OS Roundtable: Which NFL Team are you most excited about playing with in Madden NFL 12 Post-Draft?

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Submitted on: 05/05/2011 by Chris Sanner, Christian McLeod, Jayson Young, Steven Bartlett, Dustin Toms

Which NFL Team are you most excited about playing with in Madden NFL 12 Post-Draft?

Dustin Toms - Tennessee Titans. This may be a homer pick, but I am more excited to play as the Titans than any other team in Madden 12. With the riskiest move in the NFL Draft, Tennessee took Jake Locker eighth overall. In Madden, Locker will have a terrible accuracy rating, but it'll be like having cover boy Peyton Hillis taking every snap. Plus with new linebackers in Akeem Ayers and Colin McCarthy, the defense could have a new look.

It's officially a fresh start in the Music City.

Steve Bartlett - Arizona Cardinals. Larry Fitz is one those players that cannot be stopped in Madden, no matter what the coverage and no matter who's throwing the ball to him. Adding Ryan Williams, a running back from Virginia Tech, to go with the power game of Beanie Wells will make the Cardinal red my team of choice. I loved the run game philosophy in Madden 11, and I will take full advantage of this tandem in Madden 12.

Number five overall pick Patrick Peterson's 4.34 speed and coverage skills should equate to him being a shutdown corner against any matchup in the league -- Andre Johnson, Julio Jones, Dez Bryant or anybody else.

Christian McLeod - Detroit Lions. Like Dustin, I'm going to be a "homer" here and say the Detroit Lions.

As someone that exclusively uses defensive tackles on defense, I can't wait to get my hands on Nick Fairley in addition to Madden 11 favorite Ndamukong Suh. Add a speedy Titus Young to the slot to complement Megatron and Nate Burleson, as well as a healthy Matthew Stafford/Jhavid Best, and you've got a pretty potent offense. As someone who struggles mightily to actually play with the Lions on a yearly in Madden, I haven't been this excited to see my home-team squad in video game format since the days of Mel Gray and Barry Sanders in Tecmo Super Bowl.

Jayson Young - Cleveland Browns. Hey Dustin, the Titans have had an inaccurate, scrambling quarterback for the last five years, so I don't see how Jake Locker changes anything for the Titans aside from having a different name written on their #10 jersey.

Steve, Arizona's defense and special teams definitely got a lot better with the addition of Patrick Peterson, but I can't see anyone using the Cardinals until they have a reliable quarterback, and a receiver who can take some of the attention away from Larry Fitzgerald.

Christian stole my pick with the Detroit Lions, so I'll take the Cleveland Browns, another up-and-coming Rust Belt team.

Defensive linemen Phil Taylor and Jamaal Sheard should replace troubled nose tackle, Shaun Rogers, and 6-foot-3 220-pound WR Greg Little gives QB Colt McCoy the downfield threat that Cleveland has lacked since the Braylon Edwards trade.

Cover athlete Peyton Hillis should have his ratings just as jacked as his biceps, and custom playbooks should make Cleveland a force from the Full House formation, with fullbacks Lawrence Vickers and Owen Marecic creating holes for Hilils.

Fans of the power running game should keep a close eye on Cleveland in Madden NFL 12.

Chris Sanner - Atlanta Falcons. Call me the flavor of the month or a potential cheeser, but Matt Ryan plus an almost certainly Madden-juiced Julio Jones will make for an unbelievable combo. Give Jones a few years to develop in franchise mode, and you have a combo of Montana/Rice-esque proportions. In an offense that already featured Michael Turner and Tony Gonzalez, I can't help but feel all giddy. Maybe that's what Matt Ryan feels every morning now -- someone should ask him.

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# 1 jwired21 @ 05/05/11 01:47 PM

It doesn't matter the record or who is on the team, I will only play with my Cleveland Browns the same as I do every single year. It helps that its a young team and I love building for the future. Though you could say we've been building for the future since 1999.

# 2 Jarodd21 @ 05/05/11 01:52 PM

I only play with one team and have my whole life and thats the Giants. I'm very excited to play with the new pieces we just added this year in the draft.

# 3 BleacherBum2310 @ 05/05/11 01:53 PM

Only really play with one Team, so I guess I'm excited to use the Packers.

# 4 JR90RFC @ 05/05/11 01:58 PM

My Cincinnati Bengals.

# 5 bmj2k7 @ 05/05/11 02:01 PM

I would like to play with the Patriots more than any team, they have a young ball hawking defense, and now have all there run stoppers back,everyle game last year they got better and better against the run and pass, this could be a top 10 defense bc there starting to play like a TEAM like they did on the Super Bowl wins, as fast and strong as this young defense is, they could be the next Packers in terms of defense, young, fast and strong on D!

