I would only start #2 if I were going with an all-pass attack, and he would be a pass-catching FB. This is assuming that tacticals are a factor for FB/L or FB/R, because is it not stated by the devs somewhere that tactical training is not necessary for RBs?

#1 would be fine as a blocking FB. He reminds me of one of my old RBs, but this one here has better consistency. Just needs another 2 strength points for my liking.

Perhaps I was mistaken. I could only find this:

Administrator wrote: Vision is NOT one of the primary skills for RB so we don't advise to train "focus on" vision for RB unless you want to use the RB in other positions.

https://grid-iron.org/community/viewt/1378/30

No problems. Though I have not been training any tacticals in any RB since about season 25. I'm certain that I read somewhere that neither positioning or vision mattered. Thought it was in that thread too. Mandela effect or good old fashioned senility? Either way I'm going to dig further...

Bloodbeak wrote: No problems. Though I have not been training any tacticals in any RB since about season 25. I'm certain that I read somewhere that neither positioning or vision mattered. Thought it was in that thread too. Mandela effect or good old fashioned senility? Either way I'm going to dig further...

The one you found is all, there is about tacticals and RBs.

But you might find one about footwork - 'It's the skill RBs use to exploit gaps in the defence' - or something like that.

For years I have trained my RBs in carry, block, agility, foot and pos. I also want them to have green skills in Con, str and sp + teamwork, because of the ammount of coaching, I give them.

So my favorite is no 1 - only, I'ld probably sack him because of age

Many seasons ago when there were more human controlled teams and competition was significantly tougher at higher levels, having balanced training across at least 5-6 skills (not including physicals) was the only way to be truly competitive. A team of 1 or 2-skill only players was a losing strategy anywhere beyond Div III.

However, as the number of human controlled teams has dropped, you can now get away with having those 1-2 skill players for longer and in higher leagues in many regions

Even so, IMO, footwork is criminally under trained in this game and has been for a very long time. There have been teams that trained it though and, coincidentally, those teams just happened to be the ones winning at the highest levels.

Every player should have footwork, agility and both tactical skill trained equally. From there it is simply a matter of adding in whichever specialty skill needed for a specific position (i.e. catching for WR/TE, carrying for RB, blocking for OT, etc.).

This is why teamwork and starting skills are so important (and why 18 year old youth pulls are virtually useless). Imagine trying to train a TE to 18 in catching, blocking, agility, footwork, positioning and vision with a teamwork of 1. This is also why RB's and TE's are the most difficult positions to train as they need 6 skills in balance to be built properly.

That said there are some exceptions. K/P for one. I've skipped positioning on QB's before without any noticeable problems. The implementation of BMI has made training agility beyond 15 on OL/DL useless until all other skills are maxed.