Originally posted by Bretto007
This is interesting as I've noticed success on Elusive backs on my teams including this player https://glb2.warriorgeneral.com/game/player/268616 with really low Footwork. The thing seems to be that Juke is powered by the Elusive running skill so the aim is to get that skill into the 90s
Juke fires off elusive running and quickness, and elusive is just a little more important to it firing.
High quickness is great, but without the footwork he is going to be hard pressed to be able to help blockers get to defenders by altering his path, and won't be able to throw off pursuit as well. And Juke is 'controlled' by footwork so his jukes will more or less always be the same, meaning the activation could throw off his mobility and give less of a chance to get away from the guy who he fools, but the higher quickness and therefor acceleration makes up for that entirely I'd imagine.
It's a game of tradeoffs, with 30 footwork he is going to have a hard time improvising on the outside and will need blocking to get him into a one-on-one situation for him to break a tackle, he's not going to be as effective at off-tackle runs as well since they require a lot of shifting to throw off defenders pursuit. But inside he is going to be a much more effective runner than a footwork-first kind of guy, only so much room you can shift in, but breaking ankles can create more room in tight situations.
If your o-line is mobile and well built a footwork-first guy can get more out of it, if they have just okay mobility you should be looking for either a powerback or a quickness-first kind of guy to help break the tackles they will not be able to get to no matter how much the HB helps them.
I'd still lean toward the quickness as the 'meta' since it is more effective at being a part of the whole, but footwork guys, especially once they get their confidence up, can just take over the field with their running - provided RBA and footwork/sprint on linemen isn't all that bad.
This is interesting as I've noticed success on Elusive backs on my teams including this player https://glb2.warriorgeneral.com/game/player/268616 with really low Footwork. The thing seems to be that Juke is powered by the Elusive running skill so the aim is to get that skill into the 90s
Juke fires off elusive running and quickness, and elusive is just a little more important to it firing.
High quickness is great, but without the footwork he is going to be hard pressed to be able to help blockers get to defenders by altering his path, and won't be able to throw off pursuit as well. And Juke is 'controlled' by footwork so his jukes will more or less always be the same, meaning the activation could throw off his mobility and give less of a chance to get away from the guy who he fools, but the higher quickness and therefor acceleration makes up for that entirely I'd imagine.
It's a game of tradeoffs, with 30 footwork he is going to have a hard time improvising on the outside and will need blocking to get him into a one-on-one situation for him to break a tackle, he's not going to be as effective at off-tackle runs as well since they require a lot of shifting to throw off defenders pursuit. But inside he is going to be a much more effective runner than a footwork-first kind of guy, only so much room you can shift in, but breaking ankles can create more room in tight situations.
If your o-line is mobile and well built a footwork-first guy can get more out of it, if they have just okay mobility you should be looking for either a powerback or a quickness-first kind of guy to help break the tackles they will not be able to get to no matter how much the HB helps them.
I'd still lean toward the quickness as the 'meta' since it is more effective at being a part of the whole, but footwork guys, especially once they get their confidence up, can just take over the field with their running - provided RBA and footwork/sprint on linemen isn't all that bad.
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