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I don’t think any meaningful discussion on this point can be so focused on the players’ listed heights and setting arbitrary height limits that you just ignore how they actually play. What even is the point of comparing Nathan Murphy and Jack Macrae based on height? Jack Macrae is taller than Jeremy Howe, it’s totally irrelevant to how they play.

Moore, Murphy and Howe all play tall. Maynard can too when needed and Quaynor is great overhead and far better than any of our smalls in that regard. Port have Aliir, McKenzie and Jonas/raft of half backs that are great overhead like Bergman, Houston and Williams. Carlton use Weitering, Marchbank, McGovern, Kemp, Young. Saints use Howard, Wilkie, Battle and Cordy. Plus Lions, Dees, Cats, etc.

Even the Swans last night still had McCartin & Francis as KPDs flanked by 196cm Blakey who played pretty deep in defence.

Having two KPDs surrounded by half a dozen mostly ground bound small defenders that have combined for about 12 contested marks between them all season (just to use that stat as an example) by choice would make us the exception, not the rule, as you’re trying to say.