Madden NFL 13 Team Ratings from E3 Build

[DUDERMAN]

Quote: Originally Posted by mf756193

Also, a few pages back I saw a Saints fan saying that Broderick Bunkley was the #1 running stuffing DT. All I can do is LMAO at that comment. Bunk is a below average player. Trust me, you will see first hand how bad he is.

You shouldn't go there, man. I've heard that way too much over the years and when I hear it, people just come off as uninformed.

He was very good for us. The fan base wanted him to be a sack master at DT since he had that potential coming out of college. What he became was a force in the run game along side Mike Patterson. If anything, both those players were underrated for years. If Bunk never got hurt, Antonio Dixon would never have had a chance to take his job. Jim Johnson's scheme was about disguising his pressure and he had his D-line play the run first and allow his LBs and safeties to blitz. Sean McDermott copied that philosophy too. Juan Castillo and Jim Washburn installed an entirely new scheme and Bunk was expendable. He had a great year with the Broncos and he will greatly help out the Saints D-line.

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We have a lot of delusional Eagles fans here

As for the Eagles rating, I said it earlier that an argument could be made either way. The Eagles had a top ten offense and defense. The Eagles, along with the Cowboys, blew more 4th quarter leads than any other team in the league. Most of those 8 losses came from the defense collapsing from mental errors early in the season and Vick regressing and throwing bad picks in key situations.

The team itself is still top tier by talent level alone. I'm not saying that guarantees them a spot in the playoffs, I'm just saying that you can't ignore stats when giving a rating in a video game. At this point I'm more defending my team than the actual rating, which I wouldn't be upset to see a bit lower.


Let me end with this (again repeating from my earlier post)...

We DO NOT know the formula used to get these team ratings so any arguments arising from them are pointless.

[brettmickey]

These are the team ratings in order of best to worst just to make comparison easier:
1.Patriots-86
2.Packers-86
3.Steelers-85
4.Giants-84
5.Eagles-84
6.Niners-81
7.Falcons-81
8.Bears-81
9.Ravens-80
10.Cowboys-79
11.Jets-79
12.Texans-78
13.Saints-78
14.Chargers-78
15.Redskins-78
16.Lions-77
17.Broncos-76
18.Chiefs-76
19.Panthers-76
20.Cardinals-75
21.Bengals-74
22.Bills-74
23.Seahawks-73
24.Titans-72
25.Rams-71
26.Vikings-71
27.Raiders-70
28.Jags-70
29.Bucs-69
30.Dolphins-68
31.Browns-67
32.Colts-66

[justcallmedaddy]

I do disagree putting the Rams ahead of both the Raiders and Dolphins though, I try to not overrate my team because I knew they've been bad, but I disagree with the Rams being over them.

[brettmickey]

Quote: Originally Posted by brettmickey

These are the team ratings in order of best to worst just to make comparison easier: 1.Patriots-86 2.Packers-86 3.Steelers-85 4.Giants-84 5.Eagles-84 6.Niners-81 7.Falcons-81 8.Bears-81 9.Ravens-80 10.Cowboys-79 11.Jets-79 12.Texans-78 13.Saints-78 14.Chargers-78 15.Redskins-78 16.Lions-77 17.Broncos-76 18.Chiefs-76 19.Panthers-76 20.Cardinals-75 21.Bengals-74 22.Bills-74 23.Seahawks-73 24.Titans-72 25.Rams-71 26.Vikings-71 27.Raiders-70 28.Jags-70 29.Bucs-69 30.Dolphins-68 31.Browns-67 32.Colts-66

This is my humble opinion on who is over/underrated right now. I will try to keep equilibrium between over/underrated so there isn't a bunch up in ratings.

Overrated
Redskins

Slightly Overrated
Pitt
Eagles
Cowboys
Jets

Slightly Underrated
Giants
Ravens
Broncos

Underrated
Niners
Texans
Saints
Lions

[DIRRTY30]

Quote: Originally Posted by brettmickey

These are the team ratings in order of best to worst just to make comparison easier: 1.Patriots-86 2.Packers-86 3.Steelers-85 4.Giants-84 5.Eagles-84 6.Niners-81 7.Falcons-81 8.Bears-81 9.Ravens-80 10.Cowboys-79 11.Jets-79 12.Texans-78 13.Saints-78 14.Chargers-78 15.Redskins-78 16.Lions-77 17.Broncos-76 18.Chiefs-76 19.Panthers-76 20.Cardinals-75 21.Bengals-74 22.Bills-74 23.Seahawks-73 24.Titans-72 25.Rams-71 26.Vikings-71 27.Raiders-70 28.Jags-70 29.Bucs-69 30.Dolphins-68 31.Browns-67 32.Colts-66

Hey ho yah derr hey. Watchoo doin puttin the Pats above the Pack, eh? LOL, but seriously, as a Packer fan, I am pleased with an 86. Though these ratings are really low compared to the last time I played Madden a few years back. I'm assuming it has to do with the new ratings system from a few years ago? Anyway, this will be the first time in 4 years or so that I will be buying the game. Infinity sold me on it.

[jaynny15]

I really like these ratings cause there is really no dominant team in the nfl.. its who goes on a run when the playoffs start.

[mf756193]

Quote: Originally Posted by DUDERMAN

You shouldn't go there, man. I've heard that way too much over the years and when I hear it, people just come off as uninformed. He was very good for us. The fan base wanted him to be a sack master at DT since he had that potential coming out of college. What he became was a force in the run game along side Mike Patterson. If anything, both those players were underrated for years. If Bunk never got hurt, Antonio Dixon would never have had a chance to take his job. Jim Johnson's scheme was about disguising his pressure and he had his D-line play the run first and allow his LBs and safeties to blitz. Sean McDermott copied that philosophy too. Juan Castillo and Jim Washburn installed an entirely new scheme and Bunk was expendable. He had a great year with the Broncos and he will greatly help out the Saints D-line. As for the Eagles rating, I said it earlier that an argument could be made either way. The Eagles had a top ten offense and defense. The Eagles, along with the Cowboys, blew more 4th quarter leads than any other team in the league. Most of those 8 losses came from the defense collapsing from mental errors early in the season and Vick regressing and throwing bad picks in key situations. The team itself is still top tier by talent level alone. I'm not saying that guarantees them a spot in the playoffs, I'm just saying that you can't ignore stats when giving a rating in a video game. At this point I'm more defending my team than the actual rating, which I wouldn't be upset to see a bit lower. Let me end with this (again repeating from my earlier post)... We DO NOT know the formula used to get these team ratings so any arguments arising from them are pointless.

Not uninformed at all. He's an average DT at best. He couldn't stop the run if his life depended on it. Not sure what kind of Eagles games you were watching, but he was pretty much worthless for us. Yes, every now and then he would make a nice play but that was once in a blue moon. There's a reason he couldn't find the starting line up on our team and then got traded for scraps.

[azdawgpound]

Quote: Originally Posted by Retropyro

In the video it looks like the Colts have a rating of 73 and the Skins are 77. Obviously still being worked on and tinkered with.

was it me or did the ball look funny coming out of lucks hands on both those ints? it looked me like when his arm was up in air that the ball was above his hand in air and then ball took off? look @ 5:28 mark of the replay of the first int.