Worth a Look?
June 2, 2008Hey, Look! Runs!
June 3, 2008The ever-awaited team and player rankings for Madden 09 have been released. Thanks to Pasta Padre, we have a team-by-team look at the depth chart for each of the squads for the upcoming season.
The Browns are currently second in the AFC North with an 88 overall – the Steelers have a 94. Even though there’s a gap, you can’t argue in the improvement from last season’s version of the game. The Browns were nearly given a default score, so we’ve come a long way.
Individual player rankings are listed below. You have to love that O-Line…
Offense:
Joe Thomas – 97
Kellen Winslow – 97
Braylon Edwards – 95
Eric Steinbach – 95
Kevin Shaffer – 93
Lawrence Vickers – 92
Jamal Lewis – 90
Hank Fraley – 89
Derek Anderson – 88
Rex Hadnot – 88
Donte Stallworth – 85
Ryan Tucker – 84
LeCharles Bentley – 82 (Interesting)
Joe Jurevicius – 82
Brady Quinn – 82
Steve Heiden – 79
Jason Wright – 77
Defense:
Shaun Rodgers – 94
Corey Williams – 90
Kamerion Wimbley – 88
Robaire Smith – 87
Sean Jones – 87
Willie McGinest – 85
D’Qwell Jackson – 85
Shaun Smith – 84-89 (depending on where played)
Andra Davis – 84
Brodney Pool – 84
Eric Wright – 84
Leon Williams – 83
Brandon McDonald – 82
Gary Baxter – 77
At first glance, I’d say we made some decent trades for our D-Line in the off-season. At least Madden think so.
Thoughts on the above?
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22 Comments
Finally I will be able to be the Browns when playing friends and not get crushed into oblivion!
i cannot wait. that offense is unbelievable.
Agree with Jeremy… Cant wait to play the as the Browns this year…
How did Shaffer get a 93?
I am happy about the O as a whole. Yet the shafted Lecharles Bently. And After the year DA had. he should of at least been a 90 and maybe dropped down after the pre- season. And why not give Joe Thomas the 99 come on!
rick…shaffer is a monster at RT especially in run blocking. he was quite impressive last year, at least on plays i was watching him (not gonna lie, a lot of my attention was on JT).
I think Shaffer did an adequate job…I just thought the 90’s rankings were generally reserved for the best players in the league…of which I don’t think I’d list Shaffer. He is much better on the right side than the left side. I wonder what his ranking would be at the left side?
the browns are going 2 kick butt and i hope they changed the browns pants from brown to white because thye had brown pants which we never wore
what is Joshua Cribbs rated? better be at least a 97
Any idea what ranking Beau Bell got? Cribbs (should be 99 ovr returner)
Cribbs better be 95+ as a returner. If they can give Devin Hester a 100 last year in speed, they can give Cribbs 95+ for being among the top 3 special teamers in the league (returns and tackles) over the last 2 years.
Don’t expect Bell to get anything higher than a 73, he was afterall just a fourth round pick. As for DA getting an 87, man did he get lucky! He’s the second worst QB to ever make a Pro Bowl (the first being Vince Young), and that’s coming from a DIE HARD BROWNS FAN who always plays madden with the BROWNS, unlike some of you bandwagon fans I see up there talking about not playing with my Browns because you’ll get beat. Anderson had a horrible completion percentage, turnover ratio, and QB rating, a lot of times he was bailed out by Braylon Edwards ability to go up and make great catches, and he still threw 19 INT’s, that’s pathetic. Everybody thinks he’s the Browns savior but I still think he’s only as good as second string, we don’t need a QB who throws 19 picks a year and only completes 56% of his passes. Look at the big game against Cincinnati that we needed to win, he choked and got picked apart by the Bengals defense, THE BENGALS DEFENSE! That’s like an oxymoron. I say lets see what Quinn can do.
I am also a die heard Browns fan, but why in god;s name is Wille Mcginnest an 85, he was pathetic last year….and also Josh Cribbs strength should be about 30 points higher than a 54. He broke atleast one tackle on every return last year
I’m with Doc…I wanna see Quinn at the helm this season. DA blew the second half of the season pretty much, and blew in the Pro Bowl…and he had no excuse…the offense was basically our offense!
I’ve lived in Cleveland my whole life, and have been playing madden since sega genisis. I’m finally gonna get to play with a sweet Browns team that I can be proud of. GO BROWNS!!!
All you Shaffer haters… The Browns offensive line coach said Shaffer is by far the best offensive lineman on the Browns if he is healthy. I’ll take his word over anybody elses.
If you look at Derek Anderson’s stats, EA messed up hardcore and said he threw only 19 tds and had 14 picks. When he got 29 tds and had 19 picks. EA messes up again.
i cant believe sean jones hasnt went up this year! 111 tackles and 5 int in 06 and 96 tackles 5 int in 07,hes been consistent these last two years. if joe thomas can get a 97 in his second season, then sean jones should get at least a 90-95 rating in madden this year
Why is Scott Player listed higher than Dave Zastudil? That doesnt make sense to me.
It has long been looking for this information, thank you.
Kevin Shaffer Is with the Chicago Bears
i went 11-5 with the browns and went to the second round of the playoffs so the defense wasnt that bad