We’re taking a bronze Steelers squad and upgrading it based on these rewards:

How to Upgrade
Win	1 Spin of the RNG
Rage Quit	1 Spin of the RNG
Bye	1 Spin of the RNG
Promotion	2 Spins of the RNG
Playoff Win	2 Spins of the RNG
Super Bowl Win	3 Spins of the RNG

Current roster:

Position	Name	Overall
QB	Landry Jones	63
QB	Tajh Boyd	57
QB
RB	LeGarrette Blount	79
RB	Ross Scheuerman	62
RB	Josh Harris	63
RB
FB	Will Johnson	73
WR	Mike Wallace	83
WR	Darrius Heyward-Bey	68
WR	Devin Gardner	64
WR	C.J. Goodwin	58
WR
TE	Heath Miller	79
TE	Cameron Clear	63
TE
LT	Mike Adams	63
LT
LG	B.J. Finney	62
LG
C	Reese Dismukes	63
C	Greg Warren	65
RG	Miles Dieffenbach	63
RG
RT	Mitchell Van Dyk	60
RT
LE	Matt Conrath	60
LE
RE	Stephon Tuitt	70
RE
DT	Daniel McCullers	66
DT	L.T. Walton	56
DT
LOLB	Jordan Zumwalt	62
LOLB
MLB	Terence Garvin	62
MLB	Anthony Chickillo	61
ROLB	Joe Kruger	62
ROLB
CB	Kevin Fogg	60
CB	Senquez Golson	67
CB	Robert Golden	61
CB
CB
FS	Gerod Holliman	61
FS
SS	Ross Ventrone	57
SS
K	Shaun Suisham	80
K
P	Brad Wing	63
P

Ratings scale with price unless their performance justifies their outrageous price like Bo Jackson.

Strong Buy – Top Recommendation. A game changer or budget beast

Buy

Hold – Try out and see if the card works for you before deciding whether to sell

Sell

Strong Sell – Sell immediately upon pull and don’t look back.

 

Antonio Brown – 96 overall Wide Receiver – NFL Honors Fantasy Player of the Year

As a Steelers fan I want to like this card. As a human garbanzo bean I need to recognize value. A limited edition 96 overall with average speed and small stature will not carry you to the promised land of Branson Missouri. A player that set records for performance from Pro Football Focus is as disrespected with this card as Cam has been on the internet the last few days.

I’d love to love his route running and catch in traffic but this isn’t Madden 15, high route running is much more commonplace this year. There were 26 total WRs through the entire year in 15 that had route running above a 96. We have 19 already. If you don’t know why 96 is so special, now you do.

But he’s Antonio so if you pull, try him for a few games and decide for yourself. I’d have a different opinion if he had a higher run block or it was 96 speed instead of 94.

Recommendation: Sell

Jonathan Babineaux – 94 overall Defensive Tackle – Season Veteran

6’2 300 pound 3 tech in a 4-3. No coin value. He’s not worthless like my opinions, just none have sold on the market yet to get a proper coin value. 92 blockshed sucks like face huggers. 95 finesse move is okay. I haven’t tested it, but during my Trucking vs Elusiveness testing I accidently gave 1 RB 95 elusiveness instead of 99. The hit sticks this RB was constantly taking was throwing my results off that I had to go back and test why this guy was so bad compared to the others. He was so bad, how bad was he, he was so bad Michael Cera and Jonah Hill created a movie about it. When I saw the 95 I was like okay….why was the difference between 95 and 99 so dramatic though? I now feel like every point between 95 and 99 is worth its weight in gold.

So having a 95 finesse move looks pretty good. But I think if you want a 3 tech that can rush the passer get a 3-4 DE and move them there. No price on this card so I can’t compare but I bet he ends up in the 150k range. I suggest getting TOTW JJ Watt and his 99 powermove priced at 155k on the Xbox One and use him. He’s a beast there, especially with his 96 blockshed.

