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Madden NFL 07 Feature Preview: The Numbers Game

How have some of the biggest names in football progressed since Madden NFL 06? We check out the progress, and the setbacks, in our look at player ratings in Madden NFL 07.

Ready or not, it's about time for some football. The Hall of Fame game is behind us, John Madden is finally in the Hall at Canton, OH (what took so long?), and in just a few short weeks, the latest version of EA Sports' seminal football series--Madden NFL 07--will be unleashed on the sports-gaming public. This year's game, which is being released on practically every gaming platform under the sun, has a number of new features that you can read about in our previous looks at the game, but there's some important information that we haven't been able to discuss until now. We're talking about player ratings, of course--the stats that reflect how far a player has progressed since last season or, in some cases, how much their skill has degraded. Here, we break down each team in the NFL by division and list the overall rating for four of each team's star players. In parentheses we've listed the change in each player's overall rating from Madden NFL 06 to give you an idea of whose stock is rising and who might be looking for a new job (or at least a new team) at the end of the season.

AFC WEST

Kansas City Chiefs
Trent Green 91 (N/A)
Larry Johnson 96 (+10)
Eddie Kennison 87 (+2)
Patrick Surtain 92 (-2)

Denver Broncos
Jake Plummer 90 (+3)
Tatum Bell 84 (N/A)
Rod Smith 90 (+1)
Champ Bailey 99 (+1)

Oakland Raiders
Aaron Brooks 84 (-3)
Lamont Jordan 90 (+3)
Randy Moss 97 (-2)
Kirk Morrison 87 (+14)

San Diego Chargers
Philip Rivers 83 (+3)
LaDanian Tomlinson 97 (-1)
Keenan McCardell 88 (+1)
Jamal Williams 96 (+6)

AFC SOUTH

Indianapolis Colts
Peyton Manning 99 (N/A)
Dominic Rhodes 83 (+1)
Marvin Harrison 97 (-1)
Corey Simon 92 (-1)

Jacksonville Jaguars
Byron Leftwich 89 (+3)
Fred Taylor 89 (-1)
Matt Jones 84 (+5)
Marcus Stroud 97 (+1)

Houston Texans
David Carr 84 (-1)
Domanick Davis 90 (+1)
Andre Johnson 89 (-1)
Dunta Robinson 90 (+3)

Tennessee Titans
Billy Volek 84 (+1)
Chris Brown 86 (-2)
David Givens 87 (+2)
Albert Haynesworth 89 (N/A)

AFC NORTH

Cincinnati Bengals
Carson Palmer 95 (+8)
Rudi Johnson 92 (+2)
Chad Johnson 97 (+3)
Deltha O'Neal 90 (+9)

Pittsburgh Steelers
Ben Roethlisberger 92 (+3)
Willie Parker 86 (+6)
Hines Ward 94 (+1)
Troy Polamalu 98 (+5)

Baltimore Ravens
Steve McNair 88 (-1)
Jamal Lewis 88 (-6)
Derrick Mason 90 (-1)
Ed Reed 99 (+1)

Cleveland Browns
Charlie Frye 81 (+6)
Reuben Droughns 89 (+4)
Joe Jurevicius 86 (+5)
Willie McGinest 93 (+1)

AFC EAST

New England Patriots
Tom Brady 98 (+1)
Corey Dillon 89 (-4)
Deion Branch 88 (+1)
Rodney Harrison 94 (-3)

Miami Dolphins
Daunte Culpepper 92 (-6)
Ronnie Brown 89 (+6)
Chris Chambers 91 (+3)
Zach Thomas 96 (+2)

New York Jets
Chad Pennington 85 (-3)
Curtis Martin 89 (-6)
Laveranues Coles 88 (-1)
Shaun Ellis 93 (N/A)

Buffalo Bills
Kelly Holcomb 79 (+2)
Willis McGahee 90 (-1)
Lee Evans 87 (N/A)
London Fletcher 92 (-1)

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msumuel
msumuel

It says Terrell Owens is 97 just above here in ratings article. Some of the increases are a little drastic.

coldblooded101
coldblooded101

i wanted to see jeremiah trotter, one of the LB's bor the Eagles

xboxinabox
xboxinabox

lets star with why did jamal lewis's stats go down. the guy's still a tank and terrell owens is only an 89. WTF

MaxBarre
MaxBarre

TreFacTor: "Well, I just played Madden 07, and suffice it to say that it is nothing more than a roster update, and a poor one at that. You can't even play on All Madden mode without the annoying vision cone....no you can't turn it off, it's optional in the other modes, but manitory in all madden. It now has a hall of fame superstar mode, which isn't any different than the original superstar mode other than the name Hall of fame. the new running additions are wasted to say the least... you can still rush for 100 yards without even using them. the Controls seem to be the same, and the new animations include a few more tackles, break tackle, and 2 new jukes....sad as it is, if you purchased NCAA 07, then you already own madden 07 wihtout the nfl tag or rosters, because the new kicking and audible system is taken directly from there (and the develpers said the wanted to make noticbly different games, yeah right!). It seems that xbox1 owners have been shafted, and all of the work has gone to the 360. You now have fewer adjustmenst that can be made to created players, so if you don't like you recievers looking like line backers.... to bad. There are slight menu changes, and the soundtrack this time around is just poor, I had to turn of 3/4 of the songs just to get through the time it took me to adjust the rosters correctly, and yes if your a purist, you will be spending some time making adjustments to the rosters. IMHO don't waste your money on this roster update... make your own adjustments to 06, and take your preorder money, and save up for a 360, because if you haven't guessed it yet, you'll be out in the cold next football season unless you go next gen. You can read the writing on the wall, this will be the last curent gen Madden.... hope it's worth your hard earned cash." He are right.. bye

funsizer7693
funsizer7693

WOOOOOO this game is gonna be great baby. How can you not be a Madden fan. Merry Maddenoliday everyone

baltimoreravens
baltimoreravens

i dont get why Drew Brees' pts went up. He s been through a big injury, and in my opinion, the WRs are worse, plus he will be the target of the D now because he doesnt have a good RB to draw attention (i know u Reggie Bush fans are going to yell at me, but come on, hes a rookie, plus u still got Deuce McAlister...) So Brees can only do worse than last yr, not better.

rl_41
rl_41

yay, the top four steelers are all up! well deserved too, willie parker was horribly underrated in 06...

Fais93
Fais93

i didnt like 06 tat much i hope this changes my perspective of madden games

coolgamer6
coolgamer6

this is going to be a good game, can't wait to get my hand on it

comedian31
comedian31

madden 07 better be good. Otherwise I'm gonna start a petition for 2k games to make a non-NFL football game.

stewart24
stewart24

woothe rosters are out and soon to be in my hands august 22

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