Need help with team philosophy

[Mike2001]

I can't decide on what i want the positions to be.. I already know I want a field general for my qb, i know i want my db's to be man converage/ballhawk cb, centerfielder fs, and run support/big hitter ss. and playmaker te. everything else i dont know what is a good fit for me. i use the steelers smashmouth offensive plalybook and jags physical d for defensive playbook. also i'm using the fins in my career.

[fahrenheit]

If you don't have a specific idea for your positions, just use the balanced philosophy because that way the overall for certain players aren't inflated by select attributes.

Biggest example would be using the speed philosophy for wr's or hb's, players with high speed but bad catching/route running will have a good overall but bad performance.

[Mike2001]

thanks for the help

[LordTC]

I agree WR/HB can be difficult I use speed for both, but do my best to check for other weaknesses. The main advantage of Speed WR is there are TONS of highly rated receivers so its far easier to avoid busts and far easier to get late round steals. For this philosophy one of the draft classes has a class where 5 96 OVR's go undrafted.

Balanced is awkward for HB because you usually want someone who's either a Trucking Back or an Elusive back, but not someone who's a hybrid of both. The person who's in the middle in both scores highest as a Balanced HB but is worse than either extreme.

Keep in mind your position philosophies are only about overall, which matters a lot less than details. The main use of them is for seeing the potential overall in draft scouting, and they have some influence on what goals the owner sets.

My defense is all man-blitz oriented so I end up with the rather absurd defensive philosophy of:

DT 1-Gap Penetrator
DE Undersized Speed Rusher
OLB 3-4 Pass Rusher
MLB Power/Blitzer
FS Man Coverage
SS Coverage
CB Man/Ballhawk

A worthwhile exercise is to rotate through different philosophies to see how your players do under each of them.

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Calais Campbell for example is a 89 potential DE in a 3-4 system, but of all the possible DE philosophies that is his worst one. His best is undersized speed rusher which I believe is either 93 or 94. This matches up well with some of the elite ends (Kampman, Umenyiora, Allen) who have good overall in a wide variety of philosophies.

By comparison, Quentin Groves is a highly rated Undersized speed rusher (91 I think) but is a bust as a 3-4 DE (80ish and goes in the 2nd round).

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[Hoovie]

Steelers Smashmouth I would use:
C- Balanced or Run Block
G- Size/Strength or Run Block
T- Balanced (or Run Block I suppose, I like my tackles balanced)
RB- I like Workhorse
FB- Blocking
QB- Field General (or pure passer, maybe big arm)
WR- Balanced
TE- I use Soft Hands/Routes

Jags Physical D can go several ways, depending on how much you blitz LBs:
DT- I like Run stopping fatboys
DE- Balanced or Undersized
OLB- Balanced or 3-4 Pass Rusher
MLB- Balanced or Run Stopper
CB- Man Ballhawk
FS- Centerfield
SS- I use Balanced

Hope that helps

[Mike2001]

thanks guy it really helps alot, ima mess around and see what i like