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O-line men: Jack of all trades?!

By jhartshorn
6/03/2017 4:16 pm
So, I'm trying to trawl through all top teams rosters to spot where they place most weighting in choosing their number one starters for each position. I've just been through a number of top teams who have confused me greatly.
Nearly every player that I clicked on was in the depth chart at a different position to his assigned position. I get this if it's one odd player or a cover position due to injuries but not nearly each man! RG's playing as LT. LGs playing as RT/LTs etc.

Any ideas?? Is it perhaps to do with trying to adjust the player's weight according to position??

Re: O-line men: Jack of all trades?!

By Bryson10
6/03/2017 4:30 pm
Quit looking at my team, lol

Re: O-line men: Jack of all trades?!

By jhartshorn
6/03/2017 4:36 pm
Bryson10 wrote:
Quit looking at my team, lol


haha funnily enough I wasn't this time!! 3 others....you're 4th in line ;)

Re: O-line men: Jack of all trades?!

By Ares
6/03/2017 6:33 pm
jhartshorn wrote:
Bryson10 wrote:
Quit looking at my team, lol


haha funnily enough I wasn't this time!! 3 others....you're 4th in line ;)


Ouch, the Tigers have fallen to fourth on jhart's power rankings. I hate to think where that puts the Ironborn...

To answer your question, it's usually to give that player experience at the other position. Once I have a player on the o-line at 100 XP at his "natural" position, I then immediately swap them to a position they haven't learned yet. That way if injuries hit I can retool my o-line on the fly without a huge hit to their performance from lack of XP.

Re: O-line men: Jack of all trades?!

By Bryson10
6/03/2017 6:36 pm
ya he asked me why i started a specific defensive end over others one game and i kept thinking "this British spy" is watching me. I guess i need to stop being so paranoid, lol

Re: O-line men: Jack of all trades?!

By parsh
6/03/2017 7:47 pm

Re: O-line men: Jack of all trades?!

By jhartshorn
6/04/2017 2:43 am
Ares wrote:
jhartshorn wrote:
Bryson10 wrote:
Quit looking at my team, lol


haha funnily enough I wasn't this time!! 3 others....you're 4th in line ;)


Ouch, the Tigers have fallen to fourth on jhart's power rankings. I hate to think where that puts the Ironborn...

To answer your question, it's usually to give that player experience at the other position. Once I have a player on the o-line at 100 XP at his "natural" position, I then immediately swap them to a position they haven't learned yet. That way if injuries hit I can retool my o-line on the fly without a huge hit to their performance from lack of XP.


Ok thanks. Just assumed guard and tackle positrons weren't so interchangeable - From the book I'm reading they all have slight nuances

Re my power rankings: ha ha maybe I should have a thread for these! ! :0

Re: O-line men: Jack of all trades?!

By jhartshorn
6/04/2017 2:45 am
Bryson10 wrote:
ya he asked me why i started a specific defensive end over others one game and i kept thinking "this British spy" is watching me. I guess i need to stop being so paranoid, lol


Think of me as a feeder club to your mighty Chelsea - no harm to share your reasoning etc as we'll never be up there with you lot! But I'm determined to do my **** best to get there one day!

Re: O-line men: Jack of all trades?!

By Bryson10
6/04/2017 2:48 am
you've improved dramatically in 75! keep it up, you could be the Leicester City of 75 :)

Re: O-line men: Jack of all trades?!

By jhartshorn
6/04/2017 2:49 am
Bryson10 wrote:
you've improved dramatically in 75! keep it up, you could be the Leicester City of 75 :)


You mean rubbish and out of my depth the season after next? ! ;)