Madden 15 Thread

Paully D

Thomas should definitely be #1 IMO, but there's only 1 point overall between him and Byrd so one can't complain too much I guess.

That Saints S duo of Byrd and Vaccaro will be insane.

helimachoptor

AFC south tomorrow.. cant bloody wait!

PerrinV2

Bam Bam Kam is a big hitting machine with 97 Hit Power and 85 Tackling. Rounding out the LOB with 84 Zone Coverage, Kam uses his 84 Speed and 88 Pursuit to get involved with stopping the run game.



Troy Polamalu has been one of Madden’s top playmakers for years, and his ratings reflect that. His combination of 88 Speed, 92 Agility, 91 Play Recognition and 85 Pursuit puts him all over the field. As you would expect, he has the skills to lay the boom when needed with 84 Hit Power, and can even make a ridiculous interception with 87 Spectacular Catch.



New to the Broncos, TJ Ward adds some hard-nosed football to the Denver secondary. With impressive 92 Hit Power, 88 Tackle and 86 Speed, Ward hits the hole and shuts down the opponent's run game. Despite his run stopping mentality, his Coverage and Pursuit ratings aren’t too shabby at 84 and 86 respectively.



Madden players love Berry's above average Speed(92) and Agility(90) at the SS position, which puts him in the center of every play. If you need him to make a Tackle (83) or a Big Hit (88), he can do it. If you need him to support with coverage (88), he can do that too.



Former fifth-round pick Reshad Jones rounds out the top five with equally impressive ratings in Madden 15. Players love his 88 Hit Power and 86 Speed for run-stopping support, but feel comfortable when stopping the pass with his 79 Zone Coverage ability.

helimachoptor

Read it wrong, afc south not til the 5th

empacher

Gamestop give you an extra 5% on trade in value on games with a membership card. With an extra 2.5% if it's going on a preorder game.

I got just over 35€ off Madden 15 by trading in south park and gta5

PerrinV2

Top 5 Kickers/Punters



Fields finished second in both punting average (48.8) and net punting (42.4). He’s rewarded with Madden 15’s most powerful (98 KPW) and accurate (97 KAC) ratings among punters.



It was a banner year for Prater, as he kicked the longest field goal in NFL history by booting a 64-yarder against the Titans. That’s worthy of a 99 KPW rating.



Andy Lee often vacations in Hawaii each February mostly due to his 97 KPW and 95 KAC combo. He finished in the top five in both punt average (48.2) and net (41.7).



Good as Gould. Despite kicking in awful conditions at Chicago’s Soldier Field, Gould is still among the league’s most reliable. His 96 KPW rating is well-deserved. Reliable in all types of weather.



Tucker kicked a career-long 61-yard field goal in 2013, which played a big part in his 98 KPW rating in Madden NFL 15. He tied for the NFL lead with 38 successful field goals on just 41 attempts.

empacher

No gostowski? Less the NFL at 96%

PerrinV2

Should make upgrading a player easier

helimachoptor

Big time

PADRAIC.M

Looks sweet!

guns4all

PerrinV2 wrote: »

Should make upgrading a player easier

Oh thank the Madden Gods!!

PerrinV2

AFC North



The Bengals have plenty of potential this year. QB Andy Dalton has some big targets in AJ Green, Jermaine Gresham and Tyler Eifert. Their backfield is young and exciting with Giovani Bernard and Jeremy Hill, a second-round pick who is expected to contribute right away. Defense is really where the Bengals show out in Madden NFL 15. Their D-line is anchored by big Geno Atkins, while Rey Maualuga and Vontaze Burfict lead a solid linebacking corps. First-round pick Darqueze Dennard gets his shot alongside Reggie Nelson and the rest of a talented defensive backfield.




The addition of Steve Smith gives Joe Flacco an added weapon at WR, but is that enough for the Ravens’ offense to flourish in Madden 15? Their defense shouldn’t need to answer any such questions. John Harbaugh’s young 3-4 D looks like a problem for opposing offenses this year with Terrell Suggs, CJ Mosley, Daryl Smith and Elvis Dumervil at LB. That young secondary should also be much better with another year of experience under their belt. And don’t forget about Jacoby Jones at KR/PR!




Big Ben doesn’t get much help at WR this year with the exception of Antonio Brown, so he’ll need Heath Miller to come up big. The Steelers backfield is a dangerous mix of speed and power with Le’Veon Bell, LeGarrett Blount and Kent State rookie Dri Archer. Their defense, led by veteran Troy Polamalu, should be solid this year with some young guys getting more reps.




Let’s address the elephant in the room right away – Johnny Football potentially adds immediate excitement to this Browns offense. To make Manziel’s (or incumbent starter Brian Hoyer) life easier, the Browns added WR’s Miles Austin and Nate Burleson along with RB Ben Tate. On defense, the Browns secondary looks like a No Fly Zone. The Dawg Pound added Donte Whitner and rookie Justin Gilbert to complement All-Pro CB “Lockdown Joe” Haden.

PerrinV2

NFC North


The Packers have an elite offense led by one of the best gunslingers around, Aaron Rodgers. WR’s Jordy Nelson and Randal Cobb will contribute to plenty of “Discount Double Checks” this season. To top it all off, the Pack’s backfield is absolutely diesel with Eddie Lacy, James Starks and John Kuhn. As for defense, Green Bay added sack master Julius Peppers to complement BJ Raji, AJ Hawk and Clay Matthews amongst others. Ha Ha Clinton-Dix was a solid draft pick after losing Charles Woodson in the offseason.




