i think you got your moneys worth.
great thread, i have also been tinkering with lowish WE guys, especially in a rebuild when i can start them. i think the lowest ive gone is 17 or so, but i just signed a gaurd with WE13 in a situation that is not really a complete rebuild. luckily, most of our noncon is sims and i should be able to start him with no problem in something like half of the games.
based on your other thread, i feel like WE1 guys are very limited in thier use and really cant be counted on to have any significant growth. right now, i dont see myself taking any single digit WE guys, but id be kinda interested to see a 7 or 8 as compared to a 1 and as compared to a 13.
i think the big key is having a player with high (preferrably highhigh) potential in 3 practice areas. and being able to put 25+ minutes into those areas. my guy is a gaurd with great sp ath (41-77) and blue in both. poor de (25) but blue, decent stamina (black69) very good bh (black67), and poor but blue pa (35), and he is a great ft shooter but red. so nearly all the minutes will go to conditioning, defense, and passing,with just a little toward bh. for me, the idea of a 60ath-95sp guy in d3 was just too much to pass up. makes me wish this was a fb pr team, but i think he will do ok in any system