# 6 ABR173rd @ 05/05/11 02:09 PM

I am always excited to play with the Saints. Only down side is I love rebuilding and the Saints the past couple seasons have been a pretty complete team. Ill probably have a franchise with Cincy as well depending on the ratings for Andy Dalton.

# 7 extremeskins04 @ 05/05/11 02:11 PM

I used to say the Washington Redskins and even though I'm a loyal fan, I can't say I'm excited to play with them this year in Madden. They just don't draft well at all.

I think I'm going to play the Detroit Lions this year and build up their defensive secondary to accomodate the Suh/Fairley tandem.

Should be fun to watch.

# 8 SmashMan @ 05/05/11 02:27 PM

I always spend the majority of my playing time using the Bears. Hopefully Carimi helps out both in-game and in real life. It's not fun being virtual Cutler running for your life all the time.

# 9 TalenT @ 05/05/11 02:32 PM

Even though we probably won't be that good IRL, I'm geeked about playin' with my Dolphins. Our running game in Madden should be pretty decent and I love running the ball.

# 10 GOLDENxEYE @ 05/05/11 02:39 PM

Colts, who doesn't look forward to tossing up a bomb with virtual Manning to virtual Wayne?

# 11 harlemkiid149 @ 05/05/11 02:46 PM

My squad is the MIami Dolphins.Im really hoping EA updates all the teams playbooks because the Dolphins have one of the most versatile offensive playbooks and it would benefit them to include all their multiple packages.Plus we drafted Daniel Thomas and with the ability for X Books I will be giving the Dolphins every Wildcat Package on the game,because Daniel Thomas can throw the ball very well probably as good as Henne,unfortunately.Outside of Dolphins I might run with Panthers or Packers.

# 12 Chowdah @ 05/05/11 03:07 PM

I'm using my Chiefs Jamaal Charles should be a top 5 back on the game.the addition of justin houston with Hali will bring alot of pressure on both sides. Jon baldwin will be a beast cause I love user catching with big receivers over little CB. An if he progress well Ricky Stanzi will be my starting QB in franchise mode.

# 13 noonan2112 @ 05/05/11 03:07 PM

World Champion, Green Bay Packers! I can't wait to see the belt.

# 14 LBzrule @ 05/05/11 03:08 PM

Baltimore, Arizona, Tampa, Carolina. My favorite team of course is the Ravens. But I've played in online leagues and random games online with the others every year. I used to play with the Lions pre Stafford. I may look at them again with that defensive line.

With Torrey Smith now in the fold I have that deep threat at WR I've been looking for and I hope David Reed gets upgraded to B potential and his speed goes up. Smith should be able to blow the top off defenses and allow Boldin, Mason, Heap, Dickson to work underneath. Reed should be able to get deep too but not as fast as Smith, should be a good intermediate target.

# 15 mrmass413 @ 05/05/11 03:17 PM

pats are my squad but i'll try out the lions in madden

# 16 mvb34 @ 05/05/11 03:17 PM

Minnesota, Baltimore, and maybe the Jets..

# 17 Hova57 @ 05/05/11 03:18 PM

I will be playing with my Eagles. They will be a fun team to play with. Especially on D where I plan to make them a 3-4 hybrid team. My cb play will be very suspect but that's the fun of it all. Also I'll be playing with the Ravens. I am very interested to see how and where they have the picks from last year who didn't play progress.

# 18 BurghFan @ 05/05/11 03:18 PM

Steeelers, the only team I ever play with.

# 19 Armor and Sword @ 05/05/11 03:19 PM

My new way of playing Madden (since 2010) is I always do one Fantasy draft Franchise and then I also do a real 4 team Franchise. 2 teams from the AFC and 2 teams from NFC.

AFC - Miami Dolphins
NFC - NY Giants

I always play my Dolphins and the last 2 years since I started the multiple team franchise I have used the Giants in the NFC and will again for a third straight year (won one Super Bowl with the Giants in Madden 2011)

For the 2 other teams I always look for a sister of the weak or a team that is a draft and an offseason away to try and turn around (with house rules as I will not rape the CPU in trades). In Madden 2010 I took on the Chiefs and then used them again in 2011. For the NFC I used the Lions 2 years in a row as well.

So the decision will be which 2 teams it will be this year? I also will not use any team in the other 2 teams (Fins and G-Men) division. Right now I am leaning to the Titans in the AFC and 49ers in the NFC.

Either way I am stoked for Madden 2012!!!

# 20 Hova57 @ 05/05/11 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by BurghFan


	Steeelers, the only team I ever play with.

how do you play with the steelers on offense. Just wondering I play with them on occasion and I fall in love the the passing game. I don't run that often with them. Most of my passes goes to brown and ward. For some reason Wallace is always blanketed.

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