Madden 09 Roster Update #11 Details
by 
Here are the details on the next roster update for Madden 09 which is set to be out on Friday. Included are all the transactions, ratings up/down, and injuries for the 11th update of the season. Not sure there is anything as significant in this as in prior ones with the possible exception of DeAngelo Hall joining the Redskins. Impressively they were able to jump on the latest transactions even including a signing that was announced only hours ago (Jason Babin with the Chiefs).
Transactions
FB Jeremi Johnson – Released to Free Agents IR
S Chris Crocker – Signs with Bengals
S John Busing – Added to Bengals
DT Orien Harris – Added to Bengals
CB Geoff Pope – Released by Bengals
DE Eric Henderson – Added to Bengals
QB Jordan Palmer – Added to Bengals
S Dexter Jackson – Released to Free Agents IR
CB Ashton Youboty – Released to Free Agents IR
LB Teddy Lehman – Signs with Bills
HB Ryan Torain – Released to Free Agents IR
HB P.J. Pope – Added to Broncos
HB Alex Haynes – Signs with Broncos
WR Glenn Martinez – Released by Broncos
HB Tatum Bell – Signs with Broncos
QB Darrell Hackney – Added to Broncos
CB Josh Bell – Added to Broncos
HB Michael Bennett – Released by Bucs
WR Maurice Stovall – Released to Free Agents IR
HB Clifton Smith – Added to Bucs
S Donte Nicholson – Added to Bucs
QB Damon Huard – Released to Free Agents IR
S Oliver Celestin – Signs with Chiefs
CB Dimitri Patterson – Released by Chiefs
CB Ricardo Colclough – Signs with Chiefs
DE Jason Babin – Signs with Chiefs
DE Brian Johnston – Released to Free Agents IR
DT T.J. Jackson – Released by Chiefs
DE Wallace Gilberry – Added to Chiefs
HB Clifton Dawson – Released to Free Agents IR
S Jamie Silva – Added to Colts
G Evan Mathis – Released by Dolphins
G/T Brandon Frye – Signs with Dolphins
S Courtney Bryan – Signs with Dolphins
S Brannon Condren – Released by Dolphins
WR Adam Jennings – Released by Falcons
T Kirk Barton – Released by 49ers
WR Dominique Zeigler – Signs with 49ers
CB Justin Miller – Released by Jets
HB Marcus Mason – Added to Jets
CB Ty Law – Signs with Jets
WR Brandon Middleton – Released by Lions
HB Aveion Cason – Signs with Lions
FB Darian Barnes – Released by Lions
FB Moran Norris – Added to Lions
HB Marcus Thomas – Released by Lions
S LaMarcus Hicks – Signs with Lions
LB Shawn Crable – Released to Free Agents IR
S Tyvon Branch – Released to Free Agents IR
DT William Joseph – Signs with Raiders
DT/G Fred Wakefield – Released by Raiders/Removed
DE Greyson Gunheim – Signs with Raiders
CB Leigh Torrence – Released by Redskins
CB DeAngelo Hall – Signs with Redskins
DT Hollis Thomas – Signs with Saints
DT Remi Ayodele – Released by Saints
WR Keary Colbert – Released by Seahawks
P Mitch Berger – Released by Steelers
P Paul Ernster – Signs with Steelers
HB Najeh Davenport – Released by Steelers
HB Darius Walker – Released by Texans/Removed
HB Ryan Moats – Added to Texans
CB Charles Gordon – Released to Free Agents IR
Ratings up
CB Charles Tillman – Bears – 91 to 92 – Has picked off a couple passes with 12 passes defended.
CB Corey Graham – Bears – 75 to 76 – Almost 50 tackles for the second year corner.
HB Cedric Benson – Bengals – 78 to 79 – Has taken the starting running back job for the Bengals.
DT Shaun Rogers – Browns – 95 to 96 – Traded in the offseason for Leigh Bodden. Back to being the monster he was.
LB D’Qwell Jackson – Browns – 86 to 87 – Racking up a ton of tackles in the middle for the Browns.
QB Kurt Warner – Cardinals – 88 to 91 – In the conversation for MVP as many times as the Cardinals throw.
LT Mike Gandy – Cardinals – 92 to 93 – Not thought of as an elite pass blocker but is.
WR Jerheme Urban – Cardinals – 72 to 74 – Starting to get looks in the 4 WR package.
QB Tyler Thigpen – Chiefs – 73 to 75 – Got a boost in throw power as he showed he has an NFL arm.
WR Mark Bradley – Chiefs – 73 to 77 – Has risen up the KC depth chart in no time.
