Re: Ratings in game & franchise potential ratings

I cannot agree with you about all-madden. I play off-line franchise and have won the Super Bowl four times in a row. Currently I am in franchise year 2045 3-0 and what I learned is how to use my scheme. Too old (66) to be a expert stick guy, I use my scheme and build my team that way. Now are there impossible plays the CPU makes? All the time!!! But, I form my team with speed on defense and a solid ground game to keep the CPU offense on the sideline. Lockdown corners, draft or trade for corners that are strong enough to play safety also. I only look for fast linebackers and either keep them at linebacker or if strength attribute is upper 70's or 80's convert to defensive ends. I want run stuffers at DT. Fast and strong. On offense, I want blazing speed at RB and WR. I form my offensive line with high run blocking, 90+ strength, but upper 60' or 70's speed especially at center.  Got to be able to make those second level blocks!! I carry four TE's. Two high blocking TE's that I use to switch out WR on my I formation power set and a OT at TE on the line. For my pass catching TE's I usually look at all WR's in the league from lowest to highest OVL. Some WR are mispositioned and can be converted to TE with good speed. Actually, using this method I found an anomaly in year 2044. I found a rookie wide out with 89 speed and 94 acceleration. He was a 65 overall, but what caught my eye was his size. He was frigging 6'9" 245. I first I thought, dude you are really old, my eyes are going bad!!!! So I traded 5 and 6 to get him. I changed his position to TE and he jumped to 78 OVL. So I tried him in a game and this dude reached over the LB cover guy, grabbed the pass, gets drilled by the safety coming over the top, bounced off of the hit and scores. Needless to say, after the game I changed his OVL back to WR, cut him, signed him back in FA and signed him to seven year deal for peanuts and converted him back to WR. Now his jersey is selling like hotcakes (among the top ten in the league). My QB is a guy I found in FA 75 OVL. Been in the league four years as a backup, not many passes thrown. What drew me to him was 99 THP, 80 S, 82 M and 81 D. At 6'6 with 98 injury, I jumped on this guy. Anyway, got to get to work. When playing all-madden, I have learned three key things, Hound the CPU QB relentlessly with your pass rush, keep the CPU offense on the sideline (burn that clock baby!!!) and minimize putting the ball in the air because the CPU defense will make impossible plays on the ball. IT'S IN THE GAME BABY!!!