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Looking back at some of my games I've realized I was having trouble getting an even number of snaps for all of our CB's so I re-arranged my CB depth chart and it got me wondering.

How do all of you set up your CB depth charts for play balance? Do you allow everyone to be a backup or starter for all 5 CB slots, or do you force certain players to play at certain slots exclusively? Do you set backups for frequent, sometimes or infrequent?

All things equal I normally try:

a, b, c, d
b, c, d, a
c, d, a, b
d, a, b, c
frequently
And tweak as necessary from there since conditioning will be a big factor

I'm now at

ABCDE
EDCBA
CABED
DEBAC
BCEDA

frequently
I'm hoping it will work but since its rookie there are some large conditioning differences.

Originally posted by MileHighShoes
Do you allow everyone to be a backup or starter for all 5 CB slots, or do you force certain players to play at certain slots exclusively? Do you set backups for frequent, sometimes or infrequent?

I don't put everyone in every slot.

Frequent vs sometimes, etc. depends on how many players I have fitting a certain archetype, how many of that archetype I want on the field at the same time, and the relative difference in build quality.

For instance, I generally only like 1 pure run CB. When he is on the depth chart, he is in a slot by himself set to infrequent.

I usually have 3 pure pass CBs, so they might share 2 slots with more frequent subbing.

Originally posted by Cuivienen
I don't put everyone in every slot.

Frequent vs sometimes, etc. depends on how many players I have fitting a certain archetype, how many of that archetype I want on the field at the same time, and the relative difference in build quality.

For instance, I generally only like 1 pure run CB. When he is on the depth chart, he is in a slot by himself set to infrequent.

I usually have 3 pure pass CBs, so they might share 2 slots with more frequent subbing.

This is more inline with how I do it. Then making match up depth charts based on what the other team likes to do (in this case who they like to get the ball to).