Friday Top 5
Friday Top 5: Underappreciated Madden Players
By Will "raczilla" Kinsler
One thing that's interesting to look at when going through the Madden NFL 09 highlights on EA SPORTS World is which players are most often featured. It's not a surprise to see a high volume of videos with players such as Terrell Owens or Adrian Peterson. After all, those guys are stars. But then there are some players who even despite having pretty significant performances in the NFL this season, are not often seen in at the top EA SPORTS World highlights. I give you my top 5 underappreciated Madden players.
#5 Kerry Collins: I realize that Kerry Collins isn't exactly setting the league on fire, but he's the quarterback on the only undefeated team in the NFL. Yet when I go through the highlights each week, he's rarely seen. Vince Young has proven to be a very good quarterback that can lead a team to the playoffs, but let's show Kerry some love too. Something tells me the speed ratings might be a factor here.
#4 Steve Slaton: Steve Slaton plays for the Texans and I suppose they aren't the most popular Madden team. Still, Slaton has made some big plays and has 8 runs over 20 yards this season. He's pretty elusive and can do quite a bit of damage in your Madden backfield. I don't care if you have to trade for him in franchise, let's see some highlights from this talented young running back.
#3 Brandon Marshall: Brandon Marshall will probably catch 100 passes for the second year in a row. He's already got 10 TD receptions compared to a solid 7 from last year. His team hasn't been completely consistent but will likely win their division and go to the playoffs. But where are the Marshall highlights? He's a guy I'd like to see a lot more clips of.
#2 Ricky Williams/Ronnie Brown: I do recall seeing a couple of Dolphins highlights in early Madden Top 10s, but they haven't been dominating EA SPORTS World highlights like they could. The Dolphins are a winning team and these two running backs have over 1,000 combined yards with plenty of football left. Let's see them frustrating defenses on the Madden gridiron a little more often.
#1 Michael Turner: Michael Turner is having one heck of a year. He's third in the league in rushing and has 10 TDs. Yet Turner and the Falcons in general (Matt Ryan, Roddy White, anyone?) aren't all over the Top 10 Videos like they could be. Every week I see highlights of the Atlanta Falcons on my TV, but they aren't nearly as popular when it comes to videos submitted for consideration in the Top 10. Falcons fans have to represent and make that change.
These are just a few of the players I think are underrepresented in the Madden NFL 09 highlight clips I've seen. Who do you think we should be seeing more of each week in the Top 10?
-raczilla
By Will "raczilla" Kinsler
One thing that's interesting to look at when going through the Madden NFL 09 highlights on EA SPORTS World is which players are most often featured. It's not a surprise to see a high volume of videos with players such as Terrell Owens or Adrian Peterson. After all, those guys are stars. But then there are some players who even despite having pretty significant performances in the NFL this season, are not often seen in at the top EA SPORTS World highlights. I give you my top 5 underappreciated Madden players.
#5 Kerry Collins: I realize that Kerry Collins isn't exactly setting the league on fire, but he's the quarterback on the only undefeated team in the NFL. Yet when I go through the highlights each week, he's rarely seen. Vince Young has proven to be a very good quarterback that can lead a team to the playoffs, but let's show Kerry some love too. Something tells me the speed ratings might be a factor here.
#4 Steve Slaton: Steve Slaton plays for the Texans and I suppose they aren't the most popular Madden team. Still, Slaton has made some big plays and has 8 runs over 20 yards this season. He's pretty elusive and can do quite a bit of damage in your Madden backfield. I don't care if you have to trade for him in franchise, let's see some highlights from this talented young running back.
#3 Brandon Marshall: Brandon Marshall will probably catch 100 passes for the second year in a row. He's already got 10 TD receptions compared to a solid 7 from last year. His team hasn't been completely consistent but will likely win their division and go to the playoffs. But where are the Marshall highlights? He's a guy I'd like to see a lot more clips of.
#2 Ricky Williams/Ronnie Brown: I do recall seeing a couple of Dolphins highlights in early Madden Top 10s, but they haven't been dominating EA SPORTS World highlights like they could. The Dolphins are a winning team and these two running backs have over 1,000 combined yards with plenty of football left. Let's see them frustrating defenses on the Madden gridiron a little more often.
#1 Michael Turner: Michael Turner is having one heck of a year. He's third in the league in rushing and has 10 TDs. Yet Turner and the Falcons in general (Matt Ryan, Roddy White, anyone?) aren't all over the Top 10 Videos like they could be. Every week I see highlights of the Atlanta Falcons on my TV, but they aren't nearly as popular when it comes to videos submitted for consideration in the Top 10. Falcons fans have to represent and make that change.
These are just a few of the players I think are underrepresented in the Madden NFL 09 highlight clips I've seen. Who do you think we should be seeing more of each week in the Top 10?
-raczilla
Also worth mentioning is this discussion is that it's not just online players who submit highlights. There are a ton of highlights from franchises and even some where star players are moved to other teams.
If you look at the list above and search for highlights of those players, there are a decent amount for all of them. They just aren't being submitted in the weekly highlights posts. There are pretty clear trends in those weekly threads. This top 5 just calls some of those out.
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