Madden 12 Scouting

[Baj32279]

This will be a very long post, but worth it for getting the most out of the scouting process. Here is a list of positions and attributes unlocked in each stage of the "Scouting" process:

Updated LB scouting process.

1st Stage (Regular Season Scouting):
-QB: TRK, ELU, BCV, SFA, SPM, JKM, CTH, RTE, CIT SPC, RLS, JMP, PAC, TAK, POW, PMV, FMV, BSH, PUR, PRC, MCV, ZCV, PRS, PBK, RBK, IBL, RBS, RBF, PBS, PBF, KPW, KAC, RET, STA

-HB: SFA, SPM, JKM, CIT, SPC, THP, THA, SAC, MAC, DAC, RUN, PAC, TAK, POW, PMV, FMV, BSH, PUR, PRC, MCV, ZCV, PRS, PBK, RBK, IBL, KPW, KAC

-FB: STR, SFA, SPM, JKM, CTH, RTE, CIT, SPC, THP, THA, SAC, MAC, DAC, RUN, PAC, TAK, POW, PMV, FMC, BSH, PUR, PRC, MCV, ZCV, PRS, KPW, KAC, RET

-WR: SFA, CAR, THP, THA, SAC, MAC, DAC, RUN, PAC, TAK, POW, PMV, FMV, BSH, PUR, PRC, MCV, ZCV, PRS, PBK, RBK, IBL, RBS, RBF, PBS, PBF, KPW, KAC

-TE: SFA, JKM, CAR, THP, THA, SAC, MAC, DAC, RUN, PAC, TAK, POW, PMV, FMV, BSH, PUR, PRC, MCV, ZCV, PRS, KPW, KAC, RET

-OL: TRK, ELU, BCV, SFA, SPM, JKM, CAR, CTH, RTE, CIT, SPC, RLS, THP, THA, SAC, MAC, DAC, RUN, PAC, TAK, POW, PMV, FMV, BSH, PUR, PRC, MCV, ZCV, PRS, PBK, RBK, IBL, KPW, KAC, RET

-DE/DT: TRK, ELU, BCV, SFA, SPM, JKM, CAR, CTH, RTE, CIT, SPC, RLS, THP, THA, SAC, MAC, DAC, RUN, PAC, POW (DE ONLY!), PUR (DT ONLY!), MCV, ZCV, PRS, PBK, RBK, IBL, RBS, RBF, PBS, PBF, KPW, KAC, RET

-LB: TRK, ELU, BCV, SFA, SPM, JKM, CAR, RTE, SPC, RLS, THP, THA, SAC, MAC, DAC, RUN, PAC, POW, PRS, PBK, RBK, IBL, RBS, RBF, PBS, PBF, KPW, KAC, RET

-DB: STR, TRK, ELU, BCV, SFA, SPM, JKM, CAR, RTE, CIT, SPC, RLS, THP, THA, SAC, MAC, DAC, RUN, PAC, TAK, POW (FS, SS ONLY!), PMV, FMV, PBK, RBK, IBL, RBS, RBF, PBS, PBF, KPW, KAC

-K/P: AWR, TRK, ELU, BCV, SFA, SPM, JKM, CAR, CTH, RTE, CIT, SPC, RLS, THP, THA, SAC, MAC, DAC, RUN, PAC, TAK, POW, PMV, FMV, BSH, PUR, PRC, MCV, ZCV, PRS, PBK, RBK, IBL, RBS, RBF, PBS, PBF, RET

Only Scout in Regular Season: OL
Scout w/Further Scouting Needed: HB, DB
Do Not Scout: QB, FB, WR, TE, DE, DT, LB, K, P

2nd Stage (Combine Scouting):
-HB: SPD, STR, AGI, ACC, RLS, JMP, RBS, RBF, PBS, PBF, INJ

-FB: SPD, STR, AGI, ACC, RLS, JMP, INJ

-All Other Positions: SPD, STR, AGI, ACC, JMP, INJ

Only Scout in Combine/Finish Scouting: HB, WR, LB
If Needed/To Gather Information: QB, TE, DE, DT, DB
Do Not Scout: FB, OL, K, P

3rd Stage (Pro Days):
-QB: CAR, CTH, RTE, RLS, THP, THA, SAC, MAC, RUN, PMV, FMV, BSH, MCV, ZCV, RBS, RBF, PBS, PBF, KPW

-HB: CTH, RTE, RET

-FB: ELU, CAR, PBK, RBK, PBS, PBF, STA

-WR: BCV, RLS, STA

-TE: BCV, RLS, PBK, RBK, PBS, PBF, STA

-OL: PBK, RBK, STA

-DE: PUR

-DT: POW

-LB: CTH, CIT, PMV, FMV, BSH, MCV, ZCV, STA

-CB: CTH, POW, BSH, STA

-FS/SS: CTH, CIT, POW, BSH, PRS, STA

-K/P: KAC, STA

Only Scout in Pro Days/Finish Scouting: QB, FB, TE, DE, DT, LB, DB
Do Not Scout: HB, WR, OL, K, P

4th Stage (Individual Workouts):

Scouting Needed to Receive Accurate Ratings: HB, WR, LB, DB
Do Not Scout: QB, FB, TE, OL, DE, DT
If You Absolutely Need One: K, P

I hope this long post will be helpful to most of you.

[Broncos86]

Wow, kudos to you, my fellow Coloradoan.

[Baj32279]

Anytime and feel free to rate this so others can see it. Eventually it'll get lost in all the updated posts if we don't keep it going.

[feeq14]

wow thanks. I was just gettting ready to spark a new franchise in the hopes of figuring out how to make the game fun again without having the broken scouting

[Armor and Sword]

Great guide. Well done!

[chickenhed]

Excellent post. Thank you for this.

[Legionnaire]

Not sure if this is an okay place to ask my scouting/draft questions, but I really didn't want to venture into scouting/draft threads where I thought they might be providing spoilers for how the specific players in generated drafts end up.

Anyway, I'm at Week 17 of the season, so I've done all the regular season scouting they'll allow me. I'd like to put together a rough "draft board," to figure who my targets should be round-by-round, and to help me choose who to throw more resources at by scouting them more closely.

But I'm so in-the-dark about how scouting/drafting goes, I'm afraid of making bad assumptions as I proceed.

So here's my questions...

1. At this point in the scouting process, is the "ovr?" rating to be trusted at all? I mean, do I need to be ignoring guys with awful "ovr?" ratings, and bumping guys higher on my list if they've got a high number? Or is this number worthless even as an general indicator?

2. If the "ovr?" rating is a reasonable barometer of how good guys are, then going by my scouting so far, a guy's projected round doesn't mean much because there are great players projected to go late and there are huge turdburgers projected to go in the 1st round. Correct? So, do the computer-controlled teams tend to stick roughly to the "projected round" designation, or do they skip that mess and just draft based on who their scouts say is best. I mean, if scouts say a projected 7th rounder is secretly an elite monster player, how does the CPU's draft logic work there? Would CPU teams who scouted him (and presumably know what I know about how good he really is) just try to pick him a round or two earlier than his projected round... or would they go crazy by throwing their 1st round pick at the guy just because their scouting says that's how good he is, Projected Round be damned?

[PacMan3000]

Curious about this too, so I'm bumping to the top.