Madden NFL 25 - Breaking Down the Ratings For Receivers

[jpdavis82]

EA Sports broke down the ratings for the quarterbacks on Thursday. Today the Madden NFL 25 team breaks down the receiver ratings, including specific ratings for route running (RTE), spectacular catch (SPC) and catch in traffic (CIT).

[vannwolfhawk]

Re: Madden 25 Blog: How WR ratings work in Madden NFL 25

So, we know route running fakes out the defender, but what counters a fake out on a cb? Man coverage? So, on the curl route success rate of a wr against a cb in man coverage it's almost 100% even if a cb has a higher rating in man coverage than the wr does in route running. So, does this mean its not balanced right or do ALL wide receivers have to high of route running ratings which is why we are seeing shutdown corners shutting down no one?

I should also note that putting pass coverage sliders at 100 don't change a cb from being able to stop a wr route either. That slider at 100 should mean no one is ever open! Lol

[splff3000]

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Hmm, I'm thinking I'm gonna have to stop reading these. When I read the QB one, I read some stuff that I thought was BS because it didn't work like that in the game and now I'm reading BS for the WR's and TE's. I'm fairly certain that route running isn't as important as they make it out to be. Actually it's nowhere near as important as they make it out to be. I'll take a WR with 99 spd and 60 route running over a WR with 84 spd and 99 route running any day.

[slick589]

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Perhaps these things aren't tuned properly in the demo or perhaps it's all BS....my bet is this stuff MAY work for next gen but not current gen

[Tweeg]

Re: Madden 25 Blog: How WR ratings work in Madden NFL 25

All these articles about ratings making a difference, but when we actually play the games everyone behaves the same way.

[ggsimmonds]

Re: Madden 25 Blog: How WR ratings work in Madden NFL 25

Seems someone needed to edit that blog before posting it. The bit on spectacular catch is cut off

[ggsimmonds]

Re: Madden 25 Blog: How WR ratings work in Madden NFL 25

Hmm, I'm thinking I'm gonna have to stop reading these. When I read the QB one, I read some stuff that I thought was BS because it didn't work like that in the game and now I'm reading BS for the WR's and TE's. I'm fairly certain that route running isn't as important as they make it out to be. Actually it's nowhere near as important as they make it out to be. I'll take a WR with 99 spd and 60 route running over a WR with 84 spd and 99 route running any day.

They are not trying to make it seem more important than it is. Your last statement makes little sense. They didn't suggest that the latter WR would be as good or as better than the guy with 99 speed. What they are saying is that a guy with 99 speed and 99 rtr will have a easier time getting open than a guy with 99 speed and 80 rtr.

However, I do feel as though they need to make route running even more important than what it is currently.

[splff3000]

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They are not trying to make it seem more important than it is. Your last statement makes little sense. They didn't suggest that the latter WR would be as good or as better than the guy with 99 speed. What they are saying is that a guy with 99 speed and 99 rtr will have a easier time getting open than a guy with 99 speed and 80 rtr.

However, I do feel as though they need to make route running even more important than what it is currently.

What I was saying (or trying to say) is that route running has little effect on the game. I have had guys with their route running ratings in the 60's and they were uncoverable. It doesn't matter because Madden is more about the "route vs coverage" matchup than it is about the WR ratings. You can have a corner that severely outmatches a WR, ratings wise, and that receiver will still get open against man to man coverage if he's running a curl or out route. I can take a WR with 50 route running against a CB with 99 coverage and he can still get open...... easily. That's what I was referring to. They're saying that route running "Determines fake out chance when cutting against man coverage" but anybody that has played Madden the last few years knows that's BS. It's the WR's route that determines the fake out chance.

[infemous]

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These blogs still go no way to alleviating the real issues of how ratings such as strength play into the WR position, or Jump vs SPC?

How do these ratings actually play out?
What do they effect? What are specific situations?

Why are they telling us stuff we already know isn't true???


It all seems to me that Donny Moore and Tiburon have tinkered with their own engine so much that they simply do not know what or how the ratings work any more.

If this is the case, M25 on Next Gen is still going to be doomed, as it runs on the same engine STILL.

[Big FN Deal]

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It's pointless to get upset or frustrated about this stuff anymore, Madden is just an inferior sports game that uses ratings to directly determine outcomes, not to determine the varying animations that lead to those outcomes. I don't believe those ratings even work as described in the write up but even if they did, it still wouldn't be based on receivers with different ratings animating any different from each other.

I just don't understand why a receiver with 50 RTE versus a defender in man with 90 MCV doesn't mean that the receiver has less skilled technique/animations for running routes than the defender for man coverage. The lesser rated receiver should have more wasted motion, making it harder for them to get in/out of breaks, whereas the high coverage rated defender has less wasted motion, is able to change direction better, allowing them to blanket the less skilled player. That wouldn't mean that the lesser skilled receiver never gets a step on or fakes out the better defender, it would just mean the defender would have a better chance of recovering quickly when it does. Next-gen Madden doesn't even represent football on that basic level so I hope for M25 on the new consoles they began to talk about they added tons more animations for varying skill sets.

