I would definitely welcome any feedback that people have regarding ratings but want to clarify a few things.
1- I am interested in game play playing key moments or watching the full game as CPU vs CPU not as concerned with how my ratings simulate. This is way too much work for me not to play or watch the games.
2- because of above I intend to play or watch most of these on play now, although I could see a 32 team controlled CFM being possible as well
3- here are not really stats to match. Meaning sure I could see what Bernie Kosar threw for in 1986, but those stats would not equal what he will throw against other great teams. In other words there are no games against bottom feeder teams to boost your stats against. I don't really know how many yards Barry Sanders should get if you replace his opponents as the 91 bears with the much better defense of the 85 Bears etc...
4- obviously anyone can use these rosters for whatever they like change ratings to work better for simming vs playing or watching or whatever. I just want to let everyone know where I am coming from. I want to see how good the 2000 Ravens team is when every week they are playing at least a pro bowl Calibur if not hall of fame caliber QB and RB. Ditto for Dan Marino against sick defenses almost every week, etc...
These ratings will certainly be adjusted slightly the more they are play tested. I mean if people feel Dan Marino and Bobby Hebert are equally hard to play against I will need to make adjustments. Hopefully these will be a good start though.