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[QUOTE="relaxer, post: 4719163, member: 7852"]
Wisnauskas wasn’t an ankle breaker, and his best attributes were his shooting and passing abilities, but you still would never dare put a short stick on him. Ditto for Cormier (although I do think if things break right, Deere could potentially still have a Cormier type impact).

Funny you bring up Ford because I have the same concerns with him (moreso than I do with Deere). Highly skilled and extremely good lax IQ, but I wonder about his upside against better athletes. I don’t think he’ll be a bust by any means but there’s potential for him to be a rich man’s Maltz, which is good but not what you’d hope for out of a top 5-10 recruit.

Just to reiterate again; I think Deere and Chauvette are great players (with some of the most aesthetically pleasing games you’ll see), my point is just that they are complimentary pieces. They will make a very good offense elite, but can’t carry a mediocre one (which is fine; you don’t need or want all of your attackmen to be initiators even if that is the most important skill in a vacuum).

You don’t have to be a great dodger to be a great attackman, but it certainly limits the upside. A guy like Moynihan may be less of a sure thing, but I think he’s more likely to contend for a Tewaarton than a Deere or a Chauvette. At minimum, you should be able to punish short stick matchups. If other teams can short you, that has trickle down effects on the offense and I think that the highest tier of attackmen (by that I mean 5 star, top 20 types) that garner the most scholarship money and recruiting attention should have that ability.
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