Madden NFL 11: The How and Why's of Hit Sticking

[Piccaso]

I think Madden ratings are a little off i was looking at TE's and Vernon Davis is the Third best TE now i looked at the ratings and he's 24th in catching, 43 in route running and, 36 in Catching in traffic, i thought that to be a little odd when a 68 overall rating TE has better route running than the 3 best TE in the game really doesnt makes sense when the guy had more TD's than any other TE, the guy had less catches but more yards than T. Gonzalez, and less catches than J. Witten but more td's, So why inst he the best on game? this is crazy

[Gotmadskillzson]

EA sports games ratings are always off......It is as though the guys that be on tv the most get inflated ratings, where as guys they rarely see play on tv get very low ratings. It is the same way in their NCAA football games. Big name schools, players are rated to cloud 99. Where as smaller conference schools get rock bottom ratings.

[MCNABB51BOI]

Quote: Originally Posted by Piccaso

I think Madden ratings are a little off i was looking at TE's and Vernon Davis is the Third best TE now i looked at the ratings and he's 24th in catching, 43 in route running and, 36 in Catching in traffic, i thought that to be a little odd when a 68 overall rating TE has better route running than the 3 best TE in the game really doesnt makes sense when the guy had more TD's than any other TE, the guy had less catches but more yards than T. Gonzalez, and less catches than J. Witten but more td's, So why inst he the best on game? this is crazy

just beacuse he had decent numbers doesnt mean he can run routes and catchs as good as a dallas clark or tony gonzo

this is a good read if the hit stick worked as advertised this year if a WR runs a post you time up the hit i have yet to see a ball jarred loose not 1 it doesnt work .

[teewee]

Quote: Originally Posted by josef

Saints with no hit-stickers!? Ouch.. Where's Vilma at least? I sort of miss the easier hit stick tackles.. Me and my buddies would always cringe and/or go nuts when we connected or got handed a hit-stick smack down. I understand they are trying to make it more risk/reward but I also like to have fun. Defense just feels a little blah. Still loving the game though.

you can not have a affective hit stick without cheeser's doing it every play causing fumbles.

[GreenReign86]

Does Madden rate players' hit power reletive to their body size? For instance, do bigger bodied players on Madden naturally hit harder then smaller bodied players? That may explain why so many defensive lineman have lower hit power ratings. So what I'm trying to say is; does Madden actually incorporate the Force = Mass x Accerleration furmula? Just a thought.

[GreenReign86]

Quote: Originally Posted by josef

Saints with no hit-stickers!? Ouch.. Where's Vilma at least? I sort of miss the easier hit stick tackles.. Me and my buddies would always cringe and/or go nuts when we connected or got handed a hit-stick smack down. I understand they are trying to make it more risk/reward but I also like to have fun. Defense just feels a little blah. Still loving the game though.

I think that a slider for hit stick difficulty would probably appeal to the masses, and make everyone happy.

[LiquorLogic]

I don't understand how Dlineman don't have the highest hit power. Bigger people hit harder than smaller people; I mean that's just good ole common sense.

Maybe it's because Dlineman usually aren't in position to deliver knock blows to WRs coming across the middle like LBs and Safeties.

[AntRWill]

Linebackers and safeties have the higher hit stick ratings because we get to see more of the big hits in the open field resulting in highlights as opposed to in the trenches with the big guys.