CB Andre Goodman – Dolphins – 74 to 76 – Detroit fans might scoff but has played well in Miami the past couple weeks.
QB Matt Ryan – Falcons – 84 to 86 – Is the real deal.
DE John Abraham – Falcons – 94 to 96 – Continuing to be a pass rushing monster under Mike Smith.
CB Darrelle Revis – Jets – 91 to 92 – The new budding star for “shutdown” talk.
CB Charles Woodson – Packers – 93 to 94 – Had some missteps with Bobby Wade but showed his incredible smarts picking off a pass in the slot.
S Nick Collins – Packers – 88 to 89 – Took his 3rd TD back to the house. A play he wouldn’t have made earlier in his career.
DE Julius Peppers – Panthers – 96 to 97 – Continued to dominate as he rolled through Oakland.
QB Matt Cassell – Patriots – 77 to 78 – Continues to move the ball less than 10 yards at a time.
DE Aaron Smith – Steelers – 95 to 96 – Dominate at end for the Steelers.
LB James Harrison – Steelers – 94 to 95 – Showing his versatility by being in coverage more against Indy. A pass rushing monster.
LB LaMarr Woodley – Steelers – 86 to 87 – High up the sack leaders list in his second season.
DT Tony Brown – Titans – 86 to 88 – Racked up 30 tackles and 3.5 sacks with an impressive 7 tackles for loss.
QB Kerry Collins – Titans – 79 to 81 – Had to win last week with his arm as the running game didn’t dominate for the first time.
Ratings Down
C Melvin Fowler – Bills – 83 to 81 – Another in a long line of guys to get hurt for a couple weeks and find their spots taken when they get back.
DE John Engleberger – Broncos – 81 to 77 – End who can’t stop the run and doesn’t get to the QB.
DE Tim Crowder – Broncos – 76 to 72 – Game day inactive most weeks.
CB Brandon McDonald – Browns – 83 to 82 – Good short area CB who is getting beat deep too often.
HB Edgerrin James – Cardinals – 89 to 86 – This year’s Shaun Alexander.
LB Clark Haggans – Cardinals – 85 to 82 – Backup pass rusher in Arizona who had a good run in Pittsburgh.
CB Quentin Jammer – Chargers – 93 to 92 – Has been beaten too often this season.
CB Antonio Cromartie – Chargers – 91 to 90 – Still a work in progress in man coverage.
LB Shaun Phillips – Chargers – 92 to 91 – Finding it’s not as easy being the guy offenses prepare for.
S Jarrad Page – Chiefs – 81 to 77 – Looks to be on the bench after Jon McGraw played well against San Diego.
WR Marvin Harrison – Colts – 95 to 94 – Continues to be a non-factor. This time because he can’t hold on the ball.
LB Greg Ellis – Cowboys – 89 to 87 – Seems to be giving way to Anthony Spencer. Production is way down.
CB Lito Sheppard – Eagles – 93 to 92 – Not playing well in nickel packages.
WR Reggie Williams – Jaguars – 82 to 80 – Isn’t going to win many foot races.
CB Leigh Bodden – Lions – 89 to 87 – Had another time last week, this time with Jags receivers.
LT Chad Clifton – Packers – 93 to 92 – Didn’t stand a chance against a banged up Jared Allen.
WR James Jones – Packers – 84 to 83 – Has lost his slot receiver job to Jordy Nelson.
HB Darren McFadden – Raiders – 85 to 84 – His speed hasn’t translated to the NFL. Now is banged up with turf toe.
LB Will Witherspoon – Rams – 91 to 90 – Looked seriously hampered by an injury against the Jets, not moving well.
QB Marc Bulger – Rams – 88 to 87 – Looked pathetic vs. the Jets.
CB Marcus Trufant – Seahawks – 94 to 93 – Was beaten deep by Ginn. Has not played as well in recent weeks.
CB Kelly Jennings – Seahawks – 86 to 84 – Had a bad game against Miami, has been relegated to nickel duty.
T Sean Locklear – Seahawks – 84 to 82 – Had problems with Matt Roth and Miami.
QB Big Ben – Steelers – 95 to 94 – Has played horrendous the past few weeks.
DT Amobi Okoye – Texans – 89 to 85 – Has continued to be a non-factor in his second season.
Injuries
QB Patrick Ramsey – Broncos IR
LB Nick Barnett – Packers IR
CB Chris McAlister – Ravens IR
S Dawan Landry – Ravens IR
CB Mike McKenzie – Saints IR
November 18, 2008 at 10:06 am
are u there pasta?
