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

[Inspiration]

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 get burned deep because, more likely than not, he is slower than the player he is covering, not because he lacks coverage skills. Put Brooks and David against players who have equal physical skills as them and I think there is a good chance that Brooks fares better. Brooks might struggle against a WR because he is slower (which should be reflected in his speed and acceleration ratings) while David might get burned because he gets frequently faked out by double-moves and other well-run routes (which should be reflected in coverage ratings).

[rhombic21]

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.

That doesn't even make sense. In zone coverage, players don't guard any particular receiver, and yet you're complaining about linebackers being able to cover wide receivers too well. I'm just not clear on what you think the problem is here.

[Chessboxer1]

I know i'm a little late to the party but HALLELUJAH! It's awesome to see that the game will workout this way and that you don't need to have 90+ speed at running back to break a long run.

If you'd like to keep the 99 speed guys in check, i think you should also consider tweaking agility and acceleration. Some of the slower players i think should get boosts in agility and acceleration, while some of the speed guys should take a hit in at least their agility. I don't think anyone will disagree with me it's much easier to change direction and hit top speed when you're slower while madden/ncaa seems to believe the opposite. I'm not saying you should invert the current formula, but you should consider Tinkering with this to also negate some of the speed advantage of super fast players.

[shttymcgee]

Quote: Originally Posted by Chessboxer1

I know i'm a little late to the party but HALLELUJAH! It's awesome to see that the game will workout this way and that you don't need to have 90+ speed at running back to break a long run. If you'd like to keep the 99 speed guys in check, i think you should also consider tweaking agility and acceleration. Some of the slower players i think should get boosts in agility and acceleration, while some of the speed guys should take a hit in at least their agility. I don't think anyone will disagree with me it's much easier to change direction and hit top speed when you're slower while madden/ncaa seems to believe the opposite. I'm not saying you should invert the current formula, but you should consider Tinkering with this to also negate some of the speed advantage of super fast players.

So you think tackles change directions faster than rb's?

[LBzrule]

They do need more variables though. Right now I'm thinking "closing speed." If raw speed is all they have then we are gonna have a problem. This would mean no linebacker would be able to cover Chris Johnson on a swing pass to the flats (ala NCAA 2009 where no linebacker could keep up with RB's on swing passes, even OLB's who are lined up outside) and this just should not be the case. Or allow their pursuit rating to serve as "closing speed." So they get a boost. Ray Lewis is not a great straight line runner, but I'll be damned that after 13 years, he can still cut that back off at the corner on a swing pass out of the backfield.

[mwjr]

Patrick Willis is a 99??

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Quote: Originally Posted by mwjr

Patrick Willis is a 99??

are you questioning Patrick Willis

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