I was trying to find some insight on Madden 16 ratings while trying to decide what team to be in our Madden 16 V.I.P. league when I ran across this article on fivethirtyeight. It is definitely a long read but it is very intriguing. The article covers the history of ratings in football games and also breaks down how overalls are determined in Madden.
The thing I found the most interesting was how they rate coverage ability in Madden. To me, I think zone coverage should be in the same neighborhood as man coverage for cornerbacks. Maybe not the same but certainly not less than half as important. Cover 2 corners play mostly zone coverage and, in those schemes, that ability is probably more important than man coverage.
There is another cool feature in the article where you can use sliders to generalize how combine stats equate to certain ratings in the game. The image below is just a screen shot, but if you go to the article and scroll down you can use the interactive version. Its a very cool feature.
Thought you guys would enjoy the article and getting some insight into how Madden ratings are made. Let me know what you thought of the article. Do you agree with how EA handles Madden ratings? What would you change if it was up to you?
The thing I found the most interesting was how they rate coverage ability in Madden. To me, I think zone coverage should be in the same neighborhood as man coverage for cornerbacks. Maybe not the same but certainly not less than half as important. Cover 2 corners play mostly zone coverage and, in those schemes, that ability is probably more important than man coverage.
There is another cool feature in the article where you can use sliders to generalize how combine stats equate to certain ratings in the game. The image below is just a screen shot, but if you go to the article and scroll down you can use the interactive version. Its a very cool feature.
Thought you guys would enjoy the article and getting some insight into how Madden ratings are made. Let me know what you thought of the article. Do you agree with how EA handles Madden ratings? What would you change if it was up to you?
