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I have a blocking FB

Soft capped str/blk/spe/agi/vis with con and carry in the mid 30's.

Equipment is obviously in the most important two stats. Is there any reason to invest more points in to speed?

Otherwise I was planning on hard capping str.

Originally posted by paww2k
I have a blocking FB

Soft capped str/blk/spe/agi/vis with con and carry in the mid 30's.

Equipment is obviously in the most important two stats. Is there any reason to invest more points in to speed?

Otherwise I was planning on hard capping str.

Depends. If you're still effectively lead blocking for your HB, no need to mess with speed. Although, your HB will eventually get so fast that he'll pass you prior to you getting to your block, meaning that your speed will need some work.

P.S. a shame about your 28 plays last game... had you signed with us, you'd have had well over 50

Originally posted by Warlock
Originally posted by paww2k

I have a blocking FB

Soft capped str/blk/spe/agi/vis with con and carry in the mid 30's.

Equipment is obviously in the most important two stats. Is there any reason to invest more points in to speed?

Otherwise I was planning on hard capping str.

Depends. If you're still effectively lead blocking for your HB, no need to mess with speed. Although, your HB will eventually get so fast that he'll pass you prior to you getting to your block, meaning that your speed will need some work.

P.S. a shame about your 28 plays last game... had you signed with us, you'd have had well over 50



The HB is getting in front of me and I may possibly be slowing the HB down. Possibly something I need to look in too.

P.S. I know its ashame about such little play time but I'm hoping its a blip on another wise great season. Also I don't remember getting an offer from you guys

You might have missed it or something happened, I've been trying to get a blocking FB all off-season and it's been few and far between, well at least those that are actually worth signing.

I want to take over the role as the team's power back (since we lack one and I'm a balanced build). It's also nice being able to line up with two FBs on pass plays to help block. Plus having solid depth at FB, to keep them both fresh, all game long.

Unfortunately, no one was available, so we're running an H back offense for the time being. A balanced TE is playing FB, with my FB rotating with the main HB, depending on the play.

Well if I didn't receive a PM I would of rejected it straight away. I insisted upon them as first contact.

On the other hand, if it was late on (I had been looking at teams/pms/contracts for two days) the ones on the final day were ignored if I didn't see anything amazing. I did end up with over 40 contracts thrown my way, so some will of slipped through the next.


Wouldn't of been any personal.

I did send a PM. On the 11th, at 2 AM

To get the thread back on track...as other said, as long as you are in front your speed is OK.

So, a general question of my own, or three

For a true blocking FB, how much blocking is enough? Obviously, not much is needed for CBs or LBs, although up into the mid-30's a lot of LBers are pumping out 50+ str and 70+ spd/agi and getting kinda scary. In addition, with the ability to keep a FB in on blocking, you could be facing a really nasty DT/DE that just beat your OL. Would you take blocking to the first cap and leave it there? blocking to the second cap? I'm kinda in favor of taking blocking up to 60 these days, though I've heard others say it isn't necessary. Keep in mind, this is for a blocking FB.

Next topic that is slightly related, agility. Agility obviously factors in cutting, acceleration and blocking. I'm thinking even if your speed is enough, it's worth cranking agility up to 60 at least, maybe higher? Thoughts on that?

I am testing agility out. I am going to raise my agility to 2nd cap and put all my bought equipment on it. Then try and 2nd cap strength. I will be back to report my findings on agility later in the season.

Originally posted by PackMan97
To get the thread back on track...as other said, as long as you are in front your speed is OK.

So, a general question of my own, or three

For a true blocking FB, how much blocking is enough? Obviously, not much is needed for CBs or LBs, although up into the mid-30's a lot of LBers are pumping out 50+ str and 70+ spd/agi and getting kinda scary. In addition, with the ability to keep a FB in on blocking, you could be facing a really nasty DT/DE that just beat your OL. Would you take blocking to the first cap and leave it there? blocking to the second cap? I'm kinda in favor of taking blocking up to 60 these days, though I've heard others say it isn't necessary. Keep in mind, this is for a blocking FB.

Next topic that is slightly related, agility. Agility obviously factors in cutting, acceleration and blocking. I'm thinking even if your speed is enough, it's worth cranking agility up to 60 at least, maybe higher? Thoughts on that?

You can take blocking up to second cap, but you won't be much when running. I prefer to first cap blocking and use those 20 SP to further round out my FB. If your only job is to block, you have some leeway (you can skimp on carrying).

As for agility, kind of the same thing, what can you sacrifice/neglect to work on agility? It's definitely an important attribute, but good builds are more about management skills than the actual numbers. The trick is to be efficient and bring skills along at the right time. I.E. you want a high strength, but not at the cost of having no speed or agility.

I prefer to get blocking to the soft cap or maybe 50 fairly early and then raise it closer to 60 from free level bonuses and a little bit from equipment. I am not one who believes all eq needs to be in one attribute for FB.

Speed as mentioned only needs to be fast enough. Especially if blocking and agility aren't super high. You're only going to be able to hold a block for so long, getting there too early hurts more than it helps.

I would definitely get agility to 60. You simply cannot have too much agility as a FB and as mentioned most quality LBs have over 60. A good FB build in the 30s would have 60 strength, blocking, and agility, and somewhat over 50 vision and speed. You'd also have at least 3 points in lead block. Note this is a standard FB who primarily blocks and rushes <5 times a game mostly in short yardage situations.