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Madden NFL 11 Player Ratings: Top Players at Each Position (K0ACHK)

07:06 AM - June 22, 2010 by Steve_OS

Top Players
C. Johnson HB - 99
P. Willis MLB - 99
D. Revis CB - 99
J. Allen RE - 99
D. Brees QB - 99
P. Manning QB - 99
R. Clady LT - 98
A. Peterson HB - 98

Top Quarterbacks
D. Brees - 99
P. Manning - 99
T. Brady - 95
A. Rodgers - 94
P. Rivers - 94
B. Favre - 92
T. Romo - 90
M. Shaub - 89

Top Running Backs
C. Johnson - 99
A. Peterson - 98
M. Jones-Drew - 96
S. Jackson - 95
F. Gore - 93
D. Williams - 92
R. Rice - 90
M. Turner - 90

Top Fullbacks
T. Richardson - 94
L. Polite - 91
L. Weaver - 90
L. McLain - 90
L. Vickers - 89
O. Mughelli - 88
M. Hedgecock - 86
M. Karney - 85

Top Wide Receivers
A. Johnson - 98
L. Fitzgerald - 97
B. Marshall - 96
R. Wayne - 96
R. Moss - 95
R. White - 93
S. Smith - 92
D. Jackson - 91

Top Tight Ends
Tony Gonzalez - 98
J. Witten - 97
V. Davis - 96
A. Gates - 96
D. Clark - 96
H. Miller - 90
C. Cooley - 89
K. Winslow - 89

Top Left Tackles
R. Clardy - 98
J. Long - 96
J. Thomas - 95
M. Roos - 95
J. Gross - 95
D. Ferguson - 91
J. Brown - 91
B. McKinnie - 90

Top Left Guards
S. Hutchinson - 97
L. Mankins - 95
B. Grubbs - 94
K. Dielman - 93
C. Nicks - 91
E. Steinback - 91
A. Faneca - 91
T. Herremans - 89

Top Centers
N. Mangold - 97
A. Gurode - 92
J. Saturday - 92
S. O'Hara - 91
M. Birk - 91
R. Kalil - 90
J. Brown - 89
D. Koppen - 88

Top Right Guards
J. Evans - 98
C. Snee - 96
L. Davis - 89
D. Joseph - 88
B. Moore - 88
B. Williams - 88
H. Dahl - 87
J. Scott - 85

Top Right Tackles
J. Stinchcomb - 90
D. Stewart - 89
D. Woody - 89
J. Otah - 86
J. Gaither - 86
V. Carey - 86
R. Harris - 85
E. Winston - 85

Top Left Ends
R. Mathis - 95
J. Tuck - 92
R. Seymour - 92
L. Castillo - 88
A. Smith - 87
C. Campbell - 86
S. Ellis - 86
R. Edwards - 85

Top Right Ends
J. Allen - 99
D. Freeney - 97
M. Williams - 95
T. Cole - 95
J. Peppers - 95
H. Ngata - 94
D. Dockett - 94
W. Smith - 90

Top Defensive Tackles
K. Williams - 97
V. Wilfork - 95
J. Ratliff - 94
K. Jenkins - 94
S. Rogers - 93
C. Hampton - 91
A. Franklin - 90
R. Starks - 89

Top LOLB
L. Woodley - 91
S. Phillips - 91
D. Smith - 89
T. Davis - 87
B. Cushing - 87
J. Peterson - 86
B. Orakpo - 85
R. Maualuga - 85

Top MLB
P. Willis - 99
J. Beason - 96
R. Lewis - 94
D. Harris - 91
B. Ruud - 91
L. Fletcher - 91
D. Ryans - 90
J. Vilma - 90

Top ROLB
D. Ware - 97
J. Harrison - 97
E. Dumervil - 93
L. Briggs - 92
T. Suggs - 90
C. Greenway - 88
K. Rivers - 86
C. Matthews - 86

Top Corners
D. Revis - 99
N. Asomugha - 98
C. Woodson - 97
C. Bailey - 95
A. Samuel - 94
J. Joseph - 93
L. Hall - 92
C. Finnegan -92

Top FS
E. Reed - 97
A. Bethea - 95
D. Sharper - 94
N. Collins - 93
O. Atogwe - 92
B. Dawkins - 90
T. Jackson - 88
K. Rhodes - 88

Top SS
T. Polamalu - 97
A. Wilson - 96
B. Sanders - 89
B. Merriweather - 88
L. Landry - 87
T. Branch - 86
J. Leonhard - 85
B. Pollard - 84

Top Kickers
R. Gould - 95
N. Kaeding - 95
R. Bironas - 93
R. Longwell - 92
S. Gostowski - 91
S. Janikowski - 90
J. Hanson - 89
D. Akers - 89

Top Punters
S. Lechlar - 98
A. Lee - 94
D. Jones - 94
M. Scifres - 93
M. McBriar - 92
D. Colquitt - 91
B. Moorman - 90
S. Koch - 86

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# 201 rice_n_gravy @ 06/27/10 09:28 AM

damn Favre had best season ever and his rating went down

# 202 angels eclipse7 @ 06/27/10 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by YeahDonnie


	There should be a "whining like a bitch" rating and Tom Brady should get a 99.