Also it's funny how AWR for receivers didn't get explained, it likely doesn't matter at all. So if that's the case, then what difference is the improved player AI touted for the new consoles going to make if AWR only matters for QBs? How about AWR for receivers determining things like the receiver becoming the defender to break up potential INTs, kicking/pushing fumbles out of bounds so they are not recovered by the defense, adjusting their route when the QB is scrambling/in trouble, reading defenses on option routes, finding holes in zone defenses to "sit down" in, etc?

It would be nice to have a mature NFL football game, with some depth.

[dat boi Q]

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To me it's more about the route then the player.
On madden any wr can be a beast when doing certain route all day long.
You can give me any wr playing a five minute game no matter the defense and I make him look like Calvin Johnson. Only difference in wr is catching because low catch rating they will drop more passing.

[Introvese]

Lol. OS guys sure can scare someone off a game. Im really just in denial about Madden. I know its not worth my money. But I just cant leave Madden. I love the competition against others. EA knows they will do their numbers. So they could careless about making ratings matter. Millions still will buy with or without penalities. Its sad. It wouldnt be so bad if we have not seen certain aspects of football implemented in other games. PI worked pretty well in the Sega days wat happened? The animations of 2k. Also damn near every penalty too. More stat catergories. Thats what irks me. I used to chalk up things because i thought it couldnt be done. But alot the stuff we asking for has been done before by EA or another company.

[SA1NT401]

Aside from a few ratings ... The ratings are meaningless.

[Big FN Deal]

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Lol. OS guys sure can scare someone off a game. Im really just in denial about Madden. I know its not worth my money. But I just cant leave Madden. I love the competition against others. EA knows they will do their numbers. So they could careless about making ratings matter. Millions still will buy with or without penalities. Its sad. It wouldnt be so bad if we have not seen certain aspects of football implemented in other games. PI worked pretty well in the Sega days wat happened? The animations of 2k. Also damn near every penalty too. More stat catergories. Thats what irks me. I used to chalk up things because i thought it couldnt be done. But alot the stuff we asking for has been done before by EA or another company.

This post right here lays it out well, in order to tolerate Madden, one has to accept inferior aspects, that have been done better in the past. That's why you see posts saying "I will avoid the boards" because it makes it easier for some to accept mediocrity.

I would love to be able to turn a blind eye to these things but there is simply no aspect of the game that allows me the distraction. Presentation is disjointed, the career modes are severely lacking, User customization is limited and online ranked is the standard for cheese play, there isn't even a true Coach Mode. The main saving grace of Madden is external, meaning either using your imagination and creativity to enjoy offline Franchise or finding a good group of gamers to enjoy an online Franchise.

Yeah it's time to back away from posting again for awhile because all I'm doing is crying a river about the same ole stuff at this point.

[infemous]

Re: Madden 25 Blog: How WR ratings work in Madden NFL 25

It's pointless to get upset or frustrated about this stuff anymore, Madden is just an inferior sports game that uses ratings to directly determine outcomes, not to determine the varying animations that lead to those outcomes. I don't believe those ratings even work as described in the write up but even if they did, it still wouldn't be based on receivers with different ratings animating any different from each other.

I just don't understand why a receiver with 50 RTE versus a defender in man with 90 MCV doesn't mean that the receiver has less skilled technique/animations for running routes than the defender for man coverage. The lesser rated receiver should have more wasted motion, making it harder for them to get in/out of breaks, whereas the high coverage rated defender has less wasted motion, is able to change direction better, allowing them to blanket the less skilled player. That wouldn't mean that the lesser skilled receiver never gets a step on or fakes out the better defender, it would just mean the defender would have a better chance of recovering quickly when it does. Next-gen Madden doesn't even represent football on that basic level so I hope for M25 on the new consoles they began to talk about they added tons more animations for varying skill sets.

Also it's funny how AWR for receivers didn't get explained, it likely doesn't matter at all. So if that's the case, then what difference is the improved player AI touted for the new consoles going to make if AWR only matters for QBs? How about AWR for receivers determining things like the receiver becoming the defender to break up potential INTs, kicking/pushing fumbles out of bounds so they are not recovered by the defense, adjusting their route when the QB is scrambling/in trouble, reading defenses on option routes, finding holes in zone defenses to "sit down" in, etc?

It would be nice to have a mature NFL football game, with some depth.

This is exactly how the game should animate.

There was a great post not too long ago that basically said ratings should determine a player's ability to reach a certain quality of animation.

Its as simple as that.

There is SOME hope because of the new Run Free thing that basically does as much, but on a very small aspect of the game.
If this is implemented on a wider level, we should see the sort of progression that is owed to us.

You're also so right about AWR for WRs. I've been wanting my WRs to sit in zones for the last 3 years, but alas, they run right into the oncoming defender and drop the pass...