08-09-2008, 10:52 AM | #201 |
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Falcons coaching staff Head Coach Mike Smith Current Approval: 75 Personality: Titan Difficulty: Very Hard Overall Skill: 36 Special Skills: 4 of 44 Coach and Staff Overall Skill Ratings Head Coach: 36 Off Coach: 22 Def Coach: 26 ST Coach: 63 QB Coach: 32 RB Coach: 5 WR Coach: 56 OL Coach: 16 LB Coach: 9 DL Coach: 75 DB Coach: 95 Trainer: 1 GM: 38 Season Outlook: The Falcons are desperate for talent and a beefed-up playbook. This will be a multiseason project to turn this team around. Overall Player Grade: C- |
08-09-2008, 10:56 AM | #202 | |
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08-09-2008, 11:01 AM | #203 |
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08-09-2008, 12:04 PM | #204 |
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Dare I ask how the Bengals look?
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08-09-2008, 01:50 PM | #205 |
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Bengals Overall: 75 Off: 89 Def: 68 Salary Cap: $52.1 Season Outlook: The Bengals are in disarray. While they have talent on offense, they've struggled to win games. Upgrades to the defense will be necessary to get this team back on track. Overall Player Grade: C+ Head Coach: 38 Off Coach: 67 Def Coach: 38 ST Coach: 38 They do have a 99 for a trainer! Best off player: Chad Johnson (95) Best def player: Keith Rivers (90) |
08-09-2008, 01:51 PM | #206 | |
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Looks like a challenge! |
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08-09-2008, 02:29 PM | #207 |
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08-09-2008, 02:43 PM | #208 |
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Thanks for putting up the Seahawks info, now whether or not to redo their draft and get a RB or not.
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08-09-2008, 02:47 PM | #209 | |
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From the guide:
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08-09-2008, 03:19 PM | #210 | |
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From bkrich83 over as OS who has the game:
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08-09-2008, 03:20 PM | #211 |
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08-09-2008, 03:27 PM | #212 |
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Ok, what the heck. Todd, can you show me Philly's stats? It's not going to make the wait until September release any easier, but I might as well see it.
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08-09-2008, 03:48 PM | #213 |
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Bills?
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08-09-2008, 06:08 PM | #214 | |
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Philadelphia Overall: 86 Offense: 86 Defense: 88 Cap Room: $40.1 Season Outlook: The Eagles' rebuilding effort is still a work in progress. The team hasn't made inroads when it comes to upgrading talent. Overall Player Grade: B+ Head Coach: 77 Off Coach: 41 Def Coach: 99 ST Coach: 19 Best off player: Brian Westbrook (92) Best def player: Brian Dawkins (91) |
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08-09-2008, 06:17 PM | #215 | |
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Buffalo (my favorite AFC team) Overall: 74 Offense: 71 Defense: 75 Cap room: $46.7 Season Outlook: The Bills last season came close to earning a playoff spot. The talent on this team is subpar overall but decent enough in spots to build upon, and the playbook is fairly weak. The team needs to break its recent history of slow season starts and stop blowing late-game leads. Overall Player Grade: C+ Head Coach: 46 Off Coach: 20 Def Coach: 34 ST Coach: 99 Best off player: Lee Evans (91) Best def player: Marcus Stroud (90) Brian Moorman (90) |
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08-09-2008, 06:22 PM | #216 |
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This could be a system seller for me. I'll wait another month or so to see. . .My only pre-purchase lament is the time frame. 15 years...as stated numerous times above, that just isn't long enough.
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08-09-2008, 06:31 PM | #217 |
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Love to see the Bears when you get a moment..
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08-09-2008, 06:33 PM | #218 |
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There's a hell of a lot of cap space on all these teams. I wonder what that will mean for free agents.
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08-09-2008, 11:17 PM | #219 | |
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From what I've heard so far, would definitely be a system seller for me. I'm going to check some 7-11's for the CE edition.. my neighbor would buy Madden from me if I get it before he does. I've also heard if you buy a snickers, you get $10 off. Someone I know picked up Madden at a 7-11 today.. but he lives quite a bit from where I live. |
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08-09-2008, 11:26 PM | #220 |
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Da Bears Overall: 78 Off: 73 Def: 87 Cap room: $23.4 Season Outlook: The quarterback position lacks long-term promise, and the defense is aging. You'll need to upgrade the offensive playbook, utilize Devin Hester in the offensive scheme, and stretch the field with longer pass plays. Overall Player Grade: B- Head Coach: 48 Off Coach: 17 Def Coach: 23 ST Coach: 79 Best off player: Devin Hester (83) (96 as a KR) Desmond Clark (89) Best def player: Brian Urlacher (93) |
08-10-2008, 01:34 AM | #221 |
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This might seem like a dumb question, but can you start with fictional rosters?
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08-10-2008, 01:57 AM | #222 |
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Actually, they say most draft picks are random. However, there is a set number in each class that are predeveloped and have more specific commentary attached to them in the draft analysis. |
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08-10-2008, 09:09 AM | #224 | |
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Based on what I have read from the developers they hand crafted 21,000 players to be used in the draft. That is close to 60 different draft classes. A select number of elite players will always have the same name coming out of the draft. All other players, while their ratings were pre-crafted, will be generated with random names. |
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08-10-2008, 09:51 AM | #225 | |
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Gamestop will take only the game disc without any need for the packaging or manual. They're the major reseller in the U.S. by a wide margin. |
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08-10-2008, 10:37 AM | #226 |
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Looks like Abner has spotted a problem where players don't heal at all from injuries. Sounds like he's told the development team. Probably another good reason to wait for the HC release to buy the game. I'm guessing they'll fix it as they've been pretty responsive to his testing, but it might be a couple of weeks.
