================================================================================ EA SPORTS - IT'S IN THE GAME ================================================================================ Madden NFL 2007 (PS2) Strategy Guide Version: 0.8 - 09/30/06 By Jim Chamberlin red_phoenix_1@hotmail.com ================================================================================ << Online References >> Madden 2007's Official Site http://www.easports.com/madden07/ PSX Sports (Roster Updates) http://www.psxsports.com VG Sports http://www.vgsportsinc.com/ ================================================================================ Introduction ================================================================================ Welcome to my first football FAQ! I hope it goes a little more smoothly than my (incomplete) baseball FAQ. :) Anyway, if you have a question about the game, specifically the PlayStation 2 version, let me know. Before you attempt to email me, please read through the Frequently Asked Questions section in this FAQ. That section has some of the more commonly- asked questions and answers, and you may save both of us some time by reading that section first. When emailing me, please put "Madden 2007" in the Subject Line. This will likely result in a faster response. I should warn you about my response rate. Typically, I respond to about 90% of my emails, but because of the popularity of the Madden franchise, I cannot guarantee that sort of response rate, but I'll certainly try to keep up with all of the mail. If you don't want to use email, an alternative is a message board. Below is an address for the Madden 2007 (PS2) message boards on GameFAQs. There are others who visit that forum, who I am sure can and will help answer any question you may have. http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=932190 If you don't have a question and would like to suggest adding a strategy to the guide, email me also, with the "Madden 2007" in the Subject Line, and I'll credit you for it, should I decide to use it. ================================================================================ Revision History ================================================================================ Version 0.8 - Sept 30, 2006 - 275 KB I added a minor update to the question in the FAQ section regarding the glitch which takes place when importing a superstar from NCAA Football 07. ================================================================================ Table of Contents ================================================================================ In order to navigate this guide, I have implemented a Ctrl+F system, which means you press Ctrl+F in your browser or word processor to bring up the search menu, then enter the letters in brackets on the right of the section. Madden 2007's New Features.......................................(00000) Controls.........................................................(00001) Game Modes.......................................................(00002) Player Positions.................................................(00003) Defense..........................................................(00004) Offense..........................................................(00005) Running The Ball...............................................(00006) Passing The Ball...............................................(00007) Special Teams....................................................(00008) Team Profiles....................................................(00009) Arizona Cardinals..............................................(00010) Atlanta Falcons................................................(00011) Baltimore Ravens...............................................(00012) Buffalo Bills..................................................(00013) Carolina Panthers..............................................(00014) Chicago Bears..................................................(00015) Cincinnati Bengals.............................................(00016) Cleveland Browns...............................................(00017) Dallas Cowboys.................................................(00018) Denver Broncos.................................................(00019) Detroit Lions..................................................(00020) Green Bay Packers..............................................(00021) Houston Texans.................................................(00022) Indianapolis Colts.............................................(00023) Jacksonville Jaguars...........................................(00024) Kansas City Chiefs.............................................(00025) Miami Dolphins.................................................(00026) Minnesota Vikings..............................................(00027) New England Patriots...........................................(00028) New Orleans Saints.............................................(00029) New York Giants................................................(00030) New York Jets..................................................(00031) Oakland Raiders................................................(00032) Philadelphia Eagles............................................(00033) Pittsburgh Steelers............................................(00034) San Diego Chargers.............................................(00035) San Francisco 49ers............................................(00036) Seattle Seahawks...............................................(00037) St. Louis Rams.................................................(00038) Tampa Bay Buccaneers...........................................(00039) Tennessee Titans...............................................(00040) Washington Redskins............................................(00041) Franchise Mode...................................................(00042) SuperStar (Hall of Fame) Mode....................................(00043) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)................................(00044) Madden Challenge.................................................(00045) Links............................................................(00046) Revision History.................................................(00047) Final Words......................................................(00048) ================================================================================ Madden 2007's New Features (00000) ================================================================================ All-New Lead Blocker Controls For the first time ever, throw the perfect block to create a hole, then switch control to the tailback to rip off a big gain. NFL Superstar: Hall of Fame Mode Play your way into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and experience the game from any position on the field. Become a superstar on and off the field. Master New Highlight Stick Moves Use the all-new Highlight Stick to elude or bowl over defenders with new jukes, cutbacks, and power moves. Deepest Franchise Mode Ever Use the NFL Draft Scouting System and College All-Star Game to evaluate prospects, or determine impact players with Franchise Player Roles. Authentic NFL Defensive Playbooks Shut down your opponent's offense by using real Defensive Playbooks from all 32 teams. ================================================================================ Controls (00001) ================================================================================ Before playing Madden, get familiarized with the controls in the game. If you wish, feel free to customize the controls to better suit your needs. The controls as listed below are the DEFAULT. OFFENSE (BEFORE THE SNAP) ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Call an Audible [] button then [], X, O, L1, L2, or R1 button Cancel an Audible /\ button (before selecting an Audible) Run original play [], L2 button (after selecting an Audible) Flip Play [], R2 button (at the line of scrimmage) Quiet the crowd Click the left analog stick Coach's Cam R2 button (with passing routes) Coach's Cam L2 button (without passing routes) Fake snap Click the right analog stick Call timeout SELECT button Snap the ball X button Switch Direction of Running Play Right Analog Stick <-- or --> Hot Route Right Analog Stick <--, -->, up, or down Primary Receiver Change Primary Receiver/Lock on to receiver R2 button + receiver's button Hot Route /\ then the button corresponding to a different receiver to the receiver, then: D-button Up for a Fly Pattern D-button Down for a Curl Pattern D-button <-- or --> for an In or Out Pattern L2 button or R2 button for a <-- or --> slant pattern You can also press the left analog stick to change the direction of a receiver's route. Send player in motion Left Analog Stick Up or Down to Highlight eligable player then left analog stick <-- or --> to send that player in motion Slide offensive line protection L1 button, then D-button up to spread the offensive line; D-button down to pinch the line; D-button <--/--> to shift blocking left/right RUNNING ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Move player/run D-Button or left analog stick Sprint X button Dive [] button Slide (QB) [] button (tap) Dive (QB) [] button (hold) Cover Up/Protect Ball /\ button Spin O button Juke/Cut Left L1 button Juke/Cut Right R1 button Stiff Arm Left L2 button Stiff Arm Right R2 button Highlight Stick Right analog stick Up (power backs lower shoulder and "truck" over the defender; agile backs dodge tackler) Right analog stick Down for Back Juke Right analog stick <--/--> Big juke left/right Double Moves Right analog stick <-- then quickly --> or vica versa Note: DOuble moves are only possible with the most agile of RBs. PASSING ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Look left/right Right analog stick <--/--> Precision Passing Left analog stick or D-button as you release the ball to lead the pass in a certain direction Pass to the receiver with X icon X button Pass to the receiver with O icon O button Pass to the receiver with [] icon [] button Pass to the receiver with L1 icon L1 button Pass to the receiver with R1 icon R1 button Activate Playmaker Passing to guide Click right analog stick then move to closest receiver the stick in any direction Throw ball away L2 button (while passing icons are up) Scramble/Toggle passing icons OFF/ON L2 button Pump Fake R2 button RECEIVING ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Control intended receiver O button (while ball is in air) Dive for pass [] button Sprint O button Jump for pass /\ button Call for ball L1 button - this only works when with a teammate in a multiplayer game, and in Superstar Mode when playing as a WR, RB, or TE. LEAD BLOCKING ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ You can begin any running play as the lead blocker (press the O button to select a blocker before the snap). After you open a big hole through the line, press the O button to switch to the runner and pick up yards. Impact/Cut Block Right analog stick Up/Down Turn Block Left/Right L2 button/R2 button Pull/Hold Defender L1 button Diving Block [] button Jump /\ button Change Blocking Assignment (before snap) /\ button, then press the button of the RB or TE whose route you wish to change. Then press the L2 button/R2 button to change the route left/right. AFTER THE PLAY ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Bypass cutscene X button Spike ball O button (Hold) Instant Replay L1 button + R1 button (before Playcalling screen appears) Fake spike ball [] button (Hold) No Huddle /\ button (Hold) Timeout SELECT button DEFENSE (BEFORE THE SNAP) ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Cycle through defenders X button or O button Reposition player D-button or left analog stick Defensive Playmaker Highlight a player and press right analog stick: Up to put LB and DL in a hook zone (yellow) or DBs in a deep zone (dark blue); if the DB is in a deep zone already, it becomes a short zone. Down to blitz Down twice for a QB contain blitz <-- to go into QB spy coverage (orange) --> to play a flat zone (lt blue) --> twice to play a curl zone (purple) Defensive line shift L1 button then D-button: Up to spread DE outside the tackles Down to move the line in tight between the tackles <--/--> to shift the line left/right L1 button then right analog stick: Down to make the line crash in Up to make the line rush to the outside <--/--> to make the line crash left/right Reset defensive line shift L1 button then L2 button Linebacker shift R1 button then D-button: Up/Down to spread LBs out/in tight <--/--> to shift LBs left/right R1 button then right analog stick: Down to blitz all LBs Up to put LBs into hook zone <--/--> to blitz the right/left outside Linebacker Reset linebacker shift R1 button then L2 button Call a coverage Audible /\ button then D-button: Up/Down to put DBs into press/loose coverage <-- to show blitz --> to shift safeties and LB into better position to cover their assigned man /\ button then R2 button to disguise the coverage by sending your defenders back to their default positions. Reset coverage audible /\ button then L2 button Shade Safeties /\ button then the right analog stick <--/ --> or Up/Down to shade the safeties' zone coverage to the left/right/up/down Change individual matchups /\ button then the button of the offensive player you want to match up against, then D-button: Down/Up to bump/play off the receiver --> to double team the receiver Pump Up Crowd (LBs only) Click the Left analog stick Call timeout SELECT button DEFENSE (AFTER THE SNAP) ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Control player nearnest the ball O button Commit to Run/Pass Right analog stick right after snap: Up - Pass Down - Inside Run <--/--> Run to the left/right Hit Stick Right analog stick (any dir.) Move player D-button or left analog stick Dive [] button Sprint X button Jump/Intercept/Hands Up /\ button Strip Ball (when not engaged) L2 button/R2 button Rip/Swim/Spin (when engaged) L1 button/R1 button Strafe (when not engaged) R1 button Swat Ball (when not engaged) L1 button KICKING ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Aim Kick Left analog stick Start Power Meter Press right analog stick down Stop Power Meter/Kick Ball Press right analog stick up KICKOFF/PUNT RETURNING ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Switch players O button Move return man D-button or left analog stick Fair catch /\ button (you must have control of the return man) ================================================================================ Game Modes (00002) ================================================================================ Madden 2007 has more than just one or two different game modes. Below you will find a brief description as to what you can expect to find while in that part of the game. PLAY NOW Challenge either the CPU or a friend to a game of football. This obviously isn't a season game or anything like that - it's an exhibition game. You get the option to choose teams, stadiums, uniforms, etc. This is also a great way to introduce yourself into the basics of the Madden game series. PLAY ONLINE With certain versions of the game, you can play online against friends or even people you've never met before. Depending on the game system you're using, you may need to buy additional hardware, so be sure to consult your user manual when attempting to use this game mode. FRANCHISE This is one of the older and most popular game modes in the Madden series, and most games aren't viewed complete without this mode. Build your dream team for up to 30 seasons. You can change coaches and draft players just like the General Managers do in real life. NFL SUPERSTAR: HALL OF FAME In the Superstar mode, you create a player and take him from the NFL Draft and hope that he makes it into the prestigious NFL Hall of Fame. You take tests, do interviews, go to practices, get endorsement deals, and of course play football. NFL NETWORK Sterling Sharpe walks you through three select plays on both offense and defense for each team. After he describes the play to you, you can practice the play against your team's defense for as long as you wish. TOURNAMENT Set up your own tournament with 8 or 16 teams and see who comes out the winner. MINI-CAMP Tour NFL cities in the Madden cruiser and fine-tune your playing skills in the Mini-Camp mode. You can also earn trophies along the way in various drills for Madden Cards. RUNNING ATTACK Select two teams to test the ability to run the ball and then defend against the run. On offense, you'll use the main running back, and on defense, you'll control one of the linebackers. TWO MINUTE DRILL Earn valuable points and Madden Cards, while working on your skills at the same time. PRACTICE Work on your playing skills in practice. This allows you to better familiarize yourself with your team's playbook and players. ================================================================================ Player Positions (00003) ================================================================================ There are a number of positions for players to play at. If you aren't at all familiar with football, this section will give you a much better idea of who does what on the field. However, if you're familiar with the sport, you can skip right on past this, of course. OFFENSE ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Quarterback (QB) - The quarterback is perhaps the single most important offensive player on the team. He touches the football on nearly every play. If it's a passing play, he passes it; if it's a running play, he hands the ball off to whoever is running it. Running Back (RB)/Tail Back (TB) - Don't be confused if you hear someone mention tail back or running back, because they're the same position. In professional, you'll usually hear running back, and in college, you'll usually hear tail back, but it really doesn't matter. (I usually refer to the position as running back) The running back is responsible for running the ball down the field, once he is handed the ball from the quarterback. Depending on the play called, he may be expected to block defenders from tackling the quarterback, and he also runs short passing routes when called upon. Fullback (FB) - Fullbacks are typically larger than running backs - 20-30 pounds heavier in fact. They are mostly used for blocking, leading the way for a running back. The fullback also has the speed to be used for rushing and receiving, like the Running back. Wide Receiver (WR) - The wide receiver is the primary passing target for the quarterback. They're often tall and very fast, capable of out-jumping and out-running the defenders. Tight End (TE) - Often a blocker, the tight end is also used for receiving. He typically has a size advantage over defenders, and is sometimes taller than their wide receiver counterparts. The passes they catch are often over the middle of the field, just beyond the first down mark. Center (C) - Centers give the ball to the quarterback and punters to start the play. Often very large in size, centers are also responsible for keeping the defenders from getting at the quarterback. Guard (G) - Guards flank the center and are responsible for blocking against defenders, but they also have to try to open holes in the line to allow the running back or fullback through to run the ball. Offensive Tackle (OT) - Tackles flank the guard and are also responsible for blocking against defenders. They're job is very much the same that of the guards. DEFENSE ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Defensive Tackle (DT) - They are in the middle of the defensive line, and they're trying to either tackle the running back or fullback who is running through the line, or they're trying to rush the quarterback. Defensive End (DE) - The ends flank the defensive tackles, and their jobs are very much the same. Middle Linebacker (MLB) - Middle linebackers are large and agile. They typically tackle the runs up through the middle and any short passes up the middle. Outside Linebacker (OLB) - Often smaller and faster than their middle linebacker counterparts, they must protect from short passes to the outside, but also protect from the outside runs. Cornerback (CB) - Cornerbacks have to cover the wide receivers, so they are very quick and agile. Free Safety (FS) - These guys have great acceleration since they're free to do almost anything they want to do. They are free to cover wide receivers or even go after (blitz) the quarterback. Strong Safety (SS) - Strong safeties are resposible for tackling wide receivers and tight ends. They're quick and very strong because of this. SPECIAL TEAMS ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Kicker (K) - Kickers are responsible for kick offs and field goals. They are often the smallest of the players. Punter (P) - Punters are responsible for punting on fourth down. ================================================================================ Defense (00004) ================================================================================ There is often a great deal of emphasis put on offense, but I believe a defense is equally as important. Offense may win games, but defense wins championships, or so the saying goes. For a defense to be successful, you don't necessarily have to stop the other team on each and every play, just stop them from scoring. This is a much more realistic goal, afterall. When it comes to offense versus defense, I actually prefer to play defense. I know most are the other way around, enjoying racking up the yards on offense, but I enjoy shutting down my opponent's offense. Below, you'll find a brief description of each of the general defensive formations, which includes the advantages and disadvantages of using the particular formation. 4-3 ŻŻŻ The 4-3 defense is likely the most commonly used defense formations. It involves four lineman, three linebackers, two cornerbacks, one free safety, and one strong safety. This is a great overall formation, but is best for defending against the run. If you're forced to defend an offense using three or four wide receivers, I'd recommend selecting a different formation. 3-4 ŻŻŻ The 3-4 defense is much like that of the 4-3 formation, and also very popular. It involves three lineman, four linebackers, two cornerbacks, one strong safety, and one free safety. With the additional linebacker, you will be able to better defend the short pass and the outside runs, compared to the 4-3. 46 ŻŻ The 46 defense is much like that of the 4-3 formation, but not very popular in today's game. It involves four lineman, three linebackers, two cornerbacks, one strong safety, and one free safety. This defensive formation is good for run stopping, as one of those safeties will be close to the line of scrimmage, providing speed. With that speed, you will also be able to blitz, providing pressure on the quarterback. If the quarterback is able to find a wide receiver open deep down the field, you will find yourself in some trouble. Nickel ŻŻŻŻŻŻ The Nickel defense typically involves four lineman, two linebackers, and five defensive backs. With the additional defensive backs, you'll be able to provide a better defense against a passing offensive situation. This defense is susceptable to a run, so make sure the offense will be passing. Dime ŻŻŻŻ The Dime defense typically involves four lineman, one linebacker, and six defensive backs. With the additional defensive backs, you'll be able to provide a better defense against a passing offensive situation. This defense is susceptable to a run, so make sure the offense will be passing. Quarters ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ The Quarters defense typically involves three lineman, one linebacker, and seven defensive backs. With the additional defensive backs, you'll be able to provide a better defense against a passing offensive situation. This defense is susceptable to a run, so make sure the offense will be passing. Goal Line ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ The Goal Line defense involves several linemen and linebackers and a couple of defensive backs. This formation should really only be used when your opponent's offense is in a short yardage situation and running the ball. Although you are given defensive backs, you may be in a world of hurt if your opponent decides to pass the ball. There's always a chance they could do a play-action pass for short yardage, so be careful. Make sure you have your audibles set so that you can quickly find a good pass defense if you notice something odd at the line. ================================================================================ Offense (00005) ================================================================================ The bulk of the points you will score will obviously be on offense. A balanced offense is required to effectively move the ball down the field. The best advice I can give someone is to vary your offense. Don't call the same play over and over; the defense will learn what you're doing and shut your play down. The same play calls aren't the only thing you need to vary; you have to vary what type of play... run vs pass. Mix it up often, and don't be afraid to use the occasional play-action pass. This is a great way to confuse the defense, getting a linebacker or two to bite on the possible run, while the quarterback drops back for a pass. If you're not happy with the playbook your team is given by default, choose another. Some team playbooks are very balanced, while others may favor either the pass or run a bit more. You can also create your own playbook, which will offer you a lot of input into your own playbook. TIP: If you're running low on time, hold the L2 or R2 button after you call your play. This will actually stop the clock until you release the buttons. It will allow your players to get to the line of scrimmage without any time on the clock expiring. It's kind of a cheat. