What is the 'prototypical' player?

[hukarez]

What would one consider to be a 'prototypical player'?

When re-building a team, do any folks go by physical attributes?
Has anyone made a range of 'minimums' at the least, when going over who's up and coming in the draft?

QBs - 6'0", 215 lbs?
RBs - 5'10", 220 lbs?
FBs - 5'10", 235 lbs?
WRs - 5'10" - 6'1", 205 lbs?
OLs - 6'2", 310 lbs?

DEs - 6'2", 255 lbs?
DTs - 6'0", 320 lbs?
LBs - 6'2", 240 lbs?
CBs - 6'1", 200 lbs?
S - 6'0" to 6'3", 225 lbs?

I seem to notice quite a bunch of highly skilled and talented CBs, around 5'7 - 5'9 in height, weighing about 178 to 190 lbs. Is this pretty accurate? I remember awhile ago, someone had stated that Roy Williams of the Cowboys had the "prototype" build of a safety, with his physical attributes being: 6'0", 235 lbs. What guidelines do folks follow, when looking to upgrade a position - besides skills? Or do these physical attributes matter much?

If not, I'm still a bit curious about how everyone views certain position "minimums" and the like. I can't seem to recall as to whether or not FOF2K4 has correlation between a player's attributes, and player's talents - or if it's solely the player's talents that are prized.

Would it be safe to say, that a rather small cornerback, lacking in weight but with extraordinary skills would be a perfect example of 'intangibles' a player may have? Or do the 'intangibles' solely reflect on Volatility ratings, and a player's height and weight serve the same purpose as that of a player's jersey number?

I guess it's a force of habit for me, to always skim through a list of prospective draftees, and the first thing I seem to categorize and take into account is a player's height and weight. Perhaps I'm wasting my time doing so, and should solely look on the screen to the right. These days, my drafts are taking longer and longer by round, and I'm left scrutinizing possible differences through similarly talented rookies - taking into account the player's hometown, the relative distance of said hometown with my team, a player's talents at a position, and trying to figure out if their height and weight seem fitting for the position they're entering the draft as.

[QuikSand]

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In FOF 2004 (and previous versions), here is the simple rule:

Height does not matter, period.

Weight only matters when you are changing the player's primary position. The closer the player's weight to the ideal weight for the new position, the more succesful the switch is likely to be.

[Zoetus]

Yeah he's right about that. Jim has said outright that height is a non-factor in determining a player's ratings and abilities. I guess it's just there to enhance the realism factor.

[Franklinnoble]

So what are the ideal weights for each position? Anyone know?

[hukarez]

This is something I'd like to know too, if weight is the only thing that plays a factor in the various positions. I'm especially more curious about linemen, and their weights.

Is it a generally good rule of thumb to have hefty 300+ lbs? Or would 270-290 be sufficient enough?

[Zoetus]

it seems odd that weight would be a number that actually means something (a variable that is used in other functions in the game, such as the one that determines the success level of a position switch), while height is just essentially a random number assignment within certain parameters. i mean, if Jim was going to make weight mean something, why not make height mean something too? a 300-pound player that's 5'6" is a lot different from a 300-pounder that's 6'5".