Chiefs Get No Love From Madden '10 Ratings

by Joel Thorman on May 28, 2009 6:09 PM CDT Comment 63 comments

Just a few days after the newly released ESPN Power Rankings dissed the Kansas City Chiefs (although probably rightfully so), the Madden '10 ratings do the same. ESPN recently released a quick list of the top 10 rated quarterbacks, running backs, tight ends, wide receivers and defensive players.

How did Kansas City do? Not so good.

Quarterback: No Chiefs (#1 Peyton Manning)
Running back: No Chiefs (#1 Adrian Peterson
Wide receiver: No Chiefs (#1 Larry Fitzgerald)
Tight end: No Chiefs (#1 Tony Gonzalez)
Defense: No Chiefs (#1 Nnamdi Asomugha)

It's no surprise, really. Matt Cassel, Larry Johnson and Dwayne Bowe were long shots for a top 10 ranking anyway.

A few weeks ago, we heard Cassel was a finalist to be on the cover. Thankfully, he won't be (lest that curse get to him!).

A few Chiefs attended the Madden rookie bowl including Jamaal Charles. Cassel was on a panel for the video game. We do know that Tyson Jackson isn't expected to be a world beater right off the bat according to the Madden ratings. H/T to webby37 in the FanShots a few weeks ago for the image.

Here's a list of the rookie ratings that was linked here a few weeks ago. The highest is Aaron Curry and the lowest...well, of course it's Michael Mitchell of the Raiders (considering the ESPN crew didn't know who he was).

Here's a list of five things you need to know about the new game including gang tackling, avoiding pressure, revamped player ratings and more officials on the field.

Oh, and one more thing...the Wildcat will be in the game. Here's a shot of Ronnie Brown of the Miami Dolphins lining up at quarterback.

Can August 14th get here any sooner?

Poll

Do you play as the Chiefs in Madden?

Yes...always

752 votes

Not since they've been terrible

251 votes

Only in Franchise Mode

247 votes

1250 votes | Poll has closed

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I think I'm going to take August 14th off work

Get the game at midnight and play it all night long and into the next day.

And…yes, I am a huge loser :)

by Joel Thorman on May 28, 2009 6:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Gotta play

til year one of the franchise is complete. oh yea and sign Cassel to a 7 year deal for the lowest amount possible before I turn him into a stud.

by GenericBrand on May 28, 2009 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can you make "don't play video games" an option? ;)

by jbj8609 on May 28, 2009 6:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Ahh

I should have. Probably wouldn’t be fair to go back and change the poll now that 30 votes are logged.

How come you don’t play Madden??

by Joel Thorman on May 28, 2009 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

And being too old isn't an excuse

The average age of a gamer is 35, which is older than me.

by Joel Thorman on May 28, 2009 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah, I'm 25...

…I just always sucked at video games, so I never much got into them is all. ;)

by jbj8609 on May 28, 2009 10:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cause I get bored with them too fast...

If I could just turn it on and play I might play em for longer than 2 weeks before I set them aside.
It’s all the “train your players to improve their stats”, trade players from team to team, manage your league, etc etc….
All that crap make me lose interest.
I just wanna turn it on and be able to put my favorite uniform on a team that is equal in all reguards to the buddy im playing against and let the best man win. Whoever is better at the game wins. I don’t really care for all the “realism” of having accurate rosters of players that are all individually “rated” by some team of experts.

RTS games were the death of video games for me. I only really like the older sports games and the “space fighter pilot” (Wing Commander – not the crap where you connamnd a whole fleet or build your army of ships etc… just fly the damn ship and blow stuff up) or old driving games (Spy Hunter) and arcade hits of my youth like Galaga, Street Fighter (the origional one before it had 27 buttons and 100 different joystick/button combo moves). One of my all time favorites was Punch Out (Body blow, body blow, body blow…KNOCK OUT!). I miss the origional FPSer too. Duke Nukem and stuff like that before every game had to have 10 buttons and combos to do anything.
What the hell was wrong with 1 button for PASS/TACKLE, one for JUMP, and one for JUKE/DIVE?