QB Jay Cutler (health permitting) has weapons all over the place. Brandon Marshall, Alshon Jeffery and tight end Martellus Bennett are a size advantage against anybody. On the ground, Matt Forte is a top-five running back. On the other side of the ball, the Bears added some relentless pass-rushing in Jared Allen. MLB Jon Bostic should have a breakout season alongside veteran Lance Briggs and might even have some Bears fans forgetting about Urlacher for a little. Michael Ford and Eric Weems can be a dangerous duo on the return team as well.




If Jay Cutler is happy about his pass-catching weapons this season, then Matthew Stafford has to be ecstatic. His new-and-improved arsenal includes rookie Eric Ebron and Brandon Pettigrew at TE to go with Megatron, Golden Tate and Ryan Broyles at WR. On the ground, Detroit’s in good shape with Reggie Bush and Joique Bell. We might need to rename Motor City to “Mismatch City.” On defense, that tandem of Nick Fairley and Ndamukong Suh at DT is downright unfair.




If you enjoy having options at QB, then the Vikings are the team for you. Matt Cassel, Christian Ponder and Teddy Bridgewater are all solid options under center. Greg Jennings, Jerome Simpson and potential breakout Cordarrelle Patterson make up a talented receiving corps while Kyle Rudolph holds it down at TE. Did we forget someone on offense? Some guy named AP can carry the load All Day if the passing game isn’t working for you. Defense is where the Vikings leave some room to be desired. They have some young talent in Sharrif Floyd and Xavier Rhodes. plus a proven leader in Chad Greenway. However, they’ll need work this season against some potent NFC North offenses.

PerrinV2

Also all players ratings from both those divisions available in excel form.
http://vassets.ea.com/Assets/Resources/File/madden-15-ratings-afc-nfc-north.xlsx

adrian522

Wonder if Gordon will be suspended in the game?

PerrinV2

adrian522 wrote: »

Wonder if Gordon will be suspended in the game?

I dunno,were there a couple of guys in real life suspended last year but were available in the game like Blackmon..at least I think Blackmon was suspended.

helimachoptor

afc south is here

http://www.easports.com/madden-nfl/news-updates-gameplay/article/afc-nfc-south-player-ratings?utm_campaign=mad15-social-global-ic-tw-ratings-south-080414-tw-img-site-ramp&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&sourceid=mad15-social-global-ic-tw-ratings-south-080414-tw-img-site-ramp&cid=23844&ts=1407178158778

blackmon is in for the jags

helimachoptor

Man that titans are going to be horrendous to play with!

Rock Lesnar

Nobody cares about the AFC South Heli, thats a 1 team division , NFC East is where its at and the dream team of Foles, Sproles and Shady

helimachoptor

I still won't win!

Hopefully the week 1 updates help me out

PerrinV2

AFC East

PerrinV2

NFC East







Full breakdown
http://vassets.ea.com/Assets/Resources/File/madden-15-ratings-afc-nfc-east.xlsx

nerd69

delighted with foles getting 88 really thought they'd give him a terrible rating.

id question sproles at 97 and melton at 88 though

PerrinV2

Also connected franchise news coming this week they say.

Paully D

Looking at the ratings, the Jets could be a decent sleeper team this year.

Cracking defense including an exceptional D-line in a 3-4 formation, Milliner should be easy enough to progress with XP at CB and you have Pryor at S. On offense, Geno should be easy to progress and there's also Vick, there's Decker who is a legit threat at WR, Amaro at TE and Johnson and Ivory make an extremely good Madden 1-2 at RB.

The main thing against them is probably the division. With only the Patriots likely to be selected as a human team, the Jets could be overlooked by people searching for more human populated divisions.

PerrinV2

PerrinV2 wrote: »

Also connected franchise news coming this week they say.

And on that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5nfse-GaTg

http://www.easports.com/madden-nfl/news-updates-gameplay/article/feature-details-connected-franchise?utm_campaign=mad15-social-global-ic-tw-feature-deepdive-cfm-080514-tw-img-site-ramp&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&sourceid=mad15-social-global-ic-tw-feature-deepdive-cfm-080514-tw-img-site-ramp&cid=23905&ts=1407340602013

Alotta changes this season,tickle me excited

Knex*

Anything that can make me someway cocompetent at drafting, nah?

Paully D

I'm not all that enthralled by that video.

They've essentially just added a confidence attribute, which was there previously as hot and cold streaks anyway, and enhanced it.

Game prep and individual training wouldn't do a whole lot for me as I certainly won't have the time to do it with a number of different players a gameweek and the game prep aspect looks like something that will get extremely boring after 3 or 4 weeks. I can see most eventually ending up skipping it.

They're announced as the big changes which is disappointing IMO.

On a more positive note, the free agency design, change in the method of buying XP and random draft classes are nice additions but they're nothing groundbreaking and including them is just catching up to something that should have been in the game years ago.

Multiple commissioners may be handy for our league (as long as Raoul doesn't get his hands on the advancements :pac:)

"The simulation engine now includes things like consistency, confidence and development. In Madden 15, young players with great development traits will have slightly better “simmed” stats than normal. This allows great young players to progress quickly and become stars in the league." - Eh, they do already don't they? First and second round draft picks in particular, regardless, progress ridiculously quickly.

Overall - meh.

kopfan

Where you guys buying game. Where's cheapest?

helimachoptor

Gamesnash did us a deal last year so will pm him and see what he can do but imagine if you have a game or a few you'll save more money that way