The Madden 2005 thread

[dmt217]

Keyshawn Johnson = 87

[Panther5407]

Wow, does anybody that makes this game even like the Texans? To me, they think we arn't cable of doin anything. Always putting us low on anything, just can't wait till we stun everyone.

[BuffSoldier]

Originally Posted by Fiddy

AJ is an 85 and played in 16 games last year with almost 1000 yards and 4 TDs

Guess what Charles Rogers is rated, remember he played in 5 games and had about 250 yards. 84!!!!!!!!!!! How is that possible?!?!?!?!

The Skins might be the most overrated team but Rogers is the most overrated player. And Roy Williams and Tai Streets are 83s....
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If you look at Madden 2004 rosters youll see that Rogers is rated 84 as a rookie, so was AJ. I guess they decided to keep Rogers the same sense they have nothing else to judge off of.

Oh and I think Carr should be at least an 87 because though he may not have the stats of an elite QB he has the arm strength, accuracy and he even has a little speed. His awareness or injury might be low, that would be the only thing to pull him down.

[dmt217]

Originally Posted by BuffSoldier

If you look at Madden 2004 rosters youll see that Rogers is rated 84 as a rookie, so was AJ. I guess they decided to keep Rogers the same sense they have nothing else to judge off of.

Heh, I bet their gonna lower Joppru, Glenn, & Walker's rating though...

Here's a link to a video of an entire online game...
http://www.madden04.com/files/pafile...ion=file&id=58

Madden Player Ratings: NFC South
http://sports.ign.com/articles/534/534803p1.html

[dmt217]

AFC West
http://sports.ign.com/articles/535/535227p1.html

FIRSTNAME LASTNAME OVERALLRATING SPEED

Robert Gallery 83 59 (ACC 91 , RBK 87 PBK 91)
Rich Gannon 89 64
Jerry Porter 85 91
Jerry Rice 86 85
Warren Sapp 93 67
Ted Washington 91 44
Charles Woodson 93 93

Tony Gonzalez 98 82
Trent Green 91 50
Dante Hall 79 98 (didn't he get chased down by a LB?)
Priest Holmes 98 92
Willie Roaf 95 48
Greg Wesley 91 84
Jerome Woods 90 87

Champ Bailey 99 99
Jason Elam 95 48 (kickers/punters are still too slow in this game)
John Lynch 91 81
Tom Nalen 94 56
Jake Plummer 87 71
Rod Smith WR 88 90
D.J. Williams 81 86
Al Wilson 95 87

Drew Brees 77 55 (THP 84 TH ACC 85)
Donnie Edwards 92 85
Quentin Jammer 86 93
Lorenzo Neal 92 55
LaDainian Tomlinson 98 95 (87 CTH)
Philip Rivers 79 52 (THP 86 TH ACC 93)

[Fiddy]

Originally Posted by dmt217

Tony Gonzalez 98 82

I am in trouble because TEs kill me, and it doesnt matter if the guy has a rating of a 50 or 99, I cant stop them.

[dmt217]

/\ double teaming a player should be more effective this year. I like to jam them at the line, then control one of my ILB's and double up.

Here's an excel spreadsheat that's much more convenient than flipping through each web page per team...

From: ShhDaGreggSpeaks
Nothing new here but I put all of the NFL ratings IGN has released in a neat Excel format. There's a spreadsheet for each team and one spreadsheet for the entire NFL. You can sort them by all of the categories (overall, speed, break tackles) for easy comparison instead of opening each individual team page. You can view it online in the link below. It may not be much help to some but I'm a statistics buff and love comparing things so it's money for me.

http://members.cox.net/gtabot/madden.xls

By the way I'll update the spreadsheet as more teams are released by IGN. I know theres gonna be another four today so I'll get that when it happens. Check it out guys.

[dmt217]

AFC West: http://sports.ign.com/articles/535/535514p1.html

First Last GRP POS NUM OVR SPD
Jason Taylor DL RE 99 98 82
Patrick Surtain DB CB 23 96 93
Zach Thomas LB MLB 54 94 72
Ricky Williams RB HB 34 94 91
Olindo Mare P/K K 10 93 48
Sam Madison DB CB 29 92 92
Adewale Ogunleye DL LE 93 91 80
Sammy Knight DB SS 24 89 80
Randy McMichaelRB TE 81 89 82
Junior Seau LB ROLB 55 89 74
Tim Bowens DL DT 95 88 52
David Boston WR WR 80 87 93
Chris ChambersWR WR 84 87 94


First Last GRP POS NUM OVR SPD
Ty Law DB CB 24 98 95
Rodney Harrison DB SS 37 97 82
Richard Seymour DL RE 93 96 69
Adam Vinatieri P/K K 4 96 49
Tom Brady QB QB 12 95 57
Willie McGinest LB LOLB 55 90 77
Tedy Bruschi LB MLB 54 89 73
Corey Dillon RB HB 28 89 90
Matt Light OL LT 72 89 57
Josh Miller P/K P 8 89 43
Rosevelt Colvin LB LOLB 59 87 80
Roman Phifer LB MLB 95 87 77
Keith Traylor DL DT 98 87 48
Mike Vrabel LB ROLB 50 87 70
Joseph Andruzzi OL RG 63 86 52
Troy Brown WR WR 80 86 90