The Powers Of Astute Observation Are Often Mistaken As Cynacism By Those That Do Not Posses Them -- G.B. Shaw

by Texas Chief on May 30, 2009 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Goldeneye. After that, nothing really got me going.

by burntorangehorn on May 31, 2009 1:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

this is one vote I passed over

I needed a don’t play video games choice also. Why? After Asteroids, Defender, and Galaga they just seemed to go down hill.

by 63gump on May 29, 2009 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

77 Overall

Seems a bit low for #3 Overall.

by GenericBrand on May 28, 2009 6:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

They said

They were redoing the player rankings so that the elite players are truly elite.

by Joel Thorman on May 28, 2009 6:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I guess that's why

Tony Romo is below 90 and big ben barely scrapes it whereas they were always in the mid 90’s before

Time is a great teacher... unfortunately it kills all it's pupils.

by 808NaNz808 on May 28, 2009 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The adjust the rankings during the season

depending on how well a player is playing. I doubt that Jackson will start out much higher than a low 80. Remember, he was picked at #3 but his value was in the low first round so if he ends up being in the high 70’s, I wouldn’t be surprised. Now, if he tears it up the first few weeks (unlikely), they will boost his rating depending on how much he improves. I remember last year, LJ started out at 93 and ended up being 87 or 88 by the time the season was over. I wonder if they will lower Cassel’s rating now that he plays for us. I wouldn’t be surprised.

by jonnyu on May 28, 2009 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Franchise mode has single handedly ruined my life

My woman took off with my dog & truck, trailer home, and best pair of boots

by KansasCityShuffle on May 28, 2009 6:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Is there a mode other than franchise?

If there is, I bet it sucks.

Franchise Chiefs ONLY, baby! (except that year they removed franchise…dumbest move of all time)

I don't have religion, I have Baduizm...and Billie Holiday.
Erykah Badu is on notice. Amel Larrieux is catching up to you quickly. Let me see what you got, Erykah.

by DThomasReigns on May 28, 2009 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, and I always make myself QB...and 6'7'' and 99 at everything. :)

I don't have religion, I have Baduizm...and Billie Holiday.
Erykah Badu is on notice. Amel Larrieux is catching up to you quickly. Let me see what you got, Erykah.

by DThomasReigns on May 28, 2009 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

cheater

by RedNose on May 28, 2009 7:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like to think of it as "awesomer" :)

I don't have religion, I have Baduizm...and Billie Holiday.
Erykah Badu is on notice. Amel Larrieux is catching up to you quickly. Let me see what you got, Erykah.

by DThomasReigns on May 28, 2009 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You can look at it that way.

I like making a 5’5" 385 lb kick returner with 99 speed and agility

by RedNose on May 28, 2009 8:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

lmao. I am totally going to try that.

I don't have religion, I have Baduizm...and Billie Holiday.
Erykah Badu is on notice. Amel Larrieux is catching up to you quickly. Let me see what you got, Erykah.

by DThomasReigns on May 28, 2009 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I totally do the same thing

his name is always Imma Fatass it’s pretty funny

Time is a great teacher... unfortunately it kills all it's pupils.

by 808NaNz808 on May 28, 2009 8:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Me too but

this time I think I’ll play running back.
see ya LJ

by fishhooks on May 28, 2009 11:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wonder if thats really wildcat

Or just a position substitution like you could do in 09. Hoping its real wildcat would make the game fun.

by GenericBrand on May 28, 2009 6:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

You could sub RB for QB in 09?

by Joel Thorman on May 28, 2009 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sorry worded that poorly

You could only sub a QB for a QB last year but am curious if its an actual formation that you can pick or if theyre going to expand on that sub feature in single player. Hopefully its just a formation though.

by GenericBrand on May 28, 2009 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's an actual formation

Check out that link above. Ronnie Brown talks about it.

by Joel Thorman on May 29, 2009 6:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who cares...

Just get here already. Other than NFL kickoff, knowing a new version of Madden is on the horizon helps to ensure a good night of sleep. I’ve been rocking this game since the 1st installment was released on Sega. My how this game has improved. I wish they’d bring back the cool half-time shows with some hot-ass cheerleaders hoisting their legs. And make winning the Super Bowl better. Just flashing the QB spinning toward the camera is horseshit, Wang. Let’s have the cheerleaders jump on my face or something else that would kick ass. Ideas on endings?

KCCHIEFSFAN72

by kcchiefsfan72 on May 28, 2009 6:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

How bad is this and am I the only one who has done this?

I have been known to start a game (exhibition) with my franchise team roster with the CPU playing both sides. I watch it while I fall asleep just to have the comfort of Chiefs football on.

I have also been known to yell at the play calling of the CPU with my awesome team.

Let’s just keep this little secret of mine here on AP. THX. :)

I don't have religion, I have Baduizm...and Billie Holiday.
Erykah Badu is on notice. Amel Larrieux is catching up to you quickly. Let me see what you got, Erykah.

by DThomasReigns on May 28, 2009 8:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

my nephew demands we do this same thing for him

so he can watch football during the off season..

Time is a great teacher... unfortunately it kills all it's pupils.

by 808NaNz808 on May 28, 2009 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

he's 5 BTW

Time is a great teacher... unfortunately it kills all it's pupils.

by 808NaNz808 on May 28, 2009 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I consider him 30...just so I can feel better about myself. ;)

I don't have religion, I have Baduizm...and Billie Holiday.
Erykah Badu is on notice. Amel Larrieux is catching up to you quickly. Let me see what you got, Erykah.

by DThomasReigns on May 28, 2009 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lol

by KansasCityShuffle on May 28, 2009 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Been there.

