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Should the Jump attribute be worked on for Containment DE's? Would that help them to be able to swat the ball away? Would it help them to be able to dive farther on a tackle attempt?

should be worked on for any DE.

If you want to know what any attribute/skill does hit Skill Points even though you are not planning on spending them and put your cursor over the name of the attribute. Jumping helps for batting balls down for defensive linemen and is used when diving for tackles.

Thanks guys for the help. Much appreciated.

This Originally posted by wilhelm2012
If you want to know what any attribute/skill does hit Skill Points even though you are not planning on spending them and put your cursor over the name of the attribute. Jumping helps for batting balls down for defensive linemen and is used when diving for tackles.

This should be taken with a grain of salt. Don't let training jumping get in the way of making sure the big tree are taken care of first. =)

Correct ^ I was more or less just pointing out that you can easily find information on any attribute. Jumping is the lowest priority of all the ones you should consider training. Speed/agility are probably the most important.

Originally posted by BayouBobby
Should the Jump attribute be worked on for Containment DE's? Would that help them to be able to swat the ball away? Would it help them to be able to dive farther on a tackle attempt?

If your DE is built well he's going to be able to penetrate the O-line and either hit the QB for a sack OR produce a hurried pass that with a decent amount of jumping you can bat away. Take note that you need to have worked on Strength/Agility/Speed/Vision/Tackling before Jumping. Although intense training it together with the other major attributes ain't a bad idea.

I understand all of that guys. I knew that Strength/Agility/Speed/Vision/Tackling were all more important. I was just wondering if Jumping fit somewhere into the equation. It will be a long time before I even touch jumping.

Originally posted by Oofty
This should be taken with a grain of salt. Don't let training jumping get in the way of making sure the big tree are taken care of first. =)

Clearly, but jumping is pretty underrated.. I had one lineman with 48 jumping and another with 18 and the PDs were through the roof alone for the jumping guy.

Originally posted by wilhelm2012
Correct ^ I was more or less just pointing out that you can easily find information on any attribute. Jumping is the lowest priority of all the ones you should consider training. Speed/agility are probably the most important.

I think that's true for any position on defense, but I would put jumping as a priority to train similar to how you'd handle confidence, rather than ignore it completely.. DT anyway, DE probably isn't as effective.

Originally posted by BayouBobby
I understand all of that guys. I knew that Strength/Agility/Speed/Vision/Tackling were all more important. I was just wondering if Jumping fit somewhere into the equation. It will be a long time before I even touch jumping.

Jumping goes behind vision and SA's. It's worth training... but I have yet to see any evidence to put SP's into.

My old ass containment DE. 16 PDS in Oceania PRO last season. 50 in Jumping. Close to half his tackles were diving tackles.
http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=229121

Carl Knockdown (Lv. 72 DE)
Ht/Wt: 6'4", 261lbs

Experience, Skill Points, and Cash
Money: $127480
Daily Salary: $8642
Skill Points: 1
Training Points: 3
Bonus Tokens: 1
Veteran Points: 0
Next Level: 0/1000

Attributes
Physical Attributes
Strength: 112.7 (+37)
Speed: 80.84 (+6)
Agility: 76.7
Jumping: 50.96
Stamina: 56.55
Vision: 70.19
Confidence: 54.14

Football Skills
Blocking: 21.24
Catching: 9
Tackling: 70.13
Throwing: 9
Carrying: 9
Kicking: 8
Punting: 10

Special Abilities
Containment Abilities
Swat Ball: 4
Wall: 6
Strong Base: 7
Diving Tackle: 6
Monster Hit: 11

Pass Rusher Abilities
First Step: 3
Change Direction: 6
Shed Blocks: 6
Tunnel Vision: 4
Big Sack: 0

Veteran Abilities
Bull Rusher: 15
Heavyweight: 14
Mentor: 14
Power Tackler: 15
Streaky: 15

Started to train jumping the last couple of seasons... It's over 50 now. See for yourself.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=314596

I have an NT with towering man and a piece of AEQ of deflect ball chance, his PD's have gone through the roof the season. I had no idea it would be this effective