Jealous of his success???

# 203 KUSH N BLUNTS @ 06/27/10 03:18 PM

I'm glad to see Desean Jackson made the cut! Long Beach California! A few of my buddies got drafted this year although their rating is going to be somewhere around the 40's or 50's! Either way... I'm looking forward to it.

# 204 king525 @ 06/27/10 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by TJdaSportsGuy


	WOOHOO!! We have our usual representative among the game's top rated players. Brian Moorman FTW!!

omg you had me a tears. Made my day thanks

# 205 Franchise-Star-21 @ 06/27/10 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by steelers1


	Yea I understand age and injuries take their toll, and it was pretty evident last season, but even going from allowing 15 sacks to 34 is significant, and that season didn't have near the injuries. I'm not saying Favre didn't sling up passes and I'm not saying Rodgers should start either. But he could throw the ball away and cut down on sacks and fumbles. And I'm well aware most of Rodgers' sacks were probably caused by a lack of protection, but like many of the great 'ball holders of the NFL' (mainly Cassel, Rodgers, and Roethlisberger) they usually take at least one sack a game that they could have easily avoided. It's obviously impossible to know for sure, but I would bet that Peyton, Brees, or Brady behind that same line would have had 30 or less sacks last year. It's Rodgers' playing style, and if the guy can take the beating and still perform at a high level and win games, then more power to him. It's just those pesky fumbles like in the playoffs last year that make you just want him to throw the ball away. Just a note on Favre and his 29 pick season in 05... while blaming INTs on the O-line is about like blaming QBs for dropped passes, even if Favre had taken sacks instead of INTs he still would have only had 53 sacks. And it's not like Favre throws all his INTs trying to avoid sacks either; he just always is thinking "F it I'm goin' deep."

Rodgers fumble in the playoffs last is in no way shape or form his fault.

Back again to the 0L

# 206 SouthernBrick @ 06/27/10 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Franchise-Star-21


	Rodgers fumble in the playoffs last is in no way shape or form his fault. Back again to the 0L

It is what it is.

Bad O-line or not they're not the ones holding onto the ball. The O-line didn't fumble, Rodgers did and that is what happened. The whole he has a terrible O-line so blame that on his fumbling problem is a pretty lame excuse. At the end of the day the ball protection is Rodgers responsibility whether the O-line is horrible or not.

Edit: People blame Peterson for his fumbles when clearly the defender is striping him of the ball and forcing it out but, people still blame Peterson. It's because, ball protection is his responsibility no matter how the fumble happens just like it is for QB.

# 207 steelers1 @ 06/27/10 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by salbowski


	How is it "in no way shape or form his fault". He didn't release the ball in time, he was hit, he fumbled. The OL didn't hold on to the ball, the OL didn't hit him, the OL didn't fumble it and if I remember correctly, the play that caused the fumble was a blitz, Rodgers failed to read the blitz and held the ball too long, ergo SACK/FUMBLE. Rodgers is an excellent QB but the guy has his faults like every other QB and to pretend that isn't the case is delusional. If you know your OL sucks so bad, as you say, why hold the ball so long? It's basic- if a piece of wood will break if you stand on it for more than 2 seconds, then don't stand on it for more than 2 seconds or it will break.

I agree. The protection was actually pretty decent for a blitz on that play. He had 3 seconds before he was hit. Rodgers should've seen the guy coming, too. I mean it wasn't from his blindside or anything.

Obviously Rodgers played great in that game, but to just pass all blame off on the O-line isn't right. Here's the highlights to that great game. Rodgers obviously played very well, but the Cards blitzed him all night and the offensive line actually played pretty well for the most part. So if you blame the O-line for the fumble, you gotta give 'em credit for a bunch of the big pass plays, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N_EmAeuvXU

# 208 JBH3 @ 06/28/10 04:08 PM

Jason Peters is no longer a top10 LT?
Brent Celek is not a better TE than Heath Miller?