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Running The Ball (00006) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When running the ball, you will require a hole in the line. If you don't see one, try to get to the outside as quickly as possible, as it's only a matter of time until the defense ends up in the backfield, taking you down for a loss. If you are able to find a hole, get right up in there and hit the sprint button, along with the appropriate juke button should you need to get around a defender. If you're lucky enough to have a fullback blocking ahead of you, don't be afraid to follow him to one side or the other. Some of my biggest runs are because of my fullback knocking defenders down on their butts, allowing me to sprint right on by, picking up several yards and the ever important first down. Going around defenders isn't your only option when running the ball, of course. In Madden 2006, we were given the Truck Stick. It was very much like the Hit Stick for the defensive side of the ball. When the runner (running back, wide receiver, etc), you can use the Truck Stick to knock the defender down, shedding the tackle. It doesn't always work, which is why I prefer to try and avoid the tackler with a well-timed spin move, juke, stiff-arm, or just have a blocker take him out for me. One disadvantage of using the Truck Stick, also known as the Highlight Stick, is it increases the odds of you fumbling the ball. If your running back is smaller and more ellusive than say a larger back, like Jerome Bettis, when you hit the Highlight Stick, your smaller, more ellusive back will try to evade the tackler by ducking the tackler and doing other cool moves. If you are trying to run the ball to one side of the field, but have noticed that the defense has stacked that side of the field, you have three options. You can change the direction of the play, you can audible an entirely new play, or you can send your tight end in motion so that he blocks on the other side of the field, allowing you to still run there. A common mistake rookies make when running the ball is instantly hitting the speed burst button. Lay off of it until your blockers do their job. Going too fast too soon may result in you either running into your own lineman or you may even end up running right into the man your blocker was supposed to block, but you were in too much of a hurry to let him do his job. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Passing The Ball (00007) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After you call your play and are approaching the line of scrimmage, take a look at your defense. What formation are they using? Are they in 4-3 or are they in Nickel or Dime and expecting a pass. With Nickel or Dime, their defense will have more defensive backs, which means you'll have a more difficult time passing the ball. You could consider changing the play or perhaps using the playmaker option to have one of your wide receivers run a quick curl or something else short. When it comes to actually throwing the ball, make sure your quarterback's feet are planted. If he is on the run, his passes will likely be inaccurate, resulting in either incomplete passes and even interceptions. A bullet pass thrown on the run is also likely going to be incomplete. Throwing on the run can be dangerous, so if you are in a situation where you have to throw while running, try to lob the ball a little. The odds are a lob will allow the receiver to get where he needs to be to catch the ball and not result in an interception or incomplete pass. If you have a wide receiver or tight end that you can send in motion, give it a shot. You may be able to interpret what sort of defense your opponent is currently running (aside from the obvious formation), and the motion man may end up causing a little confusion with the defense. ================================================================================ Special Teams (00008) ================================================================================ You're not going to be able to score a touchdown every time you have the ball. On these occasions, you'll likely have to either punt the ball or kick a field goal, depending on where you are on the field. If you're in field goal range on third down, but are on the far left or right of the field, you may wish to use that third down for a run or short pass to the middle of the field. This will allow for an easier field goal kick. If you're to the extreme left or right on the field, you will have to adjust your kicker's aim. Obviously with this situation, there's a chance that you could kick the ball too far to the right or left of the field goal posts. For this reason, it's easier to kick from the center of the field, especially when the wind can become an issue during an angled kick. If you're in a punting situation, kick the ball fairly hard. If the line of scrimmage is in your opponent's territory, you may want to try a shorter, angled punt. Aim for the pylons near the end zone and try to get the ball out of bounds within the five yard line. If you end up kicking it in the endzone, the opponent will get the ball at the 20-yard line, so try to make them start as far back as you can on offense. On punt and kick-off returns, there's really not much to talk about... much like the other subjects of special teams, lol. Anyway, try to watch for where your blockers are and try to find a hole to run through. Jukes and spins can help you elude tacklers and gain extra yards. ================================================================================ Team Profiles (00009) ================================================================================ Below you'll find complete profiles for the teams available to you in the game, which includes a full roster. The figures are actually from the XBox 360 version and are from VG Sports' website. Several sites posted this information just before the game was released, such as IGN and GameSpot. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona Cardinals (00010) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Cardinals Stadium (2006-) 2005 Record: 5-11 Head Coach: Dennis Green Division: NFC West Overall Rating: 87 Offense Rating: 88 Defense Rating: 85 The 2006 Cardinals have made some big changes recently. They've got a brand new stadium, a great new backup quarterback in Matt Leinert and a new starting running back in Edgerrin James. Arizona certainly has the potential for a big turnaround. Despite having one of the league's top running backs, the success of their running game will depend on its mediocre offensive line. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU 13 Warner, Kurt 87 46 54 92 44 44 89 93 31 20 38 10 32 7 Leinart, Matt 81 59 61 69 64 63 90 90 64 55 60 24 48 16 Navarre, John 66 43 63 66 44 40 87 79 45 15 40 20 31 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 32 James, Edgerrin 96 92 74 91 92 93 83 79 91 45 98 90 92 92 31 Shipp, Marcel 79 84 75 73 82 86 69 60 84 32 74 86 88 59 28 Arrington, J.J. 73 91 62 61 88 92 68 67 73 39 60 66 60 83 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 30 Ayanbadejo, Obafemi 85 75 65 65 65 61 62 72 67 63 74 85 87 54 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 11 Fitzgerald, Larry 93 88 70 86 90 90 97 95 67 44 86 70 75 77 81 Boldin, Anquan 92 88 69 88 91 91 90 94 69 33 90 73 75 87 80 Johnson, Bryant 79 91 55 69 86 92 87 83 58 41 63 52 37 74 86 Walters, Troy 68 84 37 61 87 85 75 77 37 27 87 44 36 88 19 McCoy, LeRon 67 92 57 36 94 91 89 67 55 22 65 54 35 89 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 82 Pope, Leonard 80 82 69 45 85 84 87 78 71 57 64 72 65 77 83 Edwards, Eric 73 72 66 61 72 72 60 75 65 54 47 56 55 55 89 Bergen, Adam 66 64 69 60 65 68 55 64 66 55 44 63 55 40 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 75 Davis, Leonard 88 52 99 82 44 87 94 98 68 77 92 62 74 Wells, Reggie 86 57 87 80 59 88 87 87 75 83 88 72 79 Ross, Oliver 83 54 92 80 53 86 88 88 67 75 84 60 67 Brown, Milford 78 48 91 74 39 81 88 91 73 83 85 72 76 Lutui, Deuce 78 45 94 58 53 88 90 90 86 90 88 80 60 Leckey, Nick 77 55 81 73 52 85 82 84 66 73 80 65 71 Stepanovich, Alex 76 46 85 72 44 84 86 78 75 82 82 78 61 Brown, Elton 75 49 90 62 53 82 86 86 63 66 84 66 73 Bridges, Jeremy 71 54 84 62 54 84 79 82 65 79 80 64 78 Wakefield, Fred 66 65 87 70 62 70 74 74 74 74 77 74 68 Ellington, Dante 65 48 88 63 40 77 78 78 72 78 75 72 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 92 Berry, Bertrand 93 79 78 84 85 81 85 78 86 95 84 19 21 56 Okeafor, Chike 87 78 75 85 84 75 87 79 79 90 77 28 27 90 Dockett, Darnell 86 71 87 68 86 81 79 64 83 87 84 20 15 70 Clancy, Kendrick 80 54 88 70 64 87 63 55 84 42 89 12 22 98 Watson, Gabe 77 57 94 49 63 85 48 40 90 58 90 22 17 95 King, Kenny 69 59 77 61 74 76 70 50 77 57 82 25 27 67 Smith, Antonio 67 63 70 55 75 72 70 55 64 74 68 15 25 91 Palepoi, Anton 63 64 71 48 67 70 60 35 76 55 67 17 28 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV MCV ZCV 58 Dansby, Karlos 90 86 77 82 91 92 92 78 87 89 75 70 51 Darling, James 82 77 75 84 78 85 85 75 63 68 60 65 57 Huff, Orlando 78 73 77 76 75 85 75 40 50 64 30 35 54 Hayes, Gerald 72 73 76 70 70 84 79 60 74 66 35 45 55 Blackstock, Darryl 72 81 73 64 88 75 83 65 68 88 35 45 97 Pace, Calvin 71 74 74 68 80 77 72 55 73 75 25 22 43 Brown, Mark 70 77 72 64 77 75 75 35 40 55 40 35 52 Mitchell, Lance 68 72 72 64 80 80 83 55 48 67 40 30 53 Keys, Isaac 64 73 65 64 76 70 72 35 52 62 25 25 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 21 Rolle, Antrel 83 88 65 68 92 92 93 73 83 58 69 73 68 85 27 Macklin, David 81 87 59 76 86 87 85 76 78 42 55 56 66 85 25 Green, Eric 79 89 60 70 90 90 90 55 76 35 49 58 74 76 26 Tate, Robert 64 85 43 58 79 80 79 49 72 35 49 48 70 68 20 Reid, Lamont 64 87 47 50 80 88 86 59 70 20 25 52 60 70 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 24 Wilson, Adrian 90 88 70 77 91 88 87 89 78 82 86 65 85 34 Griffith, Robert 85 81 58 90 82 70 73 91 55 65 71 55 78 47 Francisco, Aaron 65 85 59 60 83 74 64 70 22 32 57 40 55 41 Brewer, Jack 65 82 54 58 81 82 64 74 30 40 60 54 65 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 1 Rackers, Neil (K) 97 95 93 10 Player, Scott (P) 93 89 92 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlanta Falcons (00011) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Georgia Dome (1992-) 2005 Record: 8-8 Head Coach: Jim Mora Division: NFC South Overall Rating: 89 Offense Rating: 88 Defense Rating: 90 The 2006 Falcons have made two note-worthy acquisitions. The additions of John Abraham from the New York Jets and Lawyer Milloy from the Buffalo Bills will provide the Falcons with a better defense. The Falcons have one of the better running schemes in the league, and with the light-footed Michael Vick a constant threat at quarterback, the Falcons look to continue with a strong running game. There are a lot of questions surrounding All-Pro tight end Alge Crumpler, who has had shoulder surgery recently, and his abilities have been questioned. As long as he's healthy, Crumpler will be a big target for Michael Vick to find. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 7 Vick, Michael 91 93 55 77 95 94 96 79 48 95 60 60 98 97 97 8 Schaub, Matt 85 63 64 78 62 64 88 90 55 40 55 20 44 37 48 3 Randall, Bryan 72 69 60 58 71 72 87 78 46 71 65 57 66 75 74 1 Shockley, D.J. 71 85 60 42 87 87 90 78 65 70 66 62 85 78 81 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 28 Dunn, Warrick 90 96 60 91 96 98 74 84 91 26 95 66 75 98 45 Duckett, T.J. 84 86 78 76 82 88 59 56 87 35 77 94 95 65 32 Norwood, Jerious 74 94 65 54 88 95 77 58 74 34 64 71 55 82 34 Cobb, DeAndra 70 93 60 45 89 93 69 60 67 28 54 70 54 85 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 33 Griffith, Justin 92 80 70 66 73 66 70 75 66 50 76 82 84 60 44 McCrary, Fred 78 56 66 69 51 54 62 64 72 59 65 71 60 40 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 12 Jenkins, Michael 82 89 64 72 86 87 93 86 59 33 66 64 55 69 84 White, Roddy 81 93 62 64 90 95 90 82 64 30 65 60 48 85 82 Pathon, Jerome 79 89 44 77 89 90 79 85 37 25 85 47 20 87 86 Finneran, Brian 78 85 65 79 82 82 85 81 52 33 65 65 65 55 81 Jennings, Adam 70 93 38 46 93 93 88 74 56 22 80 41 21 89 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 83 Crumpler, Alge 96 85 72 84 82 86 77 87 70 52 88 78 75 72 80 Beverly, Eric 77 56 86 60 55 72 45 57 45 82 40 60 65 33 85 Blakley, Dwayne 71 70 72 70 65 69 70 71 70 52 43 63 57 35 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 62 McClure, Todd 91 58 86 87 61 82 20 85 93 77 95 95 84 91 74 Weiner, Todd 90 54 92 87 52 70 27 92 93 93 83 82 92 90 65 Forney, Kynan 89 60 87 84 61 78 27 91 87 87 89 85 92 84 72 Gandy, Wayne 88 52 92 90 51 72 32 90 89 92 71 84 90 70 61 Lehr, Matt 84 52 90 79 55 70 21 87 87 87 76 85 83 73 76 Ojinnaka, Quinn 69 54 83 60 62 64 54 82 80 80 66 71 82 70 66 King, Austin 67 50 86 56 49 49 11 78 84 75 71 68 75 68 64 McGee, Chris 66 50 85 54 51 46 20 79 83 83 66 73 82 65 70 Omiyale, Frank 65 45 87 55 45 50 30 78 84 87 69 76 84 66 69 Claxton, Ben 63 49 84 59 42 50 23 75 79 75 86 79 75 85 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 75 Coleman, Rod 94 75 84 84 92 42 84 85 75 88 96 84 28 16 55 Abraham, John 93 80 77 77 87 56 83 84 80 90 95 87 30 23 97 Kerney, Patrick 93 76 76 90 84 57 86 83 90 88 89 88 22 15 93 Lavalais, Chad 77 64 79 69 81 52 77 87 70 80 78 79 25 21 95 Babineaux, Jonathan 75 67 79 57 90 69 75 67 45 73 74 77 12 24 92 Davis, Chauncey 73 74 66 45 82 80 74 69 25 60 82 79 29 24 96 Lake, Antwan 71 55 85 63 65 39 77 67 30 72 77 80 21 15 77 Mallard, Josh 68 73 67 49 78 67 67 66 45 67 72 74 25 22 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 56 Brooking, Keith 95 82 79 90 85 63 92 90 92 87 93 95 65 75 50 Hartwell, Ed 88 77 83 82 82 58 92 87 85 86 65 94 40 50 51 Williams, Demorrio 79 85 67 69 87 70 78 86 75 55 70 76 60 67 59 Boley, Michael 78 80 68 68 88 74 80 86 55 64 84 74 40 40 98 Reese, Ike 77 74 70 78 78 59 79 82 75 50 73 74 45 65 52 Beck, Jordan 71 83 73 59 87 87 82 82 30 68 67 77 60 55 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 21 Hall, DeAngelo 93 98 53 83 95 98 94 57 77 75 25 35 53 96 86 27 Webster, Jason 81 87 61 81 86 87 88 69 82 60 25 30 55 75 65 24 Williams, Jimmy 79 94 70 52 90 93 96 69 87 66 65 80 70 89 88 29 Cash, Chris 72 87 47 62 87 85 85 66 70 40 24 32 56 70 70 20 Rossum, Allen 70 97 42 64 88 95 75 37 71 50 20 25 36 64 55 26 Lowe, Omare 69 91 57 57 80 90 83 59 72 45 40 45 55 50 55 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK CAT PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 36 Milloy, Lawyer 92 84 70 92 85 72 85 60 90 90 60 74 82 72 85 25 Crocker, Chris 83 90 56 72 92 85 72 62 84 70 52 62 70 65 65 23 Mathis, Kevin 73 85 45 77 86 87 56 58 73 65 35 45 54 70 65 39 Newton, Cam 64 87 60 44 88 84 64 52 72 58 35 45 62 59 66 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 9 Koenen, Michael 79 93 82 2 Derr, Zac 68 84 83 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baltimore Ravens (00012) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: M&T Bank Stadium (1998-) 2005 Record: 6-10 Head Coach: Brian Billick Division: AFC North Overall Rating: 89 Offense Rating: 88 Defense Rating: 90 The Ravens signed veteran quarterback Steve McNair in the offseason. McNair should provide the Ravens the quality quarterback they've been looking for. Derrick Mason and Mark Clayton should rack up even more yards than they did last season at the wide receiver position. Also, with Jamal Lewis at running back, the Ravens have a fairly solid offense. Their defense, anchored by linebacker Ray Lewis, is still great. If there is one obvious problem with the team, it's the offensive line. McNair may have a good arm and be fast on his feet, but he'll likely get a lot of pressure from the defense. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU 9 McNair, Steve 88 68 70 83 65 70 91 85 63 75 72 77 70 7 Boller, Kyle 80 69 55 73 66 68 93 78 49 62 62 32 60 12 St.Pierre, Brian 64 46 50 62 49 50 82 80 55 15 40 10 38 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 31 Lewis, Jamal 88 86 82 85 82 88 81 60 83 52 78 99 98 62 38 Anderson, Mike 87 85 80 87 78 88 69 63 92 50 77 95 96 53 30 Daniels, P.J. 76 85 75 50 80 84 67 63 87 45 62 87 89 54 32 Smith, Musa 74 84 74 59 80 86 61 55 78 31 45 87 87 49 36 Sams, B.J. 67 92 54 54 83 92 72 60 72 34 77 60 45 81 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 39 Ricard, Alan 89 65 77 72 54 68 54 64 82 64 45 72 77 36 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 85 Mason, Derrick 90 90 48 93 93 94 83 95 63 28 91 40 30 95 89 Clayton, Mark 85 92 44 75 95 95 85 87 54 28 91 54 40 94 84 Moore, Clarence 77 87 64 66 86 85 97 77 54 23 54 66 64 67 87 Williams, Demetrius 75 90 52 55 90 94 92 78 59 28 55 52 39 87 81 Darling, Devard 70 90 57 50 89 92 87 70 48 28 60 55 57 78 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 86 Heap, Todd 95 79 70 86 81 86 89 88 72 55 82 72 55 75 83 Wilcox, Daniel 77 72 74 74 70 74 64 74 65 54 54 66 66 52 88 Sypniewski, Quinn 76 83 72 55 76 85 76 72 68 54 65 55 45 68 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 75 Ogden, Jonathan 96 48 98 95 50 72 12 92 98 99 79 93 98 80 64 Mulitalo, Edwin 90 46 96 89 48 55 22 85 97 98 66 80 90 58 62 Flynn, Mike 86 53 85 88 54 70 17 87 87 86 74 77 86 69 68 Vincent, Keydrick 80 47 93 76 44 61 22 80 90 90 66 72 87 55 65 Chester, Chris 75 68 86 45 69 85 64 84 83 83 93 87 80 87 79 Pashos, Tony 74 45 92 70 44 50 25 79 88 88 65 73 87 75 78 Terry, Adam 74 55 87 58 54 75 25 87 84 86 74 76 87 73 60 Brown, Jason 71 52 87 54 55 66 35 82 83 83 77 73 80 72 74 Kracalik, Mike 69 62 86 54 67 77 33 79 80 75 65 77 77 63 69 Rimpf, Brian 68 44 85 57 50 63 21 78 84 84 65 76 80 60 63 Szalay, Thatcher 60 40 77 59 44 45 18 75 80 80 64 80 75 58 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 55 Suggs, Terrell 92 86 72 70 93 71 78 88 55 87 97 87 45 55 90 Pryce, Trevor 92 68 92 86 75 48 88 72 83 95 78 94 22 16 97 Gregg, Kelly 84 54 87 85 62 37 87 60 80 85 54 85 20 16 92 Ngata, Haloti 83 63 93 55 77 64 86 72 50 92 65 93 13 11 54 Green, Roderick 78 83 64 49 87 80 72 86 35 72 88 76 35 30 94 Bannan, Justin 74 53 86 69 62 55 80 56 30 79 63 84 23 27 91 Franklin, Aubrayo 73 54 87 64 62 37 81 59 45 78 66 85 21 27 93 Edwards, Dwan 72 56 87 58 72 57 76 62 55 80 47 81 27 29 95 Johnson, Jarret 70 63 78 66 65 39 76 66 55 80 62 82 17 28 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 52 Lewis, Ray 98 83 75 98 83 69 96 99 99 91 90 99 74 84 96 Thomas, Adalius 89 85 78 75 86 82 86 84 60 84 85 82 66 65 57 Scott, Bart 84 77 80 79 80 59 87 85 60 72 62 87 45 50 53 Cody, Dan 75 80 73 62 87 68 80 75 64 78 84 79 30 40 50 Johnson, Tim 68 76 66 65 78 62 82 75 55 50 55 76 60 55 56 Stills, Gary 64 68 66 70 70 53 75 70 60 56 77 72 30 25 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 21 McAlister, Chris 95 94 64 92 95 97 97 68 89 74 84 72 91 95 22 Rolle, Samari 91 93 45 93 92 94 92 48 80 25 30 42 97 92 24 Pittman, David 73 91 43 56 94 93 88 48 71 20 25 52 77 87 35 Ivy, Corey 69 90 46 64 87 87 76 48 73 20 25 43 66 77 29 Martin, Derrick 66 89 41 49 93 93 88 45 70 20 29 42 84 78 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK CAT PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 20 Reed, Ed 99 93 57 93 92 91 67 81 95 97 54 80 70 90 97 26 Landry, Dawan 72 85 65 56 82 84 70 65 78 50 40 50 68 82 71 46 Ward, B.J. 70 88 49 60 86 75 67 59 72 45 25 29 57 40 35 45 Butler, Robb 64 84 47 50 87 76 70 61 74 40 24 27 65 60 68 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 3 Stover, Matt 89 85 93 2 Araguz, Leo 76 83 87 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buffalo Bills (00013) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Ralph Wilson Stadium (1973-) 2005 Record: 5-11 Head Coach: Dick Jauron Division: AFC East Overall Rating: 84 Offense Rating: 82 Defense Rating: 87 A lot of eyes will be on J.P. Losman to see if he will be the Bills' QB of the future. Many have doubts, including me. None of the Bills' QBs have very good ratings, fairly mediocre actually. If the Bills cannot get a passing game going, a lot of pressure will be placed on Willis McGahee, their running back. Despite his talent, McGahee will likely face a 4-3 or 4-4 a lot if the Bills don't pose a threat in their passing game. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 10 Holcomb, Kelly 79 52 50 84 55 52 82 87 45 25 48 10 39 18 30 7 Losman, J.P. 77 70 56 67 70 72 92 78 48 54 58 25 54 50 56 16 Nall, Craig 76 60 58 68 60 62 88 84 34 33 52 25 40 37 52 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 21 McGahee, Willis 90 89 78 81 87 95 65 65 88 39 85 94 99 73 28 Thomas, Anthony 76 83 75 75 78 85 72 58 80 37 74 85 90 42 25 Gates, Lionel 71 85 68 52 83 85 62 65 71 35 55 78 72 68 20 Williams, Shaud 71 88 52 62 88 90 52 73 67 44 68 66 55 84 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 31 Shelton, Daimon 76 62 75 68 57 56 57 71 64 57 50 72 55 38 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 83 Evans, Lee 87 96 52 78 91 96 88 88 60 30 79 52 45 89 18 Davis, Andre 79 95 47 72 88 95 90 76 54 19 52 49 38 73 81 Price, Peerless 77 92 50 74 88 92 87 76 58 29 47 39 35 84 82 Reed, Josh 76 85 51 74 87 87 76 83 52 23 75 52 53 87 11 Parrish, Roscoe 76 94 42 54 97 97 84 78 49 24 85 41 21 95 89 Aiken, Sam 68 83 49 56 84 82 81 79 55 40 62 51 54 72 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 84 Royal, Robert 79 75 70 72 74 76 60 75 69 54 60 66 63 63 85 Everett, Kevin 72 74 64 50 80 76 83 74 65 54 66 67 49 66 87 Euhus, Tim 69 71 64 56 75 77 75 80 64 44 51 64 62 36 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 58 Villarrial, Chris 88 48 94 90 45 60 32 82 93 93 76 89 88 79 71 Peters, Jason 82 58 91 74 60 74 64 86 87 87 80 85 87 79 67 Fowler, Melvin 80 54 85 76 54 72 28 84 85 84 79 84 84 76 70 Reyes, Tutan 77 47 90 72 46 64 12 80 87 86 69 75 81 67 69 Gandy, Mike 74 49 88 68 48 82 13 81 83 88 64 73 82 60 75 Preston, Duke 74 53 85 65 52 65 15 82 83 84 83 73 84 82 74 Gibson, Aaron 72 41 95 68 35 40 27 75 92 94 46 75 75 75 73 Geisinger, Justin 68 49 90 55 44 53 21 79 84 80 64 76 79 66 72 Morgan, Matt 68 50 84 61 52 60 35 80 83 77 65 67 77 62 65 Thomas, Jason 67 46 89 62 51 52 11 75 80 80 65 71 75 67 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 94 Schobel, Aaron 91 74 79 83 84 52 84 85 85 87 84 89 15 17 98 Tripplett, Larry 85 65 84 76 77 49 83 77 77 78 85 85 23 22 90 Kelsay, Chris 78 69 74 75 74 66 77 74 55 80 68 78 27 25 63 Word, Mark 78 72 76 70 76 47 75 59 40 79 49 81 25 30 77 Anderson, Tim 77 55 84 72 67 55 83 71 50 76 68 85 22 13 92 Denney, Ryan 76 65 81 77 72 50 74 76 50 82 72 80 23 27 97 McCargo, John 75 66 82 55 85 32 77 76 17 89 78 86 11 14 93 Sape, Lauvale 70 65 76 67 72 37 72 48 40 75 48 78 15 15 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 51 Spikes, Takeo 95 82 84 92 83 67 92 91 95 88 85 99 61 78 59 Fletcher, London 92 78 68 93 83 61 95 97 96 60 82 93 60 80 96 Posey, Jeff 84 77 74 85 82 43 85 77 77 72 87 86 35 50 55 Crowell, Angelo 76 75 73 68 77 62 84 77 55 65 74 82 45 65 53 Haggan, Mario 74 75 69 68 80 65 80 82 73 72 77 78 30 35 50 Ezekiel, Liam 64 74 80 51 80 50 79 74 60 45 60 75 35 55 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 22 Clements, Nate 90 92 64 82 92 94 95 70 87 55 66 72 95 85 24 McGee, Terrence 87 94 49 83 92 95 87 55 87 38 52 55 90 88 38 Youboty, Ashton 76 92 54 59 97 92 90 69 82 35 48 64 87 82 29 King, Eric 73 90 44 64 90 93 83 45 75 25 29 52 55 65 33 Greer, Jabari 69 91 41 55 89 94 84 53 73 25 33 55 60 60 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK CAT PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 23 Vincent, Troy 88 85 54 90 84 82 60 72 84 92 42 64 54 75 90 36 Whitner, Donte 82 92 60 60 91 91 78 68 87 74 60 68 76 82 87 41 Bowen, Matt 78 84 62 78 85 77 74 52 82 75 54 58 70 54 77 26 Baker, Rashad 77 86 55 66 87 85 63 66 82 55 45 54 62 76 67 40 Simpson, Ko 76 89 64 47 93 91 74 67 84 60 67 77 68 78 85 27 Wire, Coy 75 85 65 68 85 77 80 48 84 40 55 65 77 65 74 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 8 Moorman, Brian 98 94 92 9 Lindell, Rian 84 88 90 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carolina Panthers (00014) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Bank of America Stadium (1996-) 2005 Record: 11-5 Head Coach: John Fox Division: NFC South Overall Rating: 90 Offense Rating: 89 Defense Rating: 90 The Panthers did very well last year. Steve Smith served as a go-to receiver for Jake Delhomme and wowed crowds with long passes, racking up over 1500 yards. With the acquisition of wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson, the Panthers are looking to put on another aerial assault. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 17 Delhomme, Jake 92 64 52 92 64 64 88 92 56 55 54 30 53 45 62 3 LeFors, Stefan 73 74 48 54 70 71 83 86 59 62 55 16 54 62 67 16 Weinke, Chris 71 52 61 70 52 55 87 80 44 27 35 20 38 30 32 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 26 Foster, DeShaun 87 92 74 82 92 93 75 70 74 37 90 84 87 87 34 Williams, DeAngelo 81 92 61 62 93 94 74 70 78 35 86 76 60 95 37 Goings, Nick 78 86 74 76 82 87 69 60 84 44 70 77 85 56 32 Shelton, Eric 74 87 73 54 84 90 72 61 77 29 58 80 82 72 22 Robertson, Jamal 72 85 65 59 87 87 61 65 74 28 67 75 68 78 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 45 Hoover, Brad 81 75 70 68 73 68 65 76 55 50 72 80 75 55 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 89 Smith, Steve 97 97 63 89 96 98 91 95 60 30 93 65 75 97 19 Johnson, Keyshawn 87 86 67 90 86 85 88 91 77 59 89 65 75 72 83 Colbert, Keary 78 87 54 74 87 86 84 84 56 29 68 52 45 82 18 Carter, Drew 68 96 54 41 87 95 89 68 55 23 35 47 34 67 88 Hankton, Karl 63 87 53 64 82 86 68 65 42 30 55 49 36 65 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 86 Mangum, Kris 77 73 68 67 69 75 51 72 62 61 45 65 59 48 82 Seidman, Mike 71 65 70 59 62 66 60 67 62 60 59 65 64 51 84 Gaines, Michael 69 76 70 57 75 77 80 77 64 44 42 60 61 35 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 68 Wahle, Mike 96 56 94 87 54 82 19 92 94 94 85 94 94 93 69 Gross, Jordan 93 62 89 85 64 83 43 95 94 87 95 95 93 96 75 Hartwig, Justin 86 57 88 79 52 63 22 87 92 92 83 83 89 86 70 Wharton, Travelle 83 58 87 75 62 84 29 89 86 86 92 82 85 92 71 Mathis, Evan 79 62 86 64 62 76 45 86 83 83 85 79 82 75 78 Fordham, Todd 76 44 89 82 44 52 14 79 86 84 69 78 79 66 63 Hangartner, Geoff 70 55 87 50 55 63 26 83 83 83 76 73 80 77 73 Beasley, Chad 65 43 86 66 42 47 11 76 79 79 65 79 76 66 64 Peters, Scott 64 60 81 56 60 64 24 73 74 81 71 74 75 73 61 Kadela, Dave 61 45 82 65 42 46 18 74 75 75 65 75 74 58 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 90 Peppers, Julius 97 86 82 75 92 87 77 90 74 94 98 89 30 50 77 Jenkins, Kris 93 64 93 77 83 50 88 76 82 94 92 95 21 24 93 Rucker, Mike 91 74 79 90 80 54 84 80 86 90 86 88 27 22 91 Lewis, Damione 81 64 84 72 77 57 80 67 55 74 75 84 19 15 99 Kemoeatu, Ma'ake 80 50 90 74 57 45 89 60 55 86 65 90 29 23 96 Wallace, Al 80 73 74 77 75 46 76 69 60 74 73 79 14 16 94 Moorehead, Kindal 77 58 83 70 74 47 79 62 50 82 55 82 14 23 74 McClover, Stanley 71 77 66 38 87 74 68 70 55 60 84 72 12 19 67 Carstens, Jordan 69 58 78 60 70 51 78 66 40 75 74 79 16 27 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 55 Morgan, Dan 92 85 76 88 91 58 90 94 88 75 78 87 70 70 53 Diggs, Na'il 86 79 76 80 81 61 89 87 70 57 78 81 70 70 58 Davis, Thomas 85 87 69 65 92 85 85 90 67 78 86 87 76 87 50 Adams, Keith 84 82 68 78 85 61 86 85 60 58 72 80 65 70 52 Draft, Chris 84 78 74 80 82 69 82 85 75 66 75 79 75 65 59 Seward, Adam 64 74 76 60 74 55 76 77 50 62 63 73 44 50 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 21 Lucas, Ken 94 92 65 88 93 94 94 68 88 50 64 71 95 97 20 Gamble, Chris 88 92 59 74 94 94 94 60 83 45 64 64 84 88 23 Howard, Reggie 80 88 55 80 89 87 86 65 79 35 40 62 65 70 31 Marshall, Richard 78 92 54 59 93 94 91 58 82 35 42 56 87 86 24 Wilds, Garnell 67 87 50 58 84 90 80 49 71 44 55 44 72 70 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK CAT PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 30 Minter, Mike 90 86 63 90 88 83 85 52 91 91 67 75 85 77 85 36 Williams, Shaun 85 87 58 80 88 87 76 60 84 75 48 60 71 78 83 33 Salley, Nate 74 84 66 60 86 83 71 60 78 35 39 52 66 65 70 28 Branch, Colin 72 87 58 65 88 72 67 60 86 69 54 64 70 55 75 25 McCadam, Kevin 70 85 55 76 84 83 57 52 77 65 41 49 60 35 60 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 4 Kasay, John 85 90 87 7 Baker, Jason 84 88 89 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chicago Bears (00015) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Soldier Field (2003-) 2005 Record: 11-5 Head Coach: Lovie Smith Division: NFC North Overall Rating: 87 Offense Rating: 87 Defense Rating: 89 The Bears are a one-sided team. Their defense is incredible, while their offense is deplorable. They have several good players on offense, but none of them are superstars and don't especially stand out. If you're going to have success with the Bears, it'll be with a mediocre offense and a stellar defense. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 8 Grossman, Rex 85 59 51 81 59 60 89 90 42 41 46 10 44 39 54 14 Griese, Brian 81 54 54 81 56 55 87 87 37 30 47 11 39 35 40 18 Orton, Kyle 75 55 54 74 59 61 87 80 50 38 55 21 41 35 28 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 20 Jones, Thomas 88 90 76 86 90 93 79 70 87 32 90 84 70 90 32 Benson, Cedric 84 88 75 67 87 91 74 62 85 45 75 89 88 72 29 Peterson, Adrian 77 86 73 67 84 87 69 61 76 22 65 85 85 65 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 47 Johnson, Bryan 86 65 70 75 66 56 66 68 67 60 68 74 72 48 37 McKie, Jason 77 72 72 62 55 40 67 64 60 53 45 70 65 35 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 87 Muhammad, Muhsin 89 90 66 94 86 87 86 91 64 45 89 66 75 75 16 Bradley, Mark 80 92 61 60 96 94 93 78 52 28 84 55 53 93 12 Gage, Justin 76 86 65 64 89 88 94 75 59 30 67 64 55 77 80 Berrian, Bernard 75 95 46 61 93 95 81 75 58 24 73 46 36 87 81 Davis, Rashied 66 90 46 57 82 89 83 68 44 38 55 46 30 86 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 88 Clark, Desmond 78 75 65 76 74 75 85 78 62 52 67 63 40 58 85 Gilmore, John 61 68 64 59 67 72 72 65 65 49 39 62 53 52 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 57 Kreutz, Olin 98 63 92 91 60 84 18 92 93 93 91 93 95 95 76 Tait, John 90 52 91 89 52 70 21 94 91 93 75 90 89 69 74 Brown, Ruben 87 44 93 91 43 62 10 84 91 91 66 75 88 58 69 Miller, Fred 86 47 93 85 49 65 28 89 90 90 89 85 88 76 60 Metcalf, Terrence 84 54 91 76 54 70 21 86 88 88 72 88 86 74 63 Garza, Roberto 82 48 89 75 52 67 20 89 87 87 88 85 87 88 72 Mitchell, Qasim 76 47 95 71 44 59 29 79 88 83 68 78 82 69 78 St. Clair, John 75 53 88 75 48 65 24 79 86 87 55 70 78 60 65 Mannelly, Patrick 70 55 84 72 55 67 31 74 75 65 70 68 64 68 79 Edwards, Steve 68 48 84 65 45 48 15 80 82 82 65 73 80 62 62 Friedman, Lennie 67 46 86 59 40 55 15 76 84 85 70 80 76 76 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 91 Harris, Tommie 91 74 87 71 90 60 85 79 79 90 91 87 14 29 93 Ogunleye, Adewale 91 84 73 81 90 58 75 89 75 75 96 77 29 29 96 Brown, Alex 88 82 72 75 88 67 76 89 74 73 93 74 31 21 95 Scott, Ian 84 64 86 74 73 55 85 68 60 85 75 85 22 16 99 Johnson, Tank 78 70 80 64 85 63 76 87 45 77 89 77 15 25 97 Haynes, Michael 75 68 78 68 75 53 76 73 50 78 67 83 15 27 70 Boone, Alfonso 74 54 87 70 63 43 78 50 35 80 45 82 26 23 75 Anderson, Mark 71 70 69 45 75 75 76 74 38 75 85 78 39 38 71 Idonije, Israel 66 68 75 52 72 52 68 70 25 64 86 65 22 23 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 54 Urlacher, Brian 98 88 78 92 93 81 95 98 93 90 90 96 75 85 55 Briggs, Lance 91 78 78 85 84 62 92 92 87 78 86 90 70 75 92 Hillenmeyer, Hunter 79 73 74 77 77 60 87 82 77 70 66 85 45 55 59 Odom, Joe 69 76 68 66 77 59 72 81 35 45 60 75 65 65 94 Ayanbadejo, Brendon 67 73 71 62 73 60 75 75 55 60 64 68 50 55 53 Joe, Leon 65 83 61 54 87 72 68 82 40 44 67 67 55 50 58 Cain, Jeremy 61 73 67 60 79 69 74 75 50 50 55 70 50 50 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 31 Vasher, Nathan 90 90 52 82 94 92 90 55 86 36 52 58 90 94 33 Tillman, Charles 88 88 64 80 91 91 94 69 86 48 60 65 83 87 24 Manning, Ricky 86 90 49 79 93 94 87 59 82 33 55 55 85 75 21 Wesley, Dante 74 89 59 70 86 89 79 60 76 34 44 58 66 76 23 Hester, Devin 73 98 58 45 93 97 88 42 64 20 25 44 63 62 22 Marshall, Alfonso 64 90 46 48 81 90 86 59 70 20 24 48 65 55 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 30 Brown, Mike 89 86 57 87 87 78 68 89 89 48 77 64 65 95 46 Harris, Chris 80 87 59 64 89 87 68 75 55 35 49 63 72 74 38 Manning, Danieal 76 91 57 52 92 91 65 77 57 30 40 58 80 77 35 Johnson, Todd 70 82 66 64 84 74 77 77 65 40 58 69 40 60 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 4 Maynard, Brad 87 87 90 9 Gould, Robbie 75 87 86 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cincinnati Bengals (00016) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Paul Brown Stadium (2000-) 2005 Record: 11-5 Head Coach: Marvin Lewis Division: AFC North Overall Rating: 89 Offense Rating: 92 Defense Rating: 85 The Bengals have one of the top offenses in the league. The three top offensive threats include Carson Palmer, Rudi Johnson, and Chad Johnson, a trio which reminds me of Dallas' championship team from the 1990s with Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, and Michael Irvin at the same positions. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 9 Palmer, Carson 95 56 63 89 57 57 97 95 39 40 58 30 40 39 53 2 Wright, Anthony 79 69 55 73 70 73 87 80 42 64 65 56 58 72 73 11 Johnson, Doug 72 47 53 75 51 45 86 80 37 20 45 9 38 21 28 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 32 Johnson, Rudi 92 87 79 89 84 93 73 62 97 38 88 96 96 64 23 Perry, Chris 83 90 70 70 89 92 67 78 78 46 85 80 68 88 33 Watson, Kenny 72 86 65 64 83 87 67 65 70 31 70 76 67 70 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 31 Johnson, Jeremi 87 68 72 65 66 55 68 65 66 59 55 84 83 45 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU 85 Johnson, Chad 97 96 60 92 95 95 94 96 62 91 62 45 96 84 Houshmandzadeh, T.J. 87 88 64 85 89 91 85 88 56 84 68 72 85 15 Henry, Chris 80 92 50 60 88 94 95 84 63 52 60 45 80 87 Washington, Kelley 76 90 62 63 87 90 91 75 63 42 65 61 72 83 Chatman, Antonio 74 91 49 69 92 93 72 75 49 88 45 34 91 88 Perry, Tab 69 88 59 48 87 86 88 73 60 82 60 48 83 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 82 Kelly, Reggie 77 66 74 73 65 70 60 76 61 56 50 65 72 45 86 Stewart, Tony 73 70 69 68 66 72 54 72 66 58 54 65 59 44 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 71 Anderson, Willie 95 49 97 97 47 62 24 91 98 98 83 95 93 80 76 Jones, Levi 91 62 89 84 60 85 35 95 91 91 95 90 91 92 65 Steinbach, Eric 91 58 88 87 57 77 17 95 87 90 90 85 90 95 74 Braham, Rich 87 46 93 90 46 52 10 86 93 93 70 83 87 68 63 Williams, Bobbie 80 44 93 78 46 57 29 82 88 90 50 69 80 52 75 Kooistra, Scott 77 47 90 72 40 69 31 84 83 86 69 73 84 66 53 Ghiaciuc, Eric 73 52 88 55 50 68 25 82 86 84 69 82 78 66 50 Moore, Larry 72 44 87 72 44 49 32 85 80 80 65 71 85 68 77 Whitworth, Andrew 72 43 93 64 44 45 53 82 87 88 80 85 88 70 70 Kieft, Adam 68 44 92 52 45 49 45 80 88 88 77 72 84 74 79 Andrews, Stacy 62 48 88 38 49 68 29 76 86 86 55 82 80 55 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 95 Adams, Sam 89 47 96 91 54 46 92 64 90 93 52 95 30 22 97 Thornton, John 86 62 86 80 73 43 85 68 70 87 58 86 17 17 90 Smith, Justin 86 74 81 78 80 58 79 78 75 84 74 86 17 21 98 Robinson, Bryan 80 58 79 80 69 54 85 64 80 81 74 86 16 12 91 Geathers, Robert 76 75 68 66 84 64 69 78 35 66 82 75 22 19 68 Fanene, Jonathan 73 67 79 62 74 50 73 77 45 63 77 68 14 18 92 Rucker, Frostee 72 61 72 61 77 67 72 80 40 67 82 73 30 40 66 Smith, Shaun 70 59 87 54 70 47 72 62 25 77 55 78 13 16 96 Askew, Matthias 69 64 85 44 80 52 73 61 30 79 61 83 23 26 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 56 Simmons, Brian 87 82 71 85 81 57 85 87 87 77 77 85 60 70 51 Thurman, Odell 86 84 76 79 88 76 89 88 77 84 87 85 50 65 59 Johnson, Landon 83 81 68 74 86 70 84 85 70 67 75 82 70 65 99 Pollack, David 82 77 76 74 86 65 84 92 70 82 93 83 40 45 57 Navies, Hannibal 78 76 70 76 85 58 80 84 70 40 55 77 55 60 58 Miller, Caleb 73 75 75 64 77 67 82 77 65 68 66 78 40 50 55 Wilkins, Marcus 62 71 70 62 72 49 69 76 50 63 72 66 45 40 52 Nicholson, A.J. 62 78 74 48 86 72 76 77 48 52 74 67 66 61 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 24 O'Neal, Deltha 90 95 52 78 90 95 92 55 80 33 45 54 82 87 20 James, Tory 87 86 64 86 84 85 85 67 83 42 48 62 86 89 22 Joseph, Johnathan 80 94 53 62 96 96 93 60 78 25 45 59 88 89 25 Ratliff, Keiwan 77 88 43 63 93 93 87 48 77 20 30 47 82 77 21 Bauman, Rashad 69 90 42 55 88 90 87 43 67 20 25 38 70 55 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 40 Williams, Madieu 86 88 63 66 90 92 72 87 45 65 74 67 85 28 Jackson, Dexter 84 85 54 84 87 84 67 82 44 54 64 70 85 34 Kaesviharn, Kevin 79 80 60 81 79 88 65 82 46 56 62 53 76 42 Mitchell, Anthony 73 84 63 70 84 78 70 80 56 54 70 49 59 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 17 Graham, Shayne 90 90 92 19 Larson, Kyle 76 90 83 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cleveland Browns (00017) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Cleveland Browns Stadium (1999-) 2005 Record: 6-10 Head Coach: Romeo Crennel Division: AFC North Overall Rating: 85 Offense Rating: 86 Defense Rating: 86 You'll find some decent defensive players, but the Browns are lacking some power on offense. Reuben Droughns is a tough running back, but the Browns don't have much of a passing game. Charlie Frye saw limited action last year, but he's young and has potential. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 9 Frye, Charlie 81 71 57 72 68 70 87 85 49 67 56 22 57 64 64 5 Dorsey, Ken 74 50 45 77 50 52 81 86 39 20 40 8 44 20 34 3 Anderson, Derek 66 48 62 52 51 52 93 80 50 20 45 10 38 16 23 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 34 Droughns, Reuben 89 86 79 88 84 88 75 64 90 45 82 93 95 62 44 Suggs, Lee 77 91 66 70 86 92 72 60 76 40 76 75 76 82 31 Green, William 77 88 70 63 87 87 65 65 80 34 48 77 72 75 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 42 Smith, Terrelle 87 62 77 74 56 49 56 62 78 65 64 72 78 30 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 84 Jurevicius, Joe 86 87 69 87 85 84 91 87 63 38 78 70 75 68 17 Edwards, Braylon 84 91 65 68 91 92 95 86 65 35 80 62 55 89 86 Northcutt, Dennis 79 93 45 74 94 95 82 79 57 30 87 42 33 94 81 Wilson, Travis 75 88 64 64 86 85 86 78 62 38 75 58 57 82 88 Jackson, Frisman 70 86 55 65 83 85 87 71 40 29 61 60 60 65 11 Rideau, Brandon 67 91 46 45 88 91 88 70 55 30 48 45 35 82 16 Cribbs, Josh 59 87 44 50 81 86 72 62 60 27 76 54 46 85 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 80 Winslow, Kellen 85 85 69 55 87 88 92 84 55 52 75 74 75 82 82 Heiden, Steve 78 69 73 75 69 73 56 72 67 55 64 73 64 50 87 Dinkins, Darnell 76 69 72 65 68 74 60 71 65 60 43 70 55 52 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 57 Bentley, LeCharles 95 60 93 84 60 82 24 90 93 95 91 96 94 92 63 Andruzzi, Joseph 89 51 90 92 47 67 30 90 89 88 81 92 87 82 77 Shaffer, Kevin 87 55 92 80 63 70 33 86 95 95 80 87 90 82 72 Tucker, Ryan 86 48 94 88 46 65 33 86 92 90 80 92 88 79 60 Coleman, Cosey 81 49 89 78 46 71 10 83 86 88 67 74 85 64 62 Hallen, Bob 80 49 89 81 44 65 14 83 85 85 60 63 84 66 74 Dorsey, Nat 72 54 86 55 50 77 33 86 85 88 67 82 86 58 50 Smith, Rob 69 52 87 50 50 58 23 81 85 80 75 82 81 81 68 Yovanovits, Dave 66 50 84 60 47 54 15 77 80 80 65 71 77 66 65 Chambers, Kirk 64 46 84 58 43 56 20 77 82 82 46 73 77 77 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 92 Washington, Ted 89 44 99 90 50 53 94 55 90 99 45 95 28 13 99 Roye, Orpheus 84 63 88 82 70 51 87 61 75 85 57 86 20 12 97 McKinley, Alvin 75 56 89 72 65 44 83 62 60 83 52 85 26 19 78 Kelley, Ethan 75 56 86 68 61 51 83 45 60 76 52 84 13 26 96 Oshinowo, Babatunde 70 47 93 55 51 35 85 65 46 86 65 88 18 23 98 Eason, Nick 69 58 88 56 65 55 76 64 50 77 64 84 30 27 75 Fraser, Simon 65 62 80 51 66 38 74 70 45 64 70 73 29 24 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 55 McGinest, Willie 93 79 77 97 87 63 90 87 91 92 97 84 45 55 54 Davis, Andra 90 77 78 87 83 64 93 90 91 82 70 95 40 65 51 Thompson, Chaun 81 85 74 73 88 71 86 80 40 65 75 85 60 35 95 Wimbley, Kamerion 81 83 73 60 91 84 84 86 69 85 95 83 35 45 52 Stewart, Matt 78 73 76 77 77 54 83 83 75 66 72 82 45 60 58 Jackson, D'Qwell 77 82 70 70 85 74 85 86 75 70 80 79 55 65 94 Williams, Leon 72 83 76 55 86 69 86 77 67 65 75 82 37 44 90 McMillan, David 69 79 74 52 86 58 77 76 35 68 78 75 25 30 59 Speegle, Nick 68 72 76 57 74 55 80 82 55 52 62 77 35 40 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 24 Baxter, Gary 88 88 67 85 88 90 92 72 88 68 77 71 85 89 33 McCutcheon, Daylon 83 87 55 84 88 87 88 68 76 24 34 55 77 85 28 Bodden, Leigh 79 89 58 70 88 91 87 65 84 44 55 66 82 83 20 Hunter, Pete 75 91 60 68 90 90 87 54 76 45 55 60 70 77 30 Perkins, Antonio 72 90 48 55 92 91 84 48 76 35 41 48 70 77 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK CAT PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 27 Russell, Brian 87 85 55 80 87 82 64 76 76 85 35 54 62 64 89 21 Pool, Brodney 82 90 61 66 91 90 68 72 85 65 48 55 68 64 82 26 Jones, Sean 81 90 62 65 92 88 72 67 86 74 55 65 73 63 76 37 Mayer, Shawn 63 83 54 52 82 78 62 56 72 67 25 35 62 55 65 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 4 Dawson, Phil 88 87 92 15 Zastudil, Dave 83 91 86 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dallas Cowboys (00018) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Texas Stadium (1971-) 2005 Record: 9-7 Head Coach: Bill Parcells Division: NFC East Overall Rating: 88 Offense Rating: 89 Defense Rating: 85 Without a doubt the biggest change on the team is at wide receiver. Keyshawn Johnson was released by Dallas, who later signed Terrell Owens. There really isn't much else as far as major changes are concerned. The defense is average, but will improve as they get used to the 3-4. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 11 Bledsoe, Drew 87 45 68 89 44 46 97 87 39 15 54 44 33 20 35 9 Romo, Tony 75 57 59 70 54 60 88 82 41 42 50 15 42 20 25 7 Henson, Drew 72 60 65 64 61 67 91 77 33 25 54 20 42 41 45 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 21 Jones, Julius 87 91 70 79 93 93 69 70 82 42 88 82 73 93 24 Barber, Marion 81 87 69 69 87 89 68 64 84 42 84 83 80 82 28 Thompson, Tyson 70 94 55 48 86 93 64 54 67 25 51 72 55 74 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 39 Polite, Lousaka 81 64 71 63 66 66 62 69 67 58 52 72 60 47 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 81 Owens, Terrell 97 93 76 92 94 96 91 94 63 35 91 75 80 88 83 Glenn, Terry 87 93 46 87 90 92 85 90 50 35 78 47 40 85 84 Crayton, Patrick 76 91 47 55 84 88 83 88 63 41 66 49 44 77 10 Green, Skyler 76 93 46 54 97 96 87 75 60 30 87 55 42 97 18 Copper, Terrance 66 88 45 46 84 87 83 74 58 40 48 50 42 77 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 82 Witten, Jason 92 77 74 80 76 82 79 85 69 53 85 75 75 64 47 Fasano, Anthony 78 72 73 56 72 74 68 77 74 58 65 65 70 46 48 Hannam, Ryan 64 69 60 62 62 70 57 68 63 45 47 60 55 50 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 62 Rivera, Marco 95 49 94 95 45 67 21 92 95 95 80 90 93 78 76 Adams, Flozell 89 44 97 90 42 60 10 87 97 98 65 85 93 59 73 Fabini, Jason 87 47 92 91 45 78 15 85 92 92 82 84 88 80 69 Kosier, Kyle 85 57 86 82 56 72 15 89 85 85 84 85 87 79 65 Gurode, Andre 80 53 90 67 47 81 29 83 85 87 65 82 82 63 79 Petitti, Rob 76 52 90 70 48 70 29 82 86 83 65 74 85 69 52 Johnson, Al 76 54 87 65 53 65 16 79 88 83 66 78 82 66 75 Colombo, Marc 72 54 88 64 52 68 21 81 84 88 65 65 82 54 64 Snell, Shannon 69 40 84 64 47 65 24 83 78 87 65 78 85 60 72 Peterman, Stephen 68 50 86 52 44 75 23 75 83 85 65 73 83 63 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 98 Ellis, Greg 87 74 78 85 82 54 79 74 81 87 75 89 31 24 95 Ferguson, Jason 85 55 90 80 64 49 87 65 82 93 54 92 18 14 96 Spears, Marcus 83 69 82 66 75 74 82 74 45 88 75 87 17 13 99 Canty, Chris 79 70 80 65 75 46 77 76 68 83 81 82 26 31 97 Hatcher, Jason 76 73 84 40 78 85 72 67 40 67 84 75 30 30 93 Coleman, Kenyon 73 72 76 59 76 64 70 75 55 75 67 70 28 14 60 Stanley, Montavious 69 62 84 52 70 55 77 66 66 88 60 85 20 42 68 Johnson, Thomas 67 60 82 52 71 25 74 56 30 80 55 78 24 16 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 94 Ware, Demarcus 86 84 76 70 93 75 87 85 68 84 96 84 42 60 50 Ayodele, Akin 86 82 74 82 86 66 88 83 70 68 78 85 50 62 56 James, Bradie 83 79 78 76 85 69 89 85 50 77 74 86 50 65 51 Singleton, Al 82 76 73 82 78 60 84 87 85 54 72 78 65 60 54 Carpenter, Bobby 82 86 70 60 87 75 84 84 77 65 75 81 68 75 59 Boiman, Rocky 78 74 73 78 75 59 83 86 65 67 65 82 55 70 57 Burnett, Kevin 76 85 75 54 85 72 79 82 40 65 75 80 67 77 55 Fowler, Ryan 63 75 72 60 80 62 73 76 55 47 67 74 35 60 58 Shanle, Scott 61 71 62 60 80 59 76 81 55 64 73 74 35 40 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 42 Henry, Anthony 89 88 65 85 88 90 94 68 87 83 50 58 70 88 90 41 Newman, Terence 87 96 48 76 93 97 92 54 82 74 35 45 57 89 84 26 Glenn, Aaron 85 90 48 90 92 92 85 54 80 85 22 32 46 79 85 25 Coleman, Marcus 80 86 54 85 84 85 86 60 84 85 35 45 60 75 86 35 Reeves, Jacques 72 88 52 64 85 87 86 59 76 55 26 28 54 65 55 33 Jones, Nathan 67 90 48 56 86 89 81 54 79 50 25 35 48 72 60 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 31 Williams, Roy 94 85 75 85 90 78 90 96 87 85 94 90 55 80 29 Davis, Keith 76 82 62 70 83 82 72 76 55 50 55 67 75 65 40 Beriault, Justin 65 82 64 55 84 78 66 77 60 50 54 64 65 67 20 Pile, Willie 65 84 49 60 83 75 63 72 60 44 45 63 65 60 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 13 Vanderjagt, Mike 94 90 94 1 McBriar, Mat 72 89 82 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Denver Broncos (00019) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: INVESCO Field at Mile High (2001-) 2005 Record: 13-3 Head Coach: Mike Shanahan Division: AFC West Overall Rating: 89 Offense Rating: 88 Defense Rating: 90 To combat a salary cap problem, the Broncos had to release their leading running back, Mike Anderson. The Broncos should be just fine, as Tatum Bell and Ron Dayne both looked good last year. Jake Plummer continues to improve at the quarterback position and should be able to put up some great numbers again. The strength of their defense comes from their linebackers and defensive backs. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU 16 Plummer, Jake 90 71 52 85 70 70 89 89 52 69 56 33 55 6 Cutler, Jay 79 68 62 60 66 73 93 86 63 63 62 47 60 11 Van Pelt, Bradlee 73 73 66 64 72 76 84 77 33 74 70 65 66 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 26 Bell, Tatum 84 96 67 75 92 97 71 68 80 36 65 75 55 84 33 Dayne, Ron 79 84 77 75 76 85 62 52 87 35 77 91 92 45 34 Cobbs, Cedric 70 88 69 50 80 85 67 65 68 48 57 78 80 48 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 39 Johnson, Kyle 88 77 66 65 72 65 72 70 64 46 70 77 76 64 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 80 Smith, Rod 90 89 63 97 87 87 82 93 58 47 90 64 60 77 84 Walker, Javon 89 92 64 84 90 93 92 88 60 24 80 64 50 83 85 Lelie, Ashley 83 96 48 75 90 94 92 83 51 25 55 50 20 82 17 Watts, Darius 75 93 47 65 88 92 89 75 48 27 49 46 35 89 15 Marshall, Brandon 72 87 69 45 87 88 93 77 66 54 41 66 60 72 14 Devoe, Todd 70 89 39 55 90 91 78 74 52 20 62 58 55 75 81 Adams, Charlie 69 87 49 57 84 89 81 75 55 40 55 52 55 72 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 88 Scheffler, Tony 79 82 68 62 82 84 72 76 74 52 69 65 47 67 82 Alexander, Stephen 76 72 65 75 69 70 60 75 68 55 65 65 35 47 89 Jackson, Nate 62 84 55 60 79 87 85 65 60 30 57 55 40 67 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 66 Nalen, Tom 95 64 84 95 64 85 26 87 92 85 98 97 85 93 50 Hamilton, Ben 92 62 85 85 64 82 29 88 92 75 96 96 80 90 78 Lepsis, Matt 91 55 90 90 57 77 16 90 94 83 93 95 87 88 72 Foster, George 86 55 94 77 55 67 21 88 94 94 72 86 90 70 65 Carlisle, Cooper 85 56 89 80 55 64 34 85 91 82 88 88 86 82 74 Green, Cornell 77 51 91 73 48 63 29 83 87 87 79 85 84 74 77 Carswell, Dwayne 77 68 84 75 60 72 58 72 81 81 82 71 78 80 59 Whitley, Taylor 74 50 88 67 49 57 14 83 83 83 75 73 84 76 62 Myers, Chris 71 51 85 59 51 61 27 82 84 81 71 72 82 78 69 Alexander, P.J. 65 54 85 59 50 59 22 76 79 76 70 79 76 76 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 61 Warren, Gerard 86 63 92 69 74 58 86 64 40 86 67 89 25 21 98 Brown, Courtney 84 74 82 72 74 60 82 67 55 83 74 84 19 23 76 Lang, Kenard 82 71 74 80 78 59 80 70 65 82 72 82 35 40 91 Ekuban, Ebenezer 81 72 74 74 79 53 78 72 78 77 79 83 27 28 60 Engelberger, John 80 69 78 76 75 56 78 81 65 77 74 83 14 23 96 Myers, Michael 79 64 84 68 74 35 80 65 40 79 67 86 15 28 92 Dumervil, Elvis 75 74 67 52 93 74 66 88 40 55 94 68 10 10 97 Veal, Demetrin 69 64 77 59 70 52 77 62 25 82 65 81 26 21 94 Gordon, Amon 66 64 76 48 80 60 75 55 36 80 64 80 30 25 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 56 Wilson, Al 95 86 75 92 88 60 94 96 84 66 76 87 71 75 52 Gold, Ian 91 88 69 82 92 70 85 92 82 60 77 78 78 84 55 Williams, D.J. 91 86 74 78 91 76 86 90 79 70 90 85 75 85 58 Webster, Nate 79 79 68 77 84 55 85 84 60 43 63 72 55 60 51 Burns, Keith 71 71 68 80 72 46 77 84 35 52 62 69 65 70 54 Chukwurah, Patrick 67 75 68 65 72 51 76 72 30 45 68 65 25 30 57 Buhl, Josh 61 76 56 50 80 68 73 78 66 48 65 69 45 65 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 24 Bailey, Champ 99 98 54 93 99 98 94 65 87 48 70 65 99 95 27 Williams, Darrent 86 97 42 76 95 98 85 49 83 33 42 47 90 75 22 Foxworth, Domonique 84 93 49 76 97 96 87 55 84 35 45 52 87 77 41 Paymah, Karl 75 93 61 62 90 90 87 63 77 30 35 59 77 75 45 Alexander, Roc 72 94 48 52 91 92 86 60 75 33 45 57 74 60 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK CAT PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 47 Lynch, John 94 83 70 97 85 74 90 62 97 96 80 85 90 64 88 25 Ferguson, Nick 86 83 67 81 85 70 82 65 88 80 60 64 82 62 72 42 Brandon, Sam 75 88 54 66 86 74 72 62 80 55 55 65 70 62 78 40 Cox, Curome 71 86 62 63 88 70 65 58 72 60 25 28 62 40 74 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 10 Sauerbrun, Todd 96 94 91 1 Elam, Jason 91 92 88 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Detroit Lions (00020) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Ford Field (2002-) 2005 Record: 5-11 Head Coach: Rod Marinelli Division: NFC North Overall Rating: 84 Offense Rating: 85 Defense Rating: 85 The Lions have had a poor team for years, and there are no signs of great improvement. The quarterback position has two average quarterbacks looking for the starting position, with neither of them likely to be a huge star. Kevin Jones should have a better year at running the ball, as the Lions have a better offensive line than they did a few years ago. The defense is held together by Pro Bowl tackle Shaun Rogers. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 3 Kitna, Jon 83 54 60 84 59 56 88 86 29 22 54 25 42 40 33 12 McCown, Josh 80 73 59 73 73 74 88 80 40 63 62 34 62 64 64 9 Orlovsky, Dan 73 55 58 65 54 58 86 85 50 33 50 18 40 25 24 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 34 Jones, Kevin 87 91 73 76 88 92 75 64 86 43 78 88 94 79 24 Bryson, Shawn 76 89 64 70 78 88 62 69 75 52 65 78 77 75 29 Calhoun, Brian 73 95 66 52 89 87 70 73 74 35 82 65 50 90 21 Pinner, Artose 73 86 66 66 84 86 66 65 75 29 64 75 73 60 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 30 Schlesinger, Cory 89 70 76 75 60 58 74 77 58 54 70 85 86 42 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 11 Williams, Roy 88 93 64 74 92 91 94 89 63 37 77 69 65 89 88 Williams, Mike 81 85 72 63 86 87 97 86 66 34 50 75 85 67 17 Bradford, Corey 79 94 49 74 84 91 83 83 50 28 63 50 24 78 80 Rogers, Charles 78 92 59 65 87 90 90 80 61 38 44 55 40 87 83 Vines, Scottie 73 91 56 60 84 91 88 74 56 40 70 60 53 78 18 Drummond, Eddie 73 91 43 68 91 93 75 74 56 28 95 45 35 95 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 81 Pollard, Marcus 85 74 70 85 75 80 82 78 74 54 84 69 65 71 89 Campbell, Dan 81 68 73 76 65 73 54 76 62 60 55 59 74 44 82 Fitzsimmons, Casey 71 72 63 69 65 70 65 74 61 50 55 65 52 55 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 65 Woody, Damien 93 54 93 87 52 75 20 90 93 95 86 93 93 84 76 Backus, Jeff 88 53 90 86 55 74 27 90 92 94 78 83 90 75 74 Tucker, Rex 88 56 89 86 56 72 23 87 89 86 88 84 88 83 51 Raiola, Dominic 87 60 83 84 64 78 31 88 86 80 88 82 79 87 64 DeMulling, Rick 84 53 89 78 51 68 16 90 86 86 83 80 88 85 68 Stokes, Barry 79 50 90 80 47 58 50 85 83 85 75 77 85 70 79 Butler, Kelly 76 52 87 67 46 80 35 85 86 86 60 66 88 64 66 Scott, Jonathan 70 52 85 62 60 60 42 82 80 78 85 75 80 85 63 Gutierrez, Brock 68 50 83 72 45 55 18 74 78 78 67 78 80 65 71 Rogers, Victor 65 45 87 61 45 48 21 76 82 85 63 73 79 62 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 92 Rogers, Shaun 95 63 96 80 73 52 92 73 79 95 75 97 17 19 96 Hall, James 86 73 82 76 77 54 80 74 70 78 86 80 16 17 98 Edwards, Kalimba 83 78 70 74 87 64 72 86 55 67 88 74 16 18 75 Cody, Shaun 80 64 83 66 82 66 79 78 55 79 82 83 15 27 78 Redding, Cory 79 67 83 68 75 60 78 72 60 77 73 84 30 20 94 Bell, Marcus 76 48 91 68 60 44 82 61 55 83 54 85 14 26 67 Pinkney, Cleveland 69 58 88 52 66 55 74 55 40 75 45 77 15 29 95 DeVries, Jared 65 59 75 70 66 54 69 62 55 74 64 75 17 25 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 97 Bailey, Boss 86 88 72 72 92 88 79 87 66 70 77 80 70 83 50 Sims, Ernie 83 86 73 58 88 89 85 85 38 82 88 80 69 72 52 Davis, James 79 77 66 75 82 67 80 76 50 66 81 81 55 40 54 Lehman, Teddy 77 84 69 77 85 64 80 86 73 65 67 78 40 65 53 Lenon, Paris 72 76 70 72 78 50 79 76 65 56 64 75 45 50 59 Lewis, Alex 71 85 65 55 87 75 77 78 35 40 70 66 50 50 55 Curry, Donte 71 78 65 68 80 43 76 79 40 40 54 74 35 30 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 32 Bly, Dre' 90 93 44 86 93 96 89 47 79 25 33 44 94 85 25 Bryant, Fernando 84 95 48 83 92 94 87 47 76 29 34 45 88 80 35 Fletcher, Jamar 77 87 45 70 93 92 87 45 75 20 25 43 86 67 23 Smith, Keith 73 91 46 60 92 91 87 47 78 33 35 46 65 45 31 Wilson, Stanley 72 94 52 52 92 93 88 47 69 26 30 44 70 63 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 26 Kennedy, Kenoy 86 85 69 78 88 80 92 88 55 70 66 85 45 65 27 Bullocks, Daniel 78 87 57 62 84 85 68 85 50 48 55 66 78 85 38 McGraw, Jon 75 87 56 69 85 82 68 82 55 49 59 69 52 78 42 Holt, Terrence 74 84 55 66 83 85 56 84 76 42 52 60 66 82 36 Fox, Vernon 71 85 62 65 87 74 63 78 65 35 49 64 60 70 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 4 Hanson, Jason 87 86 91 2 Harris, Nick 78 91 82 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Green Bay Packers (00021) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Lambeau Field (1957-) 2005 Record: 4-12 Head Coach: Mike McCarthy Division: NFC North Overall Rating: 87 Offense Rating: 87 Defense Rating: 86 Everyone was curious about whether or not QB Brett Favre would return for another season, and when he announced he'd return, many were surprised with his decision. Last year was his worst, posting terrible numbers. Although the Packers don't have any stars at the running back position, they have three good backs. Their offense lives and dies because of their offensive line, which has been very poor at providing Favre with some time to find open receivers. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 4 Favre, Brett 88 52 55 92 54 53 97 85 55 65 44 35 49 45 58 12 Rodgers, Aaron 79 66 54 68 65 69 90 84 50 52 55 20 65 55 54 7 Martin, Ingle 71 82 58 48 83 84 88 78 64 71 65 50 72 73 76 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 30 Green, Ahman 88 92 75 87 85 93 70 75 75 45 85 87 90 72 44 Davenport, Najeh 80 86 77 67 83 87 51 71 72 58 67 89 85 62 35 Gado, Samkon 75 88 72 66 85 90 61 65 67 35 70 80 85 74 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 33 Henderson, William 96 62 71 83 64 55 77 74 68 55 83 80 75 52 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 80 Driver, Donald 90 91 56 89 91 92 93 91 55 34 85 50 45 91 89 Ferguson, Robert 80 91 64 74 87 89 87 79 61 52 57 64 65 77 82 Gardner, Rod 78 87 68 72 83 85 95 78 63 40 55 67 67 67 85 Jennings, Greg 75 90 44 62 90 93 84 78 54 30 73 48 40 86 81 Rodgers, Cory 71 89 60 47 91 92 88 74 55 27 83 50 30 92 83 Boerigter, Marc 69 85 60 62 79 87 87 70 53 26 45 65 58 68 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 88 Franks, Bubba 86 64 78 85 63 67 74 78 70 58 75 72 85 40 86 Lee, Donald 76 77 70 67 78 80 76 70 67 52 64 72 62 69 87 Martin, David 68 69 65 66 72 72 67 67 59 54 60 63 55 45 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 76 Clifton, Chad 94 53 92 93 54 75 97 92 94 80 85 95 86 65 Tauscher, Mark 94 54 92 96 53 70 97 91 91 87 87 95 93 71 Barry, Kevin 83 52 97 75 49 70 81 94 94 77 90 85 74 70 Klemm, Adrian 81 54 90 74 53 64 87 84 85 75 76 87 77 63 Wells, Scott 79 56 83 73 55 75 85 82 85 66 73 84 65 73 Colledge, Daryn 77 64 81 60 66 81 87 81 74 90 86 77 92 62 Coston, Junius 75 55 87 63 56 69 82 83 84 74 73 82 67 78 Whitticker, William 74 44 93 72 44 48 78 88 88 45 45 82 44 72 Spitz, Jason 74 52 88 60 50 58 82 87 87 77 85 80 74 68 White, Chris 73 50 89 59 52 71 84 80 83 65 71 82 67 69 Traynor, Pete 67 50 84 50 44 73 79 81 81 63 60 75 60 75 Moll, Tony 64 59 85 45 58 68 82 77 77 64 68 82 68 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 94 Gbaja Biamila, Kabeer 89 84 72 75 92 74 92 75 76 95 81 19 14 74 Kampman, Aaron 88 74 85 75 76 84 82 78 84 82 85 13 19 79 Pickett, Ryan 85 65 85 70 80 85 65 50 80 74 84 14 29 77 Jenkins, Cullen 79 66 82 70 78 78 56 55 80 60 85 19 25 90 Cole, Colin 77 56 89 65 66 83 68 50 81 68 85 20 23 98 Peterson, Kenny 70 62 75 63 74 74 66 50 78 69 79 25 20 97 Allen, Kenderick 70 62 83 60 70 72 55 55 91 50 85 15 20 99 Williams, Corey 66 65 77 47 82 73 65 40 82 52 80 17 21 96 Montgomery, Mike 66 68 75 49 72 68 62 30 74 62 76 19 17 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 56 Barnett, Nick 89 81 77 82 85 69 93 90 82 77 74 91 68 80 50 Hawk, A.J. 85 87 73 65 90 75 85 94 83 77 87 85 55 77 58 Taylor, Ben 83 77 75 79 77 47 88 85 75 66 67 87 40 55 55 Hodge, Abdul 76 81 72 68 87 68 87 85 77 75 74 87 30 45 51 Poppinga, Brady 68 74 73 62 79 65 78 83 55 76 75 79 30 25 54 Manning, Roy 67 77 71 50 77 60 74 74 40 50 65 67 45 45 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 31 Harris, Al 89 88 68 92 89 93 90 70 85 66 76 72 92 88 21 Woodson, Charles 88 90 65 85 92 90 93 66 88 60 77 72 93 92 28 Carroll, Ahmad 78 96 52 65 93 97 89 48 72 22 32 50 75 72 27 Blackmon, Will 73 90 55 45 93 95 88 55 70 24 29 52 75 70 37 Hawkins, Mike 66 89 50 48 87 91 87 52 72 25 37 54 70 67 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 36 Collins, Nick 86 93 64 66 92 92 75 87 55 60 65 71 68 76 22 Manuel, Marquand 81 85 63 73 87 80 77 83 40 39 49 70 64 70 20 Roman, Mark 77 88 54 68 88 86 70 75 55 35 41 65 70 60 25 Underwood, Marviel 72 86 52 62 87 80 64 78 65 35 39 64 59 73 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 2 Cundiff, Billy 76 91 83 11 Sander, B.J. 73 83 89 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Houston Texans (00022) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Reliant Stadium (2002-) 2005 Record: 2-14 Head Coach: Gary Kubiak Division: AFC South Overall Rating: 85 Offense Rating: 85 Defense Rating: 84 Everything is looking up for the Texans this year. They have made a number of moves on both sides of the ball during the offseason, acquiring some talented players. Eric Moulds (WR), Mario Williams (DE), and Mike Flanagan (C) all stand out in my eyes. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 8 Carr, David 84 67 64 77 67 70 95 80 45 70 64 45 52 60 68 18 Rosenfels, Sage 73 57 52 70 57 60 87 80 45 17 42 15 43 48 50 5 Porter, Quinton 67 72 60 56 64 72 84 76 55 55 52 25 53 50 55 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 37 Davis, Domanick 90 92 68 85 93 95 71 79 85 30 92 82 66 94 32 Smith, Antowain 81 82 76 85 80 85 74 52 85 34 80 91 93 45 34 Morency, Vernand 76 90 64 52 91 93 75 66 77 42 69 75 67 86 33 Lundy, Wali 72 86 72 50 87 88 72 68 80 38 65 67 62 85 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 43 Cook, Jameel 82 70 64 62 72 66 70 66 60 54 54 72 66 37 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 80 Johnson, Andre 89 95 70 78 92 94 94 86 66 40 75 68 85 87 84 Moulds, Eric 87 91 69 88 86 90 87 85 61 42 83 68 70 72 13 Mathis, Jerome 74 97 44 55 92 95 82 76 55 24 90 47 35 91 88 Armstrong, Derick 71 88 52 62 85 87 84 73 50 39 56 56 54 72 85 Walter, Kevin 67 84 57 60 82 80 83 74 57 30 67 54 36 79 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 89 Putzier, Jeb 84 75 72 74 72 78 65 76 64 58 67 66 63 58 87 Bruener, Mark 81 56 80 82 59 54 59 60 70 73 55 65 64 38 81 Daniels, Owen 75 82 64 55 82 84 78 74 67 53 55 66 61 58 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 58 Flanagan, Mike 92 55 87 92 55 75 27 93 89 89 87 85 88 93 76 McKinney, Steve 85 58 87 86 60 72 22 86 83 83 25 73 86 86 71 Wade, Todd 84 49 93 82 45 70 31 85 93 93 74 86 86 69 72 Wiegert, Zach 83 51 87 88 50 77 21 84 89 90 76 80 85 73 69 Pitts, Chester 81 56 89 76 54 62 29 83 87 87 85 82 85 73 62 Loverne, David 77 48 88 76 45 60 11 82 85 85 60 67 80 55 78 Wand, Seth 76 51 89 72 49 66 29 83 86 85 72 82 83 70 70 Weary, Fred 74 52 86 66 51 62 20 80 84 84 73 76 83 70 73 Winston, Eric 74 62 84 60 63 84 78 84 84 79 92 88 79 90 63 Hodgdon, Drew 71 52 83 62 52 67 29 82 80 81 77 80 80 72 77 Spencer, Charles 67 50 92 50 45 60 31 77 87 87 75 82 85 72 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 99 Smith, Robaire 87 65 88 77 72 46 87 72 74 89 64 88 22 20 90 Williams, Mario 86 85 75 40 90 85 76 88 51 90 94 86 45 55 91 Payne, Seth 86 53 90 87 58 41 88 72 85 90 65 89 24 15 92 Weaver, Anthony 85 67 84 76 78 52 83 78 60 85 74 87 31 23 93 Babin, Jason 83 79 69 68 87 64 75 85 55 85 82 79 40 35 98 Peek, Antwan 81 79 68 67 82 65 75 67 50 84 79 77 45 40 94 Kalu, Ndukwe 80 75 69 78 78 54 76 76 70 67 81 78 31 23 75 Johnson, Travis 79 65 84 57 87 68 80 75 40 81 85 82 24 26 97 Malone, Alfred 67 62 82 52 74 55 72 54 20 80 54 80 20 23 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 56 Greenwood, Morlon 86 85 67 81 87 74 85 85 65 42 67 75 65 55 57 Cowart, Sam 86 73 81 88 72 56 88 85 87 88 62 94 45 55 52 Wong, Kailee 84 75 74 87 74 54 86 88 85 64 75 80 60 65 59 Ryans, DeMeco 79 78 69 65 85 79 84 88 58 62 75 82 58 69 96 Rainer, Wali 79 74 77 78 72 57 87 87 65 77 78 85 30 30 51 Polk, DaShon 74 74 70 73 78 57 82 84 60 66 73 77 50 60 53 Orr, Shantee 73 74 70 72 76 61 79 72 50 71 81 78 30 25 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 23 Robinson, Dunta 90 96 57 78 95 97 87 68 85 36 47 64 91 82 31 Buchanon, Phillip 83 97 42 71 95 96 90 47 70 24 25 40 85 70 38 Faggins, DeMarcus 73 88 45 66 92 92 81 56 73 30 33 50 75 70 21 Sanders, Lewis 70 86 49 64 83 84 85 60 80 38 48 60 61 71 28 McKenzie, Chris 69 90 44 58 92 91 80 45 72 20 21 42 69 72 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK CAT PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 26 Earl, Glenn 79 86 65 68 87 83 74 64 79 70 49 55 65 62 83 24 Brown, C.C. 77 86 62 65 87 82 71 60 84 40 45 55 67 45 50 30 Simmons, Jason 73 86 49 67 86 80 57 57 75 50 30 35 55 65 55 42 Stone, Michael 69 90 49 64 88 91 58 55 70 30 21 24 62 40 60 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 3 Brown, Kris 80 90 86 7 Stanley, Chad 76 85 87 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Indianapolis Colts (00023) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: RCA Dome (1984-) 2005 Record: 14-2 Head Coach: Tony Dungy Division: AFC South Overall Rating: 91 Offense Rating: 91 Defense Rating: 87 The Colts did a phenomenal job last year, nearly going undefeated in the regular season. Edgerrin James was a huge loss to the offense of the Colts, but they picked up Joseph Addai in the draft to help counter that loss. Peyton Manning is still one of the top QBs in the league and has great targets at wide receiver. On defense, the Colts were one of the best last year. If you're looking to add a top defender, I'd look at the secondary. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 18 Manning, Peyton 99 59 64 99 54 55 95 98 62 50 46 25 44 35 55 10 King, Shaun 74 64 49 72 66 65 81 82 45 60 45 36 60 64 67 12 Sorgi, Jim 70 62 52 68 62 64 84 78 38 36 39 14 50 31 49 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 33 Rhodes, Dominic 83 89 68 76 92 93 72 74 82 27 87 77 70 87 29 Addai, Joseph 80 94 68 57 90 93 80 75 77 38 84 76 65 90 31 Chapman, Kory 69 85 61 54 84 84 70 66 69 30 45 75 66 62 30 Pearson, Vashon 68 88 64 46 86 87 70 69 74 30 60 66 59 75 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 23 Mungro, James 78 86 68 68 84 69 65 75 47 39 67 78 70 65 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 88 Harrison, Marvin 97 95 47 99 97 97 85 99 65 28 92 42 30 97 87 Wayne, Reggie 92 89 56 92 92 93 86 95 64 35 88 60 55 92 83 Stokley, Brandon 83 92 53 83 87 93 79 86 59 34 70 45 25 80 84 Standeford, John 75 88 52 63 85 89 84 83 61 38 45 48 30 67 85 Moorehead, Aaron 72 85 59 64 80 85 89 77 60 26 60 62 45 65 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 44 Clark, Dallas 87 86 66 75 82 88 79 85 64 48 76 64 40 75 81 Fletcher, Bryan 78 80 68 71 76 77 61 81 62 48 67 63 45 64 80 Hartsock, Ben 75 68 72 66 68 73 73 72 62 55 56 67 50 56 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 63 Saturday, Jeff 96 58 90 95 57 81 29 97 88 88 87 78 95 98 78 Glenn, Tarik 95 52 95 92 54 68 23 98 93 93 93 87 98 98 71 Diem, Ryan 90 50 95 80 48 72 30 97 91 91 79 79 89 94 73 Scott, Jake 78 56 87 68 55 70 45 83 85 84 79 75 79 74 65 Lilja, Ryan 76 55 85 69 55 67 53 86 81 78 75 74 82 81 76 Freitas, Makoa 76 51 87 66 50 55 23 89 87 82 78 85 84 85 57 Gandy, Dylan 73 56 84 53 57 74 11 88 82 82 73 73 85 80 69 Ulrich, Matt 70 48 87 62 49 68 29 76 81 81 67 71 80 66 74 Johnson, Charlie 68 64 85 47 64 74 65 81 82 82 65 73 83 75 62 Johnson, Mike 67 55 84 49 58 72 45 75 80 80 65 71 77 70 75 Toudouze, Michael 65 50 87 46 50 58 44 81 83 83 69 73 84 67 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 93 Freeney, Dwight 98 87 76 84 97 52 76 97 84 87 99 83 21 13 97 Simon, Corey 92 65 87 85 83 52 85 74 77 89 87 85 14 12 98 Mathis, Robert 89 85 67 75 93 55 74 91 72 65 96 75 21 15 79 Brock, Raheem 85 76 76 76 86 59 82 84 55 76 87 80 30 18 90 Reagor, Montae 83 66 79 77 82 47 81 80 60 80 75 83 19 19 91 Thomas, Josh 72 72 68 54 77 50 75 71 65 66 84 77 12 31 99 Welsh, Jonathan 72 80 58 50 84 66 69 75 45 52 85 71 25 30 72 Burns, Vincent 65 65 72 59 70 58 73 74 50 64 74 77 15 25 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 59 June, Cato 87 84 63 82 85 79 84 90 84 63 76 82 75 84 58 Brackett, Gary 86 81 72 85 82 56 89 88 86 60 74 82 66 74 94 Morris, Rob 82 74 76 84 76 58 85 84 70 54 64 77 45 55 51 Gardner, Gilbert 78 77 69 70 83 63 80 85 65 58 72 76 65 65 54 Keiaho, Freddie 75 84 69 57 86 72 75 88 57 52 66 72 69 59 53 O'Neil, Keith 67 73 70 60 72 59 76 82 70 55 65 72 45 45 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 25 Harper, Nick 85 87 55 82 87 86 84 64 83 82 35 48 58 77 88 28 Jackson, Marlin 83 88 66 74 91 92 92 74 86 50 66 74 75 78 86 42 David, Jason 82 88 45 74 91 96 84 45 77 77 26 34 42 78 90 27 Hutchins, Von 74 90 52 65 91 92 83 56 75 55 21 25 45 76 84 35 Jennings, Tim 73 96 39 56 93 96 88 48 75 44 22 26 41 82 83 26 Hayden, Kelvin 73 90 59 43 93 94 89 60 76 30 52 69 65 67 82 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK CAT PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 21 Sanders, Bob 90 93 60 78 94 80 87 56 92 75 65 87 77 73 84 20 Doss, Mike 82 86 60 73 87 80 80 62 86 75 50 75 70 60 80 36 Reid, Dexter 73 89 63 62 88 85 63 60 74 60 35 44 60 70 71 38 Sapp, Gerome 71 83 63 67 82 77 63 58 74 65 46 52 63 60 71 43 Giordano, Matt 70 84 59 61 83 82 70 55 78 55 45 55 66 56 72 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 4 Vinatieri, Adam 97 94 90 17 Smith, Hunter 90 90 91 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jacksonville Jaguars (00024) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Alltel Stadium (1995-) 2005 Record: 12-4 Head Coach: Jack Del Rio Division: AFC South Overall Rating: 87 Offense Rating: 87 Defense Rating: 88 Byron Leftwich and Fred Taylor are both solid in their position, but the offense could use a big receiver. Jimmy Smith's retirement was a big blow to their passing game. On defense, the Jaguars are among the best. They are solid at each position. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 7 Leftwich, Byron 89 57 71 83 56 58 97 87 54 52 72 65 46 50 60 9 Garrard, David 81 70 65 71 72 72 90 82 62 65 68 68 65 76 70 5 Gray, Quinn 68 71 59 60 69 70 85 72 59 62 60 59 62 55 64 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 28 Taylor, Fred 89 93 72 87 91 92 85 64 85 36 93 86 85 90 22 Toefield, LaBrandon 76 87 68 62 85 89 70 68 74 25 74 82 76 72 32 Drew-Jones, Maurice 75 94 59 52 94 95 82 72 75 25 87 66 60 95 34 Pearman, Alvin 73 87 55 59 90 90 74 79 72 39 70 65 57 90 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 33 Jones, Greg 84 85 78 74 79 64 52 87 53 47 75 96 96 55 36 Wimbush, Derrick 67 88 59 59 88 68 68 66 39 41 60 67 66 78 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 18 Jones, Matt 84 93 68 65 91 90 95 84 76 29 88 70 75 87 19 Wilford, Ernest 82 85 66 76 86 86 91 86 65 43 79 68 67 70 11 Williams, Reggie 77 87 64 64 86 86 95 80 60 32 48 65 65 72 16 Edwards, Troy 77 88 48 72 90 89 84 80 53 22 76 48 25 86 85 Hankton, Cortez 64 88 50 52 75 86 87 70 62 28 50 46 39 64 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 80 Brady, Kyle 85 59 82 84 55 62 58 68 72 67 70 75 65 35 89 Lewis, Marcedes 82 77 73 62 78 82 78 80 71 54 70 72 64 72 87 Wrighster, George 76 76 68 68 73 79 67 74 63 50 64 75 63 57 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 65 Naeole, Chris 90 52 95 85 47 64 30 84 96 96 75 91 86 74 67 Manuwai, Vince 89 55 93 75 58 78 20 92 90 90 75 83 94 79 63 Meester, Brad 89 55 86 87 57 70 33 90 90 88 87 90 92 83 74 Williams, Maurice 88 49 93 86 49 62 25 91 93 93 77 87 90 80 69 Barnes, Khalif 85 63 90 72 60 82 28 89 91 92 85 87 94 90 77 Williams, Mike 85 52 97 75 46 70 28 86 94 96 58 75 89 55 73 McDougle, Stockar 84 45 94 85 42 50 20 87 92 93 63 75 88 61 68 Fletcher, Derrick 66 36 93 64 38 58 29 75 77 83 62 68 77 57 62 Norman, Dennis 64 48 83 59 42 49 15 78 80 80 65 71 78 64 61 Connolly, Daniel 63 49 84 51 50 60 25 76 79 79 66 79 78 68 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 99 Stroud, Marcus 97 66 94 80 84 56 89 82 85 97 87 97 30 14 98 Henderson, John 94 62 95 81 72 48 92 70 83 96 63 93 16 30 97 Hayward, Reggie 89 78 78 77 83 58 81 77 75 82 88 85 20 23 95 Spicer, Paul 81 66 82 76 74 46 82 70 65 68 74 80 17 25 75 Wiley, Marcellus 80 67 81 85 74 60 75 68 75 82 63 83 21 27 92 Meier, Rob 79 62 80 72 74 52 83 77 60 77 75 85 15 18 93 McCray, Bobby 74 76 70 58 84 64 64 65 55 66 83 74 21 27 91 Maddox, Anthony 66 67 82 50 71 25 70 68 25 77 54 77 31 23 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 54 Peterson, Mike 93 85 72 91 87 69 93 97 90 78 83 90 65 70 52 Smith, Daryl 84 79 74 75 85 67 84 84 75 68 78 83 60 55 55 Greisen, Nick 79 73 77 77 76 50 86 82 70 49 61 80 40 60 51 Ingram, Clint 78 84 68 63 86 76 78 85 38 67 77 77 21 77 58 Cordova, Jorge 73 76 74 59 80 59 80 71 45 80 75 81 45 55 53 Thomas, Pat 73 78 72 66 82 64 75 79 55 50 75 72 35 40 50 Gilbert, Tony 70 70 75 65 74 49 83 76 60 73 62 79 30 40 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 27 Mathis, Rashean 92 94 65 77 93 93 95 70 85 50 54 72 89 92 29 Williams, Brian 87 88 62 82 88 90 89 67 77 40 52 63 65 80 21 Cousin, Terry 78 88 51 80 85 90 84 63 75 25 30 55 50 75 31 Starks, Scott 73 92 46 60 92 92 82 47 76 20 22 39 70 60 23 Webb, Dee 70 91 45 45 93 92 87 55 70 25 35 48 74 72 26 Richardson, David 66 89 61 50 86 90 82 61 72 25 30 57 70 60 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 20 Darius, Donovin 93 88 75 86 89 76 93 94 88 77 87 88 67 83 37 Grant, Deon 87 89 57 75 91 93 62 84 69 54 55 68 75 85 43 Sensabaugh, Gerald 75 87 62 62 88 90 68 75 30 42 52 67 65 70 41 Sorensen, Nick 67 83 59 69 80 67 63 70 45 44 46 58 35 55 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 2 Hanson, Chris 86 91 87 10 Scobee, Josh 76 95 80 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kansas City Chiefs (00025) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium (1972-) 2005 Record: 10-6 Head Coach: Herm Edwards Division: AFC West Overall Rating: 89 Offense Rating: 92 Defense Rating: 86 The Chiefs have a phenomenal backfield with Larry Johnson and Priest Holmes. Trent Green has two receivers to throw to Eddie Kennison (WR) and Tony Gonzalez (TE) to keep the defense guessing. The Chiefs also have one of the best offensive lines in the league, making them a great team to choose. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 10 Green, Trent 91 51 52 96 54 54 87 96 43 35 47 20 42 30 47 4 Croyle, Brodie 75 55 48 62 55 66 92 86 65 47 44 10 44 40 51 11 Huard, Damon 71 53 55 70 56 54 82 84 38 45 35 10 48 40 54 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 27 Johnson, Larry 96 93 82 86 90 96 71 67 95 26 90 98 97 80 31 Holmes, Priest 88 88 70 93 90 93 70 77 90 31 99 77 76 90 34 Griffin, Quentin 72 92 53 70 91 95 65 67 71 24 79 58 44 93 22 Brown, Dee 64 85 62 58 83 85 78 64 64 24 55 65 55 72 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 42 Cruz, Ronnie 68 84 64 59 75 67 55 64 50 45 55 73 55 50 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 87 Kennison, Eddie 87 92 54 89 88 91 84 89 50 35 62 49 35 72 18 Parker, Samie 79 94 37 68 94 96 82 80 45 25 74 45 30 90 82 Hall, Dante 78 97 50 72 99 99 70 74 70 32 97 40 25 99 12 Thorpe, Craphonso 72 92 42 55 90 91 93 74 54 30 37 40 25 82 14 McIntyre, Jeris 67 90 58 50 87 87 89 68 51 22 46 52 44 74 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 88 Gonzalez, Tony 97 84 69 94 78 85 92 92 76 50 86 72 65 73 89 Dunn, Jason 82 69 75 72 66 76 58 67 63 55 54 77 77 45 84 Wilson, Kris 75 77 63 68 76 85 85 79 64 47 70 66 50 70 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 68 Shields, Will 97 53 91 97 52 75 14 93 94 95 95 94 95 87 77 Roaf, Willie 97 55 94 98 57 83 26 93 96 96 87 94 95 87 54 Waters, Brian 94 60 90 85 59 84 29 92 92 92 91 97 95 87 62 Wiegmann, Casey 91 61 85 91 60 75 32 90 89 76 97 93 79 95 75 Turley, Kyle 83 60 80 80 62 84 40 92 85 80 94 85 84 93 67 Bober, Chris 82 52 87 79 52 58 42 89 87 87 72 85 84 67 65 Black, Jordan 80 51 90 79 49 55 43 85 89 87 75 77 85 74 74 Allen, Ian 75 48 89 67 48 62 20 83 84 84 70 76 81 75 79 Sampson, Kevin 72 48 86 67 45 60 20 82 85 88 65 82 82 60 61 Stallings, Tre 69 50 85 60 53 55 39 79 83 83 65 73 80 66 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 69 Allen, Jared 87 79 72 74 85 71 79 88 77 86 88 84 21 26 98 Hicks, Eric 84 73 77 86 78 49 77 73 80 87 68 88 21 29 90 Sims, Ryan 82 62 84 68 78 42 84 65 55 84 74 87 17 25 91 Hali, Tamba 79 65 81 60 76 76 80 79 73 79 86 82 24 49 92 Hall, Carlos 77 77 67 66 85 57 70 70 55 69 87 72 16 22 75 Dalton, Lional 77 47 88 78 55 37 86 52 70 85 54 84 12 25 93 Browning, John 75 62 80 70 72 41 77 55 77 85 55 83 23 17 95 Edwards, Ron 75 58 86 67 68 47 76 65 45 78 52 79 22 19 94 Siavii, Junior 71 61 89 42 78 57 78 57 45 86 48 87 18 15 96 Wilkerson, Jimmy 69 70 70 58 77 48 65 77 40 54 82 72 14 28 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 56 Johnson, Derrick 88 87 71 75 91 75 85 90 80 68 82 83 75 80 99 Bell, Kendrell 85 77 81 80 82 56 89 82 60 89 77 91 35 30 50 Mitchell, Kawika 84 78 77 79 85 59 87 85 70 66 73 84 55 55 53 Griffin, Kris 69 78 63 54 85 72 76 72 45 48 64 70 45 50 97 Fox, Keyaron 69 82 64 49 88 66 75 81 40 65 67 69 35 35 51 Grigsby, Boomer 67 77 72 58 80 65 82 77 70 60 65 83 50 65 55 Scanlon, Rich 65 73 68 67 74 50 75 74 35 40 55 67 35 45 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 23 Surtain, Patrick 92 90 48 94 94 95 90 50 84 35 40 45 96 90 43 Walls, Lenny 78 87 65 76 85 85 93 69 80 33 41 63 65 75 20 Sapp, Benny 72 93 45 62 87 93 82 59 73 44 56 57 55 65 26 Battle, Julian 70 86 49 62 88 87 84 59 80 35 45 60 78 78 39 Johnson, Chris 68 96 47 53 84 95 85 53 67 20 25 45 65 60 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 29 Knight, Sammy 87 79 65 87 77 67 83 91 93 68 67 89 64 77 25 Wesley, Greg 86 84 66 74 82 84 77 85 60 46 64 73 67 86 24 Bartee, William 82 88 52 75 90 86 60 80 50 45 55 63 65 60 49 Pollard, Bernard 78 86 72 60 87 82 78 85 64 56 72 75 75 84 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 1 Tynes, Lawrence 82 91 87 2 Colquitt, Dustin 74 89 84 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Miami Dolphins (00026) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Dolphin Stadium (1987-) 2005 Record: 9-7 Head Coach: Nick Saban Division: AFC East Overall Rating: 88 Offense Rating: 88 Defense Rating: 85 The Dolphins added a great quarterback to their roster. Daunte Culpepper is the best Dolphins quarterback since Dan Marino, and should help the team improve quite a bit. Fred Beasley is one of the league's top fullbacks, and should help block for running back, Ronnie Brown. The team could really use some help in the secondary. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU 8 Culpepper, Daunte 92 77 73 79 73 77 98 84 44 85 82 80 73 3 Harrington, Joey 76 60 55 72 62 58 89 79 37 40 55 22 51 17 Lemon, Cleo 65 64 54 58 66 60 84 73 30 55 55 40 58 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 23 Brown, Ronnie 89 93 75 74 90 94 77 73 85 48 87 87 84 87 28 Minor, Travis 75 88 58 74 89 89 74 74 74 35 80 66 55 87 43 Harris, Kay-Jay 68 89 68 52 82 87 70 55 72 39 50 70 66 55 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 40 Beasley, Fred 97 72 72 90 70 58 75 77 62 51 85 85 85 62 31 Morris, Sammy 83 85 69 65 82 76 70 76 51 53 77 76 78 68 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 84 Chambers, Chris 91 95 62 85 92 94 97 88 63 39 84 62 55 88 86 Booker, Marty 84 87 64 87 84 84 88 88 65 31 83 64 64 65 82 Hagan, Derek 78 88 60 64 88 91 86 82 70 35 78 57 45 85 88 Russell, Cliff 67 92 44 50 87 90 84 69 46 21 44 45 30 70 83 Welker, Wes 66 87 44 65 82 86 72 70 62 35 87 52 34 87 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 81 McMichael, Randy 92 83 73 75 87 87 88 84 73 55 77 74 72 78 87 Peelle, Justin 73 73 69 67 69 76 56 71 66 52 57 70 60 45 89 Heinrich, Keith 67 66 69 61 63 67 63 67 64 54 52 55 67 41 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 78 James, Jeno 86 54 91 80 53 73 16 85 89 89 75 88 90 75 70 Shelton, L.J. 84 44 95 86 46 55 27 86 91 93 74 91 88 78 72 Carey, Vernon 82 52 92 75 51 74 32 85 91 92 74 91 90 78 71 Pearson, Mike 82 59 84 83 60 82 25 88 82 75 85 73 82 93 66 Hadnot, Rex 82 57 90 71 53 67 10 85 88 87 80 78 86 77 74 Smith, Wade 79 55 88 70 56 65 35 85 84 84 74 76 84 80 77 McIntosh, Damion 79 49 90 81 51 56 33 84 85 89 69 76 87 67 68 McKinney, Seth 76 57 84 70 52 70 21 82 81 85 69 71 85 73 69 Brooks, C.J. 69 51 84 60 46 60 15 80 82 82 66 73 78 62 65 Berger, Joe 61 48 83 55 44 49 18 74 79 81 60 79 78 58 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 99 Taylor, Jason 96 82 74 91 88 73 83 88 90 90 97 85 15 40 93 Carter, Kevin 89 67 88 87 76 60 84 77 80 88 85 89 18 17 91 Holliday, Vonnie 87 63 88 84 66 55 86 75 81 89 75 87 13 17 94 Traylor, Keith 85 47 93 87 54 44 90 62 85 90 44 95 13 13 90 Zgonina, Jeff 83 55 84 88 65 38 83 74 82 79 58 84 28 29 96 Bowens, David 77 74 69 72 78 51 72 80 55 68 83 75 24 30 98 Roth, Matt 77 72 72 56 82 62 75 85 55 79 77 76 24 22 75 Wright, Manuel 65 61 77 49 72 44 76 65 20 74 72 78 31 15 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 54 Thomas, Zach 96 75 78 98 80 65 96 99 97 75 76 97 60 75 52 Crowder, Channing 83 79 76 68 86 74 87 88 40 80 78 85 65 70 49 Newman, Keith 80 73 70 83 78 58 84 87 60 45 65 76 45 60 59 Spragan, Donnie 78 75 73 74 72 61 84 83 75 40 55 77 35 45 50 Hodge, Sedrick 76 83 66 68 88 70 78 79 60 44 67 76 60 45 58 Moore, Eddie 75 79 70 65 83 72 78 80 45 48 64 74 40 60 56 Pope, Derrick 68 77 70 50 80 61 78 79 55 48 77 75 50 65 53 Labinjo, Mike 62 72 75 59 74 67 75 74 45 58 66 70 35 40 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 25 Allen, Will 83 98 48 79 93 97 92 54 76 60 22 27 50 85 80 24 Hill, Renaldo 79 87 55 79 86 87 85 62 75 60 25 25 56 75 74 21 Daniels, Travis 79 87 64 72 88 90 88 65 80 65 52 64 64 55 65 27 Poole, Will 78 87 64 64 89 90 89 64 76 70 46 54 60 69 79 29 Goodman, Andre 74 93 45 67 89 90 86 49 74 50 25 35 45 79 70 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 26 Tillman, Travares 81 85 64 75 85 88 72 83 40 55 54 66 60 65 35 Cooper, Deke 81 87 65 74 86 80 70 81 74 45 48 69 50 72 32 Allen, Jason 80 92 66 58 92 90 69 86 69 55 66 70 79 86 37 Bell, Yeremiah 77 85 58 66 87 86 70 81 35 44 54 68 62 76 42 LeJeune, Norman 61 85 49 50 85 82 64 74 40 45 50 65 66 71 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 10 Mare, Olindo 88 93 87 5 Jones, Donnie 79 90 85 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Minnesota Vikings (00027) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1982-) 2005 Record: 9-7 Head Coach: Brad Childress Division: NFC North Overall Rating: 86 Offense Rating: 87 Defense Rating: 87 With Daunte Culpepper and Randy Moss gone from the Vikings, the organization stepped up and made some changes to the team to help bolster some of their positions. Brad Johnson will be starting now at quarterback. Running Back Chester Taylor and Fullback Tony Richardson should come together to form a solid rushing threat. The receiving core, however, still needs some work. On defense, tackles Kevin Williams and Pat Williams lead an effective unit. At free safety, veteran Darren Sharper is phenomenal. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU 14 Johnson, Brad 86 46 52 92 44 47 86 93 40 15 44 10 35 4 McMahon, Mike 78 75 57 73 73 74 86 77 53 70 57 36 67 7 Jackson, Tarvaris 72 73 62 48 75 74 93 79 60 57 65 52 67 9 O'Sullivan, J.T. 67 52 60 62 60 55 85 79 38 15 42 9 42 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 29 Taylor, Chester 85 88 74 78 89 91 70 85 29 86 84 74 84 35 Fason, Ciatrick 76 87 70 54 86 90 68 76 30 60 84 86 69 30 Moore, Mewelde 75 88 58 72 90 90 77 75 50 87 62 45 90 22 Echemandu, Adimchinobe 71 88 66 55 84 86 64 69 43 67 75 60 73 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 49 Richardson, Tony 91 77 68 75 72 70 70 76 61 48 85 84 85 54 33 Owens, Richard 71 64 70 50 55 59 66 60 59 55 45 67 55 37 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 81 Robinson, Koren 85 93 55 75 92 94 93 85 60 30 73 56 44 90 82 Williamson, Troy 83 96 55 67 92 95 89 83 63 39 56 56 45 87 87 Robinson, Marcus 81 90 59 77 84 85 90 85 65 39 54 52 33 64 89 Taylor, Travis 79 90 56 73 88 88 88 81 56 31 61 56 42 83 84 McMullen, Billy 67 84 48 62 78 84 87 70 62 25 48 67 64 67 12 Kight, Kelvin 59 87 47 47 84 87 71 63 62 29 52 45 25 76 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 85 Wiggins, Jermaine 90 73 72 85 72 75 62 88 65 52 84 75 80 64 40 Kleinsasser, Jim 88 73 78 75 68 72 59 72 78 55 65 85 90 45 86 Angulo, Richard 66 69 64 62 60 73 50 68 66 54 40 55 49 44 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 76 Hutchinson, Steve 98 54 97 90 53 82 19 88 98 98 91 98 95 86 78 Birk, Matt 93 54 87 95 56 77 20 93 88 87 92 87 86 93 74 McKinnie, Bryant 91 59 92 85 60 82 35 97 87 93 87 80 99 98 75 Rosenthal, Mike 84 54 90 83 45 65 17 88 91 88 75 77 85 75 67 Liwienski, Chris 83 48 90 85 41 60 34 86 87 84 86 85 86 73 79 Hicks, Artis 80 53 89 73 57 65 29 86 85 88 73 76 85 76 72 Johnson, Marcus 79 51 89 71 50 64 25 86 90 91 74 86 88 76 73 Goldberg, Adam 77 51 88 70 52 66 30 89 82 84 64 71 85 60 65 Whittle, Jason 77 47 88 75 44 57 18 81 87 87 70 72 84 68 64 Herrera, Anthony 67 44 87 55 45 65 20 76 83 83 25 73 76 76 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 94 Williams, Pat 94 52 96 92 60 38 95 65 90 95 45 95 21 27 93 Williams, Kevin 92 70 87 79 87 48 86 80 70 92 88 90 14 13 99 James, Erasmus 86 78 72 66 91 67 75 86 69 84 91 79 12 27 95 Udeze, Kenechi 84 70 79 72 86 63 77 80 67 82 83 83 29 30 96 Mosley, C.J. 73 59 83 63 70 47 78 64 50 79 52 78 24 23 92 Scott, Dequincy 73 61 80 67 78 48 72 62 60 82 55 81 12 30 98 Scott, Darrion 72 68 75 45 83 68 72 65 55 74 67 78 31 23 97 Johnson, Spencer 71 65 77 61 70 52 79 62 50 79 51 79 23 27 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 52 Greenway, Chad 82 85 70 63 86 77 85 90 55 69 79 78 60 75 56 Henderson, E.J. 81 72 80 74 77 69 88 78 50 66 72 86 50 62 51 Leber, Ben 81 78 73 77 79 53 85 84 70 59 67 80 55 65 54 Thomas, Dontarrious 79 85 71 65 89 72 80 85 55 76 82 79 50 60 58 Harris, Napoleon 79 82 73 74 85 61 85 76 65 63 73 82 54 64 50 Davis, Rod 64 72 73 52 80 70 84 82 65 66 65 75 30 35 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 26 Winfield, Antoine 92 91 58 92 92 92 88 79 95 45 64 67 95 91 21 Smoot, Fred 87 92 44 83 95 95 91 50 80 20 25 42 93 82 23 Griffin, Cedric 75 88 64 61 87 89 88 68 77 45 60 62 78 84 37 Fox, Dustin 72 93 54 55 84 88 83 64 70 25 35 55 57 70 36 Edwards, Devonte 61 93 42 46 84 90 79 51 72 24 28 46 60 65 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK CAT PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 42 Sharper, Darren 96 88 60 92 87 84 70 80 86 92 38 48 69 84 96 25 Williams, Tank 86 88 67 75 89 80 84 60 87 70 65 64 81 58 68 24 Offord, Willie 74 85 60 64 82 82 75 60 80 55 39 49 69 56 71 31 Hunter, Will 65 85 54 52 87 85 58 54 74 60 35 45 64 66 71 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 8 Longwell, Ryan 90 90 90 5 Kluwe, Chris 80 87 89 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New England Patriots (00028) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Gillette Stadium (2002-) 2005 Record: 10-6 Head Coach: Bill Belichick Division: AFC East Overall Rating: 90 Offense Rating: 89 Defense Rating: 88 Tom Brady is healthy this year and should perform much better than last year. Corey Dillon is backed up with Laurence Maroney at the running back position. Both are very solid players, and should give Tom Brady's arm a break. Despite losing Willie McGinest, the Patriots still have a solid linebacker core. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 12 Brady, Tom 98 60 62 98 60 62 92 96 60 45 58 25 42 35 54 16 Cassel, Matt 70 64 62 62 67 66 86 79 62 46 44 15 46 40 48 10 Bramlet, Corey 60 50 52 50 50 57 86 81 41 25 10 15 41 30 25 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 28 Dillon, Corey 89 87 79 90 83 86 82 62 92 42 84 93 98 64 39 Maroney, Laurence 82 90 64 55 92 91 78 68 86 34 83 82 75 86 33 Faulk, Kevin 80 89 62 85 92 92 72 82 75 24 89 65 55 90 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 35 Pass, Patrick 88 85 69 68 77 71 70 76 56 51 80 82 82 67 44 Evans, Heath 84 80 66 63 66 59 68 75 58 56 74 77 72 62 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 83 Branch, Deion 88 94 50 86 95 96 84 89 59 25 90 44 30 95 80 Brown, Troy 83 89 45 91 92 87 79 85 62 28 92 54 44 90 87 Caldwell, Reche 80 90 52 75 90 90 86 82 54 27 74 46 40 81 17 Jackson, Chad 78 94 50 52 92 92 88 82 60 40 75 64 54 88 13 Childress, Bam 64 89 43 50 84 91 70 70 52 30 55 47 35 67 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 82 Graham, Daniel 87 82 73 69 79 86 75 77 74 50 77 84 87 80 84 Watson, Ben 86 88 70 69 87 91 88 80 65 47 74 71 65 82 86 Thomas, David 77 78 67 60 80 82 84 75 68 54 72 62 40 70 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 72 Light, Matt 90 52 90 92 52 70 11 93 89 89 82 89 93 87 67 Koppen, Daniel 88 54 88 86 56 74 48 91 87 89 80 85 87 78 70 Mankins, Logan 87 57 91 77 58 70 35 90 88 88 90 90 93 91 61 Neal, Stephen 84 54 89 77 62 67 19 86 88 88 72 90 85 75 71 Hochstein, Russ 82 51 88 81 49 62 13 86 87 86 75 80 84 78 69 Tucker, Ross 81 53 89 78 46 69 13 86 84 84 75 76 80 72 76 Gorin, Brandon 80 53 91 78 50 62 28 86 86 85 75 75 83 73 77 Kaczur, Nick 70 52 92 52 48 70 30 81 84 84 70 76 83 77 74 Yates, Billy 65 54 82 46 50 70 28 80 80 80 63 71 78 65 64 Mruczkowski, Gene 65 49 83 55 43 55 11 79 82 82 75 73 79 73 65 Britt, Wesley 65 90 70 64 86 90 61 70 73 73 75 73 73 77 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 93 Seymour, Richard 97 72 92 88 82 51 88 87 92 98 91 93 21 18 75 Wilfork, Vince 89 64 92 72 76 56 88 77 78 94 75 94 28 24 94 Warren, Ty 87 68 85 77 75 61 87 79 81 89 78 89 24 12 97 Green, Jarvis 84 68 84 67 77 50 83 70 45 85 65 88 17 27 98 Sullivan, Johnathan 79 64 84 62 78 53 83 59 45 82 78 87 13 25 90 Klecko, Dan 78 66 82 70 75 49 77 74 60 85 65 84 15 25 91 Hill, Marquise 76 65 81 45 80 58 78 64 60 80 66 86 30 24 65 Smith, Le Kevin 69 59 82 52 74 52 78 59 36 82 62 84 14 11 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 50 Vrabel, Mike 90 74 82 91 74 58 90 90 92 81 77 87 65 80 59 Colvin, Rosevelt 89 80 79 85 87 54 87 87 75 78 95 83 45 50 54 Bruschi, Tedy 89 74 78 96 73 65 88 92 96 75 85 91 60 75 52 Beisel, Monty 78 76 74 78 78 52 83 84 55 70 67 77 55 65 95 Banta Cain, Tully 77 78 71 74 86 63 78 75 60 79 86 79 40 35 49 Alexander, Eric 71 72 75 59 73 65 82 78 60 63 66 74 60 64 48 Roach, Freddie 62 74 68 46 79 69 75 76 43 50 66 69 64 51 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 22 Samuel, Asante 85 91 45 80 91 94 88 54 84 70 42 55 55 86 89 30 Scott, Chad 83 87 66 81 89 88 88 69 85 60 42 52 66 80 86 23 Warfield, Eric 81 86 50 83 84 87 86 65 84 65 56 62 68 65 78 27 Hobbs, Ellis 80 91 45 75 89 92 81 60 83 60 33 52 58 84 84 21 Gay, Randall 79 88 60 72 85 89 86 63 85 75 30 44 59 78 82 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 37 Harrison, Rodney 94 82 74 94 84 70 92 94 94 84 92 92 58 88 26 Wilson, Eugene 89 90 63 79 89 88 72 86 79 44 54 72 85 87 34 Jones, Tebucky 78 88 58 70 89 84 65 78 55 40 48 63 45 60 36 Sanders, James 75 82 70 64 84 82 74 81 60 60 62 70 45 65 29 Scott, Guss 64 87 56 50 89 86 54 74 55 25 29 55 60 75 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 8 Miller, Josh 90 88 92 7 Gramatica, Martin 76 90 82 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Orleans Saints (00029) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Louisiana Superdome (1975-2004, 2006-) 2005 Record: 3-13 Head Coach: Sean Payton Division: AFC East Overall Rating: 86 Offense Rating: 87 Defense Rating: 84 The Saints got an upgrade on their offense this year. Acquiring Drew Brees and Reggie Bush should excite the Saints fans this year. Although Bush won't start, he will provide solid backup for Deuce McAllister. With Brees at the helm, Joe Horn and Donte Stallworth should see more passes than ever. As for their defense, the Saints are rebuilding after some losses. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU 9 Brees, Drew 92 62 55 88 62 64 89 95 54 51 52 25 46 10 Martin, Jamie 70 50 53 74 45 49 84 80 36 20 35 10 37 4 Bouman, Todd 70 49 57 68 53 47 88 80 41 20 35 10 39 1 McPherson, Adrian 67 82 52 42 85 84 89 74 42 65 60 47 85 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 26 McAllister, Deuce 88 89 78 85 84 90 76 72 84 35 85 91 95 67 25 Bush, Reggie 87 97 62 62 98 98 87 86 83 32 88 74 60 99 27 Stecker, Aaron 75 88 62 70 89 90 71 67 72 25 72 72 62 88 28 Bennett, Michael 75 97 61 70 86 96 73 62 76 26 50 64 50 79 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 44 Karney, Mike 77 59 74 60 63 50 62 60 68 56 55 72 74 44 35 35 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 87 Horn, Joe 90 89 64 93 89 90 86 92 60 39 87 62 55 85 83 Stallworth, Donte 87 97 55 77 90 97 88 87 55 27 72 49 40 85 18 Hass, Mike 77 86 57 63 86 87 85 85 60 38 84 55 48 71 81 Johnson, Bethel 75 98 48 64 88 95 84 72 58 26 77 60 35 73 19 Henderson, Devery 73 96 44 58 92 96 83 73 59 23 62 43 40 85 88 Poole, Nathan 72 86 55 68 84 87 84 75 51 24 55 51 37 66 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 85 Conwell, Ernie 82 67 72 80 65 71 57 72 69 64 65 68 44 50 86 Hilton, Zach 80 77 68 68 74 78 74 78 61 55 71 65 48 62 89 Campbell, Mark 79 66 67 78 65 72 61 76 65 60 58 65 55 48 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 75 Mayberry, Jermane 89 47 93 88 44 68 21 87 92 95 71 84 90 67 70 Brown, Jammal 85 61 89 73 59 82 32 92 89 90 84 89 91 87 52 Faine, Jeff 84 58 87 73 59 80 13 86 86 86 90 85 85 87 61 Holland, Montrae 76 44 92 70 43 49 34 81 89 89 65 79 86 62 78 Stinchcomb, Jon 71 56 82 60 55 75 60 86 81 85 67 71 84 66 73 Evans, Jahri 69 49 89 44 50 60 48 79 89 79 72 78 83 71 76 Goodwin, Jonathan 69 49 85 66 42 61 11 76 81 81 66 71 80 62 69 Ledford, Dwayne 69 42 87 70 49 42 10 79 83 83 60 73 79 59 67 Nesbit, Jamar 68 43 89 66 39 65 34 79 79 84 65 79 82 62 60 Archibald, Ben 63 43 86 62 51 55 30 74 76 76 64 68 75 61 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 94 Grant, Charles 91 75 82 73 85 57 83 83 74 85 86 86 28 20 91 Smith, Will 90 80 80 72 85 69 79 86 81 88 88 87 14 23 66 Young, Brian 80 63 78 79 78 43 78 74 60 72 50 81 16 13 95 Woodard, Cedric 80 55 89 73 64 48 85 67 60 84 60 86 31 14 99 Thomas, Hollis 80 48 90 82 50 39 89 64 75 85 47 85 30 12 79 Verdon, Jimmy 76 65 81 67 77 48 74 67 70 68 78 68 23 24 98 Whitehead, Willie 76 64 82 70 68 48 78 66 65 78 40 79 27 28 92 Bryant, Tony 74 66 80 68 70 52 75 67 45 80 55 82 27 23 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 58 Simmons, Anthony 87 81 75 85 82 57 86 84 85 72 70 87 50 55 54 Polley, Tommy 82 85 66 75 87 65 77 85 60 45 75 67 65 60 55 Fujita, Scott 82 81 73 76 82 60 80 81 60 45 64 80 45 50 57 Bockwoldt, Colby 76 78 69 72 80 69 87 84 77 68 66 83 60 65 50 Allen, James 74 78 75 65 80 60 78 76 50 45 64 74 60 65 56 Fincher, Alfred 72 77 75 69 80 57 81 78 60 75 62 79 25 35 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 34 McKenzie, Mike 89 89 65 91 89 93 89 68 86 79 50 62 68 90 89 21 Craft, Jason 82 91 55 75 88 90 85 63 78 65 25 33 54 70 65 22 Thomas, Fred 80 86 49 85 87 86 88 55 80 84 25 28 50 83 82 31 Thomas, Joey 74 92 57 55 89 94 91 54 78 35 33 44 56 65 55 38 Lay, Josh 72 89 46 57 93 91 91 43 75 16 35 48 45 66 52 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK CAT PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 24 Smith, Dwight 87 91 63 74 91 89 63 70 86 70 46 63 64 80 70 29 Bullocks, Josh 82 90 59 67 90 89 66 75 83 77 46 55 65 70 80 20 Bellamy, Jay 82 82 61 85 83 74 74 58 84 60 35 50 66 60 65 41 Harper, Roman 78 85 55 68 87 84 74 60 85 65 55 65 73 67 85 23 Stoutmire, Omar 78 82 63 81 82 82 72 48 83 80 40 52 68 60 65 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 17 Berger, Mitch 92 89 92 3 Carney, John 81 86 88 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New York Giants (00030) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Giants Stadium (1976-) 2005 Record: 11-5 Head Coach: Tom Coughlin Division: NFC East Overall Rating: 89 Offense Rating: 89 Defense Rating: 89 The Giants are looking to improve this year after they ran into some problems towards the end of last year. The Giants are one of the more solid teams in the game; each area of the roster holds solid players. Eli Manning has several people to pass the ball to, while Tiki Barber is looking to rumble down the field again this year. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 10 Manning, Eli 88 61 55 83 57 64 93 89 55 48 54 34 45 48 53 8 Hasselbeck, Tim 72 52 53 70 52 55 82 84 55 18 50 8 37 22 45 12 Lorenzen, Jared 62 64 65 43 63 64 88 76 55 48 55 64 44 55 55 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 21 Barber, Tiki 94 93 69 94 94 93 79 84 86 35 96 84 70 92 27 Jacobs, Brandon 80 86 82 62 80 87 62 66 80 45 55 95 91 60 29 Morton, Chad 73 92 58 59 90 94 72 62 77 31 87 65 56 92 34 Ward, Derrick 72 87 67 64 86 89 59 64 70 39 65 68 55 87 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 20 Finn, Jim 74 65 73 75 60 54 60 62 60 56 55 67 45 40 31 42 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 17 Burress, Plaxico 90 92 70 81 93 90 98 88 55 50 78 68 70 86 81 Toomer, Amani 85 89 63 88 85 87 85 87 72 41 85 64 55 72 83 Moss, Sinorice 78 96 37 62 95 97 90 79 55 28 83 38 23 95 84 Carter, Tim 73 94 50 60 86 93 84 74 49 17 53 48 33 76 85 Tyree, David 71 87 54 65 84 85 85 73 42 32 60 60 55 64 87 Ponder, Willie 66 85 50 50 84 90 83 72 52 35 70 52 54 82 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 80 Shockey, Jeremy 97 84 74 84 83 89 90 88 67 52 87 87 91 83 86 Williams, Boo 77 82 62 70 82 85 80 81 65 48 67 60 50 68 82 Shiancoe, Visanthe 70 74 65 55 72 77 75 75 66 48 53 70 65 58 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 76 Snee, Chris 89 55 91 77 56 74 30 89 93 93 78 93 88 86 77 Petitgout, Luke 89 49 90 88 50 76 42 89 94 94 85 88 90 85 67 McKenzie, Kareem 89 51 95 86 49 70 32 88 96 96 74 89 90 74 60 O'Hara, Shaun 84 53 85 84 53 66 24 86 88 88 75 86 83 74 66 Diehl, David 82 54 87 72 55 68 20 86 89 85 74 84 86 72 69 Seubert, Rich 80 52 87 77 54 60 17 86 86 86 70 82 83 72 65 Ruegamer, Grey 80 44 96 72 45 60 24 84 88 85 55 67 80 58 71 Whitfield, Bob 80 44 83 95 40 53 29 82 88 88 60 65 85 55 61 Kelly, Lewis 78 51 88 74 49 70 26 84 86 86 65 82 80 57 78 Franklin, Julius 64 48 85 51 39 60 18 77 81 82 65 71 80 66 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 92 Strahan, Michael 97 76 86 96 84 59 85 88 95 96 97 92 13 30 72 Umenyiora, Osi 91 84 74 72 89 61 77 90 40 85 98 85 28 22 98 Robbins, Fred 80 54 88 75 62 44 86 64 65 80 62 86 12 24 94 Joseph, William 78 64 82 69 77 65 79 66 50 77 78 80 31 12 97 Kiwanuka, Mathias 78 78 72 46 84 78 74 76 49 79 85 81 13 29 91 Tuck, Justin 75 75 66 46 88 65 71 84 40 70 85 74 26 22 99 Duckett, Damane 74 60 84 64 67 55 79 59 50 78 63 84 24 29 96 Cofield, Barry 72 67 80 55 78 68 75 66 58 67 74 82 25 34 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 58 Pierce, Antonio 91 85 76 88 88 57 89 88 85 80 86 90 80 80 55 Arrington, LaVar 90 87 78 73 93 74 87 87 75 82 93 86 70 60 51 Emmons, Carlos 88 77 74 89 79 62 88 89 87 66 80 87 70 65 54 Short, Brandon 80 77 76 72 83 59 84 84 55 50 60 80 35 60 53 Torbor, Reggie 78 82 67 70 88 66 80 75 45 77 74 79 45 45 59 Wilkinson, Gerris 74 80 73 57 78 71 79 78 54 64 77 76 54 68 57 Blackburn, Chase 61 73 68 58 75 50 78 83 40 45 61 74 45 50 93 Moore, Eric 59 75 67 49 78 70 70 67 30 66 74 68 28 26 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 22 Madison, Sam 90 91 48 96 91 92 91 58 82 25 35 52 85 92 25 McQuarters, R.W. 81 90 45 82 88 92 84 50 85 42 55 49 75 75 23 Webster, Corey 80 87 64 70 91 91 94 57 83 54 66 63 80 60 39 Deloatch, Curtis 74 89 52 68 87 88 84 57 74 44 49 55 75 65 41 Walker, Frank 72 89 55 66 86 88 85 54 74 25 28 48 75 55 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK CAT PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 28 Wilson, Gibril 87 89 67 70 88 88 84 68 86 70 50 55 78 76 84 47 Demps, Will 86 85 66 85 86 79 77 56 85 70 45 61 78 68 83 26 Harris, Quentin 73 85 60 65 86 77 70 61 78 45 39 49 65 49 65 37 Butler, James 71 88 59 53 89 96 60 57 82 50 45 49 60 59 74 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 2 Feely, Jay 87 91 89 18 Feagles, Jeff 85 83 92 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New York Jets (00031) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Giants Stadium (1984-) 2005 Record: 4-12 Head Coach: Eric Mangini Division: AFC East Overall Rating: 85 Offense Rating: 85 Defense Rating: 84 Chad Pennington, despite having good ratings in the game, lacks a great core of receivers. The only big target for him is Laveranues Coles. Fortunately, they have a solid running back in Curtis Martin. Shaun Ellis and Jonathan Vilma trying to hold together their defense. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU 10 Pennington, Chad 85 56 47 88 58 57 83 92 52 50 40 11 46 11 Ramsey, Patrick 77 55 59 75 57 54 92 81 40 42 45 35 42 6 Clemens, Kellen 74 66 56 57 68 68 91 83 62 54 54 35 54 5 Bollinger, Brooks 73 65 55 65 68 66 81 84 59 62 54 36 58 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 28 Martin, Curtis 89 87 76 97 83 86 65 73 97 31 98 86 87 71 34 Houston, Cedric 78 85 73 64 82 88 66 62 79 42 77 87 86 65 23 Blaylock, Derrick 76 93 62 72 87 91 65 72 74 24 76 67 58 84 29 Washington, Leon 75 91 65 62 88 93 67 70 75 25 70 68 67 81 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 35 Askew, B.J. 76 85 67 60 73 69 65 74 50 47 65 83 69 61 55 67 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 87 Coles, Laveranues 88 98 52 85 93 96 82 88 58 29 83 48 60 88 81 McCareins, Justin 80 90 65 74 89 87 92 79 59 36 62 64 65 82 89 Cotchery, Jerricho 75 87 54 69 87 88 84 77 60 34 84 55 50 85 17 Dwight, Tim 73 90 49 70 86 97 82 70 58 29 90 45 37 89 16 Smith, Brad 72 89 62 45 88 91 90 76 68 30 85 66 66 88 84 Ridgeway, Dante 69 86 50 50 89 89 85 76 58 26 49 44 35 84 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 86 Baker, Chris 80 77 65 68 73 81 74 75 65 58 61 66 65 55 88 Jolley, Doug 80 82 64 77 78 83 70 83 64 48 68 55 35 68 83 Dreessen, Joel 71 67 70 63 66 72 73 72 59 50 64 65 45 52 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 66 Kendall, Pete 88 52 87 90 50 70 89 88 85 86 88 91 85 65 Moore, Brandon 86 58 89 77 60 72 85 89 89 84 84 88 84 70 Teague, Trey 86 56 84 84 60 74 91 85 90 76 85 85 75 60 Ferguson, D'Brickashaw 85 65 88 72 66 87 92 87 87 95 96 88 98 74 Mangold, Nick 83 63 89 62 54 84 87 87 88 89 85 88 85 79 Jones, Adrian 79 62 82 71 64 83 88 84 85 77 76 83 80 68 Clement, Anthony 78 49 92 75 43 60 84 86 87 67 67 86 65 72 Snell, Isaac 68 56 85 61 57 65 73 77 77 62 68 75 68 76 Morley, Steve 64 45 84 50 41 66 77 82 82 70 73 78 72 77 Cavka, Marko 59 48 88 57 50 48 71 74 80 62 74 77 67 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 92 Ellis, Shaun 93 70 89 84 78 61 90 78 77 92 75 93 27 28 67 von Oelhoffen, Kimo 84 64 87 87 68 44 87 65 75 90 45 89 15 17 63 Robertson, Dewayne 83 64 86 67 84 39 82 60 35 86 82 86 28 26 75 Pope, Monsanto 80 62 83 72 73 46 83 69 45 70 72 85 28 15 91 Pouha, Sione 72 62 87 50 75 55 77 64 40 77 62 82 23 17 97 Johnson, Trevor 68 73 67 49 78 67 67 58 35 76 68 75 15 12 95 McChesney, Matt 61 55 78 53 64 55 73 54 55 74 45 78 15 15 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 51 Vilma, Jonathan 92 85 69 88 93 73 93 97 92 66 84 85 85 87 50 Barton, Eric 86 78 75 84 84 56 90 89 82 69 75 87 55 65 55 Kassell, Brad 85 72 72 87 77 61 91 89 90 66 67 88 35 40 54 Hobson, Victor 82 75 79 76 78 64 86 85 70 70 74 84 45 55 56 Schlegel, Anthony 74 70 82 66 74 62 87 84 65 74 64 85 62 67 99 Thomas, Bryan 72 76 77 67 82 46 80 74 45 77 75 78 26 15 58 Chatham, Matt 69 69 71 70 70 47 81 76 60 50 64 77 50 50 57 McClover, Darrell 65 86 60 50 88 71 68 77 33 37 64 66 65 55 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 36 Barrett, David 87 87 63 84 89 89 90 68 83 83 35 49 62 77 86 22 Miller, Justin 84 95 58 65 95 97 93 55 81 50 30 34 54 80 65 24 Dyson, Andre 84 94 44 75 90 95 89 49 83 70 33 39 48 85 75 21 Strait, Derrick 76 87 60 65 90 88 83 63 75 65 29 38 63 72 82 20 Mickens, Ray 75 90 51 74 81 85 79 65 74 85 25 30 54 75 65 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 26 Coleman, Erik 86 87 54 78 86 83 75 85 80 58 67 70 60 75 25 Rhodes, Kerry 78 87 65 66 86 88 75 84 50 50 60 70 75 75 42 Washington, Rashad 72 84 63 58 86 81 71 84 55 41 48 70 60 70 41 Maddox, Andre 70 87 66 51 88 82 77 77 69 39 49 68 64 74 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 7 Graham, Ben 82 92 86 1 Nugent, Mike 81 91 87 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oakland Raiders (00032) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: McAfee Coliseum (1995-) 2005 Record: 4-12 Head Coach: Art Shell Division: AFC West Overall Rating: 86 Offense Rating: 88 Defense Rating: 83 The Oakland Raiders acquired Aaron Brooks at quarterback in the offseason. The Raiders are hoping he can provide them with an offensive spark, but I honestly doubt he's the answer to their quarterback problem. LaMont Jordan should provide the Raiders with a rushing attack as long as the offensive line can come together and actually block and open up holes this year. The Raiders really lost this year when it comes to their secondary. If you plan on taking control of Oakland, I'd recommend trading for some help in this area. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU 2 Brooks, Aaron 84 72 62 73 75 70 94 81 36 70 66 55 70 16 Walter, Andrew 78 54 60 68 58 57 94 84 32 15 55 15 38 8 Tuiasosopo, Marques 75 71 63 66 71 73 85 78 67 74 75 64 67 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 34 Jordan, LaMont 90 89 77 85 86 92 77 79 87 39 87 89 88 74 20 Fargas, Justin 73 94 63 65 88 92 70 67 72 33 60 60 86 76 28 Green, DeJuan 71 89 66 42 89 91 68 67 74 28 48 72 49 76 39 Smart, Rod 66 91 60 52 81 90 68 55 72 34 80 65 55 71 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 32 Crockett, Zack 86 84 81 74 77 54 55 91 55 52 72 85 91 55 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 18 Moss, Randy 97 98 55 89 96 97 99 95 56 28 94 55 55 95 84 Porter, Jerry 89 92 68 81 90 91 94 88 58 31 76 68 67 84 89 Curry, Ronald 79 88 55 73 87 90 87 81 57 26 83 65 50 85 85 Gabriel, Doug 77 88 62 68 87 90 90 77 58 22 68 64 63 87 19 Morant, Johnnie 70 86 64 55 86 88 90 70 55 36 52 65 56 66 87 Whitted, Alvis 68 92 43 63 86 88 82 67 39 26 70 47 35 72 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 83 Anderson, Courtney 76 79 66 66 76 83 73 72 66 52 55 55 40 71 88 Rivers, Marcellus 71 70 65 62 69 72 70 70 66 56 59 69 38 45 86 Williams, Randal 64 87 51 62 86 86 83 67 42 42 60 55 37 75 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 76 Gallery, Robert 88 59 92 77 59 91 40 90 92 92 85 88 89 84 65 Sims, Barry 88 54 87 86 49 76 18 91 87 87 82 85 90 84 64 Grove, Jake 83 55 87 75 57 73 24 87 86 86 87 82 87 83 66 Walker, Langston 81 46 93 75 47 66 18 89 87 91 66 73 89 70 62 Treu, Adam 79 49 86 75 47 65 22 87 85 85 72 76 84 70 70 Badger, Brad 79 47 88 80 43 55 15 85 87 85 75 85 86 74 68 Spikes, Cameron 75 45 88 74 50 60 26 82 82 82 55 73 77 64 71 Hulsey, Corey 73 50 85 68 47 66 32 82 81 83 59 71 80 57 75 Lekkerkerker, Brad 67 49 86 60 46 53 31 79 82 82 68 73 77 64 78 Slaughter, Chad 61 45 78 60 44 63 29 81 71 82 72 71 79 70 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 56 Burgess, Derrick 90 79 73 82 88 72 79 91 80 79 95 83 28 22 99 Sapp, Warren 86 65 82 88 82 54 75 84 85 78 88 82 17 12 51 Johnstone, Lance 84 79 67 84 87 57 72 82 55 56 88 70 26 25 98 Hamilton, Bobby 83 65 82 86 70 40 84 79 75 66 75 78 14 18 91 Brayton, Tyler 82 70 77 70 78 58 81 74 60 83 75 80 30 50 93 Kelly, Tommy 78 64 82 61 84 63 81 64 40 83 66 85 18 15 90 Sands, Terdell 71 48 92 64 58 44 76 64 50 82 70 84 31 28 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 52 Morrison, Kirk 87 78 79 75 83 67 93 91 88 62 74 87 35 55 55 Clark, Danny 87 80 77 83 82 61 91 89 85 66 67 87 40 60 58 Thomas, Robert 78 79 68 75 84 50 77 82 55 45 62 67 60 65 53 Howard, Thomas 77 87 75 55 92 87 75 84 26 62 72 77 65 55 54 Williams, Sam 74 80 70 67 84 75 77 77 35 54 80 72 60 45 57 Riddle, Ryan 67 77 67 53 87 67 78 72 35 70 72 75 20 25 96 Irons, Grant 60 70 77 60 72 50 70 76 50 62 73 74 35 30 50 Ekejiuba, Isaiah 56 76 75 50 80 72 66 69 40 45 55 65 40 40 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 38 Poole, Tyrone 81 90 44 86 89 91 76 45 70 21 30 40 70 75 21 Asomugha, Nnamdi 80 90 65 69 88 91 91 68 84 52 64 68 82 76 27 Washington, Fabian 79 98 46 63 90 97 93 55 77 30 35 51 82 70 22 Starks, Duane 78 91 40 78 89 90 89 45 74 20 25 37 85 82 26 Routt, Stanford 74 95 48 56 94 94 88 48 74 20 24 46 70 55 23 Carr, Chris 62 93 42 47 88 93 77 48 68 25 28 44 65 55 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 24 Huff, Michael 84 93 62 62 92 92 74 90 77 55 72 74 85 87 30 Schweigert, Stuart 84 89 59 73 90 83 70 86 75 52 67 71 64 85 36 Gibson, Derrick 79 87 62 67 88 88 73 82 55 37 52 69 75 70 40 Cooper, Jarrod 74 85 68 69 86 78 77 82 60 55 55 72 52 72 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 9 Lechler, Shane 99 97 92 11 Janikowski, Sebastian 87 97 85 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philadelphia Eagles (00033) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Lincoln Financial Field (2003-) 2005 Record: 6-10 Head Coach: Andy Reid Division: NFC East Overall Rating: 89 Offense Rating: 88 Defense Rating: 90 Without Terrell Owens in the receiver position anymore, the Eagles are now lacking a quality receiver. The group they have are fairly average, with no real standouts. Brian Westbrook should provide the Eagles with a solid running attack as long as the offensive line stays healthy. The Eagles defense is packed with a lot of talent. