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Has anyone found that having a higher strength helps to knock the ball further away from the receiver?

I'm wondering what will help to make pass deflections not get caught anyway, even though they were deflected. It is frustrating to see that your CB got a deflection, but the WR managed to pull it in anyhow, so I'm wondering if strength might help to knock it out of reach.

Thoughts?

Originally posted by GameDCoder
Has anyone found that having a higher strength helps to knock the ball further away from the receiver?

I'm wondering what will help to make pass deflections not get caught anyway, even though they were deflected. It is frustrating to see that your CB got a deflection, but the WR managed to pull it in anyhow, so I'm wondering if strength might help to knock it out of reach.

Thoughts?


It should help as far as "knocked loose" deflections but I'm not sure that it helps as far as making normal deflections less catchable...

Seems like it would help you make the deflection in the first place.

Originally posted by Daddy Warbucks
Seems like it would help you make the deflection in the first place.

how so?

Originally posted by Granted86
Originally posted by Daddy Warbucks

Seems like it would help you make the deflection in the first place.

how so?

1. help win better position versus wr?
2. help deflect the ball more strongly so wr can't catch it after deflection?

those 2 are pure speculation, but as dh mentioned

3. help get pass knocked loose deflections

Not to mention the LOL pass defense bar goes up when you add STR. I know it has no credibility but it has to count for something.

A lot of WRs add strength and CBs get it passively as they level.
That alone is enough to convince me, but logic wise a CB may have to muscle his arms into place if he's playing close coverage to get in front of the receiver. It's not all grace and 10 feet in the air beautiful leaps right between the WR's hands you steal it away and the fans all scream as you go 115 yards for the touchdown.

As far as things you remember reading but can't remember where, i thought i saw awhile back that strength was confirmed by bort to make your pass deflections better. Back when every pass deflection was caught by WRs earlier in GLB history, Bort said something about pass deflections having a quality and strength increased that quality. Weak pass deflections and they basically go back to the WR, strong and i guess they'd sorta just go straight at the ground. Height of the ball, height of player, positioning, strength, jumping, and vision all played a role i think

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it makes sense that it would help in how far away a CB can deflect the ball, but as in helping to get the deflection thats all about how quickly the CB sees the ball and can react to it ... agility+vision+CD+SV

Basically, strength makes it less likely that the WR will catch it after you deflect it (what I've heard). I've never seen an effective high-strength CB build, but it's certainly an intriguing idea.

Originally posted by SunshineMan89
Basically, strength makes it less likely that the WR will catch it after you deflect it (what I've heard). I've never seen an effective high-strength CB build, but it's certainly an intriguing idea.

What do you consider high strength?

Hmm..

Never thought that strength would help. I only have 15pts on strength for my cb but never had big problems with deflecting.

Might as well give this a try

Originally posted by JD Cuda
Originally posted by SunshineMan89

Basically, strength makes it less likely that the WR will catch it after you deflect it (what I've heard). I've never seen an effective high-strength CB build, but it's certainly an intriguing idea.

What do you consider high strength?

That's my question too.....

60 would be high strength for a CB. I think anything beyond that and you're sacrificing serious necessary value elsewhere.