Just in case that fails, he wears extra armor.
Muscle is extra armor, exactly what you need to play football, and as long as it keeps him from getting hurt, why change it?
The extra armor provided protection from fire directly ahead, which was considered more likely given the high speed of the Iowa class.
While it has decent close range fighting capabilities, the extra armor hinders its normally high speed.
They can't build up much impetus coming at us through this spongy stuff and our extra armor should cope.
In their new position, they were not protected by the extra armor that was given to the engines.
It actually cost more to buy them that way, without all the extra armor and shielding.
These versions mounted extra armor, though tests showed this was not very effective.
Finally, the two players got all the silly upgrades, like extra armor for buildings.
The P-3 version only differed through the addition of extra defensive armor.