Madden biased against the Cowboys.

[Cowboy Brian]

Romo has 2 flawless games, and gets raised 1 overall point
Austin has a 171 yard game with 2 TD, and gets raised 3 overall points
Sensabaugh plays fantastic, gets raised nothing.
Williams is moved down from 84 to 83, because he was playing hurt.
Crayton is moved from 77 to 75 for scoring 2 td's???


Eli Manning has 2 TERRIBLE games, in which JaMarcuss russel would've played better, he stays at 90 overall.
Brandon Jacobs having a below average and he stays were he was, infact he got raised since the beginning of the year

This is just a comparison between the Cowboys and the Giants, but it applies to EVERY team, Sanchez is terrible for 4 weeks and gets lowered 4 points, Romo was AVERAGE for 2 weeks and got lowered 3 points.

 

[Teren_Kanan]

For 14 years or more Madden has been biased IN FAVOR of the cowboys, even during our ****tiest years our players always had slightly higher than they should have stats.

I think maybe you are biased tbh. I roll with the Cowboys in Madden at all times, but you gotta figure they don't change the stats drastically ever, and it's originally based off of last years performance.

If they dropped points every time a QB had a bad game or 2, Romo's stats would hardly ever raise, as he has a trend of having a couple bad games at a time, followed by good games. If Eli continues to regress, his stats will drop, they shouldn't drop after two bad games, unless he does it consistently.

Austin has had 2 break out games, so his stats went up, if he continues to lead the Cowboys receiving core, they will continue to do so. Williams hasn't done **** all year, injured or not, so his stats will start to go down, and continue to do so until he proves otherwise.

Crayton lost his starting job at reciever and punt returner (tho Rossum got injured so he is still there), so his stats went down.

I think the stats are very reasonable this year, a few could be higher, a few could be lower based off of potential, but they will be adjusted throughout the season. The Madden team generally does a good job in the stat catagory.

 

[cowboyeric8]

Who cares

 

[Hoofbite]

Claims of bias have now reached a new low.

 

[A.B.N.]

I think Ian cummings the lead designer of madden is a giants fan...maybe thats has something to do with the biased ratings.

 

[Cowboy Brian]

I think Ian cummings the lead designer of madden is a giants fan...maybe thats has something to do with the biased ratings.

He is a Giants fan.

 

[jackrussell]

 

[DallasEast]

EA's in-season rating adjustments are always meaningless to me. It's the attributes they assign players when the game debuts each year which only matters to me.

 

[Ren]

Donny Moore the Madden rating guy has said the Cowboys are one of those teams that are terribly hard to rate. If they rate some of the players too low they have cowboys fans whining if they rate them to high or even what they deserve some times everyone else cries.
They just can't win with this team, peoples hate for the cowboys is far to irrational at times


On the EA forums whiny Giants fans where threatening with a boycott of they raised Austin rating after the KC game.
Yet no one complained when they raised Manningham 12 points and made Steve Smith the highest rated WR in the NFCE :laugh2:

 

[Duane]

 

[8FOR!3]

There are definitely a few flaws, change David Buehler's position to a safety. His rating is a 12 there. WTH?

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Who cares. They're just making up for that rating they gave them previous years. Cowboys have been the best team rating wise on Madden and they've done NOTHING.

 

[DallasEast]

Who cares. They're just making up for that rating they gave them previous years. Cowboys have been the best team rating wise on Madden and they've done NOTHING.

What was the last Madden edition which EA gave Dallas its top overall team rating?

 

[jimmy40]

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[TheMarathonContinues]

What was the last Madden edition which EA gave Dallas its top overall team rating?

As in gave the Cowboys the best overall rating in the game? I don't recall that ever happening. But last season they gave the Cowboys a VERY generous overrall rating to the point you can't even complain about it this year. They were one of the top 4 teams rating wise in last seasons game. Better than the NFC Champs.

 

[DallasEast]

As in gave the Cowboys the best overall rating in the game? I don't recall that ever happening. But last season they gave the Cowboys a VERY generous overrall rating to the point you can't even complain about it this year. They were one of the top 4 teams rating wise in last seasons game. Better than the NFC Champs.

I don't disagree (although I may check last season's edition for their overall NFC rating), but I cannot recall Dallas receiving the overall NFL rating since the mid 90's. I could be wrong, but I doubt it.

 

[tunahelper]

Romo has 2 flawless games, and gets raised 1 overall point
Austin has a 171 yard game with 2 TD, and gets raised 3 overall points
Sensabaugh plays fantastic, gets raised nothing.
Williams is moved down from 84 to 83, because he was playing hurt.
Crayton is moved from 77 to 75 for scoring 2 td's???


Eli Manning has 2 TERRIBLE games, in which JaMarcuss russel would've played better, he stays at 90 overall.
Brandon Jacobs having a below average and he stays were he was, infact he got raised since the beginning of the year

This is just a comparison between the Cowboys and the Giants, but it applies to EVERY team, Sanchez is terrible for 4 weeks and gets lowered 4 points, Romo was AVERAGE for 2 weeks and got lowered 3 points.

It makes no difference to me, since I have 5 pro bowlers on each hand I cut through opponents with ease.

 

[TheCount]

EA's in-season rating adjustments are always meaningless to me. It's the attributes they assign players when the game debuts each year which only matters to me.

Why would one matter and the other doesn't?

 

[DallasEast]

Why would one matter and the other doesn't?

My philosophy is that individual attribute assignments should be made according to proper player evaluation before the game's release and then adhered to until the next edition's debut. I have never preferred all the up- or downgrading of personnel as the season progresses.

It's a video game and EA professes to making it as realistic as possible. They could convince me of their commitment in that area by getting it right before the game hits the shelves. That would fill me with more faith in their ability to get it right during the season as well. Just my two cents.

 

[CowboyMike]

I actually agree with the poster to a degree. I think they are waiting for Romo to be more consistently good to raise his rating. But I don't believe they pay enough close attention to everything as much as they claim to do. And I do think bias plays into a bit. I believe the Giants are horribly overrated in the game.

Play Madden with the original beginning season ratings, Cowboys vs. Giants, and the Giants pass rush is incredible, but the Cowboys doesn't do a thing. This is after they led the league in sacks last year and were the only ones to truly harass Manning in 2008.