Warrior General Games

so i was wonderign ive noticed that alot of reciver with higher strength 30+ have very little to no fumbles so i was just wonderign does strength help you to hold onto and catch the ball???it would make secse if ti did because you would be able to grip iot tighter if you were a stronger guy ym guy has decent strength and he has only fumbled once in his career and ive never trained or added to carry ability

I'm not sure about making the catch, but Im pretty sure strength is the biggest factor in avoiding fumbles.

Originally posted by taurran
I'm not sure about making the catch, but Im pretty sure strength is the biggest factor in avoiding fumbles.

I don't think it's not strength it's carrying, even power HBs with 80+ strength fumble.

Carrying also prevents deflections/drops when you get hit whilst catching the ball, Bort has confirmed this.

All of my WRs only have like 8 strength and they rarely fumble, one of my WRs has 106 catches and 0 fumbles.

Str helps you catch the ball, against lower str corner backs you wrestle the ball away carrying helps you catch the ball as well.

In real life I'd agree that strength helps, but in GLB I don't believe it does at all.

alright i was just wonderign if anyoen knew for sure if it doesn or not thank you for clearign that up

Originally posted by Viscount
In real life I'd agree that strength helps, but in GLB I don't believe it does at all.

I am 110 percent sure it helps you catch
the
ball

I'm not saying to cap str, but get it up to about 30 or 35, just a bit higher than the corners.

Originally posted by UnderDogs
Originally posted by Viscount

In real life I'd agree that strength helps, but in GLB I don't believe it does at all.

I am 110 percent sure it helps you catch
the
ball

I'm not saying to cap str, but get it up to about 30 or 35, just a bit higher than the corners.

agreed

Originally posted by UnderDogs
Originally posted by Viscount

In real life I'd agree that strength helps, but in GLB I don't believe it does at all.

I am 110 percent sure it helps you catch
the
ball

I'm not saying to cap str, but get it up to about 30 or 35, just a bit higher than the corners.

Well from my own experience and quite a few of the high level successful WRs I've spoken to, I don't believe that strength helps you catch.

I've read posts by Bort about attributes such as agility, jumping, vision, stamina, confidence, carrying and catching affecting who catches the ball but I have never seen him mention strength affecting the catch.

This is a replay of my CB from last season, he barely had any strength at this point yet his still stole the ball from the WR:

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?game_id=137013&pbp_id=8971141

I've put up almost 1000 yards receiving the past two seasons on a heavy rushing team(first 2 I got ample playing time) and I would say strength is important. It also depends on the builds of the CB's in your league though to say how important it is.

Well the team that my level 27 WR is on are leading or 2nd in the league for almost all the receiving stats such as yards and TDs. All our WRs have pretty low strength.

The same goes for my level 21 WR with just 9 strength he leads the league in yards and TDs. His team also leads the league in yards and TDs and all the other WRs have low strength as well.

I would say strength is negligible for a speed receiver.

Originally posted by Viscount
Well the team that my level 27 WR is on are leading or 2nd in the league for almost all the receiving stats such as yards and TDs. All our WRs have pretty low strength.

The same goes for my level 21 WR with just 9 strength he leads the league in yards and TDs. His team also leads the league in yards and TDs and all the other WRs have low strength as well.

your also not a great running team. Strength for WR's depends on the team type and the opposing Cb's they'll be going against VERY much. If your on a team that runs alot, strength is huge, will help you with blocking as well as YAC. If your on a team that is pass heavy, it will help with yac, but not much else, and you could go more speed/agility to compensate for the lack of yac.

Originally posted by Mob-6
I would say strength is negligible for a speed receiver.

not true, my wideout is a speed wr and has high strength. has been our teams leading wr 2 years in a row(lost in conference finals in SE Asia pro and are the #1 seed this year) so he has faced good competition.

Originally posted by HurricaneBear

not true, my wideout is a speed wr and has high strength. has been our teams leading wr 2 years in a row(lost in conference finals in SE Asia pro and are the #1 seed this year) so he has faced good competition.

How can you prove that the strength makes a difference? I know there are plenty of fast WRs with no strength putting up your type of numbers, that would point to strength being no factor whatsoever.

In the equation of Speed+strength stats = Speed stats then strength must be equal to zero. Show me a high strength build with no speed and we'll see which stat is responsible for your numbers.