Why is one of these players rated a 93 ovr and the other a 86?

[BigBucs]

16 games 83 rec 1248 yds 15.0 avg 7 tds

16 games 88 rec 1382 yds 15.7 avg 7 tds

Anyone care to guess the players?

[Derrville]

Who are the players names.

[BigBucs]

Yup. Antonio Bryant tore shit up last year and put up identical numbers yet the ratings has such a gross disparity I believe EA hates the Bucs.

Derrick Ward got a 4 point ovr drop on the opening day update.

Rhonde Barber has had ridiculous speed ratings each year.

Jermaine Phillips gets moved to WLB and loses all of his speed for no reason, he gets moved back and gets all of a 3 point boost. Why was the speed taken away to beging with? Why didnt he get the 80 initially at WLB? Why the hell is it not in the high 80's like it should be?

Carnell Williams loses his ratings to injury and proves when he is actually on the field he is still a beast but Brady doesnt lose a step.

We are fast as hell on D but you would never know this by using us on the game.

Our Team has 0 speed and EA just straigt dicked us. Look at these 40 times and the ratings given out and tell me there isnt some shady bullshit going on. This from the team ratings thread over at the EA forum.

40 times at combine

r bush 4.38=97 speed hurt every year

(Bucs) RB c williams 4.43=87 speed hurt every year

(Bucs) RB/ pro Bowl Kick Returner c smith 4.47 =88 speed

r.brown 4.43=90 speed hurt every year

maclin 4.45 = 94 speed

(Bucs) WR s stroughter 4.54= 84 speed what a joke

(Bucs) QB josh johnson 4.53=81 speed are you kidding me

p white 4.55=87 speed are you for real

d dixon 4.58 =83 speed

look at all these numbers and tell me its right.

here is some numbers

a bryant 16 games 83 rec 1248 yds 15.0 avg 7 tds madden 86 over 86 speed

r white 16 games 88 rec 1382 yds 15.7 avg 7 tds madden 93 over 94 speed

c williams 6 games 63 carries 233 yds 4 tds madden 70-75 over 87 speed

r bush 10 games 106 carries 404 yds 2 tds madden 77 over 97 speed

just tell me how you rate these players.

[Derrville]

Speed and a bunch of people on OS wanted White as a elite reciever.

This is actually surprising because Donny Moore is a bucs fan.

[BigBucs]

Someone answer me how my cheesey ass QB Josh Johnson runs a faster 40 time but has 6 less speed points than Pat White.

[ZMnsr1]

yeah man. Bucs always get the shaft.

[OnlyOneBeerLeft]

40 times mean nothing... speed is based on FOOTBALL speed, dont bring 40's into it. Players with great 40's have run kinda slow in the NFL... Patrick Willis didnt have an exceptional 40 time, but with pads he has the lower body strength to keep up with those small WR's who are considered "fast"

[ZMnsr1]

the speed rating isnt done by 40 time, i thought that was pretty obvious already.. guess not

and where was Antonio Bryant before 2008? Roddy White deserves his rating

uhh i believe EA for this year made the ratings only based on last year and not previous years.

and what if the speed rating based on if not on 40 time? how fast you look? because thats what i think EA is doing.

[Derrville]

the speed rating isnt done by 40 time, i thought that was pretty obvious already.. guess not

and where was Antonio Bryant before 2008? Roddy White deserves his rating

40 times mean nothing... speed is based on FOOTBALL speed, dont bring 40's into it. Players with great 40's have run kinda slow in the NFL... Patrick Willis didnt have an exceptional 40 time, but with pads he has the lower body strength to keep up with those small WR's who are considered "fast"

How fast you run in pads, idiot.

Bull shit, When TJ Houshmandzadeh asked Donny Moore why he had such low speed Donny Referenced TJ's 40 time..

So the speed rating IS based on the 40 yd dash nerds.

[DSpydr84]

The speed rating isn't based on anything. It's obvious that EA's ratings are a crapshoot.

[ZMnsr1]

The speed rating isn't based on anything. It's obvious that EA's ratings are a crapshoot.

ding ding ding we have a winner

[ZMnsr1]

How fast you run in pads, idiot.

you just made a thread saying Make Hart deserves a speed rating boost because he ran a 4.67 in the 40 you damn hypocrite.

[FlawLeSs]

you guys actually have a valid argument

[BigBucs]

yeah man. Bucs always get the shaft.

We have one player on our roster thats speed is over a 94 and thats EJ Biggers. A player that wont see the field all year unless a few of our corners go down. I swear the Bucs get jobbed so bad on speed every year. No way possible Michael Clayton is an 81 speed and Rhonde is a 77. Shit is sad.

[Realist]

get in line. that use to be the 49ers getting the shaft. some players still are