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Madden NFL 13 Ratings - Top 10 Receivers/Tight Ends

12:39 PM - August 13, 2012 by Steve_OS

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#1 - Calvin Johnson 99 - OVR
#2 - Rob Gronkowski 97 - OVR
#3 - Larry Fitzgerald 97 - OVR
#4 - Andre Johnson 97 - OVR
#5 - Vernon Davis 95 - OVR
#6 - Jimmy Graham 95 - OVR
#7 - Steve Smith 95 - OVR
#8 - Wes Welker 95 - OVR
#9 - Roddy White 94 - OVR
#10- Hakeem Nicks 94 - OVR

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# 101 m1ke_nyc @ 08/13/12 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by mojo6911


	Cruz > Nicks. By a mile.

Nicks has been the best WR on the team since his rookie season. Hes just suffered some nagging injuries causing him to miss games. But hes still put up big numbers. Cruz played 1 season no way he just jumps Nicks like that.

# 102 Chrisksaint @ 08/13/12 06:29 PM

I just don't see Hakeem Nicks as a top 10 WR, I'd put Gregg Jennings, Dwayne Bowe, Brandon Marshall, and Marques Colston over him.

# 103 m1ke_nyc @ 08/13/12 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Chrisksaint


	I just don't see Hakeem Nicks as a top 10 WR, I'd put Gregg Jennings, Dwayne Bowe, Brandon Marshall, and Marques Colston over him.

I will give you that its debatable with those 4 guys. But what messes this list up is they got TEs on there. Nicks is a top 10 WR. The guy has been a beast for the Giants. No way can someone say Cruz is better based off of 1 year, Im a Giants fan I love Cruz but ive seen Nicks since his rookie season. 3 years in the league Cruz 1, well 1 year actually playing for Cruz. Cruz put up big numbers because hes good and because teams focused on Nicks, in the playoffs teams focused on Cruz and Nicks lit them up like hes always done.

# 104 N51_rob @ 08/13/12 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by mojo6911


	Cruz was better in every category last year. Cruz was a gamechanger. Nicks was just a guy.

He also played in one more game, and its just as easy to see that Nicks was the best WR on the Giants roster in the play-offs. He was better in every category. He was a gamechanger, Cruz was just a guy.

# 105 m1ke_nyc @ 08/13/12 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by mojo6911


	Cruz was better in every category last year. Cruz was a gamechanger. Nicks was just a guy.

Thats because teams focused on shutting Nicks down because hes been doing it for 2 years already then Cruz showed hes legit. Then what happened in the playoffs ? they focused on Cruz and Nicks showed them why they were focusing on him all season. Hes been doing this for 3 years. Cruz had better numbers than most WRs in the league doesn't mean hes top 5. Being good for 1 year doesnt make you better than the guy thats done it for several years. And I love Cruz.

# 106 Kramer5150 @ 08/13/12 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by fatleg3


	Uh no. What can he do that should put him in the top 10 besides run go routes?

Uh,yea ok

Yep,only runs go routes...lol

http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/...1/mike-wallace

# 107 Gaycandybacon @ 08/13/12 06:55 PM

My top recievers heading into 2012 regular season.

1. Calvin Johnson
2. Larry Fitzgerald
3. Andre Johnson
4. Brandon Marshall
5. Steve Smith
6. Greg Jennings
7. Rodney White
8. Wes Welker
9. Dwayne Bowe
10. Hakeem Nicks

It's a very hard list to put togetther... I tried my best lol

# 108 m1ke_nyc @ 08/13/12 07:00 PM

Playoff game vs the defending SB champs who came off a 15-1 season. In Lambeau Field. Dagger at the end of the half, silences the crowd. What Cruz did to the Jets with that 99 yard run was spectacular but it doesn't get any bigger than what Nicks did to the Packers unless your Tyree or Manningham. Nicks went up and got this ball, it didnt magically fall in his lap. Some of you are selling him short.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdWyt8UKUos

# 109 Gaycandybacon @ 08/13/12 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by ratedmoney


	Playoff game vs the defending SB champs who came off a 15-1 season. In Lambeau Field. Dagger at the end of the half, silences the crowd. What Cruz did to the Jets with that 99 yard run was spectacular but it doesn't get any bigger than what Nicks did to the Packers unless your Tyree or Manningham. Nicks went up and got this ball, it didnt magically fall in his lap. Some of you are selling him short. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdWyt8UKUos

To be fair no one covered Nicks on that play. Hell no one even bothered to put their hands up on that play. XD

# 110 gator3guy @ 08/13/12 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by CowherPower


	Uh,yea ok Yep,only runs go routes...lol http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/...1/mike-wallace

What did you prove with that?

