Madden NFL 13 Player Ratings - Top 10 Running Backs

[seasprite]

Quote: Originally Posted by DeuceDouglas

2011 Darren McFadden - 7 games (basically 6), 113 carries, 614 yards, 19 receptions, 154 yards, 5 touchdowns 2009 Jamaal Charles last 4 games - 94 carries, 658 yards, 13 receptions, 79 yards, 4 touchdowns In 2010, Charles ran for 310 more yards on just 7 more carries.

Mcfadden Career: 553 att 2,627 yrds 4.8 YPC 16 TD Charles Career: 499 att 3,027 yrds 6.1 YPC 12 TD

[at23steelers]

What the heck? I'll do mine:

#1.) MJD 95 overall
#2.) Foster 94 overall
#3.) McCoy 93 overall
#4.) Rice 93 overall
#5.) AP 92 overall (only because of injury, or would be 95 overall)
#6.) Forte 91 overall
#7.) Steven Jackson 90 overall
#8.) Frank Gore 90 overall
#9.) McFadden 89 overall
#10.) Charles 88 overall

[shavane]

This list is fundamentally flawed because there appears to be no rhyme or reason for the 0-100 scale. A 97+ rating should be reserved for a player thats had a hall of fame type carreer or is for a once in a generation type player. This is that special player that comes along every 5 to 10 years and if you go position by position you'll see this holds true.

Take wide receiver for example..there have been some very good ones only a select few who's freakish athletism and playmaking abilities make them once in a decade type players. Think Fitzgerald, Moss, T.O. and now Calvin Johnson.

When your talking RBs, Peterson is about the only back thats come along in the last few years that fits this freakish mode. He has the blend of size, speed, and agility to warrant 97+ rtgs in all the major categories. The problem is he is coming off a major injury so if you want tru to life ratings he should be a 90-92 at most. If your using a 97+ rating for elite players or freakish physical atttributes than looking at this list most of these running backs should rate in the lower 90 higher 80 rating. There are a few on this list who are working on HOF type careers Rice, MJD, hopefully Mccoy.

If I had to sit down and actually do a rating it would go like this it takes into account how they rate against the best ever, last years season, and athletic ability. Sure CJ has 99 spd but he really had a down year overall.

#1 Maurice Jones-Drew - 96 monster back, highly productive, consistent, done it for years pay that man!!!
#2 Ray Rice - 95 overachiever, highly productive, good vision, power, best hands out of this group
#3 Arian Foster - 95 great vision, power, benifits from great line we will see this year lost some good OL.
#4 LeSean Mccoy - 94 shiftiest back since Sanders, great speed and vision home run threat
#5 Adrian Peterson - 92 physical freak, speed, power, vision, Jim Brown clone only faster
#6 Matt Forte - 91 good vision, productive receiver and rusher consistent
#7 Frank Gore - 91 tough,tough, back runner blocker receiver, can carry a offense
#8 Steven Jackson - 90 bruising animal of a back, great runner underated receiver, a load to bring down
#9 Fred Jackson - 90 overlooked sneaky good player, great vision, good lean falls forward he is the truth
#10 Chris Johnson - 89 freakish speed good vision.

Charles needs to return from injury and will easily crack the top ten. Michael Turner still productive but he is on the downslide and I see him hitting the proverbial running back wall fast. Big backs drop off fast and he is on the decline. Mcfadden??? I'm laughing at anyone thats putting him close to the top 10. He is very physically gifted but has done nothing. He's had 4 good games and is a injury waiting to happen..he is better than Felix Jones though.

[TeamBuilder]

OVR ratings don't really matter anyway. It's about the individual ratings that a player has. I assume the only reason MJD is #1 is because he has the highest total mix of trucking, elusiveness, awareness and vision.

[splff3000]

I got a question...... how is EA releasing the top 10 rb's when they don't even know who is gonna have the highest speed, trucking, etc rating?

[mpeterso]

Quote: Originally Posted by msdm27

So at least 10+ RB rated over 90, SMH! How is it so hard for D.Moore to understand that a 97 rated player is basically a nearly perfect player for that position... those players should be once in a generation. Can't wait til they reveal the top 10 punters!

"Once in a generation" - there were just 6 players inducted into the hall of fame - were they all "once in a generation" talents?

There were 6 players inducted in 2011 and 7 in 2010 - the only guys that might fit the description "once in a generation" were Deion Sanders and Jerry Rice. The rest were no doubt great players who had excellent careers, but I would not label them "once in a generation" yet they are deservedly hall of famers.

[mpeterso]

Quote: Originally Posted by shavane

This list is fundamentally flawed because there appears to be no rhyme or reason for the 0-100 scale. A 97+ rating should be reserved for a player thats had a hall of fame type carreer or is for a once in a generation type player. This is that special player that comes along every 5 to 10 years and if you go position by position you'll see this holds true. Take wide receiver for example..there have been some very good ones only a select few who's freakish athletism and playmaking abilities make them once in a decade type players. Think Fitzgerald, Moss, T.O. and now Calvin Johnson.

"Once in a decade" - yet you list 4 WRs from 2000's alone.

SMH....

[Big FN Deal]

Quote: Originally Posted by splff3000

I got a question...... how is EA releasing the top 10 rb's when they don't even know who is gonna have the highest speed, trucking, etc rating?

I guess because the small point differential according to the voting results won't effect the OVR enough to matter or they are just basing it off of the current prevote ratings.

My question is what does this OVR mean because in CC the OVR is team specific. So are the OVR being revealed based on each players current team's value or something else entirely? Meaning the Raiders wuld have a higher OVR for McFadden due to his speed than for Steven Jackson or some other slower back, that would put McFadden into the top 10, as far as the Raiders are concerned.

These are the kind of "inkblot" tactics EA/Tiburon does with Madden that can be frustrating because it becomes about "what do you think it should mean" without ever revealing what they intend for it to be.