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Quote: Originally Posted by garret2

how do you give numerical ratings to skills such as man to man coverage for DBs? is it based on statistical data that you have that says he allowed X completion percentage per attempt in zone coverage, which is about average, so he gets an 80 rating in zone coverage? or do you go off of a scouting report that says "he is excellent in man coverage on most days, probably in the top 10 percentile in the league" so you give him a 90-95ish rating? thanks!

I use neither. The scouting data has already been qualified and quantified based upon how a player performs. For example, if a scout sees that a player is CONSISTENTLY breaking up passes and now allowing a player to get open in coverage, he will receive more "points" for the specific skill being examined. In this example that is MCV. This, of course, will differ from a player that displays average skill at MCV, which also gets a grade, and lower MCV skills getting bottom grades. The grades are on a scale of 10.0 to 0 with .1 increments, which makes the data extremely useful for Madden.