Madden 11 Player Potentials Realized - ROOKIES

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  • ink
    Rookie
    • Aug 2010
    • 22

    #1

    Madden 11 Player Potentials Realized - ROOKIES

    I'm not sure if this has been brought up before, so forgive me if it has. I realized after the draft in my first franchise that there is a system for Potential that your player can attain and it's quite out in the open for all to see.

    If you go to Player Management and then select ALL with the Left Trigger, then go to potential and sort, you will see a bunch of ?? in the Potential category, but it IS sorted for you by Potential. Once you do it, you'll see the elite players all on top, in the same order every time. Go down the list and notice how evenly the numbers drop for the player ratings. AP is up there along with other 99s and 98s. But interesting enough, Rookies are also sorted on the list. I had a Rookie WR that is the first on the list, above AP, meaning he has the Highest Potential of all players, which is really what that list is sorting out.

    You might have some A potential players on your squad, but that doesn't mean he will reach 99. This is a way to see how the A potential people are ranked, and you WILL see the new Rookie class sporadically sprinkled through out. The way to tell what a Rookie potentially might become is to see what veteran players are around him, ideally using a player that is at his Peak to see how high of a 90's rating that player will attain. Interesting enough, that WR that had the highest potential was also ranked first in my scouting potential category, although he went in the 4th round. So the scouting Potential is VERY accurate. I was able to draft 3 high 90's potential players in the draft by going off that and they all went in later rounds.
  • Faizon
    Pro
    • Jul 2007
    • 503

    #2
    Re: Madden 11 Player Potentials Realized - ROOKIES

    Yeah I kinda noticed this. Maybe everyone knew this, but I figured not every A potential guy has the some potential. It's really more like 90-99 potential and they just simplify it with a grade.

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    • ink
      Rookie
      • Aug 2010
      • 22

      #3
      Re: Madden 11 Player Potentials Realized - ROOKIES

      Originally posted by Faizon
      Yeah I kinda noticed this. Maybe everyone knew this, but I figured not every A potential guy has the some potential. It's really more like 90-99 potential and they just simplify it with a grade.
      Totally, I just find it interesting that this is pre-determined for the players total career. Truly the best players are even seperated from each other in A rating category. The super elite players would be 96-99. The greats are 90-95. Or something to that effect.

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      • NYJFan81
        Rookie
        • Aug 2010
        • 79

        #4
        Re: Madden 11 Player Potentials Realized - ROOKIES

        Wow this is fascinating and extremely disappointing. I cant believe EA would allow you to see if you A potential is an all time great.

        Is there a way to determine if they will end up in the 95-99 range? I thought players progressions start to level off at year 3 or 4? There is a player who is a rookie but is only a 72 and he is third on ROLB list sorted by potential. If it truely does level off after 3-4 years there is no way he can make it to 95.

        Isnt the highest you can improve 7 ?
        Last edited by NYJFan81; 08-25-2010, 02:20 PM.

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        • pointNumberOne
          Rookie
          • Oct 2009
          • 85

          #5
          Re: Madden 11 Player Potentials Realized - ROOKIES

          I wish we could NOT see the Potential rating for *any* players especially those not on our team.

          Figure it out by playing your young guys... you know, like how they do it for real

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          • ink
            Rookie
            • Aug 2010
            • 22

            #6
            Re: Madden 11 Player Potentials Realized - ROOKIES

            Originally posted by NYJFan81
            Wow this is fascinating and extremely disappointing. I cant believe EA would allow you to see if you A potential is an all time great.

            Is there a way to determine if they will end up in the 95-99 range? I thought players progressions start to level off at year 3 or 4? There is a player who is a rookie but is only a 72 and he is third on ROLB list sorted by potential. If it truely does level off after 3-4 years there is no way he can make it to 95.

            Isnt the highest you can improve 7 ?

            I'm not sure if 7 is the highest you can improve. I did notice some rookies come in with a rating of 82 and 83, specifically 2 CBs, 1 RT and one LG. The WR in my game comes in at 78 rtg, but tops the whole NFL in potential. I imagine that means his ceiling is unlimited and he will reach a 99.

            I think I will do some more investigation by simming multiple seasons tonight and see if they truly can reach their potential rating.

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            • NYJFan81
              Rookie
              • Aug 2010
              • 79

              #7
              Re: Madden 11 Player Potentials Realized - ROOKIES

              Originally posted by ink
              I'm not sure if 7 is the highest you can improve. I did notice some rookies come in with a rating of 82 and 83, specifically 2 CBs, 1 RT and one LG. The WR in my game comes in at 78 rtg, but tops the whole NFL in potential. I imagine that means his ceiling is unlimited and he will reach a 99.

