My Husker Ratings Edits

[Spooky]

Not sure if you other Husker fans are with me, but there are some MESSED UP ratings for Nebraska. I'm going to layout my edits and reasoning for the Huskers, and see if you all agree or disagree. I'll start only with QB's and DB's, and K, since they are the worst offenders.

Quarterbacks

Zac Lee

Was:

OVR  SPD  AGI  ACC  AWR  THP  THA
 88   80   84   93   80   88   85


Now:

OVR  SPD  AGI  ACC  AWR  THP  THA
 82   74   76   85   78   85   82



Cody Green

Was: 

OVR  SPD  AGI  ACC  AWR  THP  THA
 87   81   88   90   73   92   84


Now:

OVR  SPD  AGI  ACC  AWR  THP  THA
 80   78   82   87   63   90   80



Taylor Martinez

Was: 

OVR  SPD  AGI  ACC  AWR  THP  THA
 84   83   82   96   68   84   88


Now:

OVR  SPD  AGI  ACC  AWR  THP  THA
 75   86   88   90   60   85   78

Explanation:

I don't know where on earth EA came up with these acceleration ratings, but they are crazy. On the whole, our QB's are rated way too highly for what they've shown on the field. I adjusted awarenesses down, and kept them in with how old they are, and how long they've been in the offense. Made Taylor Martinez a little faster, but reduced his passing quite a bit, as he's more of a highly talented project as a passer. Lee has more field awareness than Green, but Green has a better arm and is faster. Lee is still the better QB overall.


Defensive Backs

Prince Amukamara

Was:

OVR  SPD  STR  AGI  ACC  AWR  TAK  BLS  PUR  PLR  MNC  ZNC  PRE  RLS
 91   94   56   90   84   94   63   61   95   94   98   93   94   52


Now:

OVR  SPD  STR  AGI  ACC  AWR  TAK  BLS  PUR  PLR  MNC  ZNC  PRE  RLS
 95   94   62   96   92   97   68   67   95   96   99   95   96   60



Alfonzo Dennard

Was: 

OVR  SPD  STR  AGI  ACC  AWR  TAK  BLS  PUR  PLR  MNC  ZNC  PRE  RLS
 88   91   59   86   90   88   60   62   89   90   96   94   88   61


Now:

OVR  SPD  STR  AGI  ACC  AWR  TAK  BLS  PUR  PLR  MNC  ZNC  PRE  RLS
 90   91   65   90   90   92   65   69   91   92   96   95   92   70



DeJon Gomes

Was: 

OVR  SPD  STR  AGI  ACC  AWR  TAK  BLS  PUR  PLR  MNC  ZNC  PRE  RLS
 84   91   52   85   92   85   61   60   86   87   87   96   80   61


Now:

OVR  SPD  STR  AGI  ACC  AWR  TAK  BLS  PUR  PLR  MNC  ZNC  PRE  RLS
 86   90   69   85   91   91   71   72   88   89   89   94   85   66



Eric Hagg

Was:

OVR  SPD  STR  AGI  ACC  AWR  TAK  BLS  PUR  PLR  MNC  ZNC  PRE  RLS
 85   92   63   88   89   90   76   63   87   89   86   86   70   61


Now:

OVR  SPD  STR  AGI  ACC  AWR  TAK  BLS  PUR  PLR  MNC  ZNC  PRE  RLS
 88   90   74   88   89   93   81   78   87   93   83   91   70   61



Ricky Thenarse

Was:

OVR  SPD  STR  AGI  ACC  AWR  TAK  BLS  PUR  PLR  MNC  ZNC  PRE  RLS
 87   80   69   87   82   90   80   68   90   95   85   94   73   64


Now:

OVR  SPD  STR  AGI  ACC  AWR  TAK  BLS  PUR  PLR  MNC  ZNC  PRE  RLS
 85   82   75   85   82   86   80   68   88   92   85   89   73   64

My thoughts here are simple. This is one of, if not THE best, defensive backfields in the country, and they simply aren't rated that way. Compare them to a Bama or Texas, and you'll see why they mostly needed upped in the ratings. Prince got a big jump, as he is easily a first rounder, and probably top 20 pick. Dennard got bumped up a little. I made Gomes a more "big-hitter" type of DB. Pretty much everyone got awareness bumps up, do to the type of defense they are able to handle and execute in Pelini's defense. Thenarse got graded down a bit because of his injuries and coming back he likely isn't on par with the rest of the DB's.


Kickers

Alex Henery

Was:

OVR  AWR  KPW  KAC
 91   70   94   89


Now:

OVR  AWR  KPW  KAC
 95   85   95   96



Adi Kunalic

Was:

OVR  AWR  KPW  KAC
 87   74   95   80


Now:

OVR  AWR  KPW  KAC
 88   74   99   80

Henery is the most accurate kicker in Husker history, and one of the most accurate in the country. Additionally, he's one of the most accurate punters in the country too. His rating was way too low. Kunalic is by far the most powerful kicker in the country, with 86 career touchbacks, more than anyone in the country.

[NE_Passat'n]

I'd agree with what you've done so far. i can't remember the LB ratings off the top of my head, but those might need to be lowered a bit.

[DEHusker]

Yeah I would agree with you there.

I haven't sifted through the ratings either, but it feels Helu needs more agility and Burkhead more strength

[Spooky]

Quote: Originally Posted by DEHusker

Yeah I would agree with you there. I haven't sifted through the ratings either, but it feels Helu needs more agility and Burkhead more strength

Burkhead actually plays very realistic, to me. He just puts his head down and powers forward for me.

I would agree on Helu. I think he needs more juke/spin ability, but i think his overall rating of 93 is about right, so I feel like I'd have to take away somewhere. Maybe the injury rating, but i don't know if that actually affects OVR.

[cparrish]

I actually made the same changes to my Nebraska's roster too. QB's are WAY too highly rated, so I dropped them to all 82, and I increased Henry's rating to a 96. I thought Burkhead was rated too high, but I don't know enough about him to change any of his ratings. Good reasoning on increasing the two CB's though, I will do the same to mine too. Overall, how did Nebraska's roster turn out? I know Colorado's is an absolute mess; the have a ton of players and wrong positions, and the four of the top six CB's, aren't even on the game.

PS: I am bummed this is the last year to see Nebraska the day after Thanksgiving

[huskers370z]

hey spooky did you put ur ratings online for us to download?

[Reazo]

Quote: Originally Posted by cparrish

I actually made the same changes to my Nebraska's roster too. QB's are WAY too highly rated, so I dropped them to all 82, and I increased Henry's rating to a 96. I thought Burkhead was rated too high, but I don't know enough about him to change any of his ratings. Good reasoning on increasing the two CB's though, I will do the same to mine too. Overall, how did Nebraska's roster turn out? I know Colorado's is an absolute mess; the have a ton of players and wrong positions, and the four of the top six CB's, aren't even on the game. PS: I am bummed this is the last year to see Nebraska the day after Thanksgiving

Ha I wouldn't think a CU fan would think burkhead is overrated after what he did to you guys last year.

[huskers370z]

or is anyone else going to put this roster online it would be a good one to have