# 111 Benz87 @ 08/13/12 07:04 PM

I just don't understand why EA rates every player so highly. So Calvin Johnson and Aaron Rodgers who are both rated 99 OVR this year have peaked their talent level? There is no way for these athletes to improve their overall play? and if they have maxed out the possible talent level at these positions it must make them the greatest of all time, it is not possible to be any more talented than these players.

Every year we have the same complaint, I just can't comprehend EA's logic with their rating system.

# 112 Gaycandybacon @ 08/13/12 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Benz87


	I just don't understand why EA rates every player so highly. So Calvin Johnson and Aaron Rodgers who are both rated 99 OVR this year have peaked their talent level? There is no way for these athletes to improve their overall play? and if they have maxed out there possible talent level it must make them the greatest of all time, it is not possible to be any more talented than these players. Every year we have the same complaint, I just can't comprehend EA's logic with their rating system.

There's no way in hell that they maxed out their talent. You're speaking like they're perfect.. Just because they're 99 OVR doesn't mean they can't improve. Hell if they have a bad season their Rating will decrease, then they can improve from that season. That's one way of looking at it. If they have a great season, I'm sure that their ratings won't go up high at a substaintual rate.. But some of their ratings will be improved like their catch, acceleration for Calvin and Accuracy, play action etc. for Arod.

# 113 fatleg3 @ 08/13/12 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by gator3guy


	What did you prove with that?

Nothing at all

# 114 N51_rob @ 08/13/12 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by gator3guy


	What did you prove with that?

Thinking the same thing, as it shows his YPC his first two years at 19.4 and 21.0 is basically running deep routes it would seem. He may have been a better all around receiver in 2011, but early on he was the teams deep threat used to take the top off the coverage.

# 115 Joobieo @ 08/13/12 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Gaycandybacon


	There's no way in hell that they maxed out their talent. You're speaking like they're perfect.. Just because they're 99 OVR doesn't mean they can't improve. Hell if they have a bad season their Rating will decrease, then they can improve from that season. That's one way of looking at it. If they have a great season, I'm sure that their ratings won't go up high at a substaintual rate.. But some of their ratings will be improved like their catch, acceleration for Calvin and Accuracy, play action etc. for Arod.

Agreed. Just because these two are already 99 overall doesn't mean they can't improve in certain areas of the game. As long as they don't have max stats in everything then I don't see this as a problem.

# 116 mojo6911 @ 08/13/12 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by N51_rob


	He also played in one more game, and its just as easy to see that Nicks was the best WR on the Giants roster in the play-offs. .

Even if you project Nicks' stats to one more game, he still loses in every category. Cruz had more YPC, more catches per game, and more yards per game, more TD per game, etc. Cruz only started 7 games and put up ridiculous stats.

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Originally Posted by ratedmoney


	Thats because teams focused on shutting Nicks down because hes been doing it for 2 years already then Cruz showed hes legit.

These aren't historical ratings. These are based on what they did last year.

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Originally Posted by ratedmoney


	Cruz had better numbers than most WRs in the league doesn't mean hes top 5.

Yes, it does. This isn't based on a body of work, it is based on last year.

# 117 N51_rob @ 08/13/12 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by mojo6911


	Even if you project Nicks' stats to one more game, he still loses in every category. Cruz had more YPC, more catches per game, and more yards per game, more TD per game, etc. Cruz only started 7 games and put up ridiculous stats.

And the playoffs? I see you ignored that to focus on what strengthens your argument. Cruz did have a great year though no denying that. I've watched enough coaches film to see that teams were clearly rolling coverage over to Nicks' side of the field opening things up for Manningham and Cruz.

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# 118 mojo6911 @ 08/13/12 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by N51_rob


	And the playoffs? I see you ignored that to focus on what strengthens your argument. Cruz did have a great year though no denying that. I've watched enough coaches film to see that teams were clearly rolling coverage over to Nicks' side of the field opening things up for Manningham and Cruz. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

You are talking about 3 games out of a whole season.

# 119 jwhezzy2003 @ 08/13/12 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by SteboSSK


	Hakeem Nicks had a good year and all but elite status?

exactly he might not even be the best wr on his team. Cruz is better to me.

But this is EA we are talking about.

# 120 iAM-IncReDiBLe- @ 08/13/12 09:05 PM

This whole notion that Cruz is better hen Nicks is ridiculous. Almost every single Giants fan would laugh at you.

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