You have a loser friend.

-cw

Watching the 2009-2010 Chiefs via the Slingbox, 12 hours delayed, in Taiwan.
Twittering my every move. Don't act like you're not even slightly interested.

by webby37 on May 28, 2009 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That makes us frosers. Awww. :)

I don't have religion, I have Baduizm...and Billie Holiday.
Erykah Badu is on notice. Amel Larrieux is catching up to you quickly. Let me see what you got, Erykah.

by DThomasReigns on May 28, 2009 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Chiefs Only

I play only with the Chiefs online….Hit me up on the PS3 if you want to play…add me on your buddy list screen name: liquidsmoke

by Arrowhead816 on May 28, 2009 9:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I've lost respect

for the Madden games. They’ve just gotten to fake, and it’s not fun for real fans anymore. Maybe it never was, but I was too young to "get it’. If I’m going to play a real sports game, I want it to be as realistic as possible. I used to love the Franchise mode until I realized how easy it was to build a dynasty out of nothing. You can just trade draft picks and older players for young rookies and in three years you’ll have a monster team. Plus, I’ll never get over balls going through (literally) my DB’s hands. I played Madden 09 no more than five times, and I have no idea where it is now. All that being said, when I DID play I ALWAYS played as the Chiefs. Anything less than that is despicable. Except for the fact that when I got bored I would start running the worst team and try to build them up, but, again, it was always too easy.

by KCMizzou on May 28, 2009 9:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Completely agree, and it’s just hard shelling out sixty dollars to a company who really doesnt seem to change the game much from year to year, even more so now that they have a monopoly on the business. Every year they advertise saying how much better certain things will be and then when you play the game you just realize its the same thing, or if they improve one aspect of the game they seem to screw up the aspect they improved last year. I am really done buying Madden games for the time being.

by whakkers on Jun 1, 2009 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

BTW, that's bullshit.

Pardon my language, but if Tony was on the Chiefs, he’d be the #2 or #3 ranked TE. Now that he’s got a new home, he’s #1? Crap on Madden.

/Sneakily makes his way to front of the AP line to buy it…

-cw

Watching the 2009-2010 Chiefs via the Slingbox, 12 hours delayed, in Taiwan.
Twittering my every move. Don't act like you're not even slightly interested.

by webby37 on May 28, 2009 9:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

BTW, I love you for my H/T

Watching the 2009-2010 Chiefs via the Slingbox, 12 hours delayed, in Taiwan.
Twittering my every move. Don't act like you're not even slightly interested.

by webby37 on May 28, 2009 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That’s actually a pretty good point.

by KCMizzou on May 28, 2009 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed.

I don't have religion, I have Baduizm...and Billie Holiday.
Erykah Badu is on notice. Amel Larrieux is catching up to you quickly. Let me see what you got, Erykah.

by DThomasReigns on May 28, 2009 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, hes actually been the top ranked TE for a while now.

by whakkers on Jun 1, 2009 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

MAdden SUCKS!!!

Every since EA got the exclusive rights from the NFL to do the football game Madden has gone down hill..EA feels that since they don’t have compitition that they can put out a product that stays the same…Execpt for very small changes here and there madden is the same game it was 5years ago..In fact in many ways it was better…

South Side D

by doriang03 on May 28, 2009 10:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

lol

Your argument makes no sense. You say there have only been minor changes and thats why you hate it, but then you go on to say that it was better 5 years ago…

How would it be better if it hasn’t changed?

I know, I know. It has changed. That’s my point. While I agree with you that some years it seems like they just update the roster and press a new game, madden is a lot different in both graphics and gameplay from 5 years ago.

And personally I’d rather have them add a few features, revamp the graphics and update the roster every year than trying to fix what isn’t broken to give us a completely different game. Also, I’m curious as to what major changes you propose madden could make every year to satisfy you?

"...Said he couldn't go on the American way"

by Jux on May 28, 2009 11:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It was better in 2005, actually. Alot of that has to do with the total polish on the game. Every year there is some major or minor faults in the gameplay. Whether its just too many money plays(plays that are always successful) or its one aspect of defence control that just doesnt work right, that makes a Madden game what it is. This game is pretty broken, try to be a corner back if you dont believe me. You should be able to play any position you want, considering you’re playing a game that rakes in millions of dollars annually and is made by who should be the best in the business. Every game looks better than it did five years ago, but the Maddens of the past generally looked good for their time, so that could be considered the same. Madden games are junk. Period.

by whakkers on Jun 1, 2009 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Depends on how you define junk

I don’t really see anyone else making games with all the positives of madden and not the negatives.

