Warrior General Games

Player Attributes
Physical Attributes Football Skills
Strength: 36.5 Blocking: 38.5
Speed: 28.3 Tackling: 12.6
Agility: 38.5 Throwing: 8
Jumping: 10 Catching: 12.6
Stamina: 27.8 Carrying: 25.14
Vision: 23.02 Kicking: 8
Confidence: 16.23 Punting: 8

Special Abilities
Blocking Abilities00000
Offensive Abilities11220

Why do you say you did something wrong?

It's a balanced build - which may not be the best choice for GLB, but balanced builds are never more than a few levels from being pretty good builds. I'd think you'd want more speed and probably strength. Vision is low if you're looking to be a blocking FB.

I want a blocking FB so I spread the pts. too much.

Originally posted by hsnu1170
I want a blocking FB so I spread the pts. too much.

Then you wasted a few points in the rushing SA tree. Your agility is a bit high, which hurts other key stats, but fixable (just might take a couple levels). Your agility shouldn't really be that high until your 20's (early or late depending on preference). Start pumping up strength, speed and blocking (primary)... also work on vision and confidence (secondary). Otherwise it looks pretty good for a lvl 14.

I'd leave the "Blocking" skill alone for the moment. 40 is plenty for a long time (you'll gain 0.5 per level).

Speed, as you need to stay in front of the RB you are blocking for, and it's highly unlikely you can do that with 28 Speed. You don't need to match his, as you get a head start, but it's not that big of a lead and you may have to move around a bit to get a block off.

Agility is huge for blockers, actually - but you've got a pretty decent score there, at least for the moment.

Vision is problematic for you right now. Vision determines how fast you clue in that someone needs to be blocked.

Strength is a little on the low side for a blocker, though not scandalously so.

I wouldn't say agility is "huge" for all blockers... my FB's agility is only ~25 (he's lvl 22) and I led all FBs, in my league, for pancakes (also rushing yards) this season.

Agility is probably going to be more important in the near future, once it starts effecting acceleration, but currently it's not one of the top 2-3 attributes for a FB IMHO.

Originally posted by Warlock


Agility is probably going to be more important in the near future, once it starts effecting acceleration, but currently it's not one of the top 2-3 attributes for a FB IMHO.

Which is before next season - unless he's still alive in the playoffs, basically the next meaningful game the guy will play in.

In any case, pass blocking and picking up the blitzer can not be measured by pancakes or rushing yards. Lead blocking on a running play, your agility, much like speed, should be based off that of the backs you're blocking for.

Originally posted by Sarg01
Originally posted by Warlock



Agility is probably going to be more important in the near future, once it starts effecting acceleration, but currently it's not one of the top 2-3 attributes for a FB IMHO.

Which is before next season - unless he's still alive in the playoffs, basically the next meaningful game the guy will play in.

In any case, pass blocking and picking up the blitzer can not be measured by pancakes or rushing yards. Lead blocking on a running play, your agility, much like speed, should be based off that of the backs you're blocking for.



True, but if you match (or even compare favorably) to the HB's stats, it means that you're suffering somewhere else (like blocking and/or strength). If agility was such a huge deal, it'd be more logical to have HBs lead block for other HBs.

That's not to say that agility isn't important for blocking, but it's not as important as being able to block IMHO. His agility is way too high, in comparison to his other attributes... that's the point I was making.

Also, FBs shouldn't really be in there if it's an obvious passing situation. Meaning, there's very little point, in a FB being a good pass blocker (if it means sacrificing his run blocking ability). As for picking up a blitz... refer to my pass blocking point. Agility being good for a blocker, in specialized situations, isn't a great argument if it means neglecting the attributes you will actually use more often (like run blocking and tough-yardage runs).

Please don't start an argument.
Let's get back to my player!
Thank you for your help!!

Not arguing. I'm explaining my reasoning on why agility isn't as important as some people make it out to be... you can take it or leave it. It's your call though, I believe that I have an idea of what I'm doing, based on my FBs performance. TBPH, I'm not even really a full blocking focused FB, I'm basically balanced with more of a focus on blocking (run blocking in particular).

Although, I'm lucky enough to have an owner that understands how to use me properly. He runs me about 20% of the time and uses me to clear lanes for our HBs (who both had close to or over 1,00 yards this season). So, it's really more a matter of suiting your player, to the role the owner uses him...

What should I set my running tactics to?

I've been playing with combo running style, it seems to reduce the number of TFLs, but it also seems to reduce your number of broken tackles. The YPC is roughly the same. Never tried elusive since it seems counter-productive to my build. I think combo will be a little more effective for my FB once I raise agility and vision to around 35-40.

For you, I'd say combo because or your high agility.