# 209 Dramaking @ 06/28/10 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by GreenReign86


	It never should have been a fumble in the 1st damn place. Especially when you damn near have your head ripped off by your facemask as the ball is coming out. Screw the refs, they have been responsible for every loss in Packers history.

the ball was out his hands before he touch is mask,Facemask or not the ball fell out his hands so you should be pissed at that and you should be pissed at the play before also. Like im pissed Mcfadden is *** and Racker is *** well only in the clutch. But it was Facemask

# 210 JBH3 @ 06/28/10 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by salbowski


	You mean the Jason Peters that gave up 11.5 sacks in 13 games in 2008 and last year was graded as the worst at his position, according to Football Outsiders. "It's a crime that Peters made the Pro Bowl in his first season with the Birds after signing a six-year, $60.657 million contract. He led the team in penalties with 11, allowed 7 sacks and gave up four hurries. The Eagles sorely need Peters to improve his pass blocking no matter who is under center." As far as Celek, I 100% agree with you.

2008 performance should not grade 2010, and Peters improved on the disastrous '08 campaign. McNabb, quite a few times as he prone to doing, held on the ball way too long scuffling around in a pocket collapsing in all directions and Peters...most of the time blocking the opposing D's best pass rusher was victim to his QB not getting the ball out.

# 211 Dramaking @ 06/28/10 04:41 PM

Matt Leinart - 75 but Derek Anderson -67(lol i never cared to look at DA rating in the past)? First Ken Whisenhunt chooses players that compliment his style of play, so in the league other than Big Ben, DA is his type and shows Matt Leinart is not his type. But Ken is giving Leinart a chance since he was behind a FHOF for 3 years and shown improvement(i wouldnt count week 17 lol). My question is DA is more proven then Leinart but why do he have a lower rating. Second Leinart speed is a 54 same as in madden 10(same as kurt warner in madden 10, But Leinart 40 is a 4.97, thats faster than Tebows.? Third. These guys hate Tim Hightower, they didnt have a pic for him last year, now they didnt improve his rating. Here a vid of the first 10 teams rosters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqIPhPeeetU

# 212 JBH3 @ 06/28/10 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by salbowski


	You have to incorporate 2008 into a players 2010 rating. If someone has an awful 2008 but was good in 07 and 09 then you take 08 as an anomaly and give the player a good rating but when you give up 11.5 sacks in 08 then give up a further 7 sacks and are ranked the worst LT in the league in 09, that isn't an anomaly, that's a trend. Take L Tomlinson as an example, when he started tailing off, EA gave him the opportunity to prove the poor season was an anomaly and he just needed a good offseason (much like coaches do for players also) but when LT came out last year and was average again, the trend is that he's now average and he's now rated as such. The real question should be, how is J Peters not ranked in the bottom 5 of starting Left Tackles given his performances. I have no doubt he's still rated 85+ on the game but in all honesty, he should be lower than that.

Statistical analysis for O-Linemen are lacking (yet there are stats there to be captured) so it makes it increasingly hard to gauge an O-Linemen's performance w/o having watched him. I can vouch for Peters on the grounds of having watched him. Realizing that his sacks allwd total from '09 is more/less a product of McNabb's indecisiveness on at least 50% of those allwd.

Lets just look w/in the division. Premiere pass rusher Demarcus Ware did not register a sack against Philly at all in '09. Neither did Orakpo or Justin Tuck. Osi had 2 and Andre Carter had 2 against the Eagles in '09, but I'm unsure if those came against Andrews or Peters.

# 213 kcarr @ 06/29/10 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Jono078


	That's just flat out incorrect. If you do your research you'll find his fumbles per attempt is really similar to some of the greatest RBs and wasn't even the highest the last season.

carries/fumble touches/fumble
C. Johnson - 99 151 175
A. Peterson - 98 45 49
M. Jones-Drew - 96 77 95
S. Jackson - 95 77 91
F. Gore - 93 53 63
D. Williams - 92 151 172
R. Rice - 90 90 118
M. Turner - 90 87 89

Peterson is nowhere near the other top backs in the league in terms of carries per fumble over his career and is even worse off when you figure in receptions as well as he is not nearly as involved in the passing game as most of the backs there. Really, his 49 carries and receptions per fumble are pretty terrible compared to the rest of the top of the league.

# 214 SouthernBrick @ 06/29/10 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by GreenReign86


	Facemask happened before the change of possession. And who is to say had he not been taken down by his facemaks, he wouldn't of been able to recover his own fumble. I am in the mindset that the facemask caused him to inadvertanly kick the ball to the Cardinals player.

You do realize the Cardinals would have gotten the ball back even if Rodgers or a Packer recovered so in that regard it really doesn't matter.

I know that doesn't mean a automatic win for the Cards but, they were back up pretty far and would of been backed up even more with the negative yards and wouldn't had to drive to far for a easy field goal or TD.

