raidergreg69 wrote:
If using an underweight player resulted in more frequent injuries we wouldn't have needed to make custom rules in 4.5. We would let people use 191 lb CBs on the front 4 on punt blocks. I hear your words and the words of others regarding injuries occurring more frequently for underweight players but to my knowledge, nobody has presented any evidence this is true.
I'm not going to waste my time proving this one way or the other. Perhaps Setherick can produce some sort of algorithm that can do it automatically. I don't know how you'd even go about it to be perfectly honest.
You can still put lightweight players on the line to try to get a punt block, they'll get through on occasions and will get to the Punter if his timing is less than 75 but the blocking is better, which means your guy is going to take more hits over the course of a game. More hits = more wear and tear = more chance of getting injured.
OL and DL probably get the most injuries in MFN, as they are crunching into each other on every play, you need to have the depth to rotate them or they will get gassed and/or injured.
If you're in a league with a low injury setting and the majority of teams going lightweight, I would anticipate you see less injuries and more sacks.