November 18, 2008 at 10:47 am
too bad pasta doesn’t do the updates… it’s ea that does them and pasta just get’s the info and puts in on their website, so quit asking them questions that they obviously don’t know the answer to. but on the updates, i have two sides to it. in case anybody has forgotten, ea doesn’t just make madden, they make tons of other games like nba live, and nhl and even rpg’s. they dont’ have a million hours to work on the updates, i’m sure most of the people would be more happy if they just didn’t do the updates every week and waited about 3 or 4 weeks to not just judge on one bad performance, but to do an overall rating over just one game. most of these players aren’t getting boosted because their just getting into a rythem. yes, people do get into a rythem and do good, and then fall off the grid the next year. take the packers running back from a couple years back, samkon gado. nobody had heard of him and he just blew up out of nowhere and did solid when he rushed the ball. now he doesn’t even have a team to play for. these people who play in the nfl are HUMAN BEINGS NOT COMPUTERS and just like when somebody does good one week in madden with whoever you may be playing with, doesn’t mean their great. get off ea’s nuts and give them some space, instead of bitching, make some suggestions to help solve this problem cuz bitching isn’t getting anything done
November 18, 2008 at 10:48 am
Apparently, Pasta has bigger fish to fry at the moment.
November 18, 2008 at 11:38 am
GO BUCS……ADRIAN PETERSON WHO???????WE BROKE THAT LIL STREAK HE HAD OF A 100+ YDS EVERY GM…MATTER OF FACT…NO BIG NAME RB THAT WE’VE PLAYED HAS A 100YD GM ON US…I GUESS EA HASN’T NOTICED THIS THO…TARNARD JACKSON THE MOST UNDERRATED FS IN THE GM..JEFF GARCIA MAGNIFICENT WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT…ANTONIO BRYANT, MIKE CLAYTON, JEREMY STEVENS GETS NO LOVE FROM EA…YALL CAN KEEP YALL LIL RATINGS BOOST..WE DON’T NEED’EM I BET WE BE THERE IN THE END AND ALL THE TEAMS THAT CONSTANTLY GETTING BOOST WON’T
November 18, 2008 at 12:12 pm
@ getPOOPEDon:
Ya but theres a speical EA Madden team that get paid a alot of mnoey to do these updates
November 18, 2008 at 12:46 pm
calm down buccs fans we will get ours eventually, I can understand why garcia has a low rating even though all the guy does is win. but still that is not an excuse for ea not pasta to drop the ball week in and week out on the buccs when you give the bills who are playing almost as bad as the bengals and the cowboys are right now boosts come on. EA you guys have a reputation of providing the most realistic football game out there, now i know you guys have tons of games out there but you have to realize that your big because of madden not because of NBA Live, NHL, March Madness, or any of your other games you guys make your money basically on Madden and NCAA Football.
November 18, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Im just so fed up with Madden. I keep telling myself i am just going to stop playing it since it is a horrible representation of football, but because there are no other options, i always keep playing, hoping that one day i will turn on the game and everything will be right. Playing against the CPU isn’t realistic because unless you play on rookie, you will almost never get a sack, the CPU rarely misses a pass. I’m just tired of the nonsense. I just want to play a game that feels like the real thing. There shouldn’t be difficulty ratings, there should be realistic-ness ratings.
Personally, im starting to think maybe its not EAs fault. Maybe football is just one of those kind of games that cannot be imitated into a realistic game. There are far more elements involved in football than any other sport, and maybe there just isn’t a way to formulate that into a great game.
November 18, 2008 at 1:27 pm
And just a side note, Jerious Norwood leads the league in Yard Per Run with a 5.6 AVG… He also ran the fastest time at the combine (in the reggie bush draft)… why he is still a 96 spd is beyond me…. 99 or higher
November 18, 2008 at 2:12 pm
MG wrote:
Roddy has 50 less yards, but twice as many TDs.
November 18, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Solidx1030 wrote:
And his rating went down from last year’s game…for no reason. But, he still blows past everyone I play.
November 18, 2008 at 3:11 pm
WTF is up…? I had the right rosters then a few hours later… #10 ten roster with bret farve still at 94 and ty law not on the jets… BULL ISH!!!
With with no jets/ giants update?
Dustin Keller needs some LOVE! Kiwanuka, Tuck, Robbins, Hedgecock, giants o line,
ESPECIALLY STEVE SMITH And James Butler!
November 18, 2008 at 5:18 pm
ya, i noticed that too the roster update just vanished? ea needs to fix this im getting tired of waiting for the update, having it for a while then going to play and its gone. Anyone else have this problem???