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 5 McNabb, Donovan 94 79 66 84 75 82 95 87 54 85 70 75 73 85 84 6 Garcia, Jeff 81 65 44 83 64 63 80 87 49 72 44 13 54 70 68 10 Detmer, Koy 74 52 44 84 54 54 78 83 35 37 35 8 44 30 41 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 36 Westbrook, Brian 89 94 65 87 96 99 60 86 85 32 95 69 60 97 23 Moats, Ryan 79 92 59 67 94 94 70 68 79 38 87 68 55 95 34 Mahe, Reno 69 89 59 60 86 90 70 65 80 20 75 58 45 88 35 Perry, Bruce 66 87 54 55 87 87 59 65 65 35 64 64 55 79 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 49 Parry, Josh 74 65 75 60 58 48 50 58 69 60 35 74 70 35 30 40 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 86 Brown, Reggie 83 90 56 69 92 92 92 85 60 30 76 55 48 89 84 Gaffney, Jabar 79 86 44 72 92 89 84 87 54 19 76 43 28 88 87 Pinkston, Todd 77 90 35 77 87 89 87 82 48 30 58 28 15 84 83 Lewis, Greg 76 93 49 70 88 92 70 81 59 23 49 44 20 85 85 McCants, Darnerien 75 87 64 69 84 85 90 75 60 36 54 66 60 69 81 Avant, Jason 75 87 58 60 88 87 87 81 62 33 74 52 52 84 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 82 Smith, L.J. 87 81 69 76 80 84 85 82 68 52 75 68 50 70 89 Schobel, Matt 76 80 69 66 67 77 62 70 66 55 60 69 50 55 88 Bartrum, Mike 70 60 67 70 62 64 62 65 51 64 35 62 30 45 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 72 Thomas, William 94 46 95 91 45 72 24 95 96 96 85 93 97 92 69 Runyan, Jon 90 48 97 92 44 64 29 86 96 97 69 88 89 64 73 Andrews, Shawn 87 51 97 69 50 78 32 85 95 97 66 75 93 61 63 Fraley, Hank 84 48 88 88 49 60 45 86 88 91 67 80 87 69 79 Herremans, Todd 81 54 88 70 54 67 29 87 88 88 75 88 85 78 67 Jackson, Jamaal 78 57 85 69 57 72 21 83 84 84 78 76 84 80 74 Justice, Winston 75 56 89 49 58 75 72 89 89 87 93 89 90 91 62 Jean-Gilles, Max 74 42 95 60 44 52 24 81 90 94 64 75 90 58 61 Clarke, Adrien 69 39 88 61 37 74 23 73 84 84 65 76 81 63 71 Young, Scott 68 50 86 52 44 75 23 75 83 84 65 70 80 64 76 Armstrong, Calvin 67 44 82 60 43 50 20 85 81 85 68 71 83 69 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 93 Kearse, Jevon 93 85 73 80 93 77 74 95 70 72 99 79 30 28 90 Howard, Darren 89 74 81 79 80 58 84 84 78 88 85 87 13 29 97 Walker, Darwin 87 66 86 77 76 47 85 72 70 87 78 86 16 27 98 Patterson, Mike 85 63 86 70 86 69 82 78 50 76 87 84 26 18 78 Bunkley, Brodrick 83 65 90 55 87 32 83 78 72 90 87 88 11 22 58 Cole, Trent 83 76 74 65 87 58 75 78 40 65 85 74 25 17 95 McDougle, Jerome 76 77 68 65 82 66 70 75 40 63 83 70 20 25 91 Rayburn, Sam 73 60 83 65 68 55 77 66 72 83 50 82 20 13 75 Thomas, Juqua 70 69 66 64 78 57 71 64 60 81 58 79 18 23 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 54 Trotter, Jeremiah 93 77 80 93 83 55 92 87 89 89 83 96 35 55 55 Jones, Dhani 86 80 76 81 82 59 85 87 85 67 74 76 55 65 56 Barber, Shawn 86 82 67 85 84 59 80 88 60 52 72 75 78 80 53 Simoneau, Mark 77 80 71 78 82 62 80 83 70 67 69 75 67 74 51 McCoy, Matt 74 82 67 67 87 62 76 72 65 45 60 73 62 58 57 Gocong, Chris 73 78 75 56 84 73 79 73 44 74 77 77 30 35 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 24 Brown, Sheldon 89 91 55 84 92 94 87 64 84 35 47 61 88 93 26 Sheppard, Lito 88 92 52 80 95 94 90 60 84 38 58 58 90 88 29 Hood, Roderick 80 90 60 74 88 91 86 64 78 51 61 60 84 85 30 Strickland, Donald 75 88 54 65 90 91 84 62 75 38 54 63 70 66 21 Ware, Matt 73 87 59 56 88 89 92 62 78 49 65 67 60 75 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 20 Dawkins, Brian 98 90 63 92 92 87 80 92 95 80 88 78 85 98 32 Lewis, Michael 92 87 67 83 89 85 87 89 85 67 83 85 72 88 27 Mikell, Quintin 71 84 62 63 83 79 71 82 70 38 45 64 70 80 37 Considine, Sean 71 86 62 55 90 84 66 79 60 52 62 66 45 65 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 2 Akers, David 95 93 91 8 Johnson, Dirk 77 87 86 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pittsburgh Steelers (00034) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Heinz Field (2001-) 2005 Record: 11-5 Head Coach: Bill Cowher Division: AFC North Overall Rating: 89 Offense Rating: 90 Defense Rating: 89 The defending Super Bowl Champion Steelers suffered a shock in the offseason when star quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was involved in a motorcycle crash. Fortunately, everything seems to be fine with him, as he tries to take the Steelers back to the Super Bowl. By the looks of it, you shouldn't have too much trouble leading Pittsburgh. They're pretty solid on both sides of the ball. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU 7 Roethlisberger, Ben 92 70 67 87 66 75 92 88 60 70 66 60 60 16 Batch, Charlie 76 45 58 80 50 46 85 84 43 50 55 25 39 4 Jacobs, Omar 71 74 63 42 77 80 89 86 60 65 60 52 60 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 39 Parker, Willie 86 97 68 82 88 96 59 68 86 35 75 74 62 78 22 Staley, Duce 82 84 73 87 81 82 79 70 85 41 89 83 88 55 34 Haynes, Verron 79 86 72 65 85 88 70 66 78 54 75 82 85 70 30 Humes, Cedric 75 86 74 48 80 84 67 63 83 48 54 88 88 52 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 35 Kreider, Dan 92 63 78 80 53 48 54 55 84 65 65 75 77 39 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 86 Ward, Hines 94 89 72 93 94 91 86 95 67 65 88 70 85 87 10 Holmes, Santonio 79 94 56 58 92 95 88 82 65 38 88 49 25 94 80 Wilson, Cedrick 77 91 49 75 87 91 79 78 55 38 55 50 43 87 11 Morgan, Quincy 76 91 51 67 88 89 89 76 56 38 55 56 35 80 85 Washington, Nate 63 88 42 54 79 89 79 66 55 25 55 54 45 70 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 83 Miller, Heath 87 78 69 72 82 81 80 87 68 53 80 68 65 70 84 Tuman, Jerame 76 62 73 73 62 64 57 68 65 64 60 66 65 45 87 Davis, Charles 74 70 76 52 68 76 70 71 66 58 50 66 60 58 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 66 Faneca, Alan 98 53 96 94 45 72 28 94 97 98 93 97 94 86 64 Hartings, Jeff 93 53 92 94 49 63 11 90 94 94 88 94 85 90 77 Smith, Marvel 89 50 97 86 50 67 14 87 95 95 78 85 93 74 73 Simmons, Kendall 85 56 90 75 55 74 22 85 89 92 73 89 89 71 78 Starks, Max 81 49 91 74 47 67 28 86 91 92 62 65 88 58 56 Okobi, Chukky 81 53 87 74 55 77 28 83 86 86 83 82 84 75 79 Essex, Trai 73 57 85 60 56 70 47 86 84 84 76 76 78 76 68 Kemoeatu, Chris 70 44 95 45 46 65 17 78 89 91 71 89 84 67 74 Colon, Willie 69 56 84 54 58 70 50 82 77 80 65 68 82 64 72 Brooks, Barrett 68 51 88 70 46 48 33 77 79 79 75 79 77 77 60 Warren, Greg 64 51 85 60 56 47 43 80 74 74 62 74 75 64 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 98 Hampton, Casey 97 58 98 86 65 49 97 75 85 99 67 98 27 14 91 Smith, Aaron 89 69 86 86 77 55 85 85 86 89 82 87 12 24 76 Hoke, Chris 82 57 90 75 55 49 90 66 65 86 60 87 21 14 99 Keisel, Brett 79 73 75 68 77 47 76 75 60 82 67 83 13 24 93 Bailey, Rodney 75 65 78 71 73 57 75 64 45 83 63 80 20 16 90 Kirschke, Travis 75 60 86 72 64 42 83 68 55 85 60 85 24 14 96 Nua, Shaun 62 65 79 48 75 32 68 55 40 80 50 83 20 15 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 55 Porter, Joey 97 85 77 92 95 63 90 92 87 90 92 91 45 60 51 Farrior, James 94 79 80 91 85 60 92 93 91 84 72 95 55 70 53 Haggans, Clark 90 76 82 89 82 58 90 88 60 80 87 91 30 35 50 Foote, Larry 85 77 74 82 83 54 89 90 76 75 84 86 62 70 57 Kriewaldt, Clint 78 70 79 75 76 59 88 86 82 75 72 85 40 60 92 Harrison, James 77 76 81 66 81 70 83 84 55 77 79 80 60 45 94 Frazier, Andre 70 75 70 60 78 70 78 71 45 78 72 76 35 45 54 Wallace, Rian 69 73 74 62 78 60 83 80 65 66 76 79 40 50 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 26 Townsend, Deshea 86 88 54 90 90 90 84 65 85 33 45 57 75 75 24 Taylor, Ike 85 94 64 77 90 94 91 70 84 35 60 65 88 87 20 McFadden, Bryant 80 89 60 74 91 92 90 66 80 44 52 62 78 83 21 Colclough, Ricardo 78 91 58 63 90 93 91 55 73 38 45 53 80 65 29 Iwuoma, Chidi 68 87 49 66 82 85 72 59 68 26 30 56 65 68 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK CAT PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 43 Polamalu, Troy 98 93 69 80 95 85 87 74 96 85 70 90 86 75 85 25 Clark, Ryan 82 87 58 72 87 84 71 66 77 65 45 60 64 55 74 31 Logan, Mike 80 83 71 82 82 77 73 52 84 72 55 56 72 49 68 27 Smith, Anthony 76 88 52 66 89 86 60 62 80 42 40 55 64 48 58 23 Carter, Tyrone 71 82 58 64 82 74 68 61 82 60 30 35 63 60 84 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 17 Gardocki, Chris 89 88 90 3 Reed, Jeff 85 89 90 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- San Diego Chargers (00035) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Qualcomm Stadium (1967-) 2005 Record: 9-7 Head Coach: Marty Schottenheimer Division: AFC West Overall Rating: 87 Offense Rating: 88 Defense Rating: 86 With Drew Brees out, Philip Rivers is the new starting quarterback. There's no telling how things will turn out for them in the passing game, but Rivers will certainly have two great targets to throw to in Antonio Gates and Keenan McCardell. Also, running back LaDainian Tomlinson is looking for another great season. The Chargers spent a lot of draft picks trying to insure this would happen, drafting a number of offensive lineman. On defense, the Chargers have plenty of talent on the defensive line and in the linebackers core, but they don't have a sound secondary. It looks like they'll have trouble defending the pass unless you can bring in some new talent. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU 17 Rivers, Philip 83 56 56 77 55 57 86 93 55 45 56 17 42 6 Whitehurst, Charlie 73 62 62 62 61 64 81 88 42 55 60 45 45 7 Feeley, A.J. 70 54 59 69 60 56 87 78 40 33 40 10 44 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 21 Tomlinson, LaDainian 97 95 72 90 95 97 85 87 40 98 90 88 93 33 Turner, Michael 80 91 73 69 82 93 55 83 39 68 83 83 64 43 Sproles, Darren 72 92 55 58 94 95 75 75 30 90 55 65 96 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 41 Neal, Lorenzo 99 60 77 90 49 52 62 70 85 66 75 79 87 36 34 Pinnock, Andrew 65 71 65 53 75 71 58 73 48 40 66 78 70 61 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 87 McCardell, Keenan 88 87 57 95 87 85 80 95 74 39 87 52 40 72 88 Parker, Eric 79 89 44 78 90 90 84 82 36 31 67 46 25 87 81 Osgood, Kassim 74 87 63 64 85 86 92 74 52 22 54 66 65 69 86 Woods, Rashaun 74 87 58 60 87 87 86 79 63 32 57 62 44 74 83 Jackson, Vincent 74 89 64 56 84 86 93 77 64 41 55 70 68 69 13 Floyd, Malcom 68 88 45 50 84 90 83 74 58 40 45 53 40 67 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 85 Gates, Antonio 99 87 75 85 87 91 94 90 70 52 89 77 75 85 49 Manumaleuna, Brandon 78 67 80 70 63 74 61 72 68 59 57 72 75 35 84 Shea, Aaron 76 66 67 75 70 70 59 75 64 58 55 68 58 51 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 79 Goff, Mike 91 50 94 93 47 62 29 85 94 95 69 83 90 67 61 Hardwick, Nick 86 60 87 72 58 78 34 88 90 87 79 90 85 75 72 Oben, Roman 86 52 91 90 48 67 21 89 87 87 73 87 86 68 70 Olivea, Shane 85 54 90 77 52 68 28 92 91 91 85 85 87 78 68 Dielman, Kris 82 53 90 74 54 65 43 86 88 90 74 78 87 75 75 Jordan, Leander 77 58 89 73 49 66 21 83 85 86 75 82 85 68 73 McNeill, Marcus 75 63 92 56 57 75 66 85 84 93 83 87 90 82 67 Martin, Jimmy 73 61 83 60 65 71 36 82 80 80 65 71 82 70 63 Mruczkowski, Scott 66 51 82 54 53 69 22 76 80 80 65 71 76 72 60 Sims, Wes 64 45 88 60 48 58 16 73 76 76 80 68 75 79 50 Binn, David 62 57 75 75 58 60 41 65 70 64 75 70 65 70 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 76 Williams, Jamal 96 54 98 88 70 41 93 70 87 98 67 96 12 27 93 Castillo, Luis 83 64 91 67 72 65 85 63 45 90 66 91 28 29 99 Olshansky, Igor 80 62 88 65 73 64 82 55 55 84 55 89 13 28 74 Cesaire, Jacques 74 69 78 60 67 47 78 74 60 70 78 81 14 13 97 Bingham, Ryon 68 58 78 58 70 51 76 65 40 77 51 76 13 19 96 Page, Chase 66 63 82 45 72 65 74 62 45 78 60 78 16 14 98 Robinson, Derreck 66 65 77 60 59 51 72 66 35 67 72 74 15 28 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 56 Merriman, Shawne 92 86 81 76 95 86 88 88 50 92 98 84 50 55 59 Edwards, Donnie 91 85 66 95 90 78 87 93 93 52 66 75 90 95 58 Godfrey, Randall 86 75 73 90 77 69 88 93 87 70 70 83 40 60 53 Foley, Steve 86 83 78 85 88 60 83 80 75 85 93 81 35 45 95 Phillips, Shaun 78 79 74 72 87 64 80 76 70 85 87 82 40 30 54 Cooper, Stephen 71 76 72 70 78 64 78 81 67 69 73 77 67 74 57 Wilhelm, Matt 68 73 74 72 72 61 75 76 60 55 66 72 40 55 92 Harris, Marques 66 79 66 50 80 72 75 74 35 40 55 70 50 35 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 23 Jammer, Quentin 84 95 62 72 92 90 93 67 85 52 66 70 85 70 29 Florence, Drayton 81 91 63 72 91 92 89 62 76 36 46 57 80 65 25 Cromartie, Antonio 78 94 67 45 94 92 95 66 83 58 70 68 93 76 22 Walls, Raymond 66 87 46 60 82 84 81 49 70 25 25 42 68 67 30 Curry, Markus 63 87 45 50 82 88 79 57 76 35 44 59 73 74 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK CAT PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 20 McCree, Marlon 85 85 64 80 86 81 74 65 87 82 50 64 72 65 74 48 Kiel, Terrence 80 85 68 71 86 78 83 55 84 60 50 58 77 65 75 27 Jue, Bhawoh 72 90 52 54 88 88 65 60 72 55 45 55 66 45 55 42 Hart, Clinton 71 84 53 66 82 76 68 60 82 50 55 59 66 70 65 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 10 Kaeding, Nate 87 90 91 5 Scifres, Mike 84 91 87 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- San Francisco 49ers (00036) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Monster Park (1971-) 2005 Record: 4-12 Head Coach: Mike Nolan Division: NFC West Overall Rating: 83 Offense Rating: 84 Defense Rating: 83 Wow, one of, if not the worst team in the NFL last year. You can have some success with this team if you're able to bring in some new blood. They went out and got Larry Allen from Dallas to bolster their offensive line. The 49ers aren't the potent team they used to be... PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 11 Smith, Alex 82 73 55 70 74 76 86 87 65 72 60 28 68 67 70 12 Dilfer, Trent 81 45 62 87 44 47 89 86 55 22 45 10 33 25 30 3 Pickett, Cody 72 75 58 62 71 75 84 76 55 65 62 45 58 65 70 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 32 Barlow, Kevan 82 86 75 77 83 89 64 65 80 40 66 88 90 60 21 Gore, Frank 80 88 73 60 88 89 72 64 80 38 75 86 93 77 43 Hicks, Maurice 75 87 62 68 87 89 62 59 72 40 73 75 54 83 35 Robinson, Michael 74 87 66 50 89 89 85 74 77 35 75 75 68 85 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 44 Hetherington, Chris 69 62 64 60 54 57 64 69 57 53 55 67 73 44 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 81 Bryant, Antonio 86 91 66 77 91 92 93 85 59 44 81 60 65 88 83 Battle, Arnaz 82 89 60 75 88 87 84 86 62 43 89 65 62 85 17 Williams, Brandon 77 91 41 62 93 92 85 82 55 14 82 44 20 88 84 Gilmore, Bryan 73 92 45 71 84 90 78 76 58 25 45 47 40 74 89 Marshall, Rasheed 70 87 56 43 87 90 86 76 62 25 75 62 52 84 18 Amey, Otis 65 89 40 45 87 90 78 71 49 15 50 50 30 75 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 85 Davis, Vernon 86 92 75 57 89 92 95 82 70 46 76 72 75 84 82 Johnson, Eric 86 73 67 84 75 77 67 88 70 52 80 60 35 45 49 Jones, Terry 73 65 72 67 62 68 61 73 60 55 54 67 65 48 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 71 Allen, Larry 90 44 98 95 41 55 10 83 95 99 70 84 93 67 62 Newberry, Jeremy 89 49 93 88 45 66 25 88 92 92 83 85 93 80 75 Jennings, Jonas 87 54 94 85 47 77 22 87 91 94 66 83 90 62 66 Heitmann, Eric 85 51 90 82 45 61 19 89 89 89 77 89 83 73 77 Harris, Kwame 83 55 88 78 54 79 21 88 87 87 87 85 87 88 65 Smiley, Justin 82 60 87 72 61 76 34 82 86 86 79 85 89 77 64 Baas, David 79 54 88 65 54 71 36 86 87 87 75 85 85 70 68 Snyder, Adam 78 49 91 69 49 64 32 86 87 87 85 85 86 79 78 Estes, Patrick 68 50 85 56 63 65 52 81 80 78 84 71 76 82 60 Sobieski, Ben 64 49 82 55 44 60 10 74 82 82 70 73 79 68 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 97 Young, Bryant 89 64 88 94 71 46 90 74 90 92 64 92 16 16 94 Douglas, Marques 84 71 78 76 79 49 80 74 55 75 78 84 14 18 91 Adams, Anthony 77 61 83 68 70 57 80 77 66 83 66 83 23 12 90 Sopoaga, Isaac 76 55 93 55 67 51 84 62 45 88 55 90 14 15 96 Oliver, Melvin 74 65 83 55 70 44 79 70 55 74 60 83 15 18 95 Fields, Ronald 71 55 87 58 64 55 78 60 40 77 64 83 27 26 92 Scharff, Scott 62 64 72 48 68 55 68 65 49 72 55 63 15 18 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 50 Smith, Derek 90 76 77 92 75 57 92 92 93 70 65 91 56 66 53 Ulbrich, Jeff 85 76 74 86 78 60 89 90 90 67 71 87 40 55 99 Lawson, Manny 79 90 69 58 94 88 79 88 67 69 95 72 54 70 56 Moore, Brandon 77 78 74 73 84 64 82 83 65 65 76 76 60 65 52 Slaughter, T.J. 76 76 75 68 77 57 85 83 65 74 64 80 50 60 98 Haralson, Parys 75 76 72 70 82 60 80 74 68 84 80 84 13 25 58 Smith, Corey 61 70 61 69 72 47 73 82 45 66 82 68 30 30 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 36 Spencer, Shawntae 83 91 54 75 92 92 91 64 76 37 47 57 79 83 27 Harris, Walt 81 87 49 85 85 86 83 66 84 29 37 62 84 86 31 Davis, Sammy 77 91 52 68 93 92 87 53 77 22 32 49 80 75 24 Rumph, Mike 75 88 64 64 86 87 90 68 84 55 66 68 67 75 23 Johnson, Derrick 68 89 45 56 87 88 81 55 71 25 32 50 70 60 30 Tucker, B.J. 65 96 39 50 87 92 76 38 67 20 23 38 65 55 26 Thornton, Bruce 64 86 52 55 85 90 83 45 72 26 29 42 74 68 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK CAT PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 33 Parrish, Tony 91 84 66 89 83 78 73 75 90 90 72 75 72 65 87 25 Williams, Chad 78 81 66 70 82 80 76 63 85 60 65 58 73 59 80 20 Adams, Mike 77 85 54 67 87 83 65 65 76 65 30 33 57 70 50 28 Lewis, Keith 69 87 55 48 88 85 70 61 85 65 39 49 69 65 66 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 6 Nedney, Joe 91 92 90 4 Lee, Andy 77 88 86 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seattle Seahawks (00037) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Qwest Field (2002-) 2005 Record: 13-3 Head Coach: Mike Holmgren Division: NFC West Overall Rating: 90 Offense Rating: 91 Defense Rating: 88 Seattle was the highest scoring offense in the league last year. Can they do it again? It certainly looks like a possibility with talent like Matt Hasselbeck at quarterback, Shaun Alexander at running back, and a fairly solid group of receivers. This is really one of the most solid teams in the league. It's quite likely they'll be back in the Super Bowl this year. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 8 Hasselbeck, Matt 93 64 54 91 64 64 92 91 58 65 56 35 53 56 57 15 Wallace, Seneca 76 84 50 63 87 87 85 77 66 80 62 44 87 61 84 11 Greene, David 72 56 53 64 59 60 83 87 56 50 48 20 42 48 45 Runnning Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 37 Alexander, Shaun 98 91 79 97 89 98 74 72 98 44 99 94 94 82 20 Morris, Maurice 81 91 66 73 89 93 67 76 78 33 80 74 60 87 39 Scobey, Josh 71 88 60 60 91 89 64 58 62 40 66 75 55 85 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 38 Strong, Mack 97 83 74 75 73 54 68 68 70 60 75 80 85 55 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 82 Jackson, Darrell 90 90 62 89 91 92 88 90 54 29 85 62 55 91 83 Burleson, Nate 87 91 55 81 91 92 88 89 56 25 87 60 45 92 84 Engram, Bobby 85 87 49 88 94 91 79 89 55 23 86 42 25 94 81 Warrick, Peter 81 87 44 78 95 94 83 84 53 25 87 40 42 96 18 Hackett, D.J. 76 88 56 65 86 91 89 78 54 35 65 57 45 75 87 Obomanu, Ben 70 87 58 45 92 88 92 72 62 26 60 62 50 85 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 86 Stevens, Jerramy 86 79 73 70 76 82 83 80 67 58 66 75 75 68 88 Mili, Itula 82 67 73 77 63 69 75 78 65 59 65 68 66 45 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 71 Jones, Walter 99 52 97 95 55 80 23 98 97 97 98 97 99 94 61 Tobeck, Robbie 88 54 87 93 54 68 24 87 88 86 86 88 86 89 62 Gray, Chris 86 51 88 90 50 66 22 86 88 88 68 75 84 68 68 Ashworth, Tom 86 55 85 87 54 76 32 89 85 85 75 76 86 76 65 Spencer, Chris 84 60 91 64 62 77 44 88 89 89 90 84 82 88 77 Womack, Floyd 84 42 96 84 45 52 27 83 93 98 65 77 89 60 67 Sims, Rob 75 54 91 60 45 65 41 82 86 82 73 82 82 74 66 Henry, William 71 60 82 60 63 80 62 83 79 79 60 65 83 58 75 Locklear, Sean 69 54 86 50 53 72 29 83 84 84 74 76 85 76 74 Willis, Ray 69 54 89 60 60 55 49 80 81 88 64 71 87 62 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 98 Wistrom, Grant 89 70 82 95 75 61 83 78 87 88 86 87 31 25 99 Bernard, Rocky 87 64 87 70 85 25 85 76 60 86 85 86 27 13 94 Fisher, Bryce 85 74 78 74 79 49 81 75 60 78 80 79 13 12 90 Tubbs, Marcus 83 62 91 65 78 63 82 66 65 90 65 91 23 12 91 Darby, Chartric 83 67 80 71 87 49 83 74 65 83 80 82 25 31 95 Davis, Russell 82 56 90 71 68 47 86 60 50 84 55 87 18 28 55 Tapp, Darryl 78 74 74 50 76 68 80 85 54 76 84 77 15 15 69 Tafoya, Joe 72 67 74 68 71 47 73 62 67 80 64 78 20 20 97 Huckeba, Jeb 71 74 67 46 82 61 70 68 66 73 75 74 15 25 72 Rasmussen, Kemp 70 73 70 66 75 67 65 64 25 70 65 74 12 21 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 44 Peterson, Julian 96 86 74 88 90 79 91 97 91 80 94 90 80 75 51 Tatupu, Lofa 88 84 77 81 87 67 90 93 90 74 82 85 45 66 56 Hill, Leroy 84 83 73 75 85 67 86 87 65 74 78 83 55 60 54 Lewis, D.D. 80 77 75 79 79 48 80 86 65 65 75 74 50 65 58 Kacyvenski, Isaiah 78 73 76 80 75 54 83 80 80 70 65 74 40 55 57 Bentley, Kevin 78 78 73 70 82 68 80 80 60 68 72 82 65 65 53 Koutouvides, Niko 76 75 74 70 83 64 84 82 65 67 77 77 40 50 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 23 Trufant, Marcus 90 94 53 80 98 98 97 64 84 37 39 62 92 88 31 Herndon, Kelly 84 88 64 81 90 90 85 69 74 25 33 58 55 75 21 Jennings, Kelly 79 94 48 64 93 93 93 61 77 27 37 52 88 90 27 Babineaux, Jordan 73 88 46 64 87 86 88 63 67 30 45 57 74 70 22 Williams, Jimmy 70 89 45 66 87 88 81 55 65 25 35 49 67 69 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 28 Boulware, Michael 88 86 68 71 91 81 83 87 55 67 77 84 75 82 26 Hamlin, Ken 85 87 64 68 90 87 84 86 77 40 54 77 75 87 32 Green, Michael 83 86 59 76 85 84 78 84 75 40 60 73 75 80 42 Harts, Shaunard 77 84 58 71 85 81 74 75 50 39 46 65 65 74 35 Pruitt, Etric 67 83 54 52 86 83 66 80 70 48 58 65 71 80 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 3 Brown, Josh 85 93 87 4 Lindstrom, Gabe 75 88 85 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- St Louis Rams (00038) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Edward Jones Dome (1995-) 2005 Record: 6-10 Head Coach: Scott Linehan Division: NFC West Overall Rating: 87 Offense Rating: 89 Defense Rating: 84 Don't let their real world record fool you. They've got a solid group of people on offense. With Marc Bulger returning, the Rams could have a solid year on offense. They've got three good runningbacks and a pair of top receivers in Terry Holt and Isaac Bruce. Their secondary could certainly use some work, however. That would be the first place to upgrade. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU 10 Bulger, Marc 90 57 48 90 54 54 89 94 49 42 47 15 41 12 Frerotte, Gus 78 52 52 80 52 54 87 84 39 28 48 14 39 11 Fitzpatrick, Ryan 71 60 54 66 62 62 86 77 52 37 55 18 43 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 39 Jackson, Steven 89 88 75 81 86 92 74 77 86 49 82 89 86 78 28 Faulk, Marshall 83 88 66 95 89 90 82 82 82 30 97 68 50 85 30 Fisher, Tony 80 87 69 72 88 89 73 76 76 40 74 78 80 68 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 44 Hedgecock, Madison 74 71 61 59 72 52 63 62 60 50 63 72 66 35 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 81 Holt, Torry 97 93 55 97 95 95 89 98 63 31 90 54 50 93 80 Bruce, Isaac 89 91 42 95 94 94 82 93 55 36 88 35 20 94 83 Curtis, Kevin 85 96 48 79 87 95 85 86 52 32 70 55 35 85 84 McDonald, Shaun 76 93 42 67 92 94 77 78 55 25 84 49 20 93 89 Looker, Dane 72 87 48 65 83 85 77 82 52 27 66 47 40 79 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 86 Byrd, Dominique 80 74 69 49 72 80 75 76 70 64 65 71 66 67 82 Klopfenstein, Joe 80 83 67 66 82 79 84 79 67 50 70 65 54 68 48 Collins, Jerome 75 81 58 60 75 83 73 72 62 49 52 65 62 42 87 Walker, Aaron 68 71 66 64 67 72 74 71 60 50 48 54 36 56 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 76 Pace, Orlando 97 55 95 96 56 86 34 97 91 91 96 85 97 97 62 Timmerman, Adam 88 46 90 93 45 66 25 86 91 89 79 82 88 84 70 Barron, Alex 84 60 90 74 62 75 40 90 89 89 89 86 92 91 67 McCollum, Andy 83 46 87 90 44 54 17 87 87 87 75 85 86 77 75 Terrell, Claude 82 54 91 74 52 67 45 80 91 92 84 88 87 76 79 Steussie, Todd 82 51 89 89 45 84 26 79 89 87 55 75 86 64 68 Incognito, Richie 78 61 86 60 60 75 45 81 88 88 77 86 82 72 66 Setterstrom, Mark 71 52 82 60 63 68 55 83 80 73 88 84 75 86 63 Turner, Larry 69 44 84 67 46 41 9 82 84 84 68 76 80 66 77 Strojny, Drew 67 50 91 55 46 54 46 79 82 79 65 73 76 66 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 91 Little, Leonard 94 84 77 82 92 53 76 94 72 77 97 83 24 20 97 Glover, La'Roi 91 64 85 94 74 45 85 87 92 88 86 85 20 25 73 Kennedy, Jimmy 80 57 89 68 70 53 84 64 60 85 64 87 16 28 95 Hargrove, Tony 77 75 67 65 84 60 71 74 30 67 82 71 26 19 94 Adeyanju, Victor 76 83 70 36 88 74 68 76 35 68 84 67 20 25 99 Wroten, Claude 73 63 84 49 74 68 82 57 62 75 74 84 10 10 93 Green, Brandon 67 65 71 58 69 58 72 66 45 72 70 73 21 13 98 Howard, Brian 59 61 72 54 70 47 68 70 65 70 65 77 19 19 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 51 Witherspoon, Will 89 86 70 85 91 72 89 90 84 75 85 87 80 80 50 Tinoisamoa, Pisa 88 87 67 75 88 62 85 93 77 70 85 80 65 75 52 Coakley, Dexter 86 83 72 86 85 63 82 89 86 70 67 85 70 75 54 Chillar, Brandon 82 78 74 73 82 58 84 84 70 49 69 79 40 60 92 Alston, Jon 76 87 85 46 87 85 80 84 16 45 55 74 65 60 57 Faulk, Trev 73 76 74 74 77 60 79 83 70 54 68 72 65 70 56 Smith, Raonall 72 83 64 67 84 62 72 76 38 38 70 66 45 60 58 Wahlroos, Drew 66 73 67 58 79 69 74 72 55 45 60 70 45 55 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 23 Butler, Jerametrius 80 91 46 75 93 90 85 52 69 20 30 50 80 70 31 Hill, Tye 80 98 44 62 96 97 91 55 79 26 36 52 90 80 26 Brown, Fakhir 79 87 63 79 87 86 86 60 74 26 35 55 65 75 22 Fisher, Travis 79 91 54 70 87 92 88 60 75 20 28 58 75 85 32 Bartell, Ronald 76 92 65 59 89 92 93 64 76 35 44 61 75 68 24 Groce, DeJuan 75 90 42 72 91 91 84 44 73 24 34 38 75 70 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 25 Chavous, Corey 85 85 54 88 85 81 60 78 90 32 42 55 65 82 21 Atogwe, O.J. 76 88 62 61 87 86 65 78 65 45 55 64 71 77 42 Carter, Jerome 74 86 64 62 87 85 75 75 40 50 52 66 56 66 27 Carpenter, Dwaine 74 83 60 68 83 79 68 76 45 45 48 64 44 67 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 14 Wilkins, Jeff 90 88 92 1 Turk, Matt 80 85 87 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (00039) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: Raymond James Stadium (1998-) 2005 Record: 11-5 Head Coach: Jon Gruden Division: NFC South Overall Rating: 87 Offense Rating: 85 Defense Rating: 89 The Bucs are back with their phenomenal defense. Jon Gruden may have a lot of confidence in Chris Simms as a starting quarterback, but I'd bring someone else in if I could. Their offense isn't great, frankly, but it'll get the job done. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 2 Simms, Chris 84 63 54 79 62 62 90 86 53 53 55 24 51 35 60 13 Rattay, Tim 76 52 47 75 56 55 86 85 34 21 45 10 41 17 25 12 McCown, Luke 72 63 54 66 60 64 88 77 50 48 60 10 48 49 52 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 24 Williams, Carnell 90 93 71 78 94 96 75 72 84 45 90 83 77 93 32 Pittman, Michael 83 88 75 78 85 90 79 76 74 37 76 84 85 80 34 Graham, Earnest 67 88 58 50 80 89 64 59 67 25 70 74 64 70 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 40 Alstott, Mike 91 82 81 91 72 60 61 72 53 47 82 97 96 52 33 Sowell, Jerald 90 67 66 73 65 49 77 64 68 57 80 69 75 48 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 84 Galloway, Joey 89 97 49 88 91 97 86 89 56 30 85 46 40 91 80 Clayton, Michael 84 88 66 77 87 91 92 85 65 47 74 65 66 82 11 Boston, David 81 90 77 70 82 88 87 84 58 33 45 74 77 67 19 Hilliard, Ike 79 87 46 85 87 86 82 84 62 36 82 42 30 87 85 Stovall, Maurice 75 87 65 60 85 88 93 77 65 44 63 64 62 66 86 Shepherd, Edell 73 88 52 67 88 90 82 75 65 23 74 50 36 87 89 Jones, Mark 62 90 43 49 85 90 67 68 50 28 79 47 40 87 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 81 Smith, Alex 85 79 68 71 82 83 82 84 65 52 66 73 66 72 88 Becht, Anthony 82 63 78 78 60 65 59 67 64 64 58 71 74 40 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 76 Wade, John 85 52 87 87 52 63 18 88 87 87 75 85 87 76 67 Walker, Kenyatta 83 57 86 82 61 80 34 86 87 85 78 77 86 80 72 Buenning, Dan 82 48 90 78 50 58 30 86 90 90 74 84 86 69 75 Joseph, Davin 80 60 86 64 63 76 18 85 86 86 85 87 86 86 78 Fonoti, Toniu 80 50 90 73 48 70 21 82 86 91 60 82 93 65 79 Mahan, Sean 78 54 82 73 55 68 25 85 84 85 76 76 82 72 69 Davis, Anthony 78 46 92 73 45 55 41 85 89 89 76 79 84 76 65 Trueblood, Jeremy 75 50 91 63 56 60 40 85 86 87 65 67 85 63 73 Tucker, Torrin 74 37 87 74 40 47 30 85 86 88 65 74 86 63 74 Jackson, Scott 61 48 80 50 48 60 28 74 79 79 69 79 81 70 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 97 Rice, Simeon 95 84 74 93 94 58 76 92 82 83 97 82 13 25 92 McFarland, Anthony 92 64 90 81 79 43 87 77 55 90 76 89 13 27 95 Hovan, Chris 86 66 84 75 88 50 80 84 64 75 91 82 25 18 94 Spires, Greg 85 74 75 77 84 47 78 82 55 74 84 77 20 29 90 White, Dewayne 83 74 75 67 87 62 74 87 50 79 86 75 14 27 96 Wyms, Ellis 76 65 79 68 75 48 78 65 45 78 75 81 21 23 99 Jenkins, Julian 73 69 80 50 73 66 73 72 42 73 70 75 32 36 91 Bradley, Jon 71 57 77 63 74 48 79 60 20 66 64 80 28 15 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 55 Brooks, Derrick 97 82 72 98 86 68 89 97 98 72 91 84 92 90 53 Quarles, Shelton 89 77 74 90 83 61 90 90 90 64 72 84 70 80 56 Nece, Ryan 79 79 67 75 80 55 81 84 65 40 60 74 50 60 51 Ruud, Barrett 79 75 76 75 85 65 86 82 65 65 66 83 40 55 50 Winborn, Jamie 77 80 65 72 82 55 79 82 55 50 70 75 65 75 58 Cooper, Marquis 71 85 63 56 87 72 72 82 45 45 74 70 60 50 54 Mallard, Wesly 68 76 67 63 82 61 74 74 40 60 62 67 50 70 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 20 Barber, Ronde 94 88 55 95 94 95 91 70 89 96 50 87 66 83 99 25 Kelly, Brian 89 88 63 88 91 91 89 68 84 83 55 72 68 65 91 21 Bolden, Juran 79 87 70 73 85 89 89 68 78 60 60 67 70 66 82 29 Zemaitis, Alan 76 87 64 60 87 87 90 70 80 52 47 60 72 66 87 27 Cox, Torrie 69 87 43 64 88 90 80 49 76 65 25 46 43 62 83 46 Adams, Blue 65 87 47 57 82 88 79 60 68 50 20 30 55 55 65 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 23 Phillips, Jermaine 84 87 69 73 88 85 84 84 60 60 64 80 65 65 26 Allen, Will 81 86 58 67 87 87 70 81 65 40 50 68 60 76 28 Nicholson, Donte 74 87 63 61 88 85 68 78 30 45 55 65 54 74 38 Cargile, Steve 69 85 63 60 86 80 65 70 40 35 36 62 55 64 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 9 Bidwell, Josh 88 92 87 3 Bryant, Matt 80 87 89 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tennessee Titans (00040) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: LP Field (1999-) 2005 Record: 4-12 Head Coach: Jeff Fisher Division: AFC South Overall Rating: 85 Offense Rating: 85 Defense Rating: 86 The Titans are a very young team, and will not likely be a surprising team this year either. Steve McNair is out and Billy Volek is in, with rookie Vince Young in as backup at quarterback. Many Madden players will be switching this, of course, as Young is a huge threat on the run, like Michael Vick. As long as the backfield can remain healthy, the Titans should have a more reliable running game. On defense, Keith Bulluck is the leader, but he's pretty much alone in greatness. