WR speed question

Legit - every time new WR cards drop I see a ton of “this card is slow af” type of comments. The new Johnson season pass card as an example. 

why does every receiver need insane speed stats to be usable? Aren’t some receivers good because they don’t drop balls on hits? They get open and make a key catch? They are clutch in the redzone? This idea that they have to have to end speed to be playable seems absurd unless the offense is verticals every play  

i run a chiefs TT and have hill, rice, mecole and Gonzalez as primary receivers. I def win more than I lose and don’t have an issue moving the ball generally. And I’m playing Ty Law and Joshua Williams as primary CB. I don’t get burned unless I do something silly like base align zone press or something. 

so what am I missing? Thoughts?

mrwrestlingno2 said:

Legit - every time new WR cards drop I see a ton of “this card is slow af” type of comments. The new Johnson season pass card as an example. 

why does every receiver need insane speed stats to be usable? Aren’t some receivers good because they don’t drop balls on hits? They get open and make a key catch? They are clutch in the redzone? This idea that they have to have to end speed to be playable seems absurd unless the offense is verticals every play  

i run a chiefs TT and have hill, rice, mecole and Gonzalez as primary receivers. I def win more than I lose and don’t have an issue moving the ball generally. And I’m playing Ty Law and Joshua Williams as primary CB. I don’t get burned unless I do something silly like base align zone press or something. 

so what am I missing? Thoughts?

You're not wrong. People just obsess over that number as if having 99 speed automatically allows you to throw 1 play bombs on every play. 

Unfortunately at this point in the year what really makes a card good is their ability stack, and if you have a HRM qb, he isn't really that good. 1 ap RT is fine but it only works vs man coverage and this is a very zone heavy year. If he would have got 1 or 0 ap red zone threat maybe he would be more viable. The patrick peterson is definitely the one to focus on upgrading.

Because speed is the highest attribute of importance. That's why at the beginning of the year, all of the "budget beasts" are all the cheapest cards you can find with the highest speed.

Gift-wrapped allows players to catch passes irregardless of catching attributes.

Speed is the only important stat tbh but u can rock some 96 speed receivers and be completely fine if u know what ur doing.

same as height - why would you want shorter when you can have taller

Nah def insurance provider… only players with State Farm are good