[PGaither84]

I agree. Alex Smith is far more accurate that his ratings imply. He makes bad choices "at random." He has bad instincts. When things break down and he starts to panic and his mechanics go out the window, he will fumble the ball, sail passes, throw to spots of the field where there are only 3 defenders, that sort of thing. When he knows what he is doing, he can throw passes on a rope.

What EA needs to do is blatantly steal ratings from ESPN 2k5 to go along with their own.

PRC - Pass Read Coverage [could be awareness]
SCR - Scramble [could be throw on the run]
LDR - Leadership
AGG - Aggressiveness
COM - Composure
CON - Consistency

Now, madden does have short/medium/deep throwing accuracies. Madden has man and zone coverage tratings, a press and release rating, trucking/elusiveness/spin move/and stiff arm for running the ball, catch in traffic, power move, spin move, block shedding, run/pass blocking strength/footwork and impact blocking. All of these are ratings that 2k does not have. I am glad. However, we still need more, like you mentioned and what I showed above.