Posted by isack24 on 1/3/2012 9:44:00 AM (view original):
But without looking at it, couldn't that easily be as much a product of inferior ath/spd than low def?

The ratings from both teams work together to form the results.  Without constants in every other rating, I think it's impossible to determine the effect of def.  My personal feeling, based on watching the craziness of Wooden D3, is that def is nearly as big a factor in fouling as ath/spd/IQ.  It is, however, the biggest factor in Opp FG%.  Again, that's just from observations.  I don't know any way that any of us can know for sure without going through each individual matchup and accounting for ath/spd/IQ differences, and then factoring in stam.

It could be ath/spd/stamina, but only thing I got from Rednu's post is that these players have extremely poor def. 

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I assume they do have poor athleticism as well.  One of the real problems in the game right now is that athleticism and defense are joined at the hip and it is near impossible to find a player who is good at one and is poor at the other.  Typically the two ratings are within single digits of each other.

It's a bit annoying because I assume defense is important but honestly it might just be that athleticism is and you can't tease out one from the other.