Clowney a 90 Speed for Madden
 

I seriously just lost most of my hope for Madden 15. How are they serious with that crap? I love Clowney right now, but Jesus Christ!

Re: Clowney a 90 Speed for Madden
 

Pretty sure he's only gonna be a 87 speed and 83 strength. Maybe have him at an 84 overall and you have a balanced rookie. After all, MUT makes every rookie look too good for their own kind. :P

Re: Clowney a 90 Speed for Madden
 

Not like Clowney would be the FIRST defensive lineman in Madden's history to have 90 speed. Every year Madden has one or two. And the NCAA series always had around a dozen. It is just the way EA always done things. If a player is quick, they give them 90 or above speed, regardless of position. I'm surprised they didn't give him 90 Block Shed rating.

Re: Clowney a 90 Speed for Madden
 

The ratings for the Ultimate Team ratings players are all juiced. Blake Bortles had something like 95 THA, that's not going to be the case in the retail version of Madden NFL 15.

Clowney ran a 4.5ish so I anticipate he'll have reasonable SPD, in the 80s I'd guess, but the design of these rookie cards is to get the people who play Madden Ultimate Team excited to find them in packs, and ergo spend money.

tl;dr - IMO this isn't a reasonable indication of anything about Madden NFL 15 whatsoever.

Re: Clowney a 90 Speed for Madden
 

Clowney will have ratings of the following in the FBG system:


STR: 80
AGI: 71
SPD: 85
ACC: 78
JMP: 86

Re: Clowney a 90 Speed for Madden
 

i agree with this plus they said every rookies gonna be a 90+ overall so if they was to give every rookie a 90 overall that would mean this draft class is better then most players in madden now.

Re: Clowney a 90 Speed for Madden
 

I'll throw in my hat and say the ratings will be absolutely no different at all in any way.

Re: Clowney a 90 Speed for Madden
 

What is the SPD : 40-time conversion in the game?

90 is probably too high, but anything below 80 would be bad, imo, unless speed scales like that overall (i.e. the M10 type ratings scale).

Also, if SPD is still the biggest way players get around the field, I'd rather him be a touch too high than too low so he can produce as a pass rusher and express his good pursuit.

Also with DPP/traits - if he doesn't start with High Motor and has lowish consistency to start, then that should express the few knocks on him. I think his BSH might be too high as well (assuming BSH is for run shedding while PMV/FMV is for pass rushing).

Otherwise, that's not too terribly out of whack for an overall talent profile on Clowney. Lower SPD maybe 4-5 points and BSH about the same and I think it's pretty close.