Madden ratings for saints are out!!!!

I disagree with it because it should be more engaging to actually build up players.

If you're going to use the educational system's grading standards, you're already taking the wrong approach to countering my point.

Follow me.

You have to rank the players from 0-100 on every aspect of their game. This is different from, say, the NCAA series, which starts off at 40 (and thus, higher averages are expected; a problem largely offset by 1) the limited time given to build up a player and 2) the knowledge that only a small amount of its players will port to the NFL title). Therefore, there is more room to USE when it comes to ranking players. The ceiling doesn't always have to be 99, just as I am not advocating that the worst players score zeros at their positions. But this is one of the few things I felt Head Coach got right.

This also makes too many of the inane position switch/boosts possible. For example, that MLB that's a 73 overall but has decent speed, 78ish strength, and can tackle worth a something gets moved to RE, BAM, he's now an 88.

Free agency also gets uglied by the high ratings - I had one seson where EVERY WR was a 77, and a separate season where EVERY FS was a 79. These things need to be better spaced to keep from bunching up so badly in the middle.