              I think I will do some more investigation by simming multiple seasons tonight and see if they truly can reach their potential rating.

              A little more insight into this would be benefitial. I wonder if he can reach 99 from a 78 start. It would be something if he does might officially break me on this game.

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              • sniperhare
                MVP
                • Dec 2009
                • 1145

                #8
                Re: Madden 11 Player Potentials Realized - ROOKIES

                Originally posted by pointNumberOne
                I wish we could NOT see the Potential rating for *any* players especially those not on our team.

                Figure it out by playing your young guys... you know, like how they do it for real
                Exactly, I don't really want to see OVR ratings either.

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                • NYKUNLV
                  Rookie
                  • Apr 2004
                  • 24

                  #9
                  I'm not sure this is entirely accurate. I did the potential sort with all players in the NFL, and then my own team. The player on the top of the "All" sort was different than my own team sort. The two players were both A's...

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                  • ink
                    Rookie
                    • Aug 2010
                    • 22

                    #10
                    Re: Madden 11 Player Potentials Realized - ROOKIES

                    Yeah, unfortunately OVR is part of it.

                    Interesting results though for our potential all-time great rookies.

                    Rookie WR

                    Rookie Year: 78
                    2nd Year: 81
                    3rd Year: 86
                    4th Year: 89 * injured most of the year
                    5th Year: 86 * missing any stats from this year (madden error?)
                    6th Year: 88
                    7th Year: 82
                    8th Year: 85
                    9th Year: 88
                    10th Year: 81
                    11th Year: 75
                    12th Year: 69
                    Retired

                    Interestingly enough, this player stayed very consistent stat-wise in the 3 year decline from 81 to 69. About 48 rec, 700 yds and 5 TD in each of those years.

                    Both CBs I mentioned were 95 by the start of year 4. One made it to 97 by year 7. I did watch as another WR (WR#2) came in after a year as #2 on the potential list and was a 94 in the same year as the WR I was originally tracking was 89.

                    WR#2 was 94, 95, then 96 and the highest rated non-real player by the start of his 5th season. He was 97 after 6 seasons.

                    WR#1 was still on JAX and ended up with 2015 missing from his stats, wierd. He flipped flopped from there on.

                    One thing I noticed was that there was only one player (Brees) rated 99 by franchise year 9. The previous 3 years, there were only 3 players rated at 99. By year 10, zero. Mind you, there are (6) 99s and (8) 98s after my first franchise season.

                    Things I've seen of note:

                    I did see a RB attain 91 after one season.
                    I saw a Kicker attain 96 after two seasons.
                    I've seen rookies come in with ratings between 85-89.
                    Only one player attained a 98, and it was a RT after his 5th season.
                    Highest player (and only one) rated at 98 in the NFL after 10 seasons.
                    There were many (9) 97s and (16) 96s by the 11th season. Only one was a real NFL player (Patrick Willis), still killin it at 97 OVR in his 15th season, then retired.
                    I did make it to the Super Bowl at year 10 with a 9-7 record (lol).
                    Not until the 13th Franchise year did another player attain 98. It was a second year player at FB.
                    Saw someone named Tremendous Johnson. Awesome.

                    After all this, I think there are multiple things that attribute to player potentials. Mainly, I think coming in with a high rating in the first place is essential. Playing time seemed to be involved as well. Also, there might be some dice rolls thrown in. I would sim all this again to see and might in the future, but it's been a few hours now so I'll leave that for later. If anyone else is interested in this topic and wants to do some sim research, post your info!
                    Last edited by ink; 08-25-2010, 07:37 PM.

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                    • NYJFan81
                      Rookie
                      • Aug 2010
                      • 79

                      #11
                      Re: Madden 11 Player Potentials Realized - ROOKIES

                      The information you gave was great thanks. I will do a little research of my own over the next few and post it when i am done.

                      Glad to see that even though a rookie has the highest potential in the league it doesnt mean he automatically get to 99.

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                      • WoodburyRaider
                        Rookie
                        • Sep 2010
                        • 18

                        #12
                        Re: Madden 11 Player Potentials Realized - ROOKIES

                        my rookie HB came in to the nfl at a 87 overall, and after a season of 1400+ yards 12 touchdowns, 250+ yards and 3 recieving touchdowns, he became a 92 the next season.

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                        • Th3Rush22
                          Rookie
                          • Sep 2010
                          • 157

                          #13
                          Re: Madden 11 Player Potentials Realized - ROOKIES

                          Iv seen a qb come in at 87 and top at 98 in 3rd year
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