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Madden NFL 25 - The All-25 Team: WR Randy Moss, Brian Finneran, TE Antonio Gates

03:30 PM - August 6, 2013 by Steve_OS

Every day, through August 10th, members of the Madden NFL development team and community (Game Changers), will announce the All-25 team, which consists of the greatest video game athletes (at the height of their career) at each position.

Today they have announced wide receiver Randy Moss (New England Patriots) from Madden 09 with a 98 overall rating, Brian Finneran (Atlanta Falcons) from Madden 2004 with an 87 overall rating and tight end Antonio Gates (San Diego Chargers) from Madden NFL 10 with a 99 overall rating.

Tomorrow the team will announce the center and tackle positions. Who do you think it will be?

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# 21 qdog @ 08/06/13 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Loco


	you guys don't understand about Finneran in 04... It doesn't matter that there were receivers that were rated higher, or were much faster or could run after the catch way better. He was 6'5 you sent him deep threw a bomb and user turned him around and he would catch that **** 90% of the time.

and you can do the same thing with T.O or Fitzgerald, and especially Megatron 95% of the time. Get brian Finneran outa here man. this is BLAPHEMY. LOL

# 22 gzenius @ 08/06/13 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by BleedGreen710


	What a joke! Finneran wasn't even an 80 overall in Madden 2004, he was average at best! And that was back when really the only thing that separated receivers was the speed rating.. and Finneran was slow as hell. And I love how that ESPN article mentions how Finneran was unstoppable with 'rocket catch' yeah that's real funny because they didn't have rocket catch in Madden 2004.. I used to play Madden 2004 religiously, and I can tell you right now Brian Finneran was a borderline scrub.. this is an absolute joke

you're crazy.. those jetpack catch animations were ridiculous in 04. pretty much any tall player was with them though, finnernan just gets recognition because vick.

people need to stop thinking this is about the best/top rated players. it's just about madden. there was really somebody arguing against 04 vick in the qb thread. he's the only undebatable one. he's easily the best player in madden. ever.

i thought the te would be vernon davis though. i don't remember which year it was, but the year he first hit 90 speed he was unstoppable.

# 23 o Elevate o @ 08/06/13 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by mestevo


	It's funny how Finneran's blurb is basically 'he was in Madden 2004' while everyone else have a few token words about how good or dominant they were. The ESPN article is a great find, explains why Finneran is there really. If EA Sports opened up a "Madden" Hall of Fame, Brian Finneran would be a first-ballot inductee. "We had to change the game because of him," says Moore. "We didn't want to be known as the game Brain Finneran dominated." The thing about Finneran was, not only did the game give him insane leaping ability via the Rocket Catch, but his character was significantly taller than any DB in the game, giving Vick the ability to throw the ball high, with Finneran making the grab every time in traffic. Adds Moore: "He had 90+ jump, plus he was so tall, it didn't matter how you tried to defend it, Finneran was coming down with that ball."

So maybe this is why so many taller receivers have high 70- low 80 jump ratings now? Always intrigued me lol but man now that I think about it, Finneran (and Alge Crumpler too) seemed like money in the passing game with the Falcons back then.

# 24 BigMacAttack22 @ 08/06/13 08:19 PM

Is anybody else weirdly excited for Brian Finneran?

# 25 dat boi Q @ 08/06/13 08:44 PM

So they chose him because he was the best to rocket catch with
And they wonder why people bash them

# 26 dat boi Q @ 08/06/13 08:47 PM

I will take 13 Calvin Johnson over 04 finneran any day
Then again I never rocket catch

# 27 HenryClay1844 @ 08/06/13 09:31 PM

Thank you for reminding me why I haven't bought a game for this joke of a franchise in years. Absolutely no desire by the Madden teams to replicate real NFL. Do they still have the "hit stick?"

# 28 sketchy1 @ 08/06/13 10:17 PM

so the reason this guy is the WR, is because EA is terrible at programming? okay, makes a lot of sense.

# 29 The JareBear @ 08/07/13 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Loco


	you guys don't understand about Finneran in 04... It doesn't matter that there were receivers that were rated higher, or were much faster or could run after the catch way better. He was 6'5 you sent him deep threw a bomb and user turned him around and he would catch that **** 90% of the time.

Ahhh, I see. Thanks for explaining this. I didn't realize or understand the scenario of his former Madden dominance.

The "WHAT U GUYZ DIDNT PLAY OH FOUR????" comments were annoying me. Now I understand why he is in the game. Interesting!

# 30 braves_94 @ 08/07/13 02:11 PM

The most dominant WR I played against was Jerry Rice in Madden 99, not 98. And that article only makes me think that he was vitually jacked up again for Madden 99. I remember the 5 years the game afforded me to turn Dallas back into champions, to go out on highs. And the first year in the NFC Championship, Rice tore me up. 13 catches and 250 yards. One went for 70+. I remember thinking that I was hitting my groove as a team. Irvin and No. 19 (Moss) were unstoppable. Smith was busting around the corner. And that all came to a hault. 42-24 49'ers. Next year in the regular season, I got my revenge 63-3. Put Young out for the year. And help Rice to ONLY 9 catches. Deion wasn't much help when it came to Rice...

# 31 tbook24 @ 08/07/13 03:47 PM

finneran that's a joke. jerry rice, larry fitzgerald with the rocket catch, carter, owens, burress wow

# 32 infemous @ 08/07/13 04:51 PM

Rod Smith in Madden 2003 was a frickin BEAST.

# 33 infemous @ 08/07/13 05:04 PM

These videos and this list or 'all star team' is basically the EA Devs outing how flawed the ratings systems were and how the game is has been a pile of poo for a minute.

# 34 N51_rob @ 08/07/13 09:08 PM

Finneran and Vick, this is the All-Madden Nation team.

# 35 petersondagreat @ 08/12/13 07:05 PM

Frustrating tournament days against Finneran he along with vick was one of the biggest madden glitches of all time

# 36 MMan @ 09/16/13 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by mestevo


	It's funny how Finneran's blurb is basically 'he was in Madden 2004' while everyone else have a few token words about how good or dominant they were. The ESPN article is a great find, explains why Finneran is there really. If EA Sports opened up a "Madden" Hall of Fame, Brian Finneran would be a first-ballot inductee. "We had to change the game because of him," says Moore. "We didn't want to be known as the game Brain Finneran dominated." The thing about Finneran was, not only did the game give him insane leaping ability via the Rocket Catch, but his character was significantly taller than any DB in the game, giving Vick the ability to throw the ball high, with Finneran making the grab every time in traffic. Adds Moore: "He had 90+ jump, plus he was so tall, it didn't matter how you tried to defend it, Finneran was coming down with that ball."

Doesn't deserve to be on the All-Madden team because of this though. So odd....

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