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mjl14
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Level 21

Player Attributes
Physical Attributes Football Skills
Strength: 61.4 Blocking: 59.92
Speed: 25.22 Tackling: 15
Agility: 30.26 Throwing: 7
Jumping: 9 Catching: 8
Stamina: 33.15 Carrying: 10
Vision: 27.14 Kicking: 9
Confidence: 27.4 Punting: 10

Experience/Skill Points and Cash
Level: 21 XP: 682/1000

Special Abilities
Pass Blocking Abilities
22221
Run Blocking Abilities
33123

Note: My guard does not have CE, and I have two boosts remaining this season. If I can get CE I plan on adding points soley for strength and blocking.


I was thinking about dumping the next 10 points soley into speed and agility (7 speed, 3 agility), while training vision and confidence. Thoughts?
 
cyclone crazy
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Allright, just my opinion. He's a weakling, especially for level 21. His strength and blocking are low. Confidence could be bumped to 30 imo also.
 
Daefaroth
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At the level you are at, whether or not you have a good build depends entirely upon your team, your team's tactics, and what role you fit into on that team. You have basically given us a player out of context and are hoping to glean some meaning out of our statements.

Virtually everyones knee jerk reaction is 'Add more strength and blocking'. Believe it or not, that isn't always the right answer.

Looking up your team, you are the right guard on a team that ran a little more than 50% in your last game. Looking through the play by play I found 9 attempts at a pulling guard play, that accounts for roughly 20% of the rushing plays your team attempted. (For those playing along at home who don't know how, look for 'pitch to <player> to the right') Of those nine, I only saw one good play.
http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=10060453

Beautifully executed, by the way. If your goal is to improve that play, then you need to get your speed to 35-40, agility to 35-40, and vision to 30-35.

Or if you want to knock more people over I would go with cyclone's advise.
 
cyclone crazy
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I have to admit I'm not familiar with how much agi and spd is ok for a pulling RG. My advice on the str and blk wasnt knee jerk, I was comparing your agi and spd to builds I have watched that have been successful at RG. True, at RG you dont need as much str and blk, but in my opinion you have done a pretty good job of addressing the agi and spd, I just felt that you had been balancing them at the cost of str and blk for to long.I'm really not a proponent of speed over 25 for RG. I've overcompensated with equipment to test speed and not been happy with the results, not to claim I'm an expert. But I'd rather see a 35 agi and 25 spd than a 30 and 30 imo. I believe Daeforoth's advice is solid. Its a judgement call from here.
Last edited Jul 8, 2008 07:40:03
 


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