Madden 16 - A Look At Player Ratings 20 Years In

[kwpit79]

I simmed 20 years out. I chose 20 years because I wanted a league of CPU-generated players, to see how both the draft and cpu-progression looked after 20 years. I’m hoping this puts to ease a lot of the concerns regarding the amount of XP given out for games/gameplanning. Because after looking at the distribution, I believe you’ll agree that it looks pretty good for the most part.

Here is the distribution of ratings after 20 years, per position (just listing 80 OVR and greater - I'm sure there are hundreds of 60-79 OVR players). On some of the positions, I included multiple perspectives. What I mean by that is, for example wide receivers, I looked at it under three separate philosophy's to give you a sense of the different types of players available. There’s a lot of overlapp, so for instance, WR A may have a 90+ OVR in both balanced and speed philosophy’s.

QB (POCKET PASSER)
80-84 = 34
85-89 = 13
90-94 = 5
95-99 = 14

RB (BALANCED)
80-84 = 16
85-89 = 16
90-94 = 12
95-99 = 1

WR (BALANCED)
80-84 = 34
85-89 = 27
90-94 = 4
95-99 = 0

WR (RED ZONE THREAT)
80-84 = 45
85-89 = 9
90-94 = 0
95-99 = 0

WR (SPEED)
80-84 = 46
85-89 = 20
90-94 = 4
95-99 = 0

TE
80-84 = 11
85-89 = 9
90-94 = 11
95-99 = 7

Tackle (balanced)
80-84 = 23
85-89 = 36
90-94 = 8
95-99 = 0

Guard (balanced)
80-84 = 3
85-89 = 14
90-94 = 14
95-99 = 14

C (balanced)
80-84 = 12
85-89 = 13
90-94 = 9
95-99 = 0

DE (3-4 SCHEME)
80-84 = 17
85-89 = 5
90-94 = 0
95-99 = 0

DE (4-3 SCHEME)
80-84 = 30
85-89 = 26
90-94 = 5
95-99 = 1

DT (Run Stopper)
80-84 = 24
85-89 = 28
90-94 = 9
95-99 = 3

DT (Pass Rusher)
80-84 = 28
85-89 = 43
90-94 = 12
95-99 = 2

OLB (4-3 BALANCED)
80-84 = 29
85-89 = 8
90-94 = 4
95-99 = 1

OLB (3-4 PASS RUSHER)
80-84 = 10
85-89 = 4
90-94 = 0
95-99 = 0

MLB (RUN STOPPER)
80-84 = 16
85-89 = 11
90-94 = 2
95-99 = 0

MLB (PROTOTYPE)
80-84 = 17
85-89 = 9
90-94 = 5
95-99 = 0

CB (ZONE)
80-84 = 36
85-89 = 18
90-94 = 1
95-99 = 0

CB (MAN TO MAN)
80-84 = 38
85-89 = 15
90-94 = 1
95-99 = 0

FS (BALANCED)
80-84 = 10
85-89 = 13
90-94 = 6
95-99 = 0

SS (BALANCED)
80-84 = 9
85-89 = 14
90-94 = 10
95-99 = 0

K (BALANCED)
80-84 = 12
85-89 = 1
90-94 = 0
95-99 = 0

P (BALANCED)
80-84 = 3
85-89 = 1
90-94 = 0
95-99 = 0

[BleedGreen710]

32 QBs being rated 85 OVR or higher is concerning. and thats just for pocket passers. I dont see any data given for scramblers, were there any ?

[Mike Lowe]

With the way football is evolving and will continue to evolve, I don't see any of this being hard to believe.

[mshelton6]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mike Lowe

With the way football is evolving and will continue to evolve, I don't see any of this being hard to believe.

You would think there would be more WRs rated higher.

[kwpit79]

Quote: Originally Posted by BleedGreen710

32 QBs being rated 85 OVR or higher is concerning. and thats just for pocket passers. I dont see any data given for scramblers, were there any ?

Sorry, didn't get an exact number, but I did see a few stud scramblers.

Speaking of QBs, they definitely need to nerf the number of CPU-generated great QBs. There were just too many. There were so many CPU teams that had, for instance, a 99 OVR at starter and a 91 OVR at backup. It was rare for a team not to have at least one 90+ OVR QB on their roster.

If the devs did that and upped both the WRs and CBs a litte, it would be almost perfect. That and elite 3-4 defenders are apparently either hard to find or develop. If you plan on playing a madden franchise well into the second decade, I'd recommend playing as a 4-3 base defense.