5 WR Question

ZappBrannigan · 02-16-2015, 02:54 PM

sorry if this has been addressed before. Is there a FOFC consensus regarding any benefit of playing an excellent TE in the 5th WR spot instead of a scrub WR? Or are you better off just leaving the scrub in there?

thanks.

Vaevictis_386 · 02-16-2015, 07:25 PM

The TE won't be worth it. Same applies to putting stud TE or RB receivers in the slot.

aston217 · 02-16-2015, 08:22 PM

Yeah, the consensus comes from FOF2k7 but I don't think I've heard anything different, but it was that TE/RB slotted in any WR position was a disaster.

Sometimes you don't have a choice, though, so if I only am carrying 4 active WRs I'll usually put a RB in the 5th slot.

Also -- if your QB doesn't have the 5WR formation in his arsenal, or if you simply avoid calling it (via the somewhat intimidating Formation Usage screens), it doesn't really matter. So making sure I have a 5th WR isn't something I worry about too much.

ZappBrannigan · 02-16-2015, 10:27 PM

thanks - that's kind of what I thought. I know when I only have 4 WRs active, the computer recommends a low-end RB as the 5th WR even though I have a stud TE, so it must really not like TEs as WRs.

garion333 · 02-17-2015, 12:44 PM

The problem with it, I assume, is that most TEs can't play WR very well because of their weight.

As a completely made up example, if I take a TE and try and convert him to WR the game tells me he'll convert at 30%. That's horrendous. I wouldn't want to do that conversion, so you shouldn't put him in the 5th WR slot.

My assumption has always been that the game applies the same 30% penalty to the TE when he I put him in the 5th WR slot along with any penalty from lack of position experience.

Really, it's the position experience that's kind of a killer as you rarely have a RB or TE that are experienced enough to be effective.

02-16-2015, 08:22 PM	#3
aston217 College Prospect Join Date: Sep 2010	Yeah, the consensus comes from FOF2k7 but I don't think I've heard anything different, but it was that TE/RB slotted in any WR position was a disaster. Sometimes you don't have a choice, though, so if I only am carrying 4 active WRs I'll usually put a RB in the 5th slot. Also -- if your QB doesn't have the 5WR formation in his arsenal, or if you simply avoid calling it (via the somewhat intimidating Formation Usage screens), it doesn't really matter. So making sure I have a 5th WR isn't something I worry about too much. __________________ OSFL (join us!) CFL Float likeabutterflysting likeabee. Last edited by aston217 : 02-16-2015 at 08:23 PM.

02-16-2015, 07:25 PM	#2
Vaevictis_386 n00b Join Date: Jan 2013	The TE won't be worth it. Same applies to putting stud TE or RB receivers in the slot.

02-16-2015, 10:27 PM	#4
ZappBrannigan n00b Join Date: Nov 2009	thanks - that's kind of what I thought. I know when I only have 4 WRs active, the computer recommends a low-end RB as the 5th WR even though I have a stud TE, so it must really not like TEs as WRs.

02-17-2015, 12:44 PM	#5
garion333 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Near Cleveland	The problem with it, I assume, is that most TEs can't play WR very well because of their weight. As a completely made up example, if I take a TE and try and convert him to WR the game tells me he'll convert at 30%. That's horrendous. I wouldn't want to do that conversion, so you shouldn't put him in the 5th WR slot. My assumption has always been that the game applies the same 30% penalty to the TE when he I put him in the 5th WR slot along with any penalty from lack of position experience. Really, it's the position experience that's kind of a killer as you rarely have a RB or TE that are experienced enough to be effective.

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