Eight weeks of the NFL season are now in the books and the potential playoff picture in both the AFC and NFC are starting to take shape. Significant injuries from this week's game will end the seasons of Sebastian Vollmer, Brandon Gibson, Travis Benjamin, Mike Williams, and Ryan Broyles while Michael Vick and Ray Maualuga will be out for stretches of time. Some of the players expected to rise in the upcoming Madden NFL 25 roster update include Andy Dalton, Cam Newton, Calvin Johnson (if h...

Week seven of the NFL season was a terrible one for injuries as the season has ended for Reggie Wayne, Leon Hall, Brian Cushing, Sam Bradford, and Doug Martin. Also out for an extended period of time are Jay Cutler, Lance Briggs, and Jermichael Finley. Returning to action were Rob Gronkowski and Von Miller while Bryant McKinnie has since been traded to the Dolphins. Among those who turned in big performances were Andy Dalton, Case Keenum, Jason Hatcher, Muhammed Wilkerson, Chris Clemons,...

Six weeks of the NFL season now in the books and only the Broncos and Chiefs remain undefeated. They face each other weeks 11 and 13. In the race for the top pick the Giants, Jaguars, and Buccaneers remain winless. Injuries this week will knock out Randall Cobb, Jerod Mayo, Nick Perry, DeMarcus Ware, and D.J. Williams for significant stretches of time while the situation with Jimmy Graham remains unclear. With the Bills injury situation at QB they've signed Matt Flynn. Some of the play...

Five weeks of the NFL season are now in the books and only three teams remain undefeated. Injuries to Julio Jones, Luke Joeckel, and Brian Hoyer have ended their seasons while E.J. Manual, Clay Matthews, Owen Daniels, and Michael Vick will miss at least a few weeks. The Vikings signed Josh Freeman (not the starter yet) and the Giants traded for Jon Beason. Players likely to go up after strong performances include Terrelle Pryor, Geno Smith, Tony Romo, Andrew Luck, Knowshon Moreno, Alsho...

A quarter of the NFL season is now in the books for all but two teams offering a now significant stretch of data to consider when evaluating player ratings in Madden NFL 25. Injury wise the biggest names to face extend periods of time missed following this last weekend's games are Jake Locker, Vince Wilfork, Dwight Freeny, and T.J. McDonald. 14 players will be returning from suspension this week as well. Some of the players that can be expected to rise off strong week four performances i...

With week three of the NFL season just about in the books, and only a few days until week four kicks off, it's time to discuss the players and teams that need attention in the upcoming Madden NFL 25 roster update. This next update will include the trade of Trent Richardson to the Colts and signing of Willis McGahee by the Browns which just missed the cut last week. The news isn't good for the 49ers and Bears with Aldon Smith going on an indefinite leave of absence and Henry Melton out for...

With two weeks of the NFL season now in the books it should be time to start examining players with high ratings that are underperforming. It's often easy to raise players after big performances but typically they don't drop at the same rate when struggling. Over the course of the season that really adds up. Among the names that should be looked at now to take a hit include Robert Griffin III, Eli Manning, Maurice Jones-Drew, and Ray Rice. Injuries will send to the IR (or at least result ...

As often is the case week one of the NFL season provided a number of surprises as many underdogs were either able to win or keep the games dangerously close. The team that could take the hardest hit in this week's roster update for Madden NFL 25 is the Steelers who fell at home to Tennessee and lost three players including one of their best in Maurkice Pouncey to IR. Players likely to receive a bump after first week performances include Peyton Manning (possibly going up to 99), LeSean McC...