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Weight for a CB

By hchoudhry17
4/20/2017 5:52 am
Severely overweight CB who is 16% above average. He has 90 speed and 82 acceleration so he's a fast Dude. Good skills too. Since he's that overweight (around 25 pounds or so), would it be a terrible idea to have him cover those wr 2s? Like would his weight slow him down that much?

Re: Weight for a CB

By Booger926
4/20/2017 6:45 am
hchoudhry17 wrote:
Severely overweight CB who is 16% above average. He has 90 speed and 82 acceleration so he's a fast Dude. Good skills too. Since he's that overweight (around 25 pounds or so), would it be a terrible idea to have him cover those wr 2s? Like would his weight slow him down that much?

I would look at his Tackling ability and possibly move him to WLB

Re: Weight for a CB

By hchoudhry17
4/20/2017 7:34 am
Yeah he's a good tackler so it's an option. Only thing is that I have like no other replacement at cb 2 lol the allocation draft had everyone overweight

Re: Weight for a CB

By raymattison21
4/20/2017 7:37 am
What if your opponent put his fast wr at cb 2. Still in mfn I have a 49 speed CB 2. If you solo him up in man alot he will get beat on some fly patterns and after the catch on a quick hitch or slant. I like to think if a 100 s peed cb runs a 4.3s a 90 s peed 230 pounder runs in the low 4.5s . Still, position experience plays a big part here and it might take a few games to get up there. Also if you blitz alot you might want some bump and run.

In a cover 2 defense where he is your muscle and or might face a bunch of TEs out of the 3 TE set he might become a valuable asset that will get his weight down by next season

Re: Weight for a CB

By hchoudhry17
4/20/2017 7:47 am
For bump and run are there separate plays that distinguish bump and run from regular man coverage? I can't seem to tell for some reason from the playbook

Re: Weight for a CB

By raymattison21
4/20/2017 7:59 am
hchoudhry17 wrote:
For bump and run are there separate plays that distinguish bump and run from regular man coverage? I can't seem to tell for some reason from the playbook


Re: Man to Man Cushions

By jdavidbakr - Site Admin
3/30/2017 5:22 pm
There are actually 2 modes in man-to-man, sometimes the DB will play bump and run, and other times he will give him a cushion (variable based on the speed of the WR vs the speed of the DB). But I'll look into having more inputs into that decision

Re: Weight for a CB

By hchoudhry17
4/20/2017 8:07 am
Oh so basically it's automated by the AI based on a bunch of factors. Thanks for the input

Re: Weight for a CB

By Ky3217
4/22/2017 3:21 pm
I actually have this exact sort of player on my team in 67. He was a speedy linebacker when he got drafted who got moved to CB out of necessity. I think he does a pretty good job.

https://mfn67.myfootballnow.com/player/3824
Last edited at 4/22/2017 3:21 pm