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 7 Volek, Billy 84 55 50 83 54 58 88 89 35 46 52 18 45 39 55 10 Young, Vince 82 89 68 56 92 91 92 82 72 94 76 82 92 97 95 8 Mauck, Matt 66 64 57 55 64 66 84 76 57 56 57 35 51 59 62 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 29 Brown, Chris 86 89 77 80 85 93 70 60 84 42 75 92 97 65 20 Henry, Travis 84 87 76 82 84 89 74 67 77 40 77 90 87 64 25 White, LenDale 80 87 74 45 84 90 75 64 87 49 65 93 95 62 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 44 Fleming, Troy 75 85 71 54 75 72 69 73 47 48 70 72 67 67 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 89 Givens, David 87 89 68 85 88 90 87 88 65 25 75 70 70 70 83 Bennett, Drew 86 89 63 88 84 87 90 87 69 45 86 65 60 83 87 Calico, Tyrone 77 92 68 63 88 92 95 72 59 40 35 62 55 77 81 Jones, Brandon 77 90 56 61 89 90 88 82 60 23 72 54 45 85 19 Wade, Bobby 76 90 44 74 90 92 76 78 62 22 82 46 25 88 82 Roby, Courtney 73 93 45 61 86 92 84 75 54 34 65 51 45 85 86 Williams, Roydell 72 87 52 55 89 90 82 77 54 27 63 54 29 82 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 88 Kinney, Erron 89 66 78 83 65 70 70 84 65 57 67 77 86 45 84 Troupe, Ben 86 83 73 67 84 86 89 83 65 48 75 68 70 78 80 Scaife, Bo 75 77 63 65 77 79 83 77 64 50 72 66 45 70 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 68 Mawae, Kevin 95 55 92 97 53 75 33 92 90 93 83 90 94 80 75 Olson, Benji 89 46 93 90 45 62 24 87 93 93 68 84 87 66 69 Piller, Zach 87 52 92 85 48 69 30 87 89 91 73 89 89 74 60 Bell, Jacob 81 52 89 65 56 78 22 89 86 87 76 82 85 72 71 Roos, Michael 81 56 89 73 59 72 25 86 90 90 80 80 84 76 76 Stewart, David 74 50 85 66 52 62 30 85 85 84 73 74 82 70 54 Amano, Eugene 73 58 83 64 56 67 26 81 82 82 66 71 78 65 70 Loper, Daniel 72 54 82 65 54 60 35 88 80 80 75 80 83 74 62 Douglas, Cody 70 48 90 59 44 58 30 78 84 84 64 76 78 65 77 Singletary, Wendell 63 40 87 53 44 70 20 75 82 80 65 71 78 64 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 92 Haynesworth, Albert 89 64 92 67 81 52 88 70 60 94 72 90 13 21 93 Vanden Bosch, Kyle 88 72 81 82 80 54 82 84 87 87 87 88 25 28 90 Starks, Randy 84 64 87 65 82 68 84 72 55 87 76 85 17 13 91 LaBoy, Travis 79 75 70 65 84 65 73 67 50 74 72 75 21 20 98 Odom, Antwan 75 75 69 54 86 68 69 68 55 80 75 76 22 27 99 Long, Rien 75 64 78 65 82 49 76 74 65 74 78 80 31 18 96 Clauss, Jared 73 53 86 62 62 55 84 62 50 77 62 85 22 20 95 Schobel, Bo 72 69 70 60 77 60 72 75 55 72 76 77 12 22 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 53 Bulluck, Keith 96 86 73 86 90 72 90 94 82 77 92 92 85 80 50 Thornton, David 89 77 74 87 83 66 88 91 60 70 75 81 65 65 59 Sirmon, Peter 85 75 75 86 79 59 87 88 83 65 68 87 65 70 52 Newberry, Jared 66 78 72 55 80 75 75 74 40 50 55 70 40 40 51 Reynolds, Rob 64 76 72 59 75 57 78 76 55 54 60 74 25 30 56 Spencer, Cody 61 71 74 54 75 63 76 81 65 62 66 74 35 35 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 32 Jones, Pacman 82 96 47 66 95 97 95 45 78 35 44 45 85 82 21 Hill, Reynaldo 82 89 46 76 91 91 87 62 83 40 50 59 85 84 26 Woolfolk, Andre 77 92 54 65 91 91 91 48 78 44 58 50 74 72 36 Waddell, Michael 74 95 45 54 91 94 85 60 72 40 48 55 71 67 30 Gardner, Rich 65 87 51 52 83 90 84 55 70 35 45 47 60 70 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 24 Hope, Chris 86 89 68 75 91 85 75 85 65 55 59 74 65 80 28 Thompson, Lamont 83 87 59 72 89 88 60 80 82 42 55 64 78 90 23 Nickey, Donnie 73 85 60 68 81 82 66 74 50 33 39 60 60 60 37 Lowry, Calvin 73 84 60 64 85 84 71 80 58 45 55 68 46 72 22 Fuller, Vincent 67 88 60 48 88 84 60 77 45 39 49 60 57 77 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 15 Hentrich, Craig 91 90 90 2 Bironas, Rob 78 90 86 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Washington Redskins (00041) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stadium: FedExField (1997-) 2005 Record: 10-6 Head Coach: Joe Gibbs Division: NFC East Overall Rating: 89 Offense Rating: 90 Defense Rating: 88 If the Redskins are to be more successful, Mark Brunell will have to step up and remain healthy this year. Clinton Portis is as good as gold in the backfield. The Redskins have several people to throw to, including Clinton Portis, who took in his fair share of receptions. On the other side of the ball, the defense looks very solid. They have several players with an overall rating of 90 or highter and should be able to prevent too many TDs. PLAYER ROSTER Quarterbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC THP THA CAR BCV TRK SFA ELU SPM JKM 8 Brunell, Mark 87 65 48 86 64 65 89 88 55 67 48 12 54 55 62 17 Campbell, Jason 77 69 58 64 68 67 89 83 55 60 62 56 58 60 63 15 Collins, Todd 74 50 54 79 51 48 86 80 38 22 45 10 39 20 30 Running Backs Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 26 Portis, Clinton 94 95 68 88 95 98 79 68 85 42 95 87 65 93 46 Betts, Ladell 81 87 73 74 84 88 64 66 84 29 78 84 84 68 31 Cartwright, Rock 76 85 75 68 78 87 52 55 80 50 75 85 88 52 Fullbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI JMP CAT CAR RBK PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 47 Cooley, Chris 98 82 68 82 82 82 90 68 54 46 84 76 70 72 45 Sellers, Mike 80 64 72 62 56 57 57 71 71 65 62 70 67 30 Wide Receivers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR RBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 89 Moss, Santana 92 97 45 87 98 98 85 92 56 27 88 44 30 98 82 Randle El, Antwaan 85 94 54 75 98 97 83 84 65 11 92 55 54 98 85 Lloyd, Brandon 85 88 45 77 91 90 93 92 55 30 70 42 25 87 80 Patten, David 79 92 49 80 85 90 80 82 64 24 50 48 30 84 84 Jacobs, Taylor 76 91 45 67 86 91 85 80 58 30 60 54 45 84 83 Thrash, James 73 89 53 79 81 85 80 75 60 29 80 45 37 70 Tight Ends Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP CAT CAR PBK BCV TRK SFA ELU 88 Fauria, Christian 85 67 75 80 65 70 57 77 66 62 60 69 55 50 87 Johnson, Robert 70 76 74 60 75 79 78 77 64 44 55 48 48 54 Offensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP PBK RBK RBS RBF IBL PBS PBF 77 Thomas, Randy 94 57 92 87 54 80 27 97 89 87 93 87 96 99 60 Samuels, Chris 93 53 97 87 51 78 31 92 95 97 84 92 97 85 76 Jansen, Jon 91 50 97 90 47 67 13 86 98 98 74 94 90 72 61 Rabach, Casey 86 53 87 86 53 65 27 87 89 89 76 89 85 80 66 Dockery, Derrick 79 44 97 73 40 54 21 79 91 92 55 55 87 54 62 Pucillo, Mike 74 51 88 69 49 55 32 82 84 84 64 76 82 60 68 Ndukwe, Ike 72 57 86 60 51 72 28 76 83 80 60 65 76 58 72 Walter, Tyson 72 48 85 69 47 59 25 82 82 82 65 71 78 64 63 Woodard, Jonta 65 44 90 54 43 50 41 78 83 78 68 73 77 66 69 Molinaro, Jim 64 45 86 52 43 60 26 77 84 82 67 76 78 66 71 Albright, Ethan 53 35 81 59 33 32 19 72 70 82 67 70 77 65 Defensive Line Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 96 Griffin, Cornelius 90 65 87 81 78 43 88 80 80 93 72 92 13 18 93 Daniels, Phillip 87 65 87 86 70 55 88 68 82 82 72 87 25 14 99 Carter, Andre 87 76 75 80 84 55 79 79 77 84 89 82 35 40 97 Wynn, Renaldo 84 63 86 88 67 44 87 66 85 88 67 87 23 23 95 Salave'a, Joe 71 53 88 65 59 54 74 62 55 78 35 79 13 18 90 Clemons, Nic 69 66 69 61 72 49 73 75 30 60 77 70 28 24 94 Montgomery, Anthony 67 47 89 54 52 43 84 55 45 75 55 85 12 12 73 Boschetti, Ryan 65 46 85 59 55 49 79 56 40 70 60 76 31 12 92 Evans, Demetric 65 68 73 55 73 45 72 49 50 77 61 79 17 16 Linebackers Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PRC PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 53 Washington, Marcus 93 83 76 85 87 63 91 94 85 65 75 88 65 64 98 Marshall, Lemar 87 85 69 86 87 62 88 91 84 60 84 85 70 65 57 Holdman, Warrick 83 78 76 79 77 62 84 83 82 80 90 85 75 75 52 McIntosh, Rocky 79 83 69 60 85 78 84 80 68 48 68 75 67 76 58 Clemons, Chris 75 78 67 68 84 70 79 80 46 62 73 67 50 30 59 McCune, Robert 75 85 72 58 88 74 79 82 40 45 60 72 67 74 50 Campbell, Khary 66 75 68 67 76 54 75 79 45 58 74 71 30 40 Cornerbacks Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR AGI ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 24 Springs, Shawn 91 94 55 90 93 94 93 67 84 44 62 65 95 91 22 Rogers, Carlos 83 90 66 72 93 92 92 67 86 55 70 69 87 88 25 Wright, Kenny 80 88 64 78 86 89 87 67 79 25 35 57 74 77 35 Morton, Christian 67 85 49 59 75 89 83 59 75 20 29 55 55 60 32 Jimoh, Ade 64 89 45 50 83 85 80 61 75 45 55 60 55 60 Safeties Num Name OVR SPD STR AWR ACC JMP TAK PRS PMV FMV BSH MCV ZCV 21 Taylor, Sean 95 91 71 71 94 95 85 90 75 87 85 85 96 40 Archuleta, Adam 89 85 74 84 89 80 87 90 60 70 83 55 77 20 Prioleau, Pierson 80 84 60 80 84 72 78 83 45 55 75 65 65 29 Burns, Curry 63 90 70 60 90 70 20 12 35 39 20 62 68 Kickers Num Name OVR KPW KAC 10 Hall, John 81 95 82 4 Frost, Derrick 69 85 84 Abbreviation List: OVR - Overall SPD - Speed ACC - Acceleration STR - Strength AGI - Agility AWR - Awareness CAT - Catching CAR - Carrying THP - Throwing Power THA - Throwing Accuracy KPW - Kicking Power KAC - Kicking Accuracy RBK - Run Blocking PBK - Pass Blocking TAK - Tackle JMP - Jump KR - Kick Return TRK - Trucking ELU - Elusiveness BCV - Ball Carrier Vision SFA - Stiff Arm SPM - Spin Move JKM - Juke Move IBL - Impact Blocking RBS - Run Block Strength RBF - Run Block Footwork PBS - Pass Block Strength PBF - Pass Block Footwork PMV - Power Moves FMV - Finesse Moves BSH - Block Shedding PRS - Pursuit PRC - Play Recognition MCV - Man Coverage ZCV - Zone Coverage ================================================================================ Franchise Mode (00042) ================================================================================ Franchise mode allows you to be the coach and general manager for one of the NFL teams. I've not played this enough for this year to offer any advice yet, so check back in this section later. When you begin your Franchise, you must first choose from a few options, such as the number of players and which team you want to use. One of these options is whether or not you want to use the Fantasy Draft option. If you choose "yes", you will start with a blank roster, and you'll have to draft your roster from all of the talent in the NFL. In Madden NFL 07, the Fantasy Draft has been a big disappointment in the eyes of many gamers. The first two rounds are nothing but QBs and HBs, selected on their overall rating only. The CPU doesn't take into account the player's age and career potential. After you begin your franchise, you will be greeted with a simple menu, offering details on your team. The first menu is for Training Camp. Remember those mini-camp drills in other areas of the game? Well, you have access to them again in this mode. Each drill will allow you to take one player and run him through the drill to improve his attributes. Once that player has been used in a drill, he's not eligible to be used in another drill. After you've done your drills, you can either proceed to the Pre-Season or you can do a little roster management. You can sign free agents and trade players with other teams. Pre-Season ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Pre-Season is very similar to the regular season portion of the game. The primary difference is the emphasis on getting your backups some playing time. This is why your starters won't play the entire game. In the Pre-Season, you play four exhibition games. A great Pre- Season may net you some attribute bonuses. Regular Season ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ This is what the bulk of this mode is all about. Play your sixteen games with hopes of making it to the playoffs and into the Super Bowl. Not only will you be able to trade players, sign free agents, and play the games, but you will be able to make adjustments to how much tickets, merchandise, parking, etc costs. This has an impact on how much money your team will bring in for the year. With more money, you may be able to get a better player or two and even upgrade your team's stadium, thus bringing in more fans and in turn more revenue. The owner's box has an advisors panel, which I recommend consulting every now and again. If you're doing everything well, you shouldn't need to use this feature, but it can be handy if you're looking for a little advice when it comes to pricing, for instance. Most of this mode is very self-explanatory in my opinion. I find that there's very little strategy needed that doesn't come naturally. Things are pretty easy to find. You can check your player's stats and check out your rosters. You also have an Inbox for emails from coaches and players with updates. Off-Season ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ This is actually my favorite portion of the Franchise mode. While I enjoy playing the actual games, I enjoy looking for up and coming talent from college and getting them on my team. Before you look for more talent, check out your staff. There's a chance you may need to hire someone. Coach contracts don't usually last very long (two years is my average), so it's a frequent thing to check every year. Go into "Staffing" and see if someone needs to be hired. There is a "Team Needs" portion on the screen. A coach position lit up in red is one which needs to be filled. HC = Head Coach OC = Offensive Coordinator DC = Defensive Coordinator ST = Special Teams Coach Use the attributes boxes to help you determine the best coach for the position. It's fairly self-explanatory. Now that the off-season is here, let's take a look at our stadium. From the main menu, go to "Stadium". You have the opportunity to do everything from upgrading seating to renaming the stadium. If you're happy with everything, let it alone and leave. Otherwise, upgrade something if you can afford it. You may have a lot of players that need re-signing, so keep that into account. Stadium Upgrades ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Cost Maintenance Costs EA Arcade $2 Million $500K Cup Holders $2 Million $50K Internet Cafe $2.10 Million $100K Gourmet Chefs for Lux Boxes $2.40 Million $500K Retractable Glass Windows $6 Million $1 Million Medical Facility $8 Million $2 Million English Pub $8 Million $1.5 Million High Fidelity Audio System $9 Million $500K Super Screen $10 Million $1 Million Personal Audio Systems $12 Million $2 Million Massage Seats $15 Million $3 Million If there's nothing else you fee like tinkering with, go to the "Off- Season Schedule" option and let's begin working on next year's team. The Off-Season Schedule is as follows: 01) Retired Players 02) Roster Management 03) Restricted Free Agents 04) Re-Sign Players 05) Free Agent Signing 06) The Draft 07) Roster Management 08) Sign Draft Picks 09) Free Agent Signing 10) Re-Order Depth Charts 11) Start New Season Up first is retirements. Players usually retire because they're getting old and are looking to move on for some reason. There are of course young players who get hit with career ending injuries, so there may be a surprise or two in the list of retirements. However, most of those who retire will have been in the league for ten seasons or better. Once you're through viewing the retirements, hit the START button and the CPU will assign new roles to the players. These roles are things like NFL Icon, 1st Round Pick, etc. You've seen these roles before in the game. This is when those get assigned. Next, you'll be given the opportunity to release some players from your roster. If you want to release them, go ahead and hit the X button. Otherwise, hit the START button to advance past this part. Next, you have the opportunity to go after restricted free agents. Your team may have some that you want to keep, so try to resign them. Another team may have a player you're looking for, so make an offer to get him. You may just end up picking up a great player. You can now re-sign players whose contracts have expired. You've got the first crack at re-signing them, so re-sign those you want and the others are cut. You only need to re-sign those whose contract years remaining says 0. If you find a player whose contract is expiring a year from now, you can negotiate a price and perhaps get more years per dollar for him. It's quite easy to become attached to a player who has played for your team for say twelve years, but sometimes you need to cut them or trade them. After a while, they may not perform as well as they once did or they're looking for a contract bigger than what you're prepared to offer. When you're done, hit the START button and the CPU will cut those players who weren't re-signed. Now, you can begin signing free agents. These are players who no longer are under contract with other teams and are for the highest bidder, so to speak. Be sure to frequently check your "Breakdown" page in the game. This will tell you how many players at each position you have and you need to have. It's better to have an extra player at some positions in case of injuries. Free agency is a great opportunity to pick up on some excellent talent for your next season. After you make your offers, hit the START button and choose to advance a few days and see if you can pick up the players you targeted. You will be outbid on occasion, so if it's a must-have player, offer him a nice contract before someone snags him first. TIP: When looking for players, don't look just at his overall rating. Depending on the position, consider things like speed, catching, throwing accuracy, kicking strength, etc. Next up is the Draft. In 07, you have three options. You can play the draft class in a "College All-Star Game" to see how they all feel in an actual game. You can get right to the Rookie Workouts and see what they can do. Finally, you can get right to the actual draft and get your team its players. For me, I go right to the Rookie Workouts. Instead of what I remember from 2005's game, you have to actually earn the workout information by using the player in one of the mini-game drills. The better you do, the more information you will get about the player. I'm not a big fan of this change; it seems like a ridiculous obstacle to throw into the game. You can learn some information about your rookies this way, but I still prefer the way it was handled in 2005. Afterwards, go to the NFL Draft. If you haven't traded away your picks, you may have a chance at getting a good rookie for your team. Making your selections is pretty simple. The on-screen information is helpful for figuring out how to navigate things. It's all pretty self-explanatory. After you finish the draft, you'll get another chance to cut players. If there's no one to cut, hit the START button. We'll now have the opportunity to sign our draft picks and see how we fared. It's not until you sign the players until you figure out their overall ratings. You DO NOT have to sign every draft pick, just the ones you want. Afterwards, you have another opportunity at picking up some free agents. Any draft picks not signed will show up here. I wouldn't expect to find any big surprises here. After the free agency signing is over, you can re-order your depth charts. I rarely need to make changes, but sometimes things get out of whack in the off-season somehow. Look over everything and if everything's in order, move on to the next season. You'll be able to put your players through the training camp mini-game drills again. ================================================================================ SuperStar (Hall of Fame) Mode (00043) ================================================================================ SuperStar Mode, also known as Hall of Fame, allows you to create a player and send him through the NFL in hopes of him earning a spot in the NFL's Hall of Fame. Have you got what it takes to make it? I've had a chance to play around with this mode much more than with the Franchise Mode, but I've still not made a whole lot of progress. The mode isn't nearly as fun as I expected it would be. I started as a Defensive End and got bored with him and created a Running Back. That's a bit more exciting, but it's still not all it's cracked up to be in my opinion. The camera angles *may* be more realistic, but it really takes away from the fun of the experience. I may end up creating a linebacker, which from what I've heard, is more fun to use. When you create your player, you get to name your player whatever you want, and then you need to choose your parents. This can have a very big impact on what you will play as in the NFL. On the screen, you're shown information about your parents. You need to go into this screen with a certain player position in mind. Once you have one in mind, try to find the correct parents to give you the best benefits. If you want to be a Wide Receiver, for instance, your best bet would probably be to find a father who is a Hall of Fame Wide Receiver and a mother who is a Sprinter. Press the O button to give you another combination of parents. Keep pressing it until you find the parents of your dreams. Tip: When creating your player, you will receive the option to choose how much muscle your player gets at each part of his body. Don't over do it. Look at the appearance bar at the bottom of your screen as you increase/decrease the muscles. More muscle isn't always best. Afterwards, you will find yourself in an apartment. This is where you'll live. There's not much to do, however. You can check out your cellphone and your calendar (schedule), but that's it until you get drafted by a team. You will receive messages on your cellphone, which works more like an email inbox than a regular phone. You will know you have mail when a green light near the phone lights up. Your calendar has scheduled events, such as movie shoots, game days, training days, etc marked. Go into your calendar and hire an agent. You won't likely be able to get a good agent in the beginning. I wound up with the worst. Afterwards, go by what is listed on your calendar. This acts as the best guide for the time being. Do what it tells you to do. You'll perform in an event or two, such as the 40 yard dash. Which events you have access to depends on which position you are playing. Pre-draft workouts have permanent effects on your attributes, so it's criticial to do well with these. Regardless of which position you will be, you could certainly benefit from being able to run faster, so I recommend the 40 yard dash for at least one of the workouts. In the dash, wait until the word "Go" pops up on the screen and start tapping that X button like crazy. As the "power" meter fills, you will run faster. Keep pressing the button until you cross the finish line. Other than the 40 yard dash, you need to consider the other events available. If the dash is the only one you're good at, then you can really improve your speed, but you should practice those other drills so that you can improve other attributes should you decide to play this mode again. After the draft, you'll have access to the city's map, mirror, computer, and rookie handbook. The map will allow you to travel to a few locations, such as your agent's office, the barber, tattoo parlor, and the performance institute. The barber and tattoo parlor are used for changing your appearance. You can go to your agent's office to get press coverage and get traded, for instance. You can't visit the performance institute until you have an agent which has access to it. Your mirror will allow you to change your appearance. The computer will allow you to access your statistics, your team's roster, etc. Now that you've grown accustomed to your apartment, it's time to go train, practice, and obviously play some games. If you're like me, you really only desire to play the actual games and sim the practices and training events, but that would be a mistake. You'll probably have better practices if you play them yourself. A good practice could increase key attributes for your Superstar. A good practice, by the way, is to get ten points per play. If you want an easy way of doing this, choose a deep passing play on offense and choosing a goal line play for the defense. Your receivers should get off the line, leaving you to throw the ball deep for a TD, giving you a total of 48 points a play. If your player is on defense, however, you will obviously have to play a little differently. A reader, going by the handle of scstan13 suggests calling a Singleback PlayAction pass for the offense and a defense that drops most back into coverage, keeping the quarterback from rushing the throw. Keep sprinting before the snap, and if you are at a far enough distance outside the OT, he'll either miss you or ignore you completely when the snap comes. The QB will be a sitting duck after wasting time faking the handoff. It may help if he is facing away from you after he hands it off, so he can't see you coming to crush him. Sacks are worth 15 points unless you make a diving tackle (not hit stick), in which case, they are worth 20 points. Even if you don't sack the QB, the pass will likely be incomplete, worth 10. You can see what sort of bonus you've gotten from the practice by going into your computer in your apartment, called "Your Web". In the first drop-menu, select the option for Practice Results. The attribute bonuses you get in between games will give you a boost for the next game. You will lose those bonuses after the game and will have to practice more for the next game. During a game, your Superstar will be awarded temporary influence points. You can use these points to improve your team. When