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Madden 11 Player Ratings: Who’s Overrated And Who’s Undervalued (Sportsgrid)

05:51 AM - June 24, 2010 by Steve_OS

Sportsgrid has posted a Madden NFL 11 Who’s Overrated And Who’s Undervalued article.

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	"The first three numbers that jump out to us are the 99s (the highest rating that can bestowed on a player in Madden), and this year there are three: Super Bowl quarterbacks Peyton Manning and Drew Brees, along with currently-disgruntled Titans RB Chris Johnson. Johnson is a no-brainer. He’s the most valuable fantasy player in the NFL, according to our PVR, and easily deserves the 99. And while Brees and Manning have the 15th and 22nd-highest PVR’s, respectively, our numbers tend to favor running backs, since they tend to be more valuable in fantasy football. We’re cool with these as well. We think Ray Rice is slightly undervalued by the programmers, and could easily be bumped up to a 92 or 93. The 90 is most likely due to the fact that he’s only one year into the league, but we have him pegged as the 4th most valuable fantasy player in the NFL. And where’s Miles Austin? His performance last year easily makes him a top-flight wide receiver. In terms of overvalued players, there aren’t too many glaring cases. While rec-league all-star Steve Smith had a woefully low fantasy output last year, and may no longer be a “92,” the Madden programmers seem to believe his numbers were due to an unstable QB situation. We’re fine with that."

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# 41 ANDROMADA 1 @ 07/22/10 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by stealthieOne


	I'd say the entire dallas cowboys team seem over rated to me. For example Terrance Newman. How often during a season do they break down how that dude has horrible cover skills. Which he covers up with his speed. Which there is no way he should be rated that high in the speed category. Why is he considered good when people in his position who are not considered elite have far more ints? Felix jones yeah he's fast but I don't think i've seen him break any tackles. and he gets hurt easily. the cowboys in madden 10 make plays no other team is out there making and if that repeats with madden 11. i'll be pissed.

Newman is solid most of the time. Newman is also one of the fastest players in the NFL. He does get beat from time to time but he is a very good corner. Felix is fine. Felix does break a good amount of tackles. He didn't have a bad injury report coming out of Arkansas according to scouts and ex-coaches either. If anything Barber is the only overrated player as far as backs go and he played with a torn muscle in his leg ALL of last season.

# 42 seriousluboy83 @ 07/22/10 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by stealthieOne


	I'd say the entire dallas cowboys team seem over rated to me. For example Terrance Newman. How often during a season do they break down how that dude has horrible cover skills. Which he covers up with his speed. Which there is no way he should be rated that high in the speed category. Why is he considered good when people in his position who are not considered elite have far more ints? Felix jones yeah he's fast but I don't think i've seen him break any tackles. and he gets hurt easily. the cowboys in madden 10 make plays no other team is out there making and if that repeats with madden 11. i'll be pissed.

Major points being made here especially on Newman...how many times to you need to see him get burnt on a televised broadcast before you drop his rating...geez

And on the subject of Jones and Barber...Jones does not break tackles like he's rated at best he should be in the 70 range for elusiveness he's not in elite status by far...and he's injury riddled maybe not the bigtime injuries but he stays on IR...Barber's trucking needs to come down to the 70 range also not elite there...Barber's best weapon is his stiff arm which he is elite IMO other than that you hit it right on the head...also both of their injury ratings should be dropped too

# 43 wdctaylor @ 07/22/10 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by seriousluboy83


	Major points being made here especially on Newman...how many times to you need to see him get burnt on a televised broadcast before you drop his rating...geez And on the subject of Jones and Barber...Jones does not break tackles like he's rated at best he should be in the 70 range for elusiveness he's not in elite status by far...and he's injury riddled maybe not the bigtime injuries but he stays on IR...Barber's trucking needs to come down to the 70 range also not elite there...Barber's best weapon is his stiff arm which he is elite IMO other than that you hit it right on the head...also both of their injury ratings should be dropped too

Look at this video and tell me Felix Jones should be a 70 range elusiveness. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCEiCsagym4

Felix does not stay on the IR, he's be on there once. Last season he played all 16 games including playoffs. I believe Barber's injury rating should go down, he played with a torn quad all season, but that was just last season. Jones is an elite back, he is just sharing carries with another elite back, Marion Barber.

# 44 seriousluboy83 @ 07/22/10 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by wdctaylor


	Look at this video and tell me Felix Jones should be a 70 range elusiveness. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCEiCsagym4 Felix does not stay on the IR, he's be on there once. Last season he played all 16 games including playoffs. I believe Barber's injury rating should go down, he played with a torn quad all season, but that was just last season. Jones is an elite back, he is just sharing carries with another elite back, Marion Barber.

