Originally Posted by samburu

Honestly I can't believe that any hard core gamers or football fans are still buying this crapware. I haven't purchased a Madden game since 2000 which was weak. The game has been dumbed down so any one can pick it up and ball. This is not a good thing no matter what EA says! Think about it, why do we love the real game? Is it because any over weight weekend baller can get out there and play with Randy Moss? No, it's because these guys spend the time it takes to become the best, EA totally sells out to the masses, year in and year out. I respect the guys that spend hours learning to really play a game, (think quake). And if you dont want to learn WHY the cover 2 works when you have 4 down linemen that can be pressure, then you should get killed when you play a guy that does. EA wont get any of my money for Madden until the get back to the core gamers that keep the game a float before the "casual gamers" came along. If you're looking for me I"ll be playing the MLB The Show 08......

Originally Posted by nyGMen3xChamps

Player Ratings will start to be released by division, day by day.

Today was the AFC East. Here are the notable players, free agent pickups, and 1st round draft picks:

Bills
Marshawn Lynch, RB Overall 90 Speed-93 Accel.-95 Carry-88 Truck-95 Elusive-86 Stiff Arm-94 Spin-88 Juke-94
Lee Evans, WR OVR 91 Speed-98 Acc.-99 Catch-88 Jump-88 Route Running-88 Release-93
Jason Peters, LT OVR 97 Strength-94 PassBlock.-97 RunBlock-92
Terence McGee, CB OVR 93 Speed-94 Acc.-97 ManCov.-95 ZoneCov.-94
Leodis McKelvin, CB OVR 82 Speed-94 Acc.-96 ManCov.-86 ZoneCov.-80 Kick Return-95
Marcus Stroud, DT OVR 94 Strength-95 Power Move-97 Block Shed-96
Kawika Mitchell, ROLB OVR 87 Acc-88 Pursuit-90 Tackle-87
Donte Whitner, SS OVR 92 Speed-92 Acc-92 Tack-86 Jump-92 Pursuit-86 ZoneCov-87 Hit Power-88

Dolphins
Jason Taylor, DE OVR 98 Speed-85 Pursuit-93 FinesseMove-96
Jake Long, LT OVR 85 Strength-93 RunBlk.-90 PassBlk-84
Ronnie Brown, RB OVR 92 Speed-91 Acc.-93 Carry-86 Truck-94 Elusive-84 Stiff Arm- 86 Spin- 78 Juke-90 Vision-90
Ricky Williams, RB OVR 83

Jets
Kerry Rhodes, SS OVR 96 Speed-88 Acc.-90 Tack-85 Jump-94 Pursuit-90 PlayRecog.-90 ZoneCov-90
Alan Faneca, LG OVR 95 Strength-93 PassBlk-88 RunBlk-94
Laveranues Coles, WR OVR 91 Speed-97 Acc-96 Catch-91 Spectac.Catch-90 RteRun-86 CatchinTraffic-95
Vernon Gholston, ROLB OVR 82 Speed-87 PowMove-87 FinMove-85 BlkShed-87 Pursuit-86 HitPower-90
Kris Jenkins, DT OVR 92
Tony Richardson, FB OVR 90

Patriots
Tom Brady, QB Overall 99 Awareness-100 ThrowPower-99 ThrowAccuracy-99
Randy Moss, WR OVR 99 Speed-98 Acc-92 AWR-93 Catch-97 Jump-100 Elusive-90 Vision-95 Spect.Catch-99 RteRunning-94 Release-97
Jerod Mayo, MLB OVR 82 Speed-86 Acc-90 Tackle-86 BlockShed-88 Pursuit-93 HitPower-86


(Too much to list attributes, this whole team is overrated!!!)
Wes Welker, WR OVR 94
Laurence Maroney, RB OVR 90
Richard Seymour, DE OVR 96
Rodney Harrison, SS OVR 94
Adalius Thomas, ROLB OVR 95

Offensive Line Overalls:
Matt Light- 95
Logan Mankins- 96
Dan Koppen- 95
Stephen Neal- 94
Nick Kaczur- 86

Looking at this division, it seems like the Jets and Bills are now actually decent to play with, except for the QB position, the Dolphins will still be a crappy-to-mediocre team at best, and the Pats are still the gayest team to be against your friends.