Madden NFL 12: Best Position Switches

[RaychelSnr]

Think your speedy third-string quarterback in Madden 12 would make a better wide receiver? Have an inkling that your gifted wideout could hack it at tight end? Ever wonder if your slow-footed corner would be better suited as a strong safety?

Most of the time you’d be wrong, but in certain cases position switches in Madden could turn an average schmo into an All-Star Joe. Here are a few players in Madden who benefit the most from lining up at different positions on the virtual gridiron.

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[StL_RamZ]

Reggie bush to WR not sure the rating change...I haven't played madden in months lol

[TheDelta]

Re: Madden NFL 12: Best Position Switches

Wow the Tebow suggestion is terrible... as you've said yourself, his passing skills are adequate, he has the all-important clutch trait and you seriously recommend moving him to HB where he's nothing but a decent power back? Giving up a player with a pretty unique skillset to make him a mediocre player at the position where there's the most supply in the game doesn't really sound like a smart move to me.

There are literally dozens of HBs in the game as good or better as Tebow would be, yet there are only a handful of mobile QBs with really good running skills that can actually throw the ball well enough.

If I really want to run the wildcat, I can easily use the sub packages to get him in there, so that's no reason at all to change his position and lose him as a QB.

[StL_RamZ]

Reggie bush to WR not sure the rating change...I haven't played madden in months lol

80 to a 87

[bigball12]

How do you get Josh Cribbs to QB? Wildcat only right?

[sydrogerdavid]

I'd rather keep Heath Miller and Weslye Sunders as my TEs and have Hines as my slot reciever. Then I have Antonio Brown as my #2 and Mike Wallace as my #1. Thank you Steelers for giving me such awesome receivers!

[jd369]

How do you get Josh Cribbs to QB? Wildcat only right?

if you just want him as your wildcat qb you just formation sub him in. if you want him as your qb all the time then just change his position to qb. if the wildcat only lets you formation sub rb's then change him to an rb, start a game and formation sub him. quit game and change him back to wr and save your franchise. he will be in as your wildcat qb from then on unless you formation sub him out later.

[bigdaddykraven]

How do you get Josh Cribbs to QB? Wildcat only right?

Edit his position to QB...

Of course this doesn't work online.

[ajimithing]

I was using the Bills in an offline franchise a couple years ago and had my top 2 RBs go down with injuries. I moved T.O. to RB and I believe he got a OVR boost. Also, most of the older corners get an OVR boost when you move them to FS.

[Obnoxious]

I don't edit his position or anything but I use Darren Sproles as my slot receiver in Singleback formation subs.

[Obnoxious]

Re: Madden NFL 12: Best Position Switches

I was using the Bills in an offline franchise a couple years ago and had my top 2 RBs go down with injuries. I moved T.O. to RB and I believe he got a OVR boost. Also, most of the older corners get an OVR boost when you move them to FS.

I moved CB Jabari Greer to FS after his speed dropped to 86.

[newefan]

anybody thats been playing madden since the ps2 days should know the olbs most of them at least are better at de

[TheDelta]

Re: Madden NFL 12: Best Position Switches

anybody thats been playing madden since the ps2 days should know the olbs most of them at least are better at de

The thing is that Madden after all these years still doesn't make a difference between 4-3 and 3-4 defenses, so all players are rated by the same standards, meaning an OLB gets high OVR from high pass rush AND high pass coverage skills, and DEs get measured by run stop AND pass rush skills. So most 3-4 OLBs are good pass rushers, but not good at coverage, so moving them to DE simply takes their cover skills out of the equation, making them look better.

In the end, it's putting lipstick on a pig, it doesn't really matter since the OVR of players doesn't matter. If you run a 4-3, I don't care how great a pass rusher Aldon Smith is, his 50ish cover skills make him pretty unusable to me as a LB even if his pass rush skills give him a good OVR rating. At the same time, there are many 4-3 DTs in the game that are great run stoppers with a bit of speed, so they're perfectly suited to be DEs in a 3-4 but the game won't give them a good rating because they aren't great pass rushers, which again doesn't actually matter ingame since you'll get your pass rush from your OLBs if you run a 3-4.

So the lesson is, don't just jump on a player because of a high OVR, you need to actually look at his skills to judge how good he will be on the field. At the same time, a player doesn't magically get better just because you move him to another position. Moving Reggie Bush to WR may give his OVR a boost, but again, lipstick on a pig, he's still the same player with the same skills. There's no need to edit his position, as a HB, you can just put him on your WR depth chart or formation sub him if you want him to line up wide. Actually, if you play franchise, it's better to use him in a position where his OVR is lower, because it will allow his skills to progress further.

[seanyboy116]

Kirk Morrison MLB to SS... Goes Up Huge

[pistolpete]

I found a much better replacement for CJ Spiller at the runningback position, and tonight I am tempted to move him to WR, to see if he gets much of a boost. I'm in year 2, and his current OVR is an 82. He's a 95 speed with 99 agility and 99 acceleration.