Madden Ratings Debate on ESPN

by pastapadre
Posted July 24th, 2009 at 4:25 pm

Earlier this week Seahawks WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh took issue with his ratings in Madden NFL 10. NFL players complaining about their ratings is nothing new but regardless the story as gotten a great deal of attention. So much so that Housh and Cowboys WR Patrick Crayton were invited to be guests on ESPN’s First Take to debate ratings with Donny Moore and Ian Cummings.

Of course EA is loving the attention this is bringing to the game. Ratings have always provided exposure and led to a lot of discussion. Debates from players can’t be taken too seriously and are more entertaining than anything. The players are looking for what they deem as respect and the self-promotion of being in the news and Madden takes advantage of the spotlight being on the game.

Check out video of the TJ segment here and watch the Crayton portion here. Leave your thoughts in the comments!

Tags: ratings

http://www.onemancrimewave.blogspot.com/ Zane

Regardless of what you may think of T.J., he does have a point in regard to his speed….AN 81 RATING FOR SPEED? No way, he IS faster than that!!!
http://www.onemancrimewave.blogspot.com Zane

Regardless of what you may think of T.J., he does have a point in regard to his speed….AN 81 RATING FOR SPEED? No way, he IS faster than that!!!
KRIS

i love how tj just showed how dumb and half assed those two retards are. they dont do research thoroughly at all. the homo doin all the talkin was tryna make him sound like a bumb with those useless stats. and the best part was when tj told his dumb ass that he didnt even run at the combine. he must have really felt stupid.
KRIS

i love how tj just showed how dumb and half assed those two retards are. they dont do research thoroughly at all. the homo doin all the talkin was tryna make him sound like a bumb with those useless stats. and the best part was when tj told his dumb ass that he didnt even run at the combine. he must have really felt stupid.
http://intensedebate.com/people/Koach_Vonner Koach_Vonner

What is Patrick Crayton talking about. That few cost us a Playoff game in 2007. He dropped that wide open 3rd down play against the Giants.
http://intensedebate.com/people/Koach_Vonner Koach_Vonner

What is Patrick Crayton talking about. That few cost us a Playoff game in 2007. He dropped that wide open 3rd down play against the Giants.
http://intensedebate.com/people/FunkmasterC FunkmasterC

Here's a video of the Housh interview that can be viewed from Canada.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGioqT9l_Lk
http://intensedebate.com/people/FunkmasterC FunkmasterC

Here's a video of the Housh interview that can be viewed from Canada.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGioqT9l_Lk
http://intensedebate.com/people/mculberson mculberson

Very creative advertising if you ask me. Anyway to get the game in the news is the way to go for EA. This is all planned folks. They wouldn't be wasting their time talking to these guys if it wasn't staged and paid for by EA. Very long and stupid commercial, but it gets people talking about the game which is the point.
http://intensedebate.com/people/mculberson mculberson

Very creative advertising if you ask me. Anyway to get the game in the news is the way to go for EA. This is all planned folks. They wouldn't be wasting their time talking to these guys if it wasn't staged and paid for by EA. Very long and stupid commercial, but it gets people talking about the game which is the point.
Williams

Roster ratings here http://espn.go.com/videogames/features/madden/mad…
Williams

Roster ratings here http://espn.go.com/videogames/features/madden/mad…
SenorDelgato

I've played and owned Madden since 2000 and i have to say that this years rating are BS. Some of them just dont make sence at all. The most common trend is players suddenly getting slower after a bad year and quarterback losing arm power after a bad year. Its just retarded…..i caught myself saying WTF while looking at the rating a lot. 2 Examples are…..Browns Quarterbacks becoming low 70s?? Are you serious they dont deserve to be penalized for having a shit team….and 2nd jets middle linebacker David Harris who played great last year as the starter was given a 74 rating…its just stupid
SenorDelgato

I've played and owned Madden since 2000 and i have to say that this years rating are BS. Some of them just dont make sence at all. The most common trend is players suddenly getting slower after a bad year and quarterback losing arm power after a bad year. Its just retarded…..i caught myself saying WTF while looking at the rating a lot. 2 Examples are…..Browns Quarterbacks becoming low 70s?? Are you serious they dont deserve to be penalized for having a shit team….and 2nd jets middle linebacker David Harris who played great last year as the starter was given a 74 rating…its just stupid