Madden NFL 11 Rookie Ratings

[Afrikan]

Quote: Originally Posted by LBzrule

Donny's system is messed up if it is based on 40 times. He's got to have better criteria. If you are going to use 40's use everyone's 40 time. Just looking at it. He has Myron Lewis who ran a 4.48 Official at his Pro Day with an 87 speed. But then has Arrelious Benn who ran a 4.54 official at his pro day with a 90 speed???????? Stuff like this is all over the place in his ratings. They have Taylor Mays rated outrageous. That dude does not have great range yet in Madden he is super crazy.

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[MaddenBalla]

I just wish Donny did the ratings himself, he did a great job last year. Now we will be seeing Tim Tebow as the biggest threat in the game

[xblake16x]

Quote: Originally Posted by sniperhare

They're rating everyone really high. Wish they went the NBA route and made the rookies earn 80+ OVR ratings.

cant say it any better than this

[TomBrady]

Quote:

They're rating everyone really high. Wish they went the NBA route and made the rookies earn 80+ OVR ratings.

Basketball and football are two very different things. In basketball the difference between the best players and the medicore ones are often very notable. While in football the difference is no way close to being that big.

[babyfat9]

No unproven rookie should be rated in the 80's!!!!!

[ImReady77]

All i want to know is will the athletic rating differentiate between positions? Is a DT's ACC rating the same as a WR's?

[cubsball899]

Quote: Originally Posted by TomBrady

Basketball and football are two very different things. In basketball the difference between the best players and the medicore ones are often very notable. While in football the difference is no way close to being that big.

the difference between peyton manning and jay cutler isn't noticeable?
the difference between randy moss, and devin aromashodu? (i'm a bears fan stay with me)
the difference between darelle revis and charles tillman?

look the highest rookie should come in around the 75-77 range, most rooks in the later rounds shouldn't even see above the 50's, but in the first round if you draft a guy thats a 71 overall at a position of need that should be enough to start.... if the bears drafted a Receiver or an offensive lineman with that rating i'd be starting him because theres no way the bears currently have 3 receivers above a 71

70's should be the average starters in the NFL, with anybody above 80 bein a star...a rookie will have a few big games, and a few games where he disappears... performance like that should not warrant an 80+ rating

but i suppose the problem is in the entire ratings spread not just the rookies i mean seriously though, an 85 for suh and berry? pro bowlers already? sigh....

maybe they will at least get jake delhomme's rating right this year

[xblake16x]

Quote: Originally Posted by cubsball899

the difference between peyton manning and jay cutler isn't noticeable? the difference between randy moss, and devin aromashodu? (i'm a bears fan stay with me) the difference between darelle revis and charles tillman? look the highest rookie should come in around the 75-77 range, most rooks in the later rounds shouldn't even see above the 50's, but in the first round if you draft a guy thats a 71 overall at a position of need that should be enough to start.... if the bears drafted a Receiver or an offensive lineman with that rating i'd be starting him because theres no way the bears currently have 3 receivers above a 71 70's should be the average starters in the NFL, with anybody above 80 bein a star...a rookie will have a few big games, and a few games where he disappears... performance like that should not warrant an 80+ rating but i suppose the problem is in the entire ratings spread not just the rookies i mean seriously though, an 85 for suh and berry? pro bowlers already? sigh.... maybe they will at least get jake delhomme's rating right this year

I completely agree! There should be a great disparity between the better players and the not so great players, and you used some great examples with your team. They sort of tried last year, but failed with the sim engine...while 70 rated players were avg starters, if you simmed they were god awful because of the engine. If they altered the sim engine to where a (and these are just rough estimates with no research):

• 70 OVR HB would get 900 yds and a 3.7 YPC (Julius Jones)
• 70 OVR QB would have pretty close to the same amount of INTs as TDs (Matty H did have the same amount of INTs and TDs but he had one of the worst OL and systems so maybe this is Delhome here)
• 70 OVR receiver could reach 1000 yds if he was the number one guy (but still probably has alot of drops (not really sure how to explain this one maybe someone like Devery Henderson)
• OL would be serviceable, but they arent going to dominate the trenches for you (look at OL of 2009 Seahawks)
• DL same as OL, reach 7 sacks and mid 30 tackles (Look at DL of 2009 Seahawks)
• LB serviceable but wont be winning you a defensive player of the year (Na'il Diggs maybe)
• DBs will get beat sometimes but also be making some plays for you. (Kelly Jennings and Brian Russell)

Now i understand that a lot of these dont really work, but Im tired and its barely 8 AM...why am I even up?

And for a proper ratings spread to work I think progression needs to be revamped to the older legacy gen system