A great update on that blog today. A big improvement for franchise mode. Can't wait 'till it's August.

Oh yeah, and some ego strailing for the Packer fans.

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Top 10 for every position, rating wise.

QBs 
No Aaron Rodgers. Slightly dissapointed that Romo and Cutler got in over Rodgers, but hey, he's been starting for one year so far. If he'll do good, we'll get a nice roster update anyway.

RBs 
AP on top, like he should be. With fumble problems, like he should have. LDT is still going well on past results, as well.

WRs 
I think IronMan has to kick someone's ass here. Anyway, Greg can't be far behind White and Johnson. I think he'll be 90. Or at least, close to it.

TEs 
What can I say. Our TEs shouldn't come near this list. I like that they've given Owen Daniels some love though.

Defence 
No love for the Packers here either. I really thought that Woodson would have a shot at being on that last. I could easily see him have a 97 rating. And we already saw that Kampman is a 93.

Anyway, nice last. Of course there's nothing to really compare these players to, but I like that the top 10 receivers go down to 90 already. They're really making a difference in these ratings this year.

I really like what both companies Sony and Microsoft are doing, but the consoles are just too much.

As of right now, I have a Wii. Madden 09 on Wii was really good, hoping the same for 10. Wii FTW!!!

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Harris and Woodson don't get much love. Greg I'd guess is going to be like an 85-88. I've heard that Driver has amazing catch in traffic rating. Both should have good elusiveness ratings too.

Aaron not being in the top QB's doesn't surprise me. He's probably an 86 at best. With the stretch in ratings I understand it. But he can only get better pending what kind of season he has.

http://e3.gamespot.com/video/6211657/?tag=top_stories;title;20 

Good amount of gameplay showing Bears vs. Packers.

Pretty awesome. Found a lot of gameplay footage on gametrailers.com, but this one wasn't on it.

I'm really happy about what they're doing, but there's one thing I'm slightly dissapointed in. The play-calling screen. I loved the Madden 09 one with the info, quick replay etc. Now it looks very retro and that's not always a good thing.

thanks for sharing that - might have to pick up madden there

Yeah it looks a bit out of place with everything else. Its really popular with the older Madden audience. But I would rather something new.

Lets hope CM3 has better coverage skills than that.. for a second I thought it was Poppinga out there in the flat.. :lol:

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Alright, HUGE Madden fan here and I hope there are a lot of others with a 360 and LIVE. I would really like to get an online franchise going with a majority of the players being from this site. I don't know how many of you play.

Who would be down for this?

I enjoyed that Gamespot video. I think they did a lot of great things with this years Madden. Only thing I did not like was Cutler throwing the duck in the air and Matthews was still running to the sideline, not even looking at the receiver. Other than that, everything seemed legit. The body of the players has changed ALOT over the past couple years. You can tell the difference between BJ Raji and Aaron Kampman, haha.
I've been without Madden 09 for a couple months now because my brothers 360 put a ring around my disc and I thought it was pointless to buy a new one. I have been dying here though without a football game.

LIVE name: Mister Biddle
send me a request with a message letting me know you are from here.

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