There's a reason is called a highlight tape...best clips...in this video no one is touching Felix...that is real life elusiveness...in madden elusiveness breaks tackles...in real life elusiveness evades tackles...mostly in madden when RB's go for big gains they do it by breaking multiple tackles...so in that video felix broke 3 or 4 tackles...meaning a defender actually touched him...in madden you can double that easily within a game with him...last season he played 14gms and the year before that 6gms...if Jones was such an "elite" back he wouldn't be sharing carries with a injury prone "elite" back

# 45 Jshson14 @ 08/11/10 09:55 PM

Underrated player of the year, Fred Jackson RB for the bills. He was second in the LEAGUE in all purpose yards (rushing, recieving, returning.) Not to mention how horrid the o line in buffalo was he still manged 1000+ yards. He in my mind is not an elite 90+ player but atleast an 87.

# 46 Jshson14 @ 08/11/10 10:01 PM

Correction, Fred Jackson led the league. He had 7 yards more than cj2k. Just looked it up. He is easily the most undervalued player in this game.

# 47 Carolina Dude29 @ 08/11/10 10:50 PM

J-Stew for Carolina is only a 88, come on now, i think he should be 90-91 and DeAngelo Williams should be 93-95

Lets go Double Trouble

# 48 menglish20 @ 08/11/10 11:35 PM

I think the ratings are balls for this game. Especially rookies and QBs. And it seems like if you're on a good team, everyone's good but if you're on a bad team, EVERYBODY is bad, or lower than they deserve. And potentials are ****.

Anyway, for the Eagles:
Overrated:
M. Kafka - crap, should be 58-59
C. Scott - won't even make the team. 55-60
D. Jackson - not a 91. 87-89. Still amazing
K. Washington - **** ST player. 63-68
N. Cole - garbage C. Not a bad guard. 72-73
M. Jean-Gilles - garbage. 65-68
S. Andrews - ****. 74-79
J. Hanson and M. Harris - 71 and 68, respectively

Underrated:
K. Kolb - trained for 3 years and traded Nabb. AT LEAST 78
J. Maclin - he's like a bigger Jackson. 83-84
J. Avant - he'll never get ratings love, but could be as high as 80
J. Jackson - got hurt but when healthy is solid C. 82-84
W. Justice - very good pass pro. 80-84
S. Bradley and E. Sims - 81 and 85

I know no one cares about backups but this is pretty much how I edited my Eagles.

# 49 Carolina Dude29 @ 08/12/10 12:03 AM

a couple QB's stand out to me that i think they should be better

Brady Quinn-star at notre dame, if he has a good team, he can be special
Colt Brennan-broke nearly all of hawaii's records, always kills in preseason
Kevin Kolb- really, this guy averaged 400 yards when he did play, he's good
Tim Tebow- some people say, he's one of the best ncaa QB's of all time
Brodie Croyle- he only played a few games for KC, but he did well.
Curtis Painter- only a 65 ovr, this guy did good n preseason,plus behind Manning

matt moore, i mean come on, he came in to replace Jake and he won 4 out 5 games including against the Saints and Vikings. yet he's 76 ovr. really??

# 50 Jshson14 @ 08/12/10 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by DaBallocaust


	LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO the perfection that is desean jackson, he is over rated id give him an 85 the giants got cheated i think. Eli threw for over 4000yds steve smith caught over 1000yds hakeem nicks(his ovr is good w/ me i dnt complain w/ his 82) in his rookie year got over 700yds, mario manningham had over 800yds recieving and gets a 76??? The OVERRATED cowboys dez bryant has an 80 and nvr played in the nfl b4? Eli should be in low 90's steve smith should be a 90 n mario should be a 80. But really the eli one is utter BS. Over 4000 yds is better than romo, schaub, rivers, mcnabb and there all in 90's WTF

Matt Schaub led the league in passing yards last year, and IS a 90 OVR quarterback. And in regards to the 86 OVR for haynesworth, thats what he gets for talking 1 out of three plays off everygame.

# 51 ManiacMatt1782 @ 08/12/10 10:07 PM

noone mentioned tony gonzalez being the best te in the game, he is still solid, but shouldnt be ahead of clark or davis or as much as it pains me to say as an eagles fan, whitten, at this point of his career.

# 52 ManiacMatt1782 @ 08/12/10 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by BloodMeridian


	Oh the irony! You're an Eagles fan.....we get it. He was nearly invisible in the wildcard game.

eagles fan or not, desean isnt overrated. he runs great routes. and the last game of the season and the wild card game everyone was invisible, if you understand football at all you would know that losing jamal jackson and the weak guards were the reasons the entire eagles offense disappeared. nick cole couldnt block a tackling dummy. ratliff and others were in the eagles backfield every down. i don't care who the receiver or quarterback is. if there is no time for the qb to throw, or the reciever to run his route before the qb can get set and fire the ball, the offense fails. thats wild card game wasnt on jackson or mcnabb, it was on the oline and specifically nick cole.

