Madden NFL 12 Player Ratings - Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers

[jyoung]

Raiders still looks good to my eyes.

Their two best receivers have 98 and 97 speed, respectively.

Even without Nnamdi, Seymour is a beast in the middle, and the rest of their defense is lightning fast.

Raiders will always be a great Madden team no matter how terrible they are in real life because of how overrated speed is in Madden.

[TheBrothers24]

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He is the best "receiving" TE in the game yes, is the best at run blocking, downfield distruption? NO!

I expect my 99 TE to be the best at everything.

How is he the best "receiving" TE in the game but not a down field disruption? Do you think he only catches slants and out routes? Or that he is only used in the red zone?

Also curious to see what "blocking" TE you view as a better "overall" TE than Gates?

[menglish20]

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Well the way Madden (11 at least) calculates TE OVR relies heavily on the blocking attributes. So they boost Gates' ratings to give him that 99. If they fairly rated his blocking he would drop significantly in OVR (which would make the babies cry), even though he would still be dominant as a receiver. Again, it's just an OVR calculation issue. Fix that (or realize how stupid OVR is) = no more OVR debates.

EDIT: Oh and Witten is the best tight end overall.

[damien6663]

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again this year they are vastly overating many players....campbell should not be an 81, and a scat back like sproles at 79? YUCK!

[abjsuperstar]

wont be afraid to play the raiders this year with my vikings =P

[brettmickey]

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I'm gonna have to run a lot of zone defense against the Raiders offense because there's no way my DBs will be able to stay with them in man coverage.

[Bolt4Life24]

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I don't understand players like Malcolm Floyd's rating in Madden. Here is a guy that from what I have seen and Chargers fans correct me if I am wrong, but from what I have seen he does most of his work from intermediate to deep and has the speed to get behind a defense as well as go up for the football at high points. He looks very slow with 82acel and 89 speed. He is slower than a lot of fullbacks. We can look at Jacob Hester on that same roster. He has 83 speed and 87 acceleration. Technically him and Floyd are about the same speed.

Floyd does not have have amazing speed. He is much like VJ in that he goes up for the ball and runs good routes. He uses his body to his advantage.

In my opinion

[Bolt4Life24]

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Bolts are going to get worked over in Madden with people who don't know how to use them right. Their speeds are horrible.

[mestevo]

Re: Madden NFL 12 Player Ratings - Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers

I can see a lot of Raider fans starting their franchise before the roster update is applied.

[Jewelz0376]

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again this year they are vastly overating many players....campbell should not be an 81, and a scat back like sproles at 79? YUCK!

Campbell may be an 81 ovr..but I bet he's probably around the 20-25th best starting qb in terms of overall....which is about right..

[Outkizast]

I can see a lot of Raider fans starting their franchise before the roster update is applied.

Hmm... that's a good idea!!

But on a serious note, I am a die-hard Raiders fan and cannot believe they gave Routt an 85. That's about 10 points higher than he should be IMO.

[ANDROMADA 1]

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Hmm... that's a good idea!!

But on a serious note, I am a die-hard Raiders fan and cannot believe they gave Routt an 85. That's about 10 points higher than he should be IMO.

Not really. Routt had a fantastic season. I remember a few stats on him. I think I read where he had better numbers than Revis. Thus the big contract and letting nnamdi walk.

[LBzrule]

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Floyd does not have have amazing speed. He is much like VJ in that he goes up for the ball and runs good routes. He uses his body to his advantage.

In my opinion

Thanks for the correction. Unfortunately those attributes don't matter in Madden too much because it'll be overpowered. So they just take that control away from you.

[WDOgF0reL1fe]

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Jammer an 89.
Sickkkkk

[raidersdrive101]

Routt as an 85 OVR was surprising, but only 2 other players increased in OVR from madden 11, EVERYONE else decreased! WHAT THE HELL?!