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I've got a level 35 OT that's been very solid with playing the LOT. The last several seasons, he's allowed very few sacks. He was moved up a division, so competition has been a bit tougher, BUT, I'm getting beat by players that are 5-6 levels lower, consistently! Is it my build, that I'm facing DEs that are super well built, or what?

I've got 75 Str, 71 Blking, 39 speed, 50 Agility, 42 Vision.

Where do I need to improve to compete? BTW.. they're all getting around me with the quickness!

Which is why you don't need strength!

How does a LOT not need strength?

He doesn't need as much strength as he needs blocking by far. What's your stamina and Pass Block abilities?
I notice they've got you at ROT now, what is your Protect ability at? That would explain the dropoff.
You might have to be a man and admit that you're a pussy and need the TE or HB to stay in to help you block on pass plays

PS - If your playing RT then the strength/blocking ratio looks about right to me.

For top flight speed rushing DEs, you need about 50 speed and 70 agility. This will make you serviceable, but you will still get beat occasionally without help (TE/RB). These are numbers without figuring in protector SA. You'll also need to set tactics to pass blocking focus. With about 5 in protector, you can get away with 45ish speed and 60ish agility. You may also want to get vision to the soft cap.

Your best bet is to buy a second set of EQ, that is half speed and agility (even if it takes your strength and blocking down to the 60's). This will make you acceptable until you can get speed to about the soft cap and agility to the second cap naturally... then you can throw all your EQ into blocking and be a monster LOT.

Originally posted by Warlock
For top flight speed rushing DEs, you need about 50 speed and 70 agility. This will make you serviceable, but you will still get beat occasionally without help (TE/RB). These are numbers without figuring in protector SA. You'll also need to set tactics to pass blocking focus. With about 5 in protector, you can get away with 45ish speed and 60ish agility. You may also want to get vision to the soft cap.

Your best bet is to buy a second set of EQ, that is half speed and agility (even if it takes your strength and blocking down to the 60's). This will make you acceptable until you can get speed to about the soft cap and agility to the second cap naturally... then you can throw all your EQ into blocking and be a monster LOT.

I agree with this. I hear of a lot of higher lvl players having a set of EQ to boost STR and a set to boost AGL/SPD depending on who your playing. I definitely agree you need more AGL/SPD.