Madden NFL 10 Blog: Player Ratings - A New Philosophy, A New Era

[shttymcgee]

Quote: Originally Posted by glitchditcher

You're not telling me anything I don't know. You continue to say how LBs are capable of covering WRs and HBs. I know that.... but NOT AS WELL as they do it in the game. You would swear the LBS are all Champ Bailey out there in Madden. Why do you think there are so many turnovers and gamers rarely throw for over 200 yards in a game ? Because the coverage is absolutely ridiculous in Madden.

Maybe I have a different game than you. I see the game as an up and down the field track meet. Hell, one stop a lot of times will win you the game. If coverage was so good, why would people complain abou "robo qb?" Turnovers happen when people don't understand what they're doing.

I don't think I am the only one that thinks there is too much separation in the game and that passing is too easy, because it is unrealistically easy to get open and that every qb has sniper-like accuracy. I just don't share the same view as you and I hope that the developers don't either, because if passing gets easier, I'll probably have to give the game up.

[rhombic21]

Quote: Originally Posted by glitchditcher

You're not telling me anything I don't know. You continue to say how LBs are capable of covering WRs and HBs. I know that.... but NOT AS WELL as they do it in the game. You would swear the LBS are all Champ Bailey out there in Madden. Why do you think there are so many turnovers and gamers rarely throw for over 200 yards in a game ? Because the coverage is absolutely ridiculous in Madden.

Are you serious? Coverage is terrible on this game. Man coverage in particular. There's an entire thread illustrating why man coverage is fundamentally broken on the game. Zone coverage is decent, but is offset by the lack of pressure from the front 4, the super accuracy of QBs, extremely poor reaction to screen passes, and ******ness like the rocket catch.

[splff3000]

Quote: Originally Posted by glitchditcher

You're not telling me anything I don't know. You continue to say how LBs are capable of covering WRs and HBs. I know that.... but NOT AS WELL as they do it in the game. You would swear the LBS are all Champ Bailey out there in Madden. Why do you think there are so many turnovers and gamers rarely throw for over 200 yards in a game ? Because the coverage is absolutely ridiculous in Madden.

I have to agree with the other guys here man. Man coverage is pretty much useless in this game as far as LB's go. If I know a LB is gonna be covering my HB, I can just pretty much hot route him and I know he's gonna be open. Zone is a little better but, other than the superman int's, that's pretty bad too.

[glitchditcher]

I'm not talking about man coverage. No one even uses that because of how terrible it is. I'm talking about Zone.

[shttymcgee]

Quote: Originally Posted by glitchditcher

I'm not talking about man coverage. No one even uses that because of how terrible it is. I'm talking about Zone.

They both stink.

[Glorious Arc]

are you telling me that LBs like derrick brooks are worse in coverage then jason david!?!

i wouldnt even give jason david a 70 in man coverage n id maybe give him 70ish in zone. he was made better in the colts cz of their front four and because he wasnt in man often.

there are plenty of linebackers and safties that can out cover corners but the real issue is the animations. i agree that a 230-260 pound player should not be able to run at full speed and out jump a WR who has 99 jump on a jump ball. hell itd be hard for champ bailey to cover fitz on a jump ball if he had to run to make a play on the ball.

human bodies can not run at full speed and reach their max jump at the same time. thats why we see players in real life getting burnt when they turn to try and jump and tip the ball.

[glitchditcher]

Quote: Originally Posted by Glorious Arc

are you telling me that LBs like derrick brooks are worse in coverage then jason david!?!

Uhh yeah man. Put Derrick Brooks at CB and watch how much worse he gets burned than David deep. Put David at LB (only for the coverage aspect) where he is hardly ever covering anything deep and watch how good he looks.

[shttymcgee]

Quote: Originally Posted by glitchditcher

Uhh yeah man. Put Derrick Brooks at CB and watch how much worse he gets burned than David deep. Put David at LB (only for the coverage aspect) where he is hardly ever covering anything deep and watch how good he looks.

Brooks would not be a good corner, that's is something everyone understands, but that doesn't mean that he can't have better coverage ratings than a corner, its a different type of coverage. I agree that he should not be highly rated. And again, Tampa 2 MLB's are responsible for covering the deep middle,.