Originally posted by trazer
Thats better. At least some answers and not just crying about their crying. TE's even in the NFL are fairly balanced. Not the fastest, not the strongest, but pretty all around. They FIND a way to beat you as best they can. Out run some people, out muscle other people. Just catch the ball and make sure you can hold on to it..thats your job when you go out for a pass. Not to take it for a 50 yard TD..you are not the WR.
Your job is not to pancake every DE you are up against, just slow em down...pancaking them is for the O-linemen.
Just be good at both..not great at either.... and you will excel.
Good point, and very true from what I've seen in this game.
Basically if you want to build a high speed/high agility TE it's fine, they can succeed. The most basic cure to the drops though is to use the player in a way which maximizes their build. If your TE is high level, like 50+, and is playing against similar leveled competition, then 60 strength and high speed and agility aren't going to prevent passes from getting knocked loose on their own, strength isn't high enough. What will prevent the passes from getting knocked loose as often is to use the high speed and agility TE to his strengths. This means the TE should only be running routes which put him in open space. Short passes where the TE has to fight for the ball against a LBer or safety are going to get knocked loose a lot with a high speed and agility WR.
If your TE is only going to be used to get 8 yard catches all day, then you don't need high speed, but you do need high strength because your TE would be a possession type, not a speedster, in that situation.
So in short, only give a speedster TE routes which his speed and agility will be the most useful. If you are using the TE in a manner where strength and short posession are the most important, then the TEs build needs to match that.
Thats better. At least some answers and not just crying about their crying. TE's even in the NFL are fairly balanced. Not the fastest, not the strongest, but pretty all around. They FIND a way to beat you as best they can. Out run some people, out muscle other people. Just catch the ball and make sure you can hold on to it..thats your job when you go out for a pass. Not to take it for a 50 yard TD..you are not the WR.
Your job is not to pancake every DE you are up against, just slow em down...pancaking them is for the O-linemen.
Just be good at both..not great at either.... and you will excel.
Good point, and very true from what I've seen in this game.
Basically if you want to build a high speed/high agility TE it's fine, they can succeed. The most basic cure to the drops though is to use the player in a way which maximizes their build. If your TE is high level, like 50+, and is playing against similar leveled competition, then 60 strength and high speed and agility aren't going to prevent passes from getting knocked loose on their own, strength isn't high enough. What will prevent the passes from getting knocked loose as often is to use the high speed and agility TE to his strengths. This means the TE should only be running routes which put him in open space. Short passes where the TE has to fight for the ball against a LBer or safety are going to get knocked loose a lot with a high speed and agility WR.
If your TE is only going to be used to get 8 yard catches all day, then you don't need high speed, but you do need high strength because your TE would be a possession type, not a speedster, in that situation.
So in short, only give a speedster TE routes which his speed and agility will be the most useful. If you are using the TE in a manner where strength and short posession are the most important, then the TEs build needs to match that.
