Madden NFL 11 Team Ratings Revealed

[Joeyland]

truth b told, ratings matter little, mastery of glitches, nanos, and "money plays", is what makes Madden so special.

[Trademarq]

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truth b told, ratings matter little, mastery of glitches, nanos, and "money plays", is what makes Madden so special.

i actually did none of that an my record on Madden 10 was great ... but i guess i could see why u say that

[Scoop 24]

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I never cared for the team ratings. honestly it doesnt even make a difference IMO. player ratings is the main focus for me. the Jets rating is a bit high. when has a team ever benefited from bringing in a bunch of aged and overpaid/rated players? teams that build through the draft are the most successful like the Colts, Patriots, Steelers and Giants.

you call bringing in
Corey Dillion,Wes Welker, Sammy Morris,Adlius Thomas,Randy Moss, Donte Stallworth, Rodney Harrison, ect.. building through the draft?

i think you guys Forget that Undefeated Season the Pats bought alot of players that year..

[ElijahThePatsFan]

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you call bringing in
Corey Dillion,Wes Welker, Sammy Morris,Adlius Thomas,Randy Moss, Donte Stallworth, Rodney Harrison, ect.. building through the draft?

i think you guys Forget that Undefeated Season the Pats bought alot of players that year..

What about Brady, Edelman, their entire O-line, Wilfork, Warren, Wright, Banta-Cain, Mayo, Guyton, Butler, Meriweather, Sanders, and Gostkowski? They also had quite a few players who they drafted, turned into stars, and got rid of, like Branch and Samuel. I think most of their essential players were drafted. After the Thomas fiasco, I don't think the Patriots will risk any expensive FA's again. A lot of the FA's you mentioned up there were pretty cheap and low-risk signings. See how the Bodden signing turned out? It's not exactly "buying" in the negative sense (like they offer insane amounts of money to players to play for them) when much of their success with players from other teams was from players who were thought to be washed up but ended up having a lot in them.

[BDawg35]

My Lions suck again. Perfect for doing a 'chise.

[king525]

New Orleans isn't the best team in football.

One question i had (didn't want to open a whole new thread for it) is are suspensions taken into account when you start a franchise (i know that injures are taken into account)

[Bellsprout]

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New Orleans isn't the best team in football.

The 2009-10 season would like a word with you.

[Beasts Inc]

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77 is about right IMO for the bears... cutler really isn't that good, the best receiver is devin aromashodu not devin hester and i think DA will turn a lot of heads this year but still... hopefully forte will bounce back from a terribly disappointing year last season. the defense is falling fast lol, i find it funny how people are saying with urlacher back this year the defense will be better, its the same thing i heard people saying last year lol urlacher is made of glass and will be hurt within a few games. briggs is still a top OLB but thats about it and peppers is aging fast really won't be much of a factor (nice of the front office to tie up like 6 years in him ithink lol)

tillman at this point in his career would be lucky to be a good teams third corner and he's the bears best corner lol... he's very good and i love him but he doesn't have the speed to stick with anyone anymore.

bears offense will have to carry them to a .500 season and IMO they are rated properly for that in madden.

Why are some Bears fans so negative?

Cutler may not be "that good" but he still had a career best 27 TDs last year, Aromashodu should and will be the #1 (especially after how he played in December last year), Knox will take another step, Hester will play the Az Hakim role (as quoted from Martz himself) and will go back to doing what he does best: returning punts. As a Bears fan, you should know the offense will be ALOT better simply because Ron Turner isn't running it now, the O-line is still a concern, but I have faith in what Tice can do (they have some talent, they just need to develop)

Did you really watch the games last year? Go watch Hunter play a few games and single him out, you'll see alot of plays Urlacher would have made. Urlacher is made of glass? why? Before last year, when was the last time he missed a single game? That's right, 2004. You're forgetting about getting Pisa back (if he plays like he did before he was hurt) as well, he was lighting it up as much as a SLB can do in Lovie's D. Did Peppers grow old overnight? Did I miss something or did he not get double-digit sacks on a D-line full of nobodys last year, I think the Bears line w/o Peppers is better than the Panthers w/o Peppers. Chris Harris will also be a major upgrade at SS compared to what we had before.

Did you also forget about Zach Bowman or were you just saying things that you read?

The rating is a bit low, I thought they'd be 79-80, but I'll let the rating go up during the season.

[Exonerated]

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Colt's got shafted.

[jmood88]

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Colt's got shafted.

How?

[tonedeaf]

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you call bringing in
Corey Dillion,Wes Welker, Sammy Morris,Adlius Thomas,Randy Moss, Donte Stallworth, Rodney Harrison, ect.. building through the draft?

i think you guys Forget that Undefeated Season the Pats bought alot of players that year..

you are just basing that off 1 year, which was 07. Patriots didnt win all those super bowls because of FA signings. They won them because they know how to draft. How you gonna argue the Patriots dont build through the draft? They are the best in the NFL when it comes to that. all im saying is i dont agree with the Jets rating. 85 would be fair, 89 seems a bit high. Let them hit the field first.

not that it did them any help, they still didnt win the super bowl. i hope the Jets signings pan out for them, I actually root for the Jets because they have no affect on my team. only way im not rooting for the Jets, is if they are playing the Giants.

[Bellsprout]

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Cutler may not be "that good" but he still had a career best 27 TDs last year

Conveniently leaving out the 26 INT's.

You can't say Cutler's not that bad, and then leave out the stat that makes him that bad.

[cubsball899]

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Why are some Bears fans so negative?

Cutler may not be "that good" but he still had a career best 27 TDs last year, Aromashodu should and will be the #1 (especially after how he played in December last year), Knox will take another step, Hester will play the Az Hakim role (as quoted from Martz himself) and will go back to doing what he does best: returning punts. As a Bears fan, you should know the offense will be ALOT better simply because Ron Turner isn't running it now, the O-line is still a concern, but I have faith in what Tice can do (they have some talent, they just need to develop)

Did you really watch the games last year? Go watch Hunter play a few games and single him out, you'll see alot of plays Urlacher would have made. Urlacher is made of glass? why? Before last year, when was the last time he missed a single game? That's right, 2004. You're forgetting about getting Pisa back (if he plays like he did before he was hurt) as well, he was lighting it up as much as a SLB can do in Lovie's D. Did Peppers grow old overnight? Did I miss something or did he not get double-digit sacks on a D-line full of nobodys last year, I think the Bears line w/o Peppers is better than the Panthers w/o Peppers. Chris Harris will also be a major upgrade at SS compared to what we had before.

Did you also forget about Zach Bowman or were you just saying things that you read?

The rating is a bit low, I thought they'd be 79-80, but I'll let the rating go up during the season.

urlacher may not have missed a lot of games but he's always dealing with injuries and hasn't played up to his expectations since the SB appearance. cutler is a slightly above average quarterback at this point in his career. with a very unproven cast around him (i'm as big of a aromashodu fan as the next guy). IMO and the way we have been programmed since before our teenage years, a 77 is slightly above average which means madden expects the bears to finish somewhere between 7-9 and 9-7...

hit me up when they finish better than that.

[Trademarq]

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Conveniently leaving out the 26 INT's.

You can't say Cutler's not that bad, and then leave out the stat that makes him that bad.

lmao

[fenwaymike]

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Cowboys are WAY overrated. Giants were awful last year and that same Giants team beat Dallas twice, such bull.

So...since you think it should be based on individual games and not the overall season...shouldn't the Panthers be rated way higher than the Giants? I mean in the time I wrote this I think the Panthers just scored three more times on long runs against the Giants defense...just sayin... lol