mdjseymour wrote: buddie625 wrote: mrcasado wrote: On a similar note, do you think that speed is a key factor with half backs? I don't think speed is that important for Half backs. I have two Halfbacks, one has 15 strength and the other has 11 strength. The half back with the better strength always seems to be better. are you playing them in the fb or hb slots?

str over speed for HB

buddie625 wrote: mdjseymour wrote: buddie625 wrote: mrcasado wrote: On a similar note, do you think that speed is a key factor with half backs? I don't think speed is that important for Half backs. I have two Halfbacks, one has 15 strength and the other has 11 strength. The half back with the better strength always seems to be better. are you playing them in the fb or hb slots? Half Back. Strength seems to be a the most important skill for half backs. Not sure about WRs and TEs.

Personally I dont think strength's all that important for WRs. But I guess it is important for TEs since the Admins stated that TEs are basically just OL who are able to catch a ball!

If strength is more important to wide receivers than speed then that would be fundamentally flawed on so many different levels.

For me if 2 receivers had the same catching skills the faster player should almost always come out on top. A bit of strength helps a wide receiver handle bump coverage and taking catches in a crowd but would anyone say Terrell Owens is vastly better than Marvin Harrison because he weighs 20 pounds more and is clearly stronger...I wouldn't.

There again a receiver with 20 speed who has stone hands would be useless also and be converted to Corner or Gunner immediately.

pstimpel wrote: MeanMachine wrote: Personally I dont think strength's all that important for WRs. If I am right then tackling-strength is opposite to agility-strength. Means you break tackles by agility and strength. However, only a guess.

thats seems logical, with speed deciding the distance traveled between tackles etc...

MeanMachine wrote: mdjseymour wrote: pstimpel wrote: MeanMachine wrote: Personally I dont think strength's all that important for WRs. If I am right then tackling-strength is opposite to agility-strength. Means you break tackles by agility and strength. However, only a guess. thats seems logical, with speed deciding the distance traveled between tackles etc... Hm... yeah, after giving this some more thought, I think you're probably right MDJ! Kinda makes sense...

so, if speed isnt 'that' important... should i stop training it in my 17 speed (uncapped obviously) CB's lol?