you first start out, you are given the role of "Rookie." As a Rookie, you can only improve yourself. You also can only improve two attributes: Stamina and Toughness. As your career progresses, you can gain new roles. These are very position-specific. If you're a Quarterback, for instance, you can have a role or two that you couldn't get if you were a Middle Linebacker, and vice versa. Roles other than Rookie allow you to affect other players on your team. In fact, there are a few roles which will decrease the attributes of your opponents as well. Before you play a game, get accustomed to the controls. Know what every button does as it relates to your player and his position. If you are a wide receiver, tight end, running back, or fullback, for instance, once you get open in a passing route, hit the L1 button to call for the ball. If the QB hasn't already thrown the ball, he will likely pass the ball to you. When you check the "Home" page on "Your Web", you will learn more about your Superstar. The description is written by your webmaster and contains an interface displaying your current level of Ego and Influence. Your ego fluctuates because of your agent, how you answer questions in interviews, etc. Influence changes because of your agent and how you perform in the games. As you perform better in the games and as your influence increases, other agents will become available to you to hire. To see if you can hire a new one yet, go to "Agent Directory" in "Your Web". If a new agent is available to you, his name will be in white text... instead of being greyed out. One of the nice benefits to getting a new agent is gaining access to the Performance Institute. Below is a list of the agents in the PS2 version of the game: Name Influence Ego Performance Institute Marty Allen Excellent Negative Yes Pablo Fuentes Excellent Positive Yes Joe Martin Good Negative Yes Jesse Spinks Good Positive Yes Tom Dagart Good Neutral Yes Ned Masters Average Negative No Bob Allen Average Positive No Jimmy Powers Poor Neutral No The Performance Institute is merely a way to access the mini-games from other areas of the game. When you came into the league, you had to go through Individual Workouts which gave you increases to your attributes. The same is true with the Performance Institute. You have access to those mini-games and if you perform well, you can give yourself an attribute bonus. Which mini-games you have access to depends on which position your Superstar is. The attribute bonuses you get from the Performance Institute are temporary. After the next game you play is over, the attributes you changed revert to what they were before you visited the Performance Institute. From time to time, you may receive offers from companies looking for you to star in an advertisement or movie for them. These are great opportunities, so jump at the chance when you can. To do well at them, you need to get your lines correct. It helps if you have a great short-term memory and attention to detail. They will show you your line and then give you options for what the line was. Usually, the only differences come down to word contractions (I have vs I've) or the punctuation marks at the end of the lines. Doing well may net you additional opportunities in product promotions and movies. After your first two seasons are up, you will have the opportunity to walk and become a free agent or your agent will negotiate a new contract with your team. Since I was happy where I was, I stayed and got a new contract. If you decide to be traded, try to look at the new team's depth chart. Make sure you will be a starter and that you have a good support group. If you're a running back, for instance, check the offensive line out. If it's bad, ask your agent for another trade. As your career progresses, you will end up moving. You start in an apartment and will eventually move to a loft. After my third season, I moved to a mansion and became a millionaire. You will likely even gain roles like Team Mentor, which is great for influence. To see if you will be able to make it to the Hall of Fame, monitor the "Hall of Fame Board", which is found on your computer (Your Web). I ended up retiring with my RB after seven or eight seasons and made it into the Hall of Fame with about 12,000 yards rushing. _______________ Important Note: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ After you complete the Superstar mode, your Superstar file may end up becoming corrupt. It seemed to happen to me when I retired and made it to the Hall. You'll likely end up getting an error message stating the memory card may have been ejected from the PlayStation, but it obviously didn't. Why this corruption happens is beyond me. It seems like a technical glitch on the part of the game's developers. Turn off the system. Open the disc tray and remove the disc and close it back up. Use the PS2's browser to find the memory card and delete the Superstar file from your card. There's no point in wasting all of that space with a corrupt file, afterall. If you wish to do another Superstar career, go ahead and create a new one. ================================================================================ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (00044) ================================================================================ This is the section I've dedicated to questions that I deem are asked quite a bit, and instead of receiving the same questions over and over, they will be asked and answered below. Be sure to read this section prior to asking me a question. Q: I lost my manual - can you send me yours? A: No. This kind of question is one I don't like to answer. Far too many people are using pirated copies. If you use a pirated version, obviously there's no printed manual to use. Much of the information you may need from the manual can be found in this FAQ, so it's of little use, really. Each year, EA's manuals get thinner and thinner. It'll only be another year or two before we only get a slip of paper inside thanking us for buying the game and providing no help at all. They're nearly there already. Q: I bought Madden 06 last year, so should I buy Madden 07? A: It's difficult for me to answer, given the fact that I didn't play 06. The previous Madden game I had was 2005, so it's a bit of a change for me to go to 07. My advice would be to read about 07 and then rent the game from a rental service or maybe borrow it from a friend. Q: I'm in the SuperStar mode and I would like to play when my character isn't in the game. Is it possible? A: Yes. Pause the game and hit L1 or R1, and you will see the control switch from CPU to User. You will then be able to control the offense and defense, although you still won't be able to call a play. Q: What's your favorite team/player/etc? A: In the game or in real life? Either way, I've been a fan of the Dallas Cowboys for some time. As for a favorite player, I really don't have one. Q: Can you turn off the passing cone in online games? A: No. Q: While using the Superstar mode, why can't I use the Performance Institute? A: You need an agent who has access to the Performance Institute. If you do have an agent with access, you need to wait a full week before you can use the Performance Institute again. If you use it on say Tuesday, you cannot use it until the following Tuesday. Q: My attribute bonuses after using the Performance Institute disappears after I play my next game. Why? A: It's only meant to be a temporary bonus. For long-term increases in your attributes, it really comes down to long-term success in the actual games. Q: How do I change the camera angle in the Superstar mode? I hate the default view! A: You cannot change the camera view/angle. It's meant to add realism, much like the passing cone for the QB. Q: When I import my NCAA Football superstar, I notice his skin color is darker than it was in NCAA Football. Why is this? A: I've received this complaint from a number of people, and I'm not sure why this is the case, other than to say it sounds like some sort of glitch on the developer's part. UPDATE: I received an email from Josh Fox who suggests not using face number one while creating the player in NCAA 07. According to him, the bug only affects players made with that face selection when importing to Madden 07. Q: I created a player and would like to use him in the Franchise mode. I cannot seem to find him anywhere, so can you help? A: When a player is created in the Franchise Mode, he is not automatically affiliated with any particular team. He is thus a Free Agent. While in the Franchise Mode, go to the Rosters menu and find the Free Agents list. The list can be sorted according to overall rating as well as many other attributes and even player position. This may help find the created player a little more quickly. Once the player is found, highlight him with the directional pad and click the X button. A screen should pop up informing you of the contract the player desires. Lowering the salary will decrease the chance that he'll sign for your team, so just go down to the last option, "Submit Offer." If the player finds your offer acceptable, a message will pop up saying so. Q: When will there be a roster update? A: EA probably won't issue an official roster update until after the preseason has finished. Q: I created a custom playbook and would like to use it in the Franchise Mode. How can I do this? A: Of all of the email I've been getting, this is one of the most popular. According to one reader, EA doesn't allow this in the Franchise mode, only in the Play Now mode. Why they did this is beyond me. The reader has confirmed this information with Electronic Arts. ================================================================================ Madden Challenge (00045) ================================================================================ Introduced several years ago, the Madden Challenge gives you certain goals to try and accomplish. They include things like rush for one hundred yards in a game with a single player. If you meet the goal, you will be awarded a number of tokens which can be turned in for the purchase of Madden cards, which will give you a bonus in the game. How many tokens you are awarded depends on the difficulty on achieving the goal. Increasing the difficulty level will obviously make achieving the goal more difficult, but if you meet the goal's requirements, you will be awarded more tokens. Here is a simple chart, showing how the difficulty level can affect the number of tokens you're awarded. Difficulty Setting Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Rookie 2 3 4 5 6 Pro 4 6 8 10 12 All-Pro 6 9 12 15 18 All-Madden 8 12 16 20 24 Here is a complete list of the goals you can meet, separated by which level they are categorized in. Level 1 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Make a 40+ yard field goal - Punt the ball 50+ yards - Hold CPU under 7 points (MIN QTR = 4) - Score 21 points in a game (MAX QTR = 6) - One reception by 3 different players - Throw 2 TD passes with one player - Gain 200 yards of total offense (MAX QTR = 6) - Break a 20 yard run - Complete 5 consecutive passes - Complete a 30 yard pass - No dropped passes all game (MIN QTR = 4) - No offensive fumbles all game (MIN QTR = 4) - No interceptions thrown all game (MIN QTR = 4) - No sacks allowed all game (MIN QTR = 4) - Score 35 pts on the Panthers at Carolina (MAX QTR = 6) - Hold Patriots to 21 pts in New England (MIN QTR = 5) - Recover a fumble on defense - Intercept a pass on defense - Sack the opposing QB - Record 3 tackles with one player Level 2 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - 30 yard KR avg for one player (MIN RET = 2) - 30 yard PR avg for one player (MIN RET = 2) - Score 42 points in a game (MAX QTR = 6) - Defeat the CPU by 28 points (MAX QTR = 6) - 10 yard rush avg for one player (MIN ATT = 5) - Gain 100 receiving yards with one player - Catch 2 TD passes with one player - 20 yard Rec Avg for one player (MIN REC = 3) - Score 3 rushing TD's with one player - Throw for 300 yards with one player - Throw 4 TD passes with one player - Complete 80% of your passes (MIN ATT = 5) - Complete 10 consecutive passes - Commit no penalties in a game (MIN QTR = 4) - Defeat the '90 Giants with a regular team - Record 2 sacks with one player - Force 3 turnovers in one game on defense - Record 5 tackles with two different players - Hold CPU under 150 total off yards (MIN QTR = 4) - Gain 100 rushing yards with one player Level 3 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Kick and recover an onside kick - Punt the ball out of bounds inside the 5 yard line - Score 63 points in a game (MAX QTR = 6) - Shut out the CPU (MIN QTR = 4) - Make 10 receptions with one player - 10 rushing attempts by two different players - Gain 100 rushing & 50 receiving yards w/1 player - Gain 150 receiving yards with one player - Gain 150 rushing yards with one player - Gain 400 yards of total offense (MAX QTR = 6) - Break a 40 yard run - Complete 15 consecutive passes - Complete a 60 yard pass - Gain 450 yards of total offense against the Eagles - Gain 150 rush yds. vs '75 Vikings (MAX QTR = 6) - Recover 2 fumbles on defense with one player - Intercept 2 passes with one player - Record 3 sacks with one player - Deflect 4 passes with one player - Record 8 tackles with one player Level 4 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Make a 50+ yard field goal - Punt the ball 65+ yards - Make 6 two-point conversions in one game - Defeat the CPU by 56 points (MAX QTR = 6) - Gain 100 rushing yds with two different players - Gain 100 receiving yds with two different players - Gain 200 receiving yds with one player - Gain 200 rushing yds with one player - Complete 25 passes with one player - 40 Rushing Att by one player (MAX QTR = 6) - Throw for 500 yards with one player - Gain 650 yards of total offense (MAX QTR = 6) - Achieve 20 first downs (MAX QTR = 6) - Complete one pass to 7 different receivers - Return a fumble for a touchdown on defense - Break a 60 yard run - Cause 6 turnovers on defense - Record 7 sacks with one player - Record a safety on defense - Return an interception for a touchdown Level 5 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Gain 200 KR yards with one player - Gain 200 PR yards with one player - Return a kickoff for a touchdown - Return a punt for a touchdown - Score 84 points in a game (MAX QTR = 6) - Complete 100% of your passes (MIN ATT = 5) - 100 receiving yards by three different players - Gain 100 rushing & 100 passing yds w/1 player - Gain 100 rushing & 150 passing yds w/1 player - 20 yard rush avg for one player (MIN ATT = 3) - 200 passing yards by two different players - Gain 250 rushing yards with one player - Break 10 tackles with one player - Break an 80 yard run - Complete 20 consecutive passes - Play injured and score a touchdown - Complete a 90 yard pass - Intercept 5 passes on defense - Hold CPU under 0 total off yards (MIN QTR = 4) - Record two safeties in one game There are 283 total Madden Cards this season. Player cards give that player a boost for a specified amount of time. Playing a Coach card boosts your team's awareness for a specified amount of time. Stadium Cards unlock stadiums for exhibition (Play Now) mode. Historic Team cards open those squads for exhibition, and Cheerleader/Pump Up Crowd Cards give your team a temporary boost. I've included a list of those cards below. Since I haven't unlocked some cards, I'd appreciate it if you would email me the details for any cards that you've unlocked that I haven't. The cards come in three values: bronze, silver, and gold. The higher the value, the longer the benefit will last in the game. You can view the benefits of each card by hitting the O button while viewing the card. The O button will flip the card over, revealing all of the details of the card, including the value of the card, should you wish to sell it. Player Cards ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ 1. Rex Grossman 2. Olin Kreutz 3. Tommie Harris 4. Brian Urlacher 5. Lance Briggs 6. Nathan Vasher 7. Carson Palmer 8. Rudi Johnson 9. Chad Johnson 10. TJ Houshmandzadeh 11. David Pollack 12. Odell Thurman 13. Deltha O'Neal 14. Willis McGahee 15. London Fletcher 16. Takeo Spikes 17. Nate Clements 18. Jake Plummer 19. Tatum Bell 20. Al Wilson 21. Champ Bailey 22. John Lynch 23. Charlie Frye 24. Reuben Droughns 25. Braylon Edwards 26. Andra Davis 27. Carnell Williams 28. Joey Galloway 29. Simeon Rice 30. Derrick Brooks 31. Rondi Barber 32. Kurt Warner 33. Anquan Boldin 34. Larry Fitzgerald 35. Bertrand Berry 36. LaDainian Tomlinson * 37. Keenan McCardell 38. Antonio Gates 39. Shawne Merriman 40. Trent Green 41. Larry Johnson 42. Tony Gonzalez 43. Willie Roaf 44. Derrick Johnson 45. Peyton Manning 46. Marvin Harrison 47. Reggie Wayne 48. Dwight Freeney 49. Cato June 50. Drew Bledsoe 51. Terry Glenn 52. Jason Witten 53. DeMarcus Ware 54. Roy Williams 55. Dante Culpepper 56. Chris Chambers 57. Randy McMichael 58. Jason Taylor 59. Zach Thomas 60. Donovan McNabb 61. Brian Westbrook 62. Jevon Kearse 63. Jeremiah Trotter 64. Brian Dawkins 65. Michael Vick 66. Warrick Dunn 67. Alge Crumpler 68. Keith Brooking 69. DeAngelo Hall 70. Alex Smith 71. Kwame Harris 72. Bryant Young 73. Derek Smith 74. Eli Manning 75. Tiki Barber 76. Plaxico Burress 77. Jeremy Shockey 78. Michael Strahan 79. Osi Umenyiora 80. Byron Leftwich 81. Fred Taylor 82. John Henderson 83. Marcus Stroud 84. Rashean Mathis 85. Curtis Martin 86. Lavernues Coles 87. Justin McCareins 88. Jonathan Vilma 89. Kevin Jones 90. Roy Williams 91. Kalimba Edwards 92. Shaun Rogers 93. Brett Favre 94. Samkon Gado 95. Nick Barnett 96. Donald Driver 97. Jake Delhomme 98. DeShaun Foster 99. Steve Smith 100. Mike Wahle 101. Julius Peppers 102. Chris Gamble 103. Tom Brady 104. Corey Dillon 105. Deion Branch 106. Richard Seymour 107. Tedy Bruschi 108. Rodney Harrison 109. LaMont Jordan 110. Jerry Porter 111. Randy Moss 112. Derrick Burgess 113. Marc Bulger 114. Steven Jackson 115. Terry Holt 116. Isaac Bruce 117. Orlando Pace 118. Jonathan Ogden 119. Terrell Suggs 120. Ray Lewis 121. Chris McAlister 122. Ed Reed 123. Clinton Portis 124. Santana Moss 125. Chris Cooley 126. Chris Samuels 127. Deuce McAllister 128. Donte Stallworth 129. Joe Horn 130. Dwight Smith 131. Matt Hasselbeck 132. Shaun Alexander * 133. Jerremy Stevens 134. Walter Jones 135. Lofa Tatupu 136. Michael Boulware 137. Ben Roethlisberger 138. Willie Parker 139. Hines Ward 140. Heath Miller 141. Alan Faneca 142. Troy Polamalu 143. David Carr 144. Domanick Davis 145. Andre Johnson 146. Dunta Robinson 147. Drew Bennett 148. Chris Brown 149. Brandon Jones 150. Kyle Vanden Bosch 151. Keith Bullock 152. Travis Taylor 153. Jermaine Wiggins 154. Antoine Winfield 155. Darren Sharper * = Due to a programming glitch by the developers, the LaDainian Tomlinson card is nearly impossible to get. When you complete the Ground Attack drill on All-Madden and receive a Gold trophy, you get the Shaun Alexander card. If you go to the Madden card list, Ladainian Tomlinson's card is locked and it shows that you need to get a Gold in the Ground Attack on All-Madden difficulty. They obviously got the two cards mixed up somehow. This screwup has been documented by not only myself but through several readers of this FAQ. Coach Cards ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ 156. Lovie Smith 157. Marvin Lewis 158. Dick Jauron 159. Mike Shanahan 160. Romeo Crennel 161. Jon Gruden 162. Dennis Green 163. Marty Schottenheimer 164. Herm Edwards 165. Tony Dungy 166. Dallas Coach 167. Nick Saban 168. Andy Reid 169. Jim Mora Jr. 170. Mike Nolan 171. Tom Coughlin 172. Jack Del Rio 173. Eric Mangini 174. Rod Marinelli 175. Mike McCarthy 176. John Fox 177. NE Coach 178. Art Shell 179. Scott Linehan 180. Bill Billick 181. Joe Gibbs 182. Sean Payton 183. Mike Holmgren 184. Bill Cowher 185. Gary Kubiak 186. Jeff Fisher 187. Brad Childress Cheat Cards ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ 188. 1st and 15 189. 1st and 5 190. Unforced Errors 191. Extra Credit 192. Tight Fit 193. 5th Down 194. 3rd Down 195. Human Plow 196. Super Dive 197. Da Boot 198. Da Bomb 199. Lame Duck 200. Mistake Free 201. Fumblitis 202. BINGO! 203. Mr. Mobility 204. Touchy 205. Bad Spot 206. Toast 207. Jam 208. Pocket Protectors 209. Penetration 210. QB on Target 211. Coffin Corner 212. Wind Gust 213. Hands of Glue 214. Hands of Stone 215. Couch Potato 216. Time Out 217. OUCH! 218. Worker's Comp 219. Passerby Stadium Cards ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ 220. Super Bowl XLI 221. Super Bowl XLII 222. Super Bowl XLIII 223. Super Bowl XLIV 224. Aloha Stadium Secret/Historic Team Cards ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ 225. 58 Colts 226. 68 Packers 227. 68 Jets 228. 70 Browns 229. 72 Dolphins 230. 74 Steelers 231. 76 Raiders 232. 77 Broncos 233. 78 Dolphins 234. 80 Raiders 235. 81 Chargers 236. 82 Redskins 237. 83 Raiders 238. 84 Dolphins 239. 85 Bears 240. 86 Giants 241. 88 49ers 242. 90 Eagles 243. 91 Lions 244. 92 Cowboys 245. 93 Bills 246. 94 49ers 247. 96 Packers 248. 98 Broncos 249. 99 Rams Cheerleader/Pump-Up Crowd Cards ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ 250. Chicago Cheerleader 251. Cincinnati Cheerleader 252. Buffalo Cheerleader 253. Denver Cheerleader 254. Cleveland Cheerleader 255. Tampa Bay Cheerleader 256. Arizona Cheerleader 257. San Diego Cheerleader 258. Kansas City Cheerleader 259. Indianapolis Cheerleader 260. Dallas Cheerleader 261. Miami Cheerleader 262. Philadelphia Cheerleader 263. Atlanta Cheerleader 264. San Francisco Cheerleader 265. New York Giants Cheerleader 266. Jacksonville Cheerleader 267. New York Jets Cheerleader 268. Detroit Cheerleader 269. Green Bay Cheerleader 270. Carolina Cheerleader 271. New England Cheerleader 272. Oakland Cheerleader 273. St. Louis Cheerleader 274. Baltimore Cheerleader 275. Washington Cheerleader 276. New Orleans Cheerleader 277. Seattle Cheerleader 278. Pittsburgh Cheerleader 279. Tennessee Cheerleader 280. Houston Cheerleader 281. Minnesota Cheerleader Hall of Fame Team Cards ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ 282. Hall of Fame AFC Team 283. Hall of Fame NFC Team ================================================================================ Links (00046) ================================================================================ This is where you'll find Madden-related sites or pages. Madden 2007's Official Site http://www.easports.com/madden07/ PSX Sports (Roster Updates) http://www.psxsports.com VG Sports http://www.vgsportsinc.com/ ================================================================================ Revision History (00047) ================================================================================ Version 0.1 - Aug 28, 2006 - 252 KB Released the first version of the FAQ. There's still quite a bit to add, so if you would like to contribute, email me. Version 0.2 - Aug 29, 2006 - 252 KB I added a few more Madden Cards. Version 0.3 - Aug 29, 2006 - 252 KB I corrected the coaches for the Bears and Panthers in the team analysis section. Version 0.4 - Aug 31, 2006 - 258 KB I made a few more corrections in the guide. I also added a couple of more Madden cards. If you have some which I don't, email me. I'm still missing some. I also listed the glitch with the LaDainian Tomlinson and Shaun Alexander madden cards. Also, I added more to the Superstar mode section. I'm still looking for any other tips for the section. If you've retired and made it to the Hall, let me know about your experience. Finally, I'll likely begin the Franchise mode soon, so if you've got some experience with that portion of the game, let me know about any tips you think should be shared with others. Version 0.5 - Sept 01, 2006 - 271 KB I added six more Madden cards to the list. The list is nearing completion, but is still missing some. If you have any of them, let me know! I also added to the Superstar and the Franchise sections of the guide. Version 0.6 - Sept 03, 2006 - 274 KB I finished the Madden card list and added to the Frequently Asked Questions list. There's not much else to add to the FAQ in my opinion, so I don't expect to update this anymore. Version 0.7 - Sept 07, 2006 - 275 KB I only have one minor update, a new frequently asked question has been added regarding the problem with picking a custom playbook in the franchise mode. Version 0.8 - Sept 30, 2006 - 275 KB I added a minor update to the question in the FAQ section regarding the glitch which takes place when importing a superstar from NCAA Football 07. ================================================================================ Final Words... (00048) ================================================================================ _______ Credits ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Jeff "CJayC" Veasey for hosting my FAQs. Dave Allison for hosting my FAQs. Alex Eagleson for the table of contents inspiration. VG Sports for the roster data. Wikipedia for some of the information on the teams. Anthony Williams (talonsgym) for spotting errors with the Panthers and Bears team sections. Kaden for spotting an error I made regarding the Jets. Tyrone Johnson for spotting an error regarding my description of the 4-3 and 3-4 defenses. Andrew for some suggestions/information regarding the Superstar mode. Matt Madsen for the information on Heath Miller's madden card. ACarter2517 for first telling me about the LaDainian Tomlinson and Shaun Alexander Madden card glitch in the game. Sam Butler for spotting an error with the Oakland Raiders' team analysis. scstan13 for his recommendations for plays to call for your defensive Superstar in the Superstar mode. Mike Schau for telling me about six Madden cards I didn't have. Samu Alla for informing me about the cheat which allows you to stop the clock as you approach the line of scrimmage on offense. Nick Teverbaugh for telling me about several mode Madden cards. KSmithy72@aol.com for verifying information about custom playbooks. Josh Fox for sending me an email about the NCAA Football 07 to Madden NFL 07 import bug in the Superstar Mode. This FAQ was writen entirely using the GWD Text Editor: (shareware) http://www.gwdsoft.com/ ____________________________ Misc Facts about the Author: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Email Address: red_phoenix_1@hotmail.com Other FAQs: Check out http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/2717.html << Disclaimer >> This document may be freely distributed so long as it is not edited or or altered in any way, I am given credit, you do not charge for viewing this guide; this includes, but is not limited to websites, cds, dvds, magazines, etc. This document was made for personal use only. No part of this document may be copied or used in any form of media without the express written consent of Jim Chamberlin. Unauthorized use of any information herein is a direct violation of Copyright Law, and legal action will be taken. This document is Copyright İ 2006 Jim Chamberlin. All Rights Reserved. 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