And I wasn’t saying you can’t hate madden or anything. Just saying that if you say you hate a game becasue it never changes, then say that it was better 5 years ago, it doesn’t make much sense.

"...Said he couldn't go on the American way"

by Jux on Jun 2, 2009 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does it make anyone else sick

seeing that picture of Tony in a Falcons uniform?

by KCCheeze on May 28, 2009 10:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yup

by T3T on May 31, 2009 3:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

This may be the first year I actually buy Madden when it comes out on release day

Usually I’m more into college football and I get NCAA Football instead. This year might be different!

I don't have a girlfriend. I just know a lady who would be really mad if she heard me say that. -Mitch Hedberg

by mistamic on May 29, 2009 12:34 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

helps to know this...

…there are a lot of guys who are coming down in ratings across the board. Every single rating is being adjusted. The elite guys, they’re safe. Peyton Manning, Randy Moss, Larry Fitzgerald, guys like that are going to be saved. But the average guy is certainly going to come down. Guys in the 70s are now average. You may even see some guys in the 40s.

by woodman212 on May 29, 2009 1:15 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Apparently,

I won’t get to play Madden NFL ‘10 this year, unless I buy it for my little ol’ outdated PS2. EA’s abandonment of Madden for PC pissed me off royally last year; it’s even worse this year after they said they’d not repeat the mistake of a non-existent PC release.

And yes, I’m sure I’m going to be told by all of you console gamers that sports games are better on a console, or it’s just weird to play Madden (or sports in general) on a PC; I don’t care. This really sucks that PC gamers can’t have any NFL football simply because EA (with their damn exclusive license) thinks they need to punish all PC Madden gamers for the actions of software pirates.

I wouldn’t be so pissed if they weren’t revamping and adding so much to the game. If it were basically just a roster update, I could deal with not having it. However, by all indications, ’10 will be a much different game from ’09 (and definitely from ’08, the last version for PC).

In conclusion, $^%* EA!

by Seth_C on May 29, 2009 2:06 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Im with ya

No PC version pissed me off. And I do not see how playing it on a PC is so bad. I have the same exact controller that PS2 and PS3 have… so whats different? Maybe some graphics? Never really cared too much about that, was always more into the playing the game part.

by dragon6172 on May 29, 2009 6:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well...

My guess is they don’t want it hacked and pirated, which is reasonably easy to do on PC.

by GonzosDirtyTrailer on May 29, 2009 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, I agree

that it’s easy to do on PC, but consoles are getting to the point where it isn’t all that much harder to pirate console games. Besides, Madden is one of their best, if not THE best-selling EA games. I can’t believe that Madden sales were so affected by PC piracy that they had to drop that port completely. Besides, why should all of their legitimate customers, myself included, be punished for the actions of software pirates? Make online registration mandatory, using something like the Steam software, and that will cut down on piracy.

Also, I wouldn’t be so pissed at EA if they didn’t have the exclusive NFL license. EA dropping Madden for PC means that there can be absolutely no NFL game for PC, and that really ticks me off.

by Seth_C on May 29, 2009 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

How about this....

Trading Tony G with a 98 rating in Madden will net you a 1st and a 2nd rounder. Pioli sucks…

by GenericBrand on May 29, 2009 3:38 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

It doesnt take in a lot of factors....

Like age…position value…

I wouldnt put a lot of stock in what works for a trade in madden…I traded LJ for a top 5 pick once yesterday and then got him back with a 2nd rounder…

by woodman212 on May 29, 2009 3:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

hahaha

Time is a great teacher... unfortunately it kills all it's pupils.

by 808NaNz808 on May 29, 2009 4:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Was totally kidding

by GenericBrand on May 29, 2009 3:52 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

D-Bowe

D-Bowe should def be in the top 10 for wrs, hes mad good when hes got garbage players throwing to him.

by King D on May 29, 2009 11:05 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Didn't want to start a FanPost for this.

But just thought I’d share.

After reading this post for the first time yesterday I got the “madden fever” and went to put madden 2009 in to the 360. I couldn’t find it anywhere. I had somewhere to be and I was super frustrated so I just put off finding it till today.

So here I am sitting at work and I get a text message from my girlfriend. A week ago or so she had rented “Pretty in Pink” from netflix (only god knows why). Her text message said that she had found pretty in pink when she was cleaning and wonders what she sent back to Netflix instead.

Yeap. It was my Madden disk.

I’m just trying to decide if she did it so I can’t make her watch me play anymore or if it just was an honest mistake. Either way, she is buying me the new one in August now, so that helps.

"...Said he couldn't go on the American way"

by Jux on May 29, 2009 4:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs