Week Five Ratings Change Suggestions
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Normally one game wouldn’t result in a ratings upgrade but what Miles Austin did will almost certainly get him one. He basically took over the role as #1 receiver with Roy Williams out and turned in a Cowboys record breaking 250 yards with 2 TDs. Austin right now sits at a 70 and could end up matching teammate Patrick Crayton at 77 now that he has taken his starting spot with Crayton possibly dropping down. Cedric Benson became the first RB to go over 100 yards against the Ravens defense in the last 40 games and leads the league in rushing yards. We should see his current 80 rating jump into the upper 80s.
Kyle Orton should get a few more points and because of that will probably be up 10+ from where he started in the original Madden rosters. Chad Henne played really well last night and should not be rated below QBs like JaMarcus Russell, Derek Anderson, and Brady Quinn (all three of them should be lower). Nate Burleson should see a boost as he is currently 2nd in the NFC in both catches and receiving yards and is just rated an 80. Matt Hasselbeck is deserving of some recognition due to how much impact he has on the Seahawks, having outscored opponents 79-13 when he is playing vs outscored 79-36 when he has been out. He has missed 2 1/2 games but still has more TDs than top QBs such as Tom Brady, Kurt Warner, Philip Rivers.
Maurice Jones Drew has really only had two good games this season and the others he hasn’t been much of a factor putting into question the 94 he has right now. Patrick Kerney has shown nothing this season and the pass rush was actually better without him. He should be no where near the 93 rating he currently has. Terrell Owens still sits too high with his 88 rating given he has only 12 catches.
As always feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments on what players should see an upgrade or drop with the coming Madden 10 roster update!
October 14, 2009 at 4:46 am
EAGLES..
QB D.Mcnabb – underrated.. needs to go up a point..
WR J.Maclin – 147 yrds in 6 rec wit 2 TDs.. needs a little bit higher..
TE B.Celek – turning into 1 of the best TE in the league..
CB S.Brown – needs some good lovin..
CB A.Samuel – 2 int againts Bucs..
FS Q.Mikell – a point or two..
LT J.Peters – a very freakin good in his position..
C J.Jackson – underrated in his position..
RE T.Cole – 1.5 sacks and 8 solo tackles and 2 assist..
DT B.Bunkley and M.Patterson – needs a little love
October 14, 2009 at 4:47 am
EAGLES..
QB D.Mcnabb – underrated.. needs to go up a point..
WR J.Maclin – 147 yrds in 6 rec wit 2 TDs.. needs a little bit higher..
TE B.Celek – turning into 1 of the best TE in the league..
CB S.Brown – needs some good lovin..
CB A.Samuel – 2 int againts Bucs..
S Q.Mikell – a point or two..
LT J.Peters – a very freakin good in his position..
C J.Jackson – underrated in his position..
RE T.Cole – 1.5 sacks and 8 solo tackles and 2 assist..
DT B.Bunkley and M.Patterson – needs a little love
October 14, 2009 at 5:07 am
On Eagles roster Stweart Bradley and Shawn Andrews are on IR why are they still on the Eagels Roster, TAKE THEM OFF….
October 14, 2009 at 6:16 am
IR does not mean they are no longer on the team. Every team that has players on IR still have them on the roster. If you mean depth chart that is completely different. But I just checked from the latest online roster that both of those guys are not on the depth chart. So not sure why you mention this.
October 14, 2009 at 5:44 am
Put Jared Allen on fucking 100!!! The man is a beast. MVP of the league so far this season!!!
October 14, 2009 at 7:08 am
im only saying it until they finally listen
matt ryan (91) +4 great poise and awarness in the pocket with only peyton manning and drew brees able to surpass him in accuraccy
turner (90) -3 carrying needs to go down and maybe some other things
Norwood (85) +6 one of the best 2nd string running backs can do everything everyone claims he is one of the FASTEST people in the NFL yet only 95 speed to me one of the fastest mean 97-98 speed i only mention a 2-3 point thing in speed because speed matters to much in this game now
Roddy white (95) +3 while austun had 250 yards eihte had 210 with only 8 catches better yardage per recption catching should go up tell me whne this guys drops it speed and route tunning
Michael jenkins (81) +2 speed needs to go from like a 81 to about a 95 with how he burned clements and white to get the block watch the 90 yard recption you will see it
Curtis Lofton (92) +11 the most underrated MLB in the NFL already had a bye week yet stil 6 in the leauge in tackles should have some of the highest tackling and awarness he is always around the pball plus he is not that slow.
Mike peterson (85) +5 2 forced fumbles and he got nothing seems biase to me .
October 14, 2009 at 7:15 am
now this post is on glitches in the game itself
1. cfix the catching animations for the defense there are 10-15 times a game where i can read a defence go for a pick and the defender does some weird animation that is nowhere near what i intened it doesnt have to be picked but i mean just jump and swat it or something like if you throw deep i will go for the pick and my guy will jump left instead of up what is that its stupid. or if your running a drag and i go for the pick my guy will go backwards and up instead of staying in front of the WR. second ok 1 handed catches by the D thats outrages when have you seen a DT outjump a WR and cath it one handed. ridiculous is all i got to say.
October 14, 2009 at 7:15 am
something i would like to see is more accurate break tackling and jukeing. like chris johnson CANNOT BREAK a thing BUT he can juke and spin very well well i will go for a tackle and he breaks me what is that i see him juking not breaking and brandon jacobs is the exact oppisite i see him breaking not juking so can we try to be more realistic in this area i think it would make the game more injoyable and also mmore fun to play. the last major thing is QB throwing there will be times i never get pressured or anything the WR is open i throw it and it is about 10 yards off target i have done this with numorus QB from manning to brees to ryan to russel they all do it i think that needs to be fixed
October 14, 2009 at 7:20 am
Boost Mendenhall, Mike Wallace, and the O Line of the Steelers
October 14, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Ben should get back the points he lost in the last update
October 14, 2009 at 7:44 am
Henne is the real deal period. He proved himself on a national stage against one of the better defenses in the league atm. Same goes for Ginns hands, Ricky's speed, and Ronnie's trucking.
The Dolphin's as a team deserves a little boost. Cause we all know that individual stats are bogus and that overall performance in gameplay is based on that critical rating. The truth about how good a team is.
Fasano had two fumbles against the Falcons, and now he has Pederson's dropsies? That's harsh cause career wise he rarely drops the ball unlike mister AP.
I have problems with boosting players ratings when they play crap teams. Boost players and teams when they play against real competition not scrubs.
That is all for now.
October 14, 2009 at 9:46 am
Proved himself? He had one good game. "Proving himself" would be doing that consistently throughout most of the season . Hell, JaMarcus Russell put together a couple of decent games last year, and we all know he didnt prove squat. Obviously Henne is and will be better than Russell, but the point remains that you can't jump the gun and declare someone as proven after one good game.
October 14, 2009 at 11:12 am
Matt Ryan needs to go up
Falcons O line needs to go up (no sacks in 3 straight games)
Roddy White needs to go back up
Turner needs to go back up (but loose points in ball handling)
Falcons LB's need a bump
All 49ers need to go down… because they suck… that is all
October 14, 2009 at 12:00 pm
can mike p and akeem jordan get some dame love!!?? no giants linebacker is better than akeem except peirce of course, so y in the hell r all of them rated higher? even the damn backups!!!!! and btw osi umenyora(or whatever) is completely OVERRATED!!!! i digress. o yea…mike p is way too low he and bunkley should be the same rating just like last year. theyre our version of the williams wall lol.
October 14, 2009 at 12:26 pm
even the cowboys fans kno it
October 14, 2009 at 2:08 pm
ronnie brown and ricky williams and the dolphins o-line need some improvement they took care of business vs the jets not giving up one sack matter of fact i really didnt see henne under pressure at all against one of the best defenses in the NFL…. and ronnie and ricky have combined to have the best running back tandum in the league atleast give ricky a little more speed
October 14, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Pasta, can Left Tackle Donald Penn of the Bucs see some speed and awarness increase for reception he made on a tip pass for a first down. CB Mack of the bucs dispite giving up the bomb to Maclin is the bucs third corner. So rating should higher than Cox the forth corner.
October 14, 2009 at 3:14 pm
But no the Ravens D doesnt need to go down. !0 years straight a great D is allowed a slip or two.
October 14, 2009 at 3:22 pm
So true. And the Cowboys are a still rated an 86. No playoffs and 9-7 last year. Top ratins in QB, WRs(i cant understand why) and top ratings in rushing. Dont push realism if you dont want do do the ratings justice.
October 14, 2009 at 3:40 pm
Felix Jones-Yards 212. Yds/Att 10.1
Marion Barber-Yards 297. Yds/Att 5.1
Tashard Choice-Yards 225. Yds/Att 5.1
all 3 of these running back need alil bit more love not alot just one point for each one
October 14, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Giants
Pierce- one of the smartest LB's in the league(+2-4)
Thomas- he been starting the past few games(+2-3)
Bruce Johnson- has been really good in the nickle(+1-3)
Hedgecock- should have never been downgraded. He has blocked for 2 RB's tha are in the top 10 in rushing(+4-6)
Smith, Nicks and Manningham- have been consistent in every game and will get better. All(+1-3)
Eli- 10 TD's n 2 Int and is second in Pass rating with 111.7(+2-4)
the O-line has only given up 2 sacks(+1-3)
Michael Johnson- has been playing really good for the Giants for a while. The secondary has only given maybe 1-2 big plays all year(+2-4)
October 14, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Allow me to clear up a few things..
Brandon McGowan – Needs to be made a starter over James Sanders and needs a big boost (to mid-70's to make him a decent starter). His awareness needs to go up, the guy is seemingly in on every fumble or any other play. The guy plays good up near the line of scrimmage as well.
Braylon Edwards – Don't boost him based on one game with the Jets. He always plays great on MNF, but not that great in the other games. He shines in the spotlight, but fades when he's not in a big game. Also, he did make a bad drop in that game – long bomb from Sanchez he dropped a would-be TD, the one where it was a bad PI call. You can't argue that it was a bad call, even the commentators and all the guys on NFL Network agreed that it was a no-call. Not sure what that ref saw.
October 15, 2009 at 4:19 pm
So you don't wanna raise him for a very good game…but you wanna drop him because of one diving spectacular catch??
October 14, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Oh yeah..
Add Junior Seau to the Pats
Remove T. Sands from the Pats (he was released to make room for Seau).
Can't wait for the roster update!
October 14, 2009 at 4:23 pm
I've been calling for a Jonathan Joseph boost since the preseason. He has an INT in 3 straight games, give him an 85. Chad Henne should also go up to about 75, he destroyed the Jets on Monday night. Matt Schaub is still underated in my opinion. Brandon Marshall and Roddy White should both go up to about 93 each. Miles Austin to 75. Kyle Orton to 81. Matt Ryan to 89. Cedric Benson should go to to 87, Willis McGahee is 87 and Ced is having a WAAY better year. Ahmad Bradshaw should go to lower 80's, he's a beast so far. Mendenhall to 80. Kellen Winslow is the best Fantasy TE right now, he needs a boost. Woodley back up to 87. And also fix the Raiders Depth Chart. The 2 Rookie WR's are the Starting WR's not Javon Walker and Chaz Schilens. Also Ricky Brown is the Starting LOLB for the Raiders but is still at MLB. I'm not at all a Raider fan but c'mon were 5 games into the season get it right EA.
October 14, 2009 at 4:55 pm
they not gonna put the bengals up drastically because they waiting for us to folp so bad, we damn near gonna have to win a superbowl to get put back up to what we was, but even then we only gonna get a 86 overall like they did the cardinals.
October 14, 2009 at 5:37 pm
After watching the Ravens/Bengals replay, the Bengals fans have nothing to hang there hat on defensively…the Ravens barely even had the ball that game and moved it. However, Cincy's Offense should go up…Joseph should go up, but not because of the past week…Leon Hall should stay the same, he almost gave up the game winner…Benson should go up, but not based on last week…he had two or three runs…that's it.
October 14, 2009 at 5:54 pm
man the saints linebackers are still underrated scott shanle, vilma, and fujita plus Remi adeolye
October 14, 2009 at 5:56 pm
The saints Devery henderson is a beast he is the best deep ball catcher on the saints team in the last 3 years and he almost had a 1000 yards last year he is a beast and meachem they should both b upgraded
October 14, 2009 at 6:02 pm
I hate TO, but you can't really use his stats to rip him in this case. The horrid play of Trent Edwards and their offensive line has more of an impact on his numbers than he does. If he was on a decent team, he would be justifying his rating for sure.
October 14, 2009 at 6:19 pm
what you didnt see on NFLreplay, was two 3 and OUTs by the Ravens offense that they didnt show.
Baltimore had a top offense. and the bengals shut them down. only allowed 7 points! baltimore avergaed 31.5 per game!
October 14, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Number Change:
Junior Seau – Wearing his old number, #55
Derrick Burgess – Switches to #53 (had been wearing #55).
October 14, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Cassel and Dorsey need to go up. Sure the team sucks but he is throwing TDs and not turning the ball over! LT should be in the mid 80's.
October 14, 2009 at 8:48 pm
K D.Akers and P S.Rocca is very good this season.. all of there kicks is on the mark.. needs some love on them 2! thanx.. just opinion EA..
October 14, 2009 at 8:49 pm
K D.Akers and P S.Rocca is very good this season.. all of there kicks is on the mark.. needs some love on them 2! too good to be 77's mann.. watch the gm danngg..
October 14, 2009 at 9:02 pm
You cannot overlook the Bengals. They have beat really good teams, divisional playoff teams, and would be 5-0 if it wasn't for that fluke play by the Broncos. Cedric Benson has been lights out and should be at least in the upper 80's, with more speed. Carson Palmer and Chad Johnson (Ochocinco) has returned back to their original forms. Andre Cadwell now has to be respected and the entire defense is not getting credit were credit is due. I'm not even a Bengals fan, but they deserve it.
October 14, 2009 at 9:04 pm
And Miles Austin should not get a bump for 1 game. The almost lost to the chiefs. Give me a break.
October 15, 2009 at 5:54 am
dude just shut up
October 14, 2009 at 9:12 pm
-Brett Favre(89)(+4)he has helped adrian peterson all year.playing great
-Cedric Benson(86)(+6)Ran over ravens D
-Vikings O-Line-Is being underrated.there much better then that
-Derrelle Revis(94)(-2)all i got to say is tedd ginn
-Ladainian Tomlinson(88)(-3)is he even starting?
-Aaron Curry(88)(+4)he becoming a beast.good at blitzing and coverage
-Larry Fitzgerald(97)(-2)i havent heard about him all year
-Steve Smith(96)(-1)besides jake delhomme doing horrible.he hasnt made his plays this year
-Chris Johnson(95)(+5)playing very well.3rd leading rusher in nfl
-Randy Moss(99)(+3)best wide out in nfl.he would lead nfl right now but tom brady playing horrible
October 14, 2009 at 10:05 pm
All I want to see is chad henne go up about 2 to 3 pts, also maybe some respect for the broncos 5-0 and its mostly because of defence
Kyle Orton need a boost in Throw power, and short and medium throw accuracy.
Andra Davis needs a boost 74 doesn't cut it for a player who has 33 tackles third on team behind dj williams and brian dawkins.
Brandon Marshall Needs a little boost at least 93 Overall
Eddie royal to an 83
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Others
Cedric Benson needs a huge boost not only because he put up 100 on baltimore but because he is the league leader in rushing yrds
Dallas Clark needs to be at least a 97 he is a TE but he is in the top 5 in the league in receiving yards
October 15, 2009 at 8:28 am
eddie royal is alot faster than an 93, hes just as fast as avery, i still dont know why he isnt getting much love. all i have to say is dumervil and the broncos D, secondary and linebackers are much faster and aware.
October 14, 2009 at 10:15 pm
bumps.
greenway he has sacks he has picks he has a lot of tackles
leber up he is like 77 when i dont see him being broke so strength and tackle and play recognition
cedric griffin press man coverage and catching, he covers #1WR as good as winfield
farve accuracy and power 94+3 and play action, peterson is on the field so what do you do if your playing the vikings??
sidney rice release catching in traffic and catching and route running he is always open
chester taylor catching and ball carrier vision
curtis lofton(atl) tackling machine bump him up
jarred allen speed he catches most recievers and running backs from behind at least 5 yards downfeild pursuit should go up too and play rec.
