Big Day for NFL and Madden 10
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Today is shaping up to be a an extremely exciting one for the NFL and Madden 10. It’s round one and two of the NFL Draft which right now looks to be one of the most intriguing and unpredictable ones in memory. But also as the draft progresses there will be a lot of Madden content to go along with it.
EA Sports Live will be airing throughout the first round with special guests in studio and calling in. For the first rounders once they are selected their screenshot in their respective uniform will be posted along with their player ratings. For the second rounders it will just be the ratings.
I’ll have running commentary on the site from the start of the NFL Draft and through the end of round two along with updating through Twitter. I’m also scheduled to call into EA Sports Live at some point during the day.
For those of you who missed it check out my Twitter feed where I was able to break some Madden 10 ratings info yesterday. Enjoy the draft and be sure to stop in for the collection of content and running commentary all day long!
April 25, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Marc Sanchez to Rams? I don't think its gonna happen, I'm praying it does though. Its time for Bulger to go.
April 25, 2009 at 4:51 pm
You wnat me to go? You want me to go? I'm the best thing that has ever happened to St. Louis!
April 25, 2009 at 6:43 pm
lol i just thought i heard u say u were the best thing tht happened to STL
April 25, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Just looking at the faces of Fitzgerald and Troy is the realist I've seen in years. They actually liik like their real life counter parts. I just hope that isn't for show but the actual things because I hate to play with generic looking players.
April 25, 2009 at 3:00 pm
how do you check the ratings on twitter
April 25, 2009 at 3:06 pm
http://maddennfl.easports.com/draftpicks.action
April 25, 2009 at 3:21 pm
do i have to install microsoft silverlight to see the images
April 25, 2009 at 3:19 pm
hey pasta, did you see late night with jimmy fallon with fitzgerald as a guest
there was some gameplay footage of madden and just wanna know how much of that footage do you believe is REAL?
it showed trainers coming on the field to help an injured player,
the injured player being carted off the field,
jimmy fallon on a cell phone while riding an exercise bike( i think this is fake), etc…
if these are included in the game it would be awesome
April 25, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Havent had a chance to check it out yet but will later, I'll post up the video too.
April 25, 2009 at 4:40 pm
It looked like the trainer scene was real to me. The others… maybe? Hard to tell, it looked possible but the text they had in there was rediculous (The BBQ thing) and so was the cell phone.
April 25, 2009 at 3:40 pm
Yea i seen the show. I think the phone is fake but the other things are not. They just created him to mess around. The team helping a the qb was also real to me.
April 25, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Wait a second, the NFL Draft is today? Man, they gotta advertise this stuff more often.
April 25, 2009 at 3:48 pm
So who is this years Mike Williams?
(you) Who?
(me) Exactly.
April 26, 2009 at 6:01 am
hahaha lmaooo thats a good one…my guess is crabtree…..i have a bad feeling about him
April 25, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Will EA be posting draft picks in their new uniforms as they have in years past? Also, any news on when any additional footage will be released?
April 25, 2009 at 4:02 pm
yep players in new unis.
i think there might be some wildcat footage on monday.
i might be wrong though.
April 25, 2009 at 4:10 pm
yo, 9 man gang tackles. If that Kimmel vid was legit…..we got presentation. I dont know how people are complaining, that trailer pretty much incorporated everything from the wish lists. Handwarmers, towels, refs, gang tackles, clear visors, short sleeves. I mean jesus, what do they gotta do.
April 25, 2009 at 4:40 pm
That's the thing, the footage on Kimmel seemed like some of it might have been made just for the show. Although the trailer did have a gang tackle with about 5 people in it, so it's possible.
April 25, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Lets see faster gameplay, user camera angles, haftime show, more emotion from players after sacks and big plays sideline interaction, coaches emotion you know , little stuff that adds up to the overall game experience
April 25, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Is it just me, or has this site become a constant advertisement for your twitter page?
If you broke some info on Madden rating, why not break the news on your website dedicated to breaking news about sports games?
We get it, you want us all to visit your twitter page.. Now could you post a link on the main page here, and stop badgering us at the end of every single post?
Thanks.
April 25, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Its becoming more an extension of what I can do. There was no way with the frantic pace that those ratings were being thrown out that I could've made a story out of it, let alone from my cell phone. I wouldve posted the info to the site but I see Gamespot got up lists late last night.
April 25, 2009 at 7:18 pm
I hear ya.. do what you need to do.. I'm not sure how much you care about the journalistic side of things, but it really breaks the flow of your writing, at least it was more relevant in this post than it has been in others.
Either way, it's not like I've stopped reading every post as it pops into my RSS thing. Keep up the mostly fantastic work.
April 25, 2009 at 5:27 pm
http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/
April 25, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Doesn't show the gameplay footage from last night that Fitzgerald was suppose to bring.
April 25, 2009 at 5:31 pm
NBA>NFL nuff said.
April 25, 2009 at 6:17 pm
http://www.gamespot.com/sports/blogs/sports-blog/...
April 25, 2009 at 6:59 pm
"You want me to go? You want me to go? I'm the best thing that has ever happened to St. Louis!"
ha ha, actually Kurt Warner and Marshall Faulk were the best things that happened to St.Louis.
April 25, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Wait a second, the NFL Draft is today? Man, they gotta advertise this stuff once in a while. LOL.
April 25, 2009 at 4:17 pm
hahahahahahaha
April 25, 2009 at 4:25 pm
where have you been? Its been one of the hottest topics on here with the ea thing going n during the draft.
April 26, 2009 at 5:09 am
Anybody notice how big the dolphin logo is on the dolphin screen shots? Call me crazy, but this is the stuff that is discouraging. Madden is the only NFL football game that makes arguably more money than any other video game franchise, yet the art department cant get these little things right. What about the Dallas helmets in 08, or the Falcons throwbacks in 09? This is a joke! I cant believe an editor didn't catch any of these easy fix problems. This is why competition is healthy( 2k) I have always loved the Madden franchise its just insane to me that no one catches this stuff. If your favorite teams jerseys are all jacked up doesn't it effect your gaming experience. I was so pissed off about 09 I barley played it. I am scared for this year. Funny thing is, I dont even like the dolphins.
April 26, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Me personally i think its DHB or Hakim Nicks. too much pressure on HB and too much Weight on HN…..Literally.