moving tall slow wr to te?

[baccVols]

ive did this with a couple wrs but now i have one guy who only rates as a 66 overall TE but he seems unstoppable....not sure if i should house rule it out or not......i am in lowly c-usa though maybe the middle linebackers are just impossible slow there.....any thoughts..........

[dkrause1971]

Quote: Originally Posted by baccVols

ive did this with a couple wrs but now i have one guy who only rates as a 66 overall TE but he seems unstoppable....not sure if i should house rule it out or not......i am in lowly c-usa though maybe the middle linebackers are just impossible slow there.....any thoughts..........

I actually have it as a rule in my dynasty against it. The LB cover for crap already putting a WR at TE just adds to it but its your game, play as you like.

[baccVols]

thats what im thinking it feels cheesey........i think tis cause he gets so much separation that he rarely drops passes................when ive played with other tes with only 75-80 speed they drop alot of passes but they also have a defender close to em....he is automatic

[tyler289]

I recruited a TE for my Miami (OH) dynasty who was a 2-star but had B+ speed and was 6'3". He ended up being an 85 speed and was a freshman all-american.

he couldn't block but I didn't care as he was a beast pass-cathcer. unfortunately he was only a 65 overall as a sophomore.

I actually recruited too many WRs one year and had to move my taller ones to TE. They were solid but never did anything to make me think it was cheesy.

[jrich730]

I have done this in the past but i haven't had a tall wr in a while all my wide outs top out at 6'3 but they are only 185

I got a walk on takle who was a 40 so i redshirted him and the next year i needed a te and his speed was 76 so i switched him and he was close to a 70 overall and he could catch pluse he is now 305

[sportyguyfl31]

The problem is he's still going to "move" like a WR.

LB's and most Safeties will have absolutely no shot at covering him, no matter how poor his rating as a TE is.

[rudyjuly2]

I don't have a real problem with it. You will probably pay for it when using him in the run game as his blocking will stink. Look at Beckum on Wisconsin. He's more of a pumped up WR who's a terrific pass catching TE in college football and has caught over 900 yards worth of passes each of the last two seasons. I love throwing to TEs. As long as you aren't running money plays all the time to him I say have fun the way you want to have fun.

[dkrause1971]

Quote: Originally Posted by rudyjuly2

I don't have a real problem with it. You will probably pay for it when using him in the run game as his blocking will stink. Look at Beckum on Wisconsin. He's more of a pumped up WR who's a terrific pass catching TE in college football and has caught over 900 yards worth of passes each of the last two seasons. I love throwing to TEs. As long as you aren't running money plays all the time to him I say have fun the way you want to have fun.

but you really cannot take a real life scenario and plug it into this game. In real life- you'll have a safety or strong side backer (at worse) on Beckum- since the game doesn't even have specific LBs listed nor does any game adjustments like sticking a saftey on him i see it as an exploit.

In addition, with the horrible DL/OL interaction you don't punish that 185 TE like you should in run or pass blocking. I dont' care if the user does it or not but i just do not agree that its not cheesing due to the programming limits of this game.