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Quote: Originally Posted by Tyrant8RDFL

Just looking at route running alone does anyone see anything wrong here with the players I have in the list? C.Johnson RR 95 W.Walker RR 99 H.Nicks RR 92 Vicor Cruz RR 90 Jason Whitten RR 93 A.Gates RR 88 I'm personally fixated on this ability of players. I study this ability and admire it tremendously. When I watch a game I always look at how a receiver will execute running his route. When I look at the following these players do not really distribute great route running ability but due to their strength deceptive speed or speed, and awareness of coverage they know how to get open. Calvin Johnson, Hakeem Nicks, and Jason Whitten. While these individuals distribute great route running. Wes Walker, Victor Cruz, and Antonio Gates. According to the ratings the order for these particular players RR is 1. Wes Walker RR 99 2. Calvin Johnson RR 95 3. Jason Whitten RR 93 4. Hakeem Nicks RR 92 5. Victor Cruz RR 90 6. Antonio gates RR 88 This order is extremely way off. While I would not argue Wes Walker at number 1 I definitely have a problems with the rest. There is no way Johnson, Nicks or Whitten run a better route than Cruz. It's not even close. Now I just grabbed these players because they are easy to recognize by the masses, but do you agree? I find route running to be extremely important and wish it was the main factor why a WR would get open in the game over speed. Hopefully next gen Madden will reflect that. Now maybe it does in Madden 13 , and if it does I think it is very important that this rating is distributed properly. I would have had it this way. 1. Walker 99 2. Cruz 97 3. Gates 94 4. Nicks 90 5. Johnson 90 6. Whitten 88 I have watched these players in particular since they get a ton of TV time, and Whitten has always amazed me on how he gets open. He route running is so vanilla, but his speed is deceptive and he is very smart in zone coverage, but Gates can run a route. He executes a double move nicely. Victor at times hits you with a variation of moves, and even makes defenders fall when covering him. I'm really baffled how they came up with these RR ratings for these players.

What in the world? Jason WITTEN (not Whitten) is among the best route runners in the league? He's doesn't have the speed to get open as often as he does.