Here is my newest blog. Looking back at the 1st Rd Rookie Ratings of 2011

[mannmicj]

This is the first in a series of blogs that look back at the original ratings of the 2011 NFL first round rookies. I will compare their original ratings/attributes with their final ratings and will give EA a grade for those ratings. I hope you enjoy it.

Here is the blog:
http://maddenmanniac.blogspot.com/20...draft-1st.html

[cartman041388]

This is the first in a series of blogs that look back at the original ratings of the 2011 NFL first round rookies. I will compare their original ratings/attributes with their final ratings and will give EA a grade for those ratings. I hope you enjoy it.

Here is the blog:
http://maddenmanniac.blogspot.com/20...draft-1st.html

And Donny snubs someone like Denarius Moore at a 78 and doesn't give him increases after huge games.

[mannmicj]

And Donny snubs someone like Denarius Moore at a 78 and doesn't give him increases after huge games.

Maybe, I will do a snubbed blog in the future Not saying Moore was snubbed, I would have to do some research on that.

[cartman041388]

Maybe, I will do a snubbed blog in the future Not saying Moore was snubbed, I would have to do some research on that.

Haha. He started as a 60 and ended at a 78, but he had 2 100+ yard games toward the end of the season and didn't get any increase from a 78.

[mannmicj]

Haha. He started as a 60 and ended at a 78, but he had 2 100+ yard games toward the end of the season and didn't get any increase from a 78.

This is the problem with the current roster update system. One, OVR doesn't mean anything. The formula is broken. Two, fans expect an increase after every good game a player has. Of course, the same fans don't call for a decrease after a poor game.

I am not trying to pick on you Cartman, 95% of the fans think the same way. BTW - It's not the fans fault. EA created this monster with weekly roster updates and kneejerk rating increases/decreases. This is the type of thinking that I am trying to change. This is also why I would like to see OVR become a stand alone ranking with no connection to attributes. If you want to re-rank players after every game (similar to fantasy football), than do it. That said, don't produce inaccurate and inconsistent attribute ratings while doing so. When you really dig into the attributes it's disappointing how bad they really are.

I encourage all fans to look past OVR. I know it a lot to ask and it's an uphill battle, but in the end it will open your eyes in my opinion.

Let's get back to D. Moore. You mentioned 100 yard games. Do you know how many 100 receiving games there were in the NFL during the regular season? 192 to be exact. 100 yard games are not a rare thing in the NFL (11.3 per week). While it's an indication that a player had a good game, the yardage doesn't really say much about player attributes.

So let's look at Moore's season.

13 games, 33 Receptions, 618 yards, 18.7 YPC, 5 TD's.

He broke out in week 2 with 5 catches for 146 yards and 1 TD.

Over the next 5 weeks, Moore had just 9 catches for 66 Yards and 1 TD. His yardage totals for those 5 games were 34, 19, 0, 9, and 4.

After a bye week, Moore bounced back with a 4 catch 64 yard effort in week 9, followed by another big game with 5 catches for 123 yards and 2 TD in week 10.

In week 11 Moore disappeared again, even though he participated in 56 of the teams 73 offensive snaps. He only caught 1 pass for 14 yards.

He didn't play in weeks 12-14 (injured I believe).

He was back on the field in week 15, were he caught 2 pass for 13 yards.

He finished the season with a good effort in week 16 (4 catches for 94 yards and 1 TD), plus he had 3 catches for 101 ayyards in week 17.

So he played 13 games and averaged 5.6 targets per game. Here are his yardage totals (146, 123, 101, 94, 61, 34, 19, 14, 13, 9, 4, 0, and 0).

If you just look at yardage, he was inconsistent at best. He had a few very good games and some very bad games.

It certainly doesn't tell the whole story, but it paints an entirely different picture than just saying: "He started as a 60 and ended at a 78, but he had 2 100+ yard games toward the end of the season and didn't get any increase from a 78."

I just want to give you a different way to look at it.

After all of that, I would still have to look at every part of Moore's season to give an honest opinion of his current rating/attributes.

[cartman041388]

This is the problem with the current roster update system. One, OVR doesn't mean anything. The formula is broken. Two, fans expect an increase after every good game a player has. Of course, the same fans don't call for a decrease after a poor game.

I am not trying to pick on you Cartman, 95% of the fans think the same way. BTW - It's not the fans fault. EA created this monster with weekly roster updates and kneejerk rating increases/decreases. This is the type of thinking that I am trying to change. This is also why I would like to see OVR become a stand alone ranking with no connection to attributes. If you want to re-rank players after every game (similar to fantasy football), than do it. That said, don't produce inaccurate and inconsistent attribute ratings while doing so. When you really dig into the attributes it's disappointing how bad they really are.

I encourage all fans to look past OVR. I know it a lot to ask and it's an uphill battle, but in the end it will open your eyes in my opinion.

Let's get back to D. Moore. You mentioned 100 yard games. Do you know how many 100 receiving games there were in the NFL during the regular season? 192 to be exact. 100 yard games are not a rare thing in the NFL (11.3 per week). While it's an indication that a player had a good game, the yardage doesn't really say much about player attributes.

So let's look at Moore's season.

13 games, 33 Receptions, 618 yards, 18.7 YPC, 5 TD's.

He broke out in week 2 with 5 catches for 146 yards and 1 TD.

Over the next 5 weeks, Moore had just 9 catches for 66 Yards and 1 TD. His yardage totals for those 5 games were 34, 19, 0, 9, and 4.

After a bye week, Moore bounced back with a 4 catch 64 yard effort in week 9, followed by another big game with 5 catches for 123 yards and 2 TD in week 10.

In week 11 Moore disappeared again, even though he participated in 56 of the teams 73 offensive snaps. He only caught 1 pass for 14 yards.

He didn't play in weeks 12-14 (injured I believe).

He was back on the field in week 15, were he caught 2 pass for 13 yards.

He finished the season with a good effort in week 16 (4 catches for 94 yards and 1 TD), plus he had 3 catches for 101 ayyards in week 17.

So he played 13 games and averaged 5.6 targets per game. Here are his yardage totals (146, 123, 101, 94, 61, 34, 19, 14, 13, 9, 4, 0, and 0).

If you just look at yardage, he was inconsistent at best. He had a few very good games and some very bad games.

It certainly doesn't tell the whole story, but it paints an entirely different picture than just saying: "He started as a 60 and ended at a 78, but he had 2 100+ yard games toward the end of the season and didn't get any increase from a 78."

I just want to give you a different way to look at it.

After all of that, I would still have to look at every part of Moore's season to give an honest opinion of his current rating/attributes.

This all makes sense man. I'm not trying to sound like a homer. I'm just under the impression that Donny only really looks at the teams that are in the spotlight and/or his favorite teams.