First Last GRP POS NUM OVR SPD
Kevin Mawae OL C 68 97 57
John Abraham DL RE 94 93 78
Shaun Ellis DL LE 92 91 70
Chad PenningtonQB QB 10 90 55 THP86 THA96
Jason Fabini OL LT 69 89 49
Sam Cowart LB MLB 56 88 72
Curtis Martin RB HB 28 88 87
Santana Moss WR WR 83 88 97
Donnie Abraham DB CB 29 87 87
Jonathan Vilma LB MLB 53 81 84

First Last GRP POS NUM OVR SPD
Lawyer Milloy DB SS 36 96 85
Takeo Spikes LB ROLB 51 96 82
Brian Moorman P/K P 8 94 51
London Fletcher LB MLB 59 93 78
Eric Moulds WR WR 80 92 93
Troy Vincent DB CB 23 92 88
Pat Williams DL DT 93 92 57
Nate Clements DB CB 22 90 92
Travis Henry RB HB 20 90 90
Sam Adams DL DT 95 89 50
Drew Bledsoe QB QB 11 87 45
Jeff Posey LB LOLB 96 87 78
Mike Williams OL RT 68 87 54
Aaron Schobel DL RE 94 86 74
Willis McGahee RB HB 21 80 91

[dmt217]

Breaking News from ign.com

http://sports.ign.com/articles/536/5...html?fromint=1

EA Sports announces online leagues for Madden.

And the good news is, I know a lot of gamers are concerned about having to pay for features, but this year, they're free. They're being paid by Dodge. So you'll be able to sign up, drop in your credit card number as another way to verify your identity, put in your name and register, and there's no cost to the user this year. We've gone out and signed a deal with Dodge where they're going to be providing everyone's subscription free of charge."

"The best analogy to this is the eBay Power Sellers. What we find is, right now, the EA Sports Nation is largely anonymous. Anyone can register a bogus e-mail address. We have guys with 500 personas on there. As a result, if you're losing and you pull the plug, and your DNF rating goes up, you just switch to another persona and it's no big deal. What we found is that the more we can get people to build up a single account, something that's backed by a validated e-mail address and backed by a validated credit card, the more seriously they're going to take the games being played on that account. That's the general concept.

[RTP2110]

IGN.com AFC South

http://sports.ign.com/articles/536/536332p1.html

[Fiddy]

We are pretty good on Defense
Payne - 87!!!!!
Walker and Coleman - 90
Glenn and Sharper - 94
Foreman - 86
Smith and Wong - 85 (I thought that Smith was going to be higher then Payne and maybe Walker)
D-Rob - 81
Peek and McCree - 77 (Peek has 80 speed!!!!)
Babin and Brown - 74

Steve McKinney is a 89 but Wiegert is only an 84 and Wade is only an 86. Wiegert and Wade should be higher then McKinney IMO....

Bradford and Gaff are both 80s

Glenn and D-Rob are both faster then AJ???

DD has 91 speed and Hollings 90.

[scourge]

I noticed that they say DD is faster than Hollings...

[scourge]

Just noticed also that V. Duff, S. Thomas, and J. Lord didnt make the cut as well as a few others... like Anderson, Symons, and Orr

but its not like all the guys i mentioned are gonna actually make the team anyhow.

[BuffSoldier]

This is how the home team will look on the new Madden when it comes out.


2005 Texans



Oh and I just wanted to mention that the top two rookies in the game are Miamis Sean Taylor and Kellen Winslow, both are rated 85.

[BuffSoldier]

I think they underrated Chester Pitts, only 75

[Fiddy]

Originally Posted by ThirdEyeBC32

Cool! I heard that the game will be available Aug 9, for those who pre-ordered!

Where did you hear that???


And I too think Pitts is underrated....

[texasguy346]

I pre ordered it online at Gamestop.com, and it is scheduled to ship August 8th. Overnight shipping was free, and it should arrive the 9th of August.

[El Tejano]

I think they underrated Carr's speed. I guess you can't give everybody speed especially if they aren't supposed to be running.

[dmt217]

It looks like our rookies are also underrated...

http://www.nfl.com/draft/drafttracker/round/round1

DeAngelo Hall - 37-inch vertical jump, - 90 jmp
Dunta Robinson - 36-inch vertical jump - 85 jmp
Larry Fitzgerald - 35½-inch vertical jump - 94 jmp

Terrel Suggs - 4.8 40 yard dash - 85 spd
Ernest Wilford - 4.43 in the 40-yard dash (indoor track) and 4.63 in the 40-yard dash (outdoors) - 85 spd
Jason Babin - 4.69 in the 40-yard dash - 76 spd

[Panther5407]

Originally Posted by dmt217

It looks like our rookies are also underrated...

http://www.nfl.com/draft/drafttracker/round/round1

DeAngelo Hall - 37-inch vertical jump, - 90 jmp
Dunta Robinson - 36-inch vertical jump - 85 jmp
Larry Fitzgerald - 35½-inch vertical jump - 94 jmp

Terrel Suggs - 4.8 40 yard dash - 85 spd
Ernest Wilford - 4.43 in the 40-yard dash (indoor track) and 4.63 in the 40-yard dash (outdoors) - 85 spd
Jason Babin - 4.69 in the 40-yard dash - 76 spd

I've said it before and I'll say it again, people who make madden dont like the texans for some reason. To bad were are gonna suprise them all.