a lower speed but higher tackling (and raise my positional rating) they've gotten a lot better.

A Speed of 11 is usually where I consider medium speed. Anything below is slow. Nevertheless, I don't normally let fitness scores affect my DB selections too much (since we're all playing zone). I find the positioning skills to be much more important.