# 215 Eman5805 @ 06/29/10 08:24 PM

It's a total rip that Andre Johnson is unquestionably the best WR in the league, and Colston is barely a top 10 WR.

Just check out this stat comparison:

Andre Johnson: 171 targets, 101 receptions, 1,569, 15.5 YPC, 9 TD's

Marques Colston: 106 targets, 70 receptions, 1,074, 15.3 YPC, 9 TD's

They're #s are virtually identical proportionately, with Colston having a higher slightly % of catches per targetings. And Colston still has the same # of TDs.

It's not Colston's fault the Saints offense isn't so dependent on one WR.

Really a shame. But that's okay. At least Colston also has Johnson beat on one stat that matters: Super Bowl rings.

And I'll be the first to say he puts more catches on the ground than I'd like.

Nothing against Johnson, btw. Just a lil miffed how he gets so much praise and Colston gets overlooked by almost everyone but people in Saints Nation, opposing defensive coordinators, and John Gruden.

# 216 Tubs4560 @ 06/30/10 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by salbowski


	Wow, they're stacked. Not suprised, they battered the Packers (twice), hammered the Cowboys in the playoffs and dominated the Saints in the NFC champ game. Just looked again, they also have Ray Edwards on the list of top LE's, Longwell on the K list and you have to think Harvin (ROTY) would be rated quite well also. Another thing I hate is why 3-4 OLBs are always rated higher than 4-3 OLBs just because they get sacks. I don't think it's a very fair comparison but Madden seems to be rated on Sportscenter highlights and 3-4 OLB getting sacks (often without any contact with an Olineman) makes it into sportscenter more than a 4-3 OLB making a good tackle. Just another reason to have formation, system based ratings for positions. (cover2 CBs v man CBs, NT v DT, 3-4 OLBs v 4-3 OLBs).

They do the same **** for 4-3 DE's just because they get high sacks and a lot of tackles, when in reality 3-4 DE is a much tougher position to play.

# 217 steelers1 @ 06/30/10 04:46 AM

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Originally Posted by bigal093


	I am a DIE HARD steelers fan, but you are completely right. revis is a notch below. and he's only had one good year, albeit an amazing one. and revis is from pitt, so i like him.

I don't know about Revis being a notch below... he had a ridiculously amazing year last season despite QBs continuously testing him... and only 1 good year? He had a great 2008, and had a very good rookie campaign in '07. The guy hasn't had a bad year yet, or even a 'just average' year.

Now, Nnamdi is a great CB, and definitely top 2 or 3 at his position, but he had a bit of an 'off year' last season (by his standards). Nnamdi was thrown at 28 times and allowed 21 completions for 246 yards and a TD, while collecting 1 INT and 4 pass deflections. As always, teams didn't throw at him much, but last year when they did they found some success...

Revis, on the other hand, was thrown at 111 times last season, allowed only 41 catches for 425 yards and 2 TD and collected 6 INTs with 23 pass deflections. Teams constantly threw his way, and constantly paid the price. Revis' numbers weren't that much worse in '08, either (thrown at 84 times and allowed 49 catches for only 510 yards and 2 TDs and collected 5 INTs and 8 PDs.)

Now being a WVU fan, I hate the Pitt Panthers, and I wish Revis would start sucking because I wanted him to fall to the Steelers in the draft soo bad, and it makes me sick thinking about how he could've helped our team last season. But despite that, I've got to admit that he is the top CB in the league right now.

# 218 steelers1 @ 06/30/10 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Eman5805


	Nothing against Johnson, btw. Just a lil miffed how he gets so much praise and Colston gets overlooked by almost everyone but people in Saints Nation, opposing defensive coordinators, and John Gruden.

Colston is a great WR, but to get the recognition as one of the top 10/elite WRs, he's going to have to put up more catches and yards. It doesn't matter if the Saints and Brees like to spread the ball around, the perception of an elite WR is a guy who gets lots of catches and yards.

Using your 'proportional' logic, Colston wouldn't even be the best receiver on the Saints: Meachem would be.

Meachem: 61 targets, 45 catches (73.8%) 725 yards (16.1 YPC) 9 TDs.

# 219 buzzguy @ 06/30/10 12:07 PM

Interesting how no safeties are over 97.

# 220 wemacener @ 07/01/10 04:52 AM

hahaha this is bs d. jackson...DESEAN JACKSON are you kidding me? Desean Jackson is not better than the only Jackson who should really be up there VINCENT JACKSON. EA are you trying to say Desean Jackson is better? Sure hes fast but Vincent is better he should be the only Jackson who is rated that high. Please fix this.

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