Madden 11 NFC North Breakdown - sgibs7's Blog

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Madden 11 NFC North Breakdown

Posted on June 25, 2010 at 10:47 AM.

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Will Brett Favre be back after coming so close? Can Aaron Rodgers take over the division?

NFC North
� Minnesota Vikings: 88
� Green Bay Packers: 87
� Chicago Bears: 77
� Detroit Lions: 68
Lets check out how these teams will play in Madden 11!

Minnesota Vikings: 88
- Brett Favre coming back has a big outcome of how effective this team will be. They have a very potent offense but you need to seriously worry about Adrian Peterson�s ability to hold onto the ball. There are other backs in the game that are just as effective as Peterson, in Madden, but hold onto the ball much better. They do have other weapons that you can take advantage of in Bernard Berrian, Percy Harvin, and Sidney Rice. On defense a strong defensive line is backed by a slow defensive secondary as well as line backing core. The Vikings defense will need to focus on stuffing the run first and controlling the line of scrimmage.

ZFarls Take: Ta-Ta-Ta TAVARIAS. The have speed and playmakers, but I am not very good with them. I feel like you have to try to hard to work around the lack of linebackers and secondary speed. It tough to make their amazing d-line shine and would rather have colts d-line with all that speed. On Offense, I enjoyed using AP and Percy but met my demise by trying to get to cute with T-Jack.

Green Bay Packers: 87
- The Packers have been one of our favorite Madden teams for the past couple seasons. However they lack a dynamic half back to really push them into the upper echelon of Madden. Ryan Grant is a solid back who will help to grind out tough yards. Unfortunately to be effective in Madden Grant lacks the major quality he so desperately needs, speed. The same rating that plagues the backfield of the Packers plagues their entire offense. They have big targets in Nelson, Finley, and Lee but they lack a guy that can spread the field and pick up yards on underneath routes (other than Jennings.)

The Packers defense is a major strength as they have two shutdown corners in Al Harris and Charles Woodson. Atari Bigby anchors the defensive secondary with a huge hit power rating. If you�re looking for a team that is balanced on both sides of the ball we recommend you take the Packers out for a test drive.

ZFarls: Bummer on losing Kampman, he was a able to take advantage of the 3-4 style outside rusher which really boosted ratings when subbed in. He really allowed you to do some interesting things with that defense and incredible secondary. Aaron Rogers and this offense just don�t do it for me. (Top 10 wise)

Chicago Bears: 77
- Jay Cutler was a big disappointment last year and that will set the pace for the Madden 2011 season for the Bears as well. They still have one of the most feared players in Madden, in Devin Hester, but outside that the Bears struggle to produce an effective Madden squad. Greg Olsen is the most dependable player on the offensive side of the ball so make sure to get him a lot of looks. The defense for the Bears gives you the ability to user Brian Urlacher and creates an effective three deep shell with some creativity. We recommend you user Urlacher short, spread the deep safeties out wide, and then drop deep to the middle of the field. Get creative with this defense and you can expect to cause FEAR in your opponent.

Detroit Lions: 68
- The Lions where one of our (correction, SGIBS) favorite �sleeper� teams in Madden 2010 and there is potential for the same occurrence in Madden 2011. However a lot depends on what is effective and what is not in this year�s version. Much of what the Lions strengths where last year was what was effective in the game. I do think that these same ratings will carry over to the latest installment.

A few things we know about the Lions for the Madden 2011 squad. Matt Stafford is a great Madden QB, Calvin Johnson is Megatron, and the Lions supporting cast is phenomenal up and down the roster on BOTH sides of the ball. The departure of Ernie Sims is going to make a huge dent in the effectiveness of their defense but I still think there is big time potential in the effectiveness of this team. Delmas and White at the safety positions are absolute monsters and they will help to dictate the flow of the game. If your goal is to catch your opponent off guard your best bet in Madden 2011 will be with the Lions.

ZFarls: Lets see if Sgibs can try and sell us on the lions being a Top 10 team in Madden 11 again on another episode of TWIM? I just don�t see it.
Boom, see you Madden Biblers tomorrow for another division breakdown.

Which NFC North team will you be using?