October 14, 2009 at 10:16 pm
again since week 2 DROP DEMARCUS WARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 14, 2009 at 10:21 pm
Cedric Benson to Overall 86 (runnning like a beast.leading rusher.100+ on raven D real impressive)
Ronnie Brown to Overall 93 (runnning the ball hard.makes the wildcat very sussesful.5th leading rusher)
Chris Johnson to Overall 92 (3rd leading rusher.been very succesful this year.help titans alot so far)
Chad Ochocinco to Overall 92 (been real produtive this year.I think he is b ack)
Steve Smith to Overall 88 (leading in receptions,yards,and td.been real good this year catching and getting open)
Carlson Palmer to Overall 92 (one of the main reasons why the bengals are 4-1.coming back real productive since injury.and threw the Td in the game winning drive against ravens)
Eli Manning to Overall 91(looking like his brother this year.been real arracute.one of the reasons for the 5-0 Giants)
Dallas Clark to Overall 96 (been open all year.one of peyton favorite target.3rd leading in receving yards)
Brett Favre to Overall 87 (playing his best career yet.having a perfect year.him and peterson look unstoppable)
Players that need to drop;Larry Fitzgerald,Ladainian Tomlinson,Terrel Owens,Maurice Jones-Drew,Steve Smith,Lofa Tatupu,Bob Sanders
October 14, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Clady 97
orton 84
moreno 83 speed 93
dawkins 92
Marshall 95
woodard 73 at least
royal 84
October 15, 2009 at 10:39 am
you need to boosy up kerry collins you made him really inaccurate and thats not real cause he is really accurate in the pocket oh and i dont get how kenny britt ran a 4.4 and is 86 speed and cortland finnegan ran a 4.34 and hes slow as shit he should be like 98 97
October 15, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Thomas Decoud of atlanta should go up hes having a solid year hes pretty underated , i cant belive curtis lofton and mike peterson havent gone to mid 80s yet lofton is 6th in the nfl with tackles he also has 2 forced fumbles i think and he is deffenitly faster then 79 speed i think about 81-82 is around his speed mike peterson is just a playmaker hes got a few force fumbles and a pick and alot of tackles there whole linebacking core is playing well , roddy whites breaktackle should go up and route running . justin blalock the gurad for atlanta and sam baker the tackle are having great years i dont think any sacks on their side of the line the deserve a little boost ,Michael Jenkins is having a great year also he kept up with roddy white on the 60 yard td catch and run i think his speed should atleast be like 89-90 and he barley drops a think .
October 15, 2009 at 1:34 pm
To do a weekly update on a game that is supposedly based on the real NFL is absolutely absurd. I see Pasta won't rest until T.O is a 0 overall. I am going to put down my Madden for a while because I see that everyone has completely lost their mind. One week my player is a 90 and the next week he is a freakin 68. WOW A whole career worth of accomplishments lost in a matter of just a few games. smh WTF
October 15, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Jones-Drew doesn't deserve to have his ratings drop.
As this article says, he only has two good games… but here's what you have to understand: in those other three games the Jaguars have played in so far, the score was at one point or another +/- 28 points. In the Titans game the Jags were up so much Maurice just rode the bench along with other key starters. In the Arizona game the team was down by as much as 28. And in the latest game against Seattle, the team lost 41-0. Why would you drop Maurice's ratings based on those three games, when he never got an opportunity to carry the ball because of the extremely lopsided scores? Judge him by the games where he gets the football.
Not only does he have those three games where he didn't get a chance to even run because of the score, but those games also hurt his YPC more than they should. This is because when you are up or down by such extreme amounts of points, the only time MJD is going to be called on is to kill the clock, score a touchdown or get a short-yardage conversion. These are all great things for your football team, but when you're only getting 7 carries and half of them are 2 yard first downs or 1 yard touchdowns or clock killers, then your ypc will suffer greatly.
In the 10 games in his career that MJD has carried the ball 19+ times, he averages 5 yards a carry and a TD per game. Over 140 yards from scrimmage. And this trend has continued this season.
October 15, 2009 at 8:34 am
kyle orton is much better than madden has him, has more arm than a 78, and the o-line is terrific, just see week 5 game and the protection they gave him.
October 15, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Pasta when these ratings coming out??
October 15, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Are you cowboys fans serious. Jesus christ it was the chiefs, not the Joe Montana and Derrick Thomas Chiefs. Its the Matt Cassell and Larry " Ive lost way more then a step" Johnson Chiefs. Im pretty sure they are out of playoff contension already so dont get to excited. There is no reason and good team should go into overtime with them so just stop it u sound stupid.
October 15, 2009 at 7:10 pm
You guys need to chill with all the boosting. All this means you guys grossly underrated/overrated many players. Meaning nobody has a good idea how people will perform, and realistically how can you. So what's the formula?
Why can't player ratings work inconjuction with actual weekly performance? Like NBAlive?
Start with a career rating system initially before the season and then work in weekly performance.
The cowboys are sheet and yet they are rated like a superbowl contender.