2012 NFL Draft CAPS

[juand]

There are a good 5-6 Rookie CAPS Threads scattered around these Forums but none of them seem to be ongoing. Here I am going to make CAPs on the top players entered in the NFL Draft. I will take some requests and appreciate feedback on my CAPs. I will just post ratings. If you are interested in a players traits, equipment, or info. Ask and I will post them.

[juand]

Andrew Luck



Overall: 85
Type: Scrambling

Strength 67
Agility 75
Speed 79
Acceleration 81
Awareness 69
Carrying 54
Throw Power 90
Jumping 51
Trucking 60
Elusiveness 64
BC Vision 66
Stiff Arm 51
Spin Move 53
Juke Move 55
Short Throw Accuracy 89
Medium Throw Accuracy 86
Deep Throw Accuracy 83
Throw on the Run 71
Play Action 74
Injury 90
Stamina 91
Toughness 87


Notes: I tried to make him a "Balanced QB" instead of a scrambler, but since that trait depends on the speed rating, I wasn't going to sacrifice his speed in order to make him "Balanced"

[juand]

Robert Griffin III



Overall: 84
Type: Scrambling


Ratings
Strength 61
Agility 89
Speed 91
Acceleration 93
Awareness 61
Carrying 76
Throw Power 95
Tackling
Jumping 61
Kick/Punt Return
Trucking 57
Elusiveness 96
BC Vision 81
Stiff Arm 79
Spin Move 81
Juke Move 78
Short Throw Accuracy 82
Medium Throw Accuracy 81
Deep Throw Accuracy 86
Throw on the Run 82
Play Action 76
Injury 84
Stamina 94
Toughness 86

[juand]

Justin Blackmon




Tendency: Balanced
Overall Rating: 81
Strength 78
Agility 88
Speed 90
Acceleration 89
Awareness 64
Catching 85
Carrying 64
Throw Power
Tackling
Pass Blocking
Run Blocking
Jumping 81
Kick/Punt Return 75
Trucking 60
Elusiveness 73
BC Vision 72
Stiff Arm 78
Spin Move 72
Juke Move 73
Impact Blocking 40
Run Block Strength 39
Run Block Footwork 42
Pass Block Strength
Pass Block Footwork
Power Move
Finesse Moves
Block Shedding
Pursuit
Play Recognition
Man Coverage
Zone Converage
Spectacular Catch 80
Catch in Traffic 82
Route Running 88
Hit Power
Press
Release 85
Short Throw Accuracy
Medium Throw Accuracy
Deep Throw Accuracy
Throw on the Run
Play Action
Injury 87
Stamina 89
Toughness 91

[funnyfiggy]

RG3 is going to have the same problem Vick has. He is easily injured at 6'2", and he runs out of the pocket where he will get decked. His injury rating needs to be a little bit lower so that he isn't overpowered.

[Pandetta]

Honestly the Luck physical ratings seem off - one example his speed is just too low. This is a guy that is clearly and significantly faster than Aaron Rodgers (and almost the same speed as Cam). Don't give him a 76 speed. Cam is 85 and Rodgers is 79 - Luck is probably somewhere in the middle.

You can also simply look at the two guys (Luck and RGII) and see that Luck has the bigger and more solid frame - giving RGIII more strength seems odd and unlikely.

Luck's physical ratings really should only be slightly lower than RGIII's - there is a reason Luck got so much hype and the combine showed that.

RGIII and Luck are also two of the most hyped rookies in history (the most?) and EA has already all but said 84/85 will be too low for them but that is another issue. OVR doesn't really matter too much, but you might as well gauge it like EA said they will.

These are just a few nitpicks, but they are significant if you want to be as accurate as possible imho.

[Dianwei32]

These ratings are too high for someone who has never played a down in the NFL. I suggest you look in the topic about overrating rookies and read that article. Great stuff, they look at the top 2 picks from the last 10 years and how they did as rookies.

While I think that all 3 guys you have so far will have great careers and be great players for teams to build around, it probably won't happen from day 1.

[XNowOrNever85X]

Imo the highest rated rookie should be 80. And few should be at "80".. maybe only one player.. Like Luck I would rate 80, and RG3 around 77..78.. after the top 5 I think the tier of top rated players should go down. Around 75 overall and lower after top 10. A starter in the NFL should be around 70-75 overall in madden, and this is my own opinion. After the first round I think players could start going in the 60s unless someone of course falls and the we think they should be rated higher..

imo Luck:80 RG3:77 somewhere around there.. blackman could be 79. I just think the madden devolepers should think about putting a rookie "cap" for player rattings. It would be A OK if they put it at 80 and I would be happier if they lowered it.. we'll just have to see haha.