November 18, 2008 at 5:48 pm
@ matt:
yea but still, people need to realize that even the people who have the job have a life, unless ur donald trump then ur job isn’t ur life. most people enjoy their free time, and let’s be “madden realistic” here, i bet most of the people who do these updates don’t even watch all the games or even some of them. even if each person is assigned a certain game or w/e, i doubt somebody else will watch it so there’s two opinions to a game. in that sense, most of these updates are probably based on one person’s opinion per team, or maybe two. in the other sense, none of these people really watch football cuz they have other things to do and probably don’t like their job too much, but it doesn’t get easier than doing an update for a video game, which i seriously doubt there’s just one group of people to work on, cuz if they did their job correctly and did about 8 hrs a day for around 10 people, that’s 80 hrs a day to work on it (plus time outside an office to do w/e they do). you can’t find full games on the internet, or maybe ea can cuz of their license idk. but i bet most of these are based on highlights
November 18, 2008 at 5:49 pm
@ matt:
yea but still, people need to realize that even the people who have the job have a life, unless ur donald trump then ur job isn’t ur life. most people enjoy their free time, and let’s be “madden realistic” here, i bet most of the people who do these updates don’t even watch all the games or even some of them. even if each person is assigned a certain game or w/e, i doubt somebody else will watch it so there’s two opinions to a game. in that sense, most of these updates are probably based on one person’s opinion per team, or maybe two. in the other sense, none of these people really watch football cuz they have other things to do and probably don’t like their job too much, but it doesn’t get easier than doing an update for a video game, which i seriously doubt there’s just one group of people to work on, cuz if they did their job correctly and did about 8 hrs a day for around 10 people, that’s 80 hrs a day to work on it (plus time outside an office to do w/e they do). you can’t find full games on the internet, or maybe ea can cuz of their license idk. but i bet most of these are based on highlights…
November 18, 2008 at 5:56 pm
The people who think Joe Flacco is just as good if not better than Matt Ryan are delusional. Ryan has more TD’s, less INT’s, more yards, and an 87.8 passer rating compared to Flacco’s 77.2. Flacco is good, but not as good as Ryan.
And give Norwood a boost for christ’s sake. He deserves it.
November 18, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Here’s some giants players that need to be upgraded:
Justin Tuck(DE)94-96: has 8.5 sacks, 40-some tackles, 2 forced fumbles, and an int. return for a TD.
Brandon Jacobs(RB)90-93: has 879 rushing yds and has more TD’s than any other player with 11.
Corey Webster(CB)87-90: 3 picks and has been shutting down every receiver matched up against him “cough *TO* cough”
Madison Hedgecock(FB)88-90: even John madden said he is the best blocking FB in the NFL
Entire O-Line up 2 points: do i even have 2 explain?
MAthias Kiwanuka(DE)87-88: has 7 sacks as a backup to Umenyiora
November 18, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Solidx1030 wrote:
damn just quit being a whiney lil bitch. damn you must realy suck if you cant get a sack on the computer. when i play against the comp. i play with the difficulty sliders all the way up and i avg.. 2 sacks and 1 int a game. maybe its not the game but just you.
November 18, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Does anybody know the release dates for the next roster update?
November 18, 2008 at 9:29 pm
@ biggiefatz:
I agree with you too i have my sliders up all the way and i still get sacks and int’s so it must b this amatuer thinking the game is too hard for him lol
November 18, 2008 at 10:20 pm
@ getPOOPEDon:
Im just saying EA should be fair rember how fast Shaun alexander got lowerd last year well LTS a 99 still. Why isnt brady in IR. Why hasnt Hasselbeck gotten a downgrade. stuff like that.
November 19, 2008 at 6:37 am
Patsfan wrote:
dat sounds about good wit the PATRIOTS yall cant lie wat the PATS r doing I thought they would be a 7-9 team and im a ALL PATS fan
they got a injurged SS, LB 3 RB’s QB and more and yet there at 6-4 JEROD MAYO needs to get a upgrade so does WES Welker he like in the top 3 in receptions
and also wheres PORTIS all the time he was doing good he got a 1-2 point boost when he was leading the nfl in yards LT a BUST is 13th in yards and hes in the upper 95’s in ovrall PORTIS is second in rushing yards by 37
November 19, 2008 at 7:44 am
@ illwill:
Pats suck man.
hail to the skins
and all your players go up? hmm…
pats arent that good buddy, brady is their team. look where they are now. sinking back into mediocracy.