# 53 MrChristofer @ 08/13/10 06:43 AM

Overrated:

Desean Jackson
Dustin Keller
Ryan Grant (only because there are plenty backs rated lower that are just as effective IRL)

Underrated

Miles Austin
O.J. Atogwe
D R-C
Kirk Morrison
D'Qwell Jackson
Igor Olshansky
Fred Jackson
Patrick Chung
Dwayne Bowe
Anquan

# 54 LivingLegend @ 08/13/10 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by MrChristofer


	Overrated: Ryan Grant (only because there are plenty backs rated lower that are just as effective IRL)

He's actually slighlty under rated to be honest. He is faster IRL than in the game and he accomplished something last year that no other Packer RB has done since Don Hutson.

He goes pretty under appreciated by most people who watch the NFL.

# 55 Jshson14 @ 08/14/10 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by MrChristofer


	Overrated: Desean Jackson Dustin Keller Ryan Grant (only because there are plenty backs rated lower that are just as effective IRL) Underrated Miles Austin O.J. Atogwe D R-C Kirk Morrison D'Qwell Jackson Igor Olshansky Fred Jackson Patrick Chung Dwayne Bowe Anquan

Desean Jackson, IRL he is a great playmaker, not the best WR, YET.
DRC, his rating seems fine to me, he's still young.
Fred Jackson, Thank you for realizing this.
Dwayne Bowe, he had one good year, right?

Does anybody else think Madden needs to implement like a "utility-Playmaker" position for players like Josh Cribbs, Reggie Bush, Percy Harvin. I Mean Josh Cribbs may not be the most Elite Wide Reciever, but heIS an elite football player. Just because he is listed as a WR doesnt mean he is mainly a WR. In Cleveland he was a KR, Wildcat QB, RB, then a WR.

Also maybe a KR position, so i can list players like Roscoe Parrish as a KR instead of a WR. Just a thought.

# 56 Chrisksaint @ 08/14/10 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Carolina Dude29


	a couple QB's stand out to me that i think they should be better Brady Quinn-star at notre dame, if he has a good team, he can be special Colt Brennan-broke nearly all of hawaii's records, always kills in preseason Kevin Kolb- really, this guy averaged 400 yards when he did play, he's good Tim Tebow- some people say, he's one of the best ncaa QB's of all time Brodie Croyle- he only played a few games for KC, but he did well. Curtis Painter- only a 65 ovr, this guy did good n preseason,plus behind Manning matt moore, i mean come on, he came in to replace Jake and he won 4 out 5 games including against the Saints and Vikings. yet he's 76 ovr. really??

Good job matt moore for beating the saints 2nd/3rd string guys. I'll give you the vikings win tho..

Can't base ratings on just a sample selection of games.

# 57 Chrisksaint @ 08/14/10 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Jshson14


	Desean Jackson, IRL he is a great playmaker, not the best WR, YET. DRC, his rating seems fine to me, he's still young. Fred Jackson, Thank you for realizing this. Dwayne Bowe, he had one good year, right? Does anybody else think Madden needs to implement like a "utility-Playmaker" position for players like Josh Cribbs, Reggie Bush, Percy Harvin. I Mean Josh Cribbs may not be the most Elite Wide Reciever, but heIS an elite football player. Just because he is listed as a WR doesnt mean he is mainly a WR. In Cleveland he was a KR, Wildcat QB, RB, then a WR. Also maybe a KR position, so i can list players like Roscoe Parrish as a KR instead of a WR. Just a thought.

Yeah cause players like Cortney Roby for the saints is strictly a KR/Special Teams guy but he's also listed as WR even tho he never plays that in games.

# 58 dpmx21 @ 08/14/10 09:09 PM

Eric Berry's Tackle rating is only a 52. Should be mid to high 70's in my honest opinion.

# 59 PaPZ187 @ 08/14/10 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by PhinsFan86


	I think there's WAY too many Jet players on the list, let's not forget they went 8-8 last year and BARELY crept into the playoffs. Let's not all jump on the bandwagon just yet...

LOL Keep hating MIA.

Remember, we didnt just get to the playoffs and collapse to "superior" teams, we took it to them, all on the road, and shut up them and their opposing fans.

I wouldnt talk MIA, remember what that stands for.

Missing
In
Action

Just like you are every year around January

# 60 Jshson14 @ 08/17/10 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by PaPZ187


	LOL Keep hating MIA. Remember, we didnt just get to the playoffs and collapse to "superior" teams, we took it to them, all on the road, and shut up them and their opposing fans. I wouldnt talk MIA, remember what that stands for. Missing In Action Just like you are every year around January

I Hate the Miami Dolphins with the same passion as the Cleveland Cavaliers' owner resents LeBron James. That being said, im a Bills fan, and we suck. ALTHOUGH, we do usually split with Miami and NY.

You know those Jets fans, 1 good playoff run, just remember last year when the Bills picked off 5 passes from Sanchez, and one more from your punter. Good times.

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