Madden NFL 13 Player Ratings - Top 10 Running Backs

[Prophet49]

Quote: Originally Posted by splff3000

Huh? You must be young. I don't mean that as an insult or anything. I'm just assuming you didn't watch them play. When I made my post I wasn't talking about statistics or anything. I was basing it off the eye test, my eyes to be specific lol. My eyes that watched most of Barry Sanders and Jerry Rice's career and all of everyone that came after. Now Jerry Rice isn't as untouchable ratings wise, IMO, as Barry Sanders because Rice wasn't necessarily the biggest or the fastest, or anything like that. He just knew how to run the hell out of a route and was just overall very smart on the field. I honestly feel that players like Calvin Johnson and Larry Fitzgerald definitely deserve to be right up there with Rice. Barry Sanders tho, was simply the most amazing player I've ever seen play in my lifetime(I'm 33). He was not some modern day player, playing in a different time because I haven't seen ANY modern day player do what he did on a consistent basis. He had 5 yd runs that were better than any run most RB's have in their whole career. When you put players like him into the game, you have to have a definite separation between him and modern day players. He was the epitome of a 99 OVR player. You don't do him justice to put MJD 2 points below him. Overall tho, my point was that it's ok to have the scale rated among today's player as long as all you got are today's players in the game. Once you added the legends into the game tho, the rating scale has to be skewed to show the difference between a player that's considered a "legend" and a player that's good now. Jamaal Charles is nowhere near a legend at this point in his career, so why is his rating near one?

I'm 25, I grew up a 49er fan and loving my team to no end. Jerry Rice to me is what other receivers are compared too, yet even now I realize that there are 4 other receivers in the game that have skills comparable to or better than what he had during his time.

Barry Sanders played during most of what Jerry Rice played in, where defenses were more about power than team speed. This isn't a negative against what Barry Sanders did or an attempt at lowering the gravity of what he did but just a realization of what is fact and what is perception. This broaches an argument too long for this post and it's not something I wish to get into at this point.

Defenses are getting faster and faster, this is a fact. They're also becoming stronger as sports medicine, training and nutrition evolves.

If it were my way I wouldn't even list Barry Sanders as a 99 overall, so to me having Jamaal Charles 7 points off of his overall rating is not a sleight to his career, achievements or athletic ability.

[bxgoods]

Quote: Originally Posted by chibears96

Wtf Turner stiff arming Ed Reed at :36.

What's the problem?

[Aurabolt127]

Really, Charles at a 91? This is a joke. Madden way overrates everyone. Terrible game construction....like when it was busy making Emmitt Smith a 99, giving him 99s in everything just to do it. It's just a flawed system.

[8mileroad]

Sorry for stating the obvious... but Lesean McCoy runs nothing like Lesean McCoy.

[angels eclipse7]

Quote: Originally Posted by splff3000

As soon as EA put the legends in the game, the ratings became based on "all time" because the legends are using the same ratings as the rest of the players. Like I said earlier, you can't have Barry Sanders rated at 99, then have MJD just 2 points below him. It just ain't right.

I think that MJD should be a 93 and Barry Sanders like a 101 (even though it only goes up to 99, they should still drive up his ratings after he has already hit 99).

[Cj7298419]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dj_MyTime

Two words... Darren Sproles, just saying.

Yea, I'm interested to see what Sproles is rated

[xMoJox]

Funny, you guys notice how long it took Faulk to say "top ten?" It's like C'MOON MAAAN!!

[iAM-IncReDiBLe-]

Michael Turner isn't a good receiving back but he is easily one of the best hbs at running the ball period. He is a work horse an has been elite ever since he was given the starting job in ATL.