EA Sports Predicts the Upcoming NFL Season Using Madden NFL 10 (Press Release)

[RaiderKtulu]

Quote: Originally Posted by steveo

haha wow, the engine had Brady throwing for 47 TDs? Funny how funky that engine must be for that and for having the Saints get to the SB. I like how the engine seems to have some insane Patriots bias programmed in because even based on ratings they do better than they should according to this simulated season. The sad thing of course is that real life people actually think the Pats will somehow dominate this year and Brady will somehow put up stats that aside from one single year he never has and that no other player has done in "back to back" type years. Peyton Manning has the best seasonal averages of any player in history and has been doing it for 11 seasons yet somehow Brady's single season (that wasn't even as good as Manning's best) means he will become a composite of every top QB and be putting up huge numbers. I look forward to the real season where Brady probably goes back to throwing under 30 TDs (because you know, aside form 07 he NEVER HAS thrown for more than 28) and everyone can be shocked by that. People need to clue in that the 07 seasons by him and NE was a fluke and it won't happen again. They had one of the easiest schedules in history and were able to run up the score with it (the amount of stats padding Brady got to do late in 4th qtr blowouts is nuts) and they really should have been 12-4, or maybe 13-3 but got lucky at the end of games. Amazing how after 2004 nobody was expecting Manning to follow up with 45+ TDs yet with Brady somehow it is now expected. Makes no sense at all since again, Manning had history before that of high stats and also the fact that he threw 49 TDs in 15 games (and only 497 passes. Brady needed 580+ for the 50) and set a rating record that I doubt will ever be touched.

Thank you. Anti-Patriotism aside, this is exactly why I hate arguments over Player Progression and stats. So many record setting seasons have been followed by letdowns...yet everyone seems to think that Madden should have players get better if they put up the stats. No. They shouldn't. Heck, if a guy breaks a record, his ratings should go DOWN the next year.

[Exonerated]

Brady could just have easily gotten hurt and played 3 snaps again this year....

Does nobody understand Binomial Probability?

Because thats what maddens simulation engine operates under.

Ratings x chance...

Because the patriots are good, they are more likely to win the superbowl....

[VinnyMac44]

Quote: Originally Posted by Exonerated

Brady could just have easily gotten hurt and played 3 snaps again this year.... Does nobody understand Binomial Probability? Because thats what maddens simulation engine operates under. Ratings x chance... Because the patriots are good, they are more likely to win the superbowl....

this is true.. but each sim'd season is going to be different. I sim'd 4 seasons in franchise mode last night and the Pats didn't appear in a single Super Bowl.

[Netherscourge]

You guys should re-do the SIMMING with the Eagles training camp injuries taken into account.


MLB Stewart Bradley and TE Cornelius Ingram are both OUT for the season with ACL tears.

[servo75]

Eagles 12-4??? They're past their peak. McNabb and Westbrook are getting old and their defense is not as good as it once was. I give them 10-6 at the most.