November 19, 2008 at 12:57 pm
@ biggiefatz:
With a fantasy drafted team mind you, I have held the computer to under 200 yards of total offense and no scores. All of this while playing on all-madden and using 10 minute quarters. Football is a game of matchups. Dont expect to sack T. Brady everytime you blitz just becuase you brought 6 guys. He has a great o-line in the game and gets the ball out fast. You have to know that no play will work everytime ever. You need to play the percentages based upon player personel, down and distance. The more I play this madden the more im impressed with how real it is. While certainly not perfect, it is definately the closest anygame has ever come to real football. I have even blocked punts and a FG once. So just try mixing things up a bit more and using plays that utilize your players strengths more.
November 19, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Man the update hasn’t even come for me yet im on the west coast
November 19, 2008 at 2:22 pm
I KEEP TRYING TO DOWNLOAD THE NEW ROSTER BUT ITS NOT WORKING ANY HELP ?
November 19, 2008 at 3:23 pm
This is the second time in last two updates that we are delayed. Roster updates took an extra week last time too so that they had to combine two weeks of roster updates and they did a less than stellar job
November 19, 2008 at 5:33 pm
@ matt:
yea i understand that, LT should be lowered to about a 94 or so because he isn’t putting up the numbers he used to, but then again he has been hampered by a toe injury, and if u watch nfl and SC like i do, u’d know that he really kicks it in during the second half of the season, i bet he breaks 1200 yrds rushing. i still think he should be lowered cuz he now has a passing game around him so defenses aren’t completely focused on him like usual, but i’m sure he’ll kick it in cuz he’s a vet. and shaun alexander is a completely different story, he just dropped off the grid and wasn’t doing anything really, not to argue. and yea, i think ppl on ir shouldn’t be able to play and hasselback should be lowered 1 or 2 points only because he was injured for around 5 weeks and he’s a veteran so i’m sure he’ll get it back. EA’s hard on rookies and newer players who do really good because they haven’t proven their worth over two or three years, and if you make them a 90 this year and they drop significantly in performance, people will bitch about them too cuz they aren’t performing, so seniority has a significan roll in ratings. if you know how to defend on madden, you don’t need an offense with insane firepower. defense wins championships, and if you can stop people on offense, then all u need is an accurate qb and decent recievers and a power back an you’ll have it made. because it’s almost impossible to stop slant routes… anyway, i love this game a lot and i prefer to play on franchise, but every once in a while i’ll play online
November 19, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Where is Haloti Ngata, he is a lock for pro bowl starter and is anchor on the best rush defense minus on bad game against the giants. 2 picks for a lineman does not happen often.
November 20, 2008 at 3:19 am
#2 rush defense behind my Titans you mean the ravens are.
Is there no update #12 this week?
If there is Kerry Collins, Chris Carr and Justin Gage better get some love!
November 20, 2008 at 7:47 am
can we atleast get information on what’s up with the roster update? the next new ones supposed to be out tomorrow? any info would be cool!
November 20, 2008 at 10:55 am
Yes I agree Kerry Colins, Chris Carr, and Justin Gage all need some love after last week but we can’t forget Brandon Jones who has had two great games in a row and Thats something you dont see from my Titans often lol. And Cortland Finnegan needs a bit more speed and Acceleration he ran down Hester for God sakes hook that man up…@ cj28:
November 20, 2008 at 11:01 am
I’m guessing that Pasta really has no updates on this roster update issue, at least not yet. I’ve gotta believe that the minute he does have any new information/details, he’ll make them public right away.
November 20, 2008 at 11:44 am
monty wrote:
hey genius… how many games have they lost since moron??
buy a fucking clue!
November 20, 2008 at 11:47 am
IRon MAn wrote:
I totally agree.. and ross should go back to 87 88 after his splendid day vs baltimore.
November 20, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Rate up Josh Wilson and Olindo Mare…….josh wilson is playing the best out of seattles corners and Olindo Mare??? cmom this guy kicks it to distance!!! EA is so dumb for not recogonizing players that are doing good.
November 20, 2008 at 7:38 pm
@ pissed off giants fan:
yea, because covering the baltimore recievers is a tough job when all baltimore uses is one cut routes and runs the ball…
November 26, 2008 at 7:33 am
I totally agree and it's getting to be obvious that someone at EA sports is bias against the Giants. It was kinda hid at first but now it's coming out and is as plain as day. It's okay to feel a certain way about a team good or bad, but if a team's playing great ball at 10-1 it shouldn't be a struggle in any way, shape, fashion, or form when playing with them.