Madden NFL 12 Has Rated Four Players at 99. Overrated? Who Missed the Cut?

[Steve_OS]

Donny Moore recently announced four players in Madden NFL 12 rated at 99. Are they overrated? Who do you feel should be rated this high?

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It's official...The Four Highest Rated Players in Madden NFL 12 are Tom Brady, Troy Polamalu, Antonio Gates, & Darrelle Revis all at 99 OVR

[ssryry29]

Brady is overrated in my opinion. I might be saying that because I HATE the Patriots. Also, Revis was hurt half the season last year. Why is he 99? I could also be saying this because I HATE the Jets too. I am a Giants fan so this could be why I am saying this...

[Chrisksaint]

Brady is fine considering he was the mvp last year and imo the best QB in the league right now. The other 3 I don't buy at 99's but hey that's just nitpicking at this point cause if not they are easily a 97 or what not

[mestevo]

I guess with DPP it doesn't matter as much, but also because of it I don't think anyone should be able to be rated 99. Leaves little/no room for overachieving. Ratings are always relative to the season and the players who participated, but I think the standard should be that the very best players are ~90, leaving room for people to streak and excel if OVR is intended to be a general indicator of a player's ability at any given time.

Gates is good, but wouldn't have expected any TE to be 99. Also wouldn't have expected Polamalu at 99 after his dismal playoff run.

[R0M0mentum09]

Ware is snubbed again. Witten is somehow lower than Gates? (to anyone not in the know click the link)

http://tiny.cc/WittenVsGates

[BurghFan]

Awesome, a Steeler and a former Pitt Panther. I don't really think any of them are overrated. They are all among the best at their respective positions. I think nitpicking over ratings becomes somewhat irrelevant once you get over 95 anyways.

[mestevo]

Quote: Originally Posted by R0M0mentum09

Ware is snubbed again. Witten is somehow lower than Gates? (to anyone not in the know click the link) http://tiny.cc/WittenVsGates

Witten is probably pretty highly rated, but I think your link makes a case that Gates was better, just didn't play a full season. It took 6 more games for Witten to be just 218 yards and 7 first downs better, and despite that Gates still had more TDs and more receptions for 20+ yards.

In the end if Witten was relied on as much as Gates was, I'd agree with you. He's not, so Gates is better, on paper and on the field.

[Senator Palmer]

They're all overrated -- Gates, especially, until he becomes a complete TE and blocks, shouldn't be close to 99. Although, I'm not too concerned that there are only 4 99s, it's that there are probably dozens more 98s and 97s.

What happened to the shift to lower overall ratings we were supposed to get a few years ago? I mean, really, how many perfect players has the NFL ever seen?