Madden NFL 12 Player Ratings - Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions

[JHolsinger]

Suh, Levy, Delmas underrated and Best overrated imo. Lions are going to be so much fun this year, can't wait.

[JaySmooov]

BEARS:

Overrated

• MAYBE Matt Forte, but only slightly - Not really sure about how fast he is, but for the most part I think he's spot-on. Madden recognized that he doesn't really excel in one thing, he's just good at everything. Again, the speed MAY be a tad bit too high but in the demo on SLOW he felt right.
• RB Chester Taylor - no way he's elusive at ALL. From what I saw, when he ran the ball it was routinely 2 yards and a cloud of dust. Elusiveness needs to go DOWN, as well as BCV.
• The entire OL - If you remember last year's game against the Giants, they allowed 9 sacks by HALFTIME. If you saw the first preseason game, you'd know the line was in mid-season form. The best player on that line may be Gabe Carimi. Chris Williams is a bust, no wonder why he slid down teams' boards on draft day. Kreutz has been our best lineman for years but he's gone. Garza is a decent backup on most teams. Omiyale, J'Marcus Webb and Lance Louis are waiver wire and practice squad afterthoughts. I don't understand why they're even starting. No player on this line should be above 80, not even Kreutz.
• Bears' WRs. Knox is legit, but Hester isn't THAT good. I'd say a slight ratings bump down. Also for Bennett as well in terms of ACC and maybe speed.

Also another note - Madden always switches around the Bears safeties. Every strrong safety on the roster is a FS, and every FS with the exception of Chris Conte and maybe Major Wright is a SS. I never understood this.

One more, Jay Cutler's toughness is too low. I'd say around 85-95 is warranted; He's been sacked 87 times in the last two years, 9 times in ONE game (by halftime), and he's only missed ONE game: The game after which he got sacked 9 times. And yeah, he got hurt in the NFC Championship game, he had torn ligaments, so what. 75% or regular people can't even walk on a sprained ankle. People fry him for coming out, they forget he came in for a series or two with the injury before the coaches MADE him come out.

Cutler only 72 toughness? Bears O-Line getting shown unnecessary love? Safeties STILL at wrong positions?

[Raw Energy]

how is calvin johnson awarness an 81 and nate burelson is and 79 seriously. they need to bump that by at least 5 points.
the suh awarness should be at least 80 williams and avril awareness could be bumped up by 3 more points

[xpmar9x]

Quote: Originally Posted by xJayman3

Greg Olsen is an 86 but Brandon Pettigrew is a 81??? What a joke EA.

Pet: 71 catches, 722 yards, 4 TDs
Olsen: 41 catches, 404 yards, 5 TDs


fiddle me that one EA.

[DeuceDouglas]

Quote: Originally Posted by feeq14

Looking at this as a hardcore bears fan makes me happy to see us getting some respect. But it also reminds me just how lucky/well coached we were last year because these ratings are a bit inflated. Chris Harris, Anthony Adamns, Tim Jennings all need a bit of a downgrade. Crhis Williams... 84 HAHAHAHAHA! Major Wright and Melton will definitely need bumps though, they are both gonna be starters and will be much improved after the first update. Thankfully with team editing i will be going through the whole game getting my ratings where i want. Lastly... with guys like Jake Locker getting 80+ speed, how the heck does Cutler only have 71? His possibly the best pure Athlete at QB outside of Vick, Young, Newton and afew others, and guys like Locker have never been big time run guys as far as i know. Scrambling sure and that deserves no more than a 75 which is where Locker, Rodgers, Cutler and the like belong. But 83... thats outrageous.

Haha you serious dude? Locker ran for nearly 1000 yards @ UW his freshmen year before getting hurt as a sophomore and then moving to a pro-style offense when Sark came in. I would say Cutler is about right at 71 and if he was more athletic he would be able to get away from all those sacks. lol

[Xotros]

Quote: Originally Posted by xpmar9x

Pet: 71 catches, 722 yards, 4 TDs Olsen: 41 catches, 404 yards, 5 TDs fiddle me that one EA.

Olsen is more well known, thus has higher ratings. This is how things are done apparently. See: Danny Woodhead.

[Ramminyou]

Quote: Originally Posted by infemous

Jahvid Best is an 80 OVR??? LMAO Also, any Rams fans here? You also dying of laughter and crying at the same time seeing Tye Hill get 76 Man Coverage rating? hahaha

I honestly forgot he even existed.

[Drix10]

Quote: Originally Posted by xpmar9x

Pet: 71 catches, 722 yards, 4 TDs Olsen: 41 catches, 404 yards, 5 TDs fiddle me that one EA.

It's not always about production. You'd like it to be, but in this case it's more about the physical skills Olsen possess. He has Wide Receiver skills, so when that translates to a TE in the receiving department, it makes him higher overall. Plus in Mike Martz's system, WR's get more plays called for them, so the fact Olsen only had X number of catches and Pet had Y didn't matter in the mind of the Madden rating czar. Pettigrew is a better Tight End, but Olsen is faster and more of a playmaker and we know how important that is to Madden ratings.