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08-10-2008, 01:19 PM | #227 | |
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They have a section in the strategy guide called, "The Future 50".. I've skipped over it because I don't want to know who's going to be a stud. |
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08-10-2008, 01:26 PM | #228 |
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Carolina Panthers Ratings?
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08-10-2008, 03:40 PM | #229 |
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is it possible to simply turn injuries off?
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08-10-2008, 04:24 PM | #230 | |
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Reading some posts over at OS, it seems the bug is not always repeatable.. and when you get an injury during the season, the players start healing again. bkrich has been doing some testing and he's hopeful it's not a game killer like originally thought. Still.. a bit disappointing.. but what console sports game isn't anymore? |
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08-10-2008, 08:32 PM | #231 | |
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Per Bill:
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08-10-2008, 09:08 PM | #232 |
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I'm a little worried the stats put up on his blog after his test sim:
Reggie Wayne nabbing 2,100 yards receiving was a tad extreme. Wayne destroyed Rice's single season mark of 1,848. Manning also flirted with Marino's single season yards record, but failed by 35 yards. I think there were eight 4,000+ yards QBs, only 11 1,000 yard rushers, and Tom Brady led the league in completion percentage with 65%. There were a lot of QBs with 40+ TDs, though. By a lot I mean maybe four or five. That's pretty high considering throwing 40 TDs has been done only five times in NFL history. I think Manning had 45 TDs and 24 INTs.
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08-11-2008, 08:00 AM | #234 |
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I'm actually thinking about getting Madden CE (for HC) tonight at midnight... I'm really getting excited to jump in and play this one!
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Funny how things have changed. A couple of months back, everyone was thinking that the CE edition was worthless because it had HC included in it. Now, everyone is pretty sure that Madden is going to be awful, but some compulsive buyers are willing to toss down 90 clams to make sure they get HC before the solo release. Depending on what they offer for Madden trade-in in the week after release, it may be a good gamble. Funny stuff. |
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08-11-2008, 08:25 AM | #236 | |
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I hear ya - I never thought a Head Coach game made by EA would get me excited I'm still hoping Madden with some patches will be an okay game to play. If not, I'll ebay it.
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08-11-2008, 04:19 PM | #237 |
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I can't wait for HC. I prepaid the collectors edition and counting down the minutes.
I think Madden is going to be pretty good also. |
08-11-2008, 04:30 PM | #238 |
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i was thinking about going up to Gamestop, waiting outside and do a reverse auction on who wants to sell me their HC disc....Start at $30 and see if it'll go down from there.
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08-11-2008, 04:47 PM | #239 |
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I had avoided all of the HC talk on purpose until this past weekend... Now I am pretty excited about it and may in a moment of weakness go purchase Madden CE just for it over the next few days...
I hope if there is a game killer out there that someone uncovers it quickly or I may get burned again... |
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I doubt anyone with any sense would take 30 for it but they might would ball at $40 which is still cheaper than the retail version! |
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08-11-2008, 05:20 PM | #241 | |
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If you can hold out until Wednesday night there'll be tons of impressions out there by then, enough to decide for yourself whether the flaws will be game-killing or tolerable. |
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08-12-2008, 02:20 PM | #242 |
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Abner discussing some season sim results. Sounds like the passing stats for the QB and WR are a bit nutty.
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08-12-2008, 02:27 PM | #243 | |
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Roster update has been posted. Here's the players that were changed according to the lead developer (posted on OS forums).......
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08-12-2008, 03:20 PM | #244 |
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I thought he said Brett Farve would be added as a Jet?
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08-12-2008, 03:38 PM | #245 |
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The transactions aren't listed in the post above. They said all moves within the past two months are included in the update, up to the Pennington move.
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08-12-2008, 03:49 PM | #246 |
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Ahh yes..if you start in the pre-season Farve is on the Jets.
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08-12-2008, 04:21 PM | #247 |
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how the fuck do you get the update? i'm on PS3 and can't find a link, I can download plays but can't find rosters...
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08-12-2008, 05:37 PM | #248 |
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Okay I broke down and bought the Madden CE for Head Coach today... If I get up the nerve to open the package and can get the wife to stop watching the Olympics long enough tonight I will post some impressions....
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08-12-2008, 07:37 PM | #249 |
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Very early impressions from me are that this game is awesome. The FA and draft process alone are just plain fun. The ingame help is incredibly useful as you can just pick up the game and play pretty much. The draft appears to be pretty well done. I have some nitpicks that I need to write down. I really wish during trade and free agent discussions you could look at a player card instead of just seeing an overall. There are some small things like that, but the draft AI looks like nothing I've ever seen in a console football game. It's looking like Madden will be getting very little play from me. I would be looking to see if I could pick this game up used or something fellas. I am not a big EA guy, and I will say these are early impressions.
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08-12-2008, 09:03 PM | #250 |
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Are there announcers during the game?
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