OL in general needs a bit of an overhaul. Johnson getting old, and a couple of others going to hit 31 next season (though they should be ok for this cycle). Guys like Roughhead are on bot teams, but I think had already lost agility points. I think we can do better here, and will have a look.

I don't know, I just hate ageing for receivers, given it also affects their agility skills. He'll likely be a good depth player, but a few of the "WRs" aren't actually dedicated WRs that would make it on purely that merit (Lambert, Jones, etc) so are of course worse. One could argue that that's why we should have more dedicated WR backups, but it depends on who we bring in.
Understandable, being Cartledge's coach I'm living that issue every friday training update. I'll PM you his physical stats and decline rates.

I saw what ageing did to old NT players (DL Anas Bru & WR Marcel Bianco) that used to play for me, and it's not pretty. I guess it depends on what we find out there, because whilst he'd be good for qualis, we'd basically have deadish weight as depth come the deep tournament proper. So it's a question of whether we have excellent #2 or #3 for qualis and a middling guy as backup for later, or choose a guy who is somewhere in between (probably not as awesome early, but will stay effective if required).

It's currently boiling down to this, Watters in for Taylor 100%. Then Greenham who has less BPOS, less strength, less carrying, but more footwork, vision, positioning, consistency, and same speed + primaries, but NO ageing. He's skills wise up there with Cartledge, and arguably even maybe slightly better especially with the 19 consistency, and by the time crunch time comes around, will have better speed & agility. However, I think even with decline Cartledge will have better strength and is probably the better player as is currently now. Again, the short term boost vs eventual depth.

BUT, I suddenly got a brain wave in regards to the other WR 'depth'. I don't particularly want to drop RB Jones given his versatility (including WR) even though he probably wouldn't start in any of those places (except potentially TE), and Lambert is one of our better KRs that we don't use for other things (though, I'm actually admiring his skills now, and he could actually do a good job at WR if we didn't have the superstars we have).

What if.... I keep Cartledge as a KR and drop KR Gianciracusa? :O It'll appear to everyone we have about 10 WRs on the team, but we'll know what their real roles are. I'm assuming Cartledge has 5* KR BPOS (or close to) given his 'Adequate' note in his profile, so he could probably play the early games as a WR and still maintain good effectiveness later in the competition (but in a different role), and subsequently keep his roster slot.
Cartledge is 5.0 BPOS in WR + RB + KR.

As for SF Bate, his physicals are decent, but actually only total 35 (he's not Kai Harbar who suddenly decided to go HAM and upgrade all his physicals ). Again, by real crunch time if injuries hit, I'm not sure about his ability to fill in. Semantics anyway, as I doubt he'll be starting even if the cup started tomorrow + we have some good talent depth in this position. Been a great player though, really rated his consistency.
Was 37 combo at the start of the season, so maybe 33 combo by end of this season/cycle? You have to talk to the coach to find rates of decline.

TE is sticky, and it's so funny to think that after all these cycles Ramsay Gale may still be on our team due to a chronic lack of talent in that area (so much so I've decided to do something about it, and hopefully we'll see some 5* TEs in a few seasons). I will have a look around, but I think you may be right. I see RB Jones as filling in Anderson's spot and Grose is looking good + Archie is a strong trio for max 2 starting spots. Subsequently, anyone better than Ramsay that is found could replace him (depending on what we do with the spot freed up from using Jones as a replacement rather than a brand new guy). I wonder if Gourdis got his shit together yet?
I think we are just stuffed in this position currently, although I still have 2 developing players physically better than Archie and Grose. Just waiting for those skill to raise.

Maybe we can use that extra spot for another OL in case Johnstone's bot team does get taken over? I could put my Johnson OL in, and maybe if I think it's appropriate put my SF Johnston in I'll do that. Then we can field Johnstone, Johnson, and Johnston!
Between you OL and my OLs, doubtful we'll need to keep him.

As for Mitch Watt, I don't think he necessarily NEEDS to go like Anderson (given decline affects QBs less + Bandy has the same issue, and he's still probably the 2nd best QB there is). If Bandy gets injured for example, I think he'd likely be one we call up. We just have to seriously start asking questions though, because when they do start retiring or agility getting too far gone (he's already lost 2), then we don't want to be left hanging. I think he's likely to stay for this cycle, but as he's planning to retire and on an active team, I don't think we'll see him again. I'm likely dropping Boyle for someone fresh and keep the other two warhorses on the roster. The real debate is who to pick to start in the later games when decline is kicking both Bandy and Watt in the ass. We've been a bit unlucky trying to find successors, with the Wolverines having that good prospect go to waste + another 5* prospect named Flynn Feltham end up on a bot team whilst underdeveloped. I have to have a look at McDougall's build + have a look around at guys like Jolly (who I've never actually looked at), because whilst Ablett and Tenace have been on the radar for ages with good skills and intel, I'm a bit worried about their consistency. It's a dead pity Kamikaze's Jett Bowden is 30 and retiring. If he was a few years younger... he's probably one of the best QBs who have never made an NT. Could probably replace Boyle this cycle, but that really doesn't solve any of the long term issues...
If McDougall doesn't get selected this season, I will probably hunt you down and shoot you. I'll PM you my players stats from the list I provided earlier.