Recommendation: Strong Sell

Tony Romo – 94 Overall Quarterback – Season Veteran

His injury stat is a little high at 90. It should be the same number as the number of people who are actually in jury’s, 12.

But injury doesn’t matter much in MUT. Especially since you can cheat it at the QB position by not having a backup. His 96 throw power is essential to any QB now. I’m a fan of his accuracy stats across the board. 95 short and long are nice but he’s no Miss Cleo the Medium with his 93 accuracy there.

Don’t expect to scramble much with his low speed and throw on the run. 89 play action is meh too.

Recommendation: Hold to see prices. Stats aren’t out of this world but solid overall. Will be good only if priced right.

Jason Peters – 95 Overall Left Tackle – Season Veteran

Another release another solid left tackle. Oh how are we surprised? Did EA make Tetris? Because we need a straight piece here like we need right tackles but EA only gives us left tackels and zig zaggers. And before you know it we have a full screen and no long straight lines to clear.

But onto the card. Holy stats batman this card is crazy! Compares very favorably to all left tackles out there. Highest run block at LT in the game and a 98 pass block means you shouldn’t be feeling heat like a bad bank robber. 89 awareness is pretty damn good. I don’t have anything bad to say about this card. He’s tied with Munoz as my number 1 left tackle in the game.

Recommendation: Strong buy

Santana Moss – 95 Overall WR – Season Veteran

Are you kidding me?!? This card is crazy. MUCH better than the Antonio Brown card we received with the honors program today. 97 speed with 96 route running, 97 agility and 98 spec catch?!? Elite, Elite, Elite. 99 elusiveness?!? Drags and screens. 99 spin move, 98 juke. Unbelievable. 63 run block?!? Okay, did Santana create this card?

The negatives to this card are 90 catch in traffic and 87 release. Also, He probably doesn’t have the hidden traits that someone like Antonio Brown has. So that could hinder this card potentially but that’s speculation. It’s all outdone by speed. Speed is the most OP stat in the game and Moss has the top number at the moment.

Against zone, any route will work with 96 route running and 97 speed, from slants to streaks. He’ll get separation like a pirate and their leg. Against a cover 2 man with help over the top, you’ve got drags and man beaters for days. Santana has seen things you people wouldn’t believe.  Attack safeties on fire off the shoulder of Orion. Watched C-routes glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those defenses will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.

Recommendation: Strongest buy possible

Todd Gurley – 95 Overall HB – NFL Honors Rookie of the Year Offense

Solid card. 95 Speed and 97 trucking. Overall a bit disappointing though. It’s like when you’ve been waiting for something for so long and finally get it, you’re let down a little because it isn’t as good as you thought it would be. Last time that happened to me was with my waifu.

Gurley’s cards this year have always outperformed their overall rating. This is due in large part to their low awareness rating. Unfortunately this one’s awareness was bumped significantly (16 points) from his 88 football outsiders card.

And being a limited edition 24 hour card means he has to be something special to live up to his price. And while this card is very good, I don’t think you’ll have the same wow factor that you had with the lower priced cards because his performance to price ratio isn’t anywhere near what you saw from him in the past.

I’ve seen a lot of people compare this card to Doug Martin’s 94 TOTY card. While it’s easy to see all the categories in Doug’s favor, the important stats still make Gurley much better. +8 in truck and +1 in elusiveness and speed are card defining. Martin has the advantages in stuff that doesn’t matter like jumping, stamina, injury, awareness, catching and run blocking stats. While there are some key differences, let’s not pretend like Doug’s a better card. You can definitely make the case based on price difference but +8 in truck is so significant that these two aren’t in the same category.

But compare Gurley to Emmitt Smith or Terrell Davis’ 98 overall card. Gurley is only 1 less in almost every important category and even a few cats are better than Davis. Although no cat is better than my pus…let’s move on.

On the other hand, sorry for rambling with the comparisons so long but there are so many good RBs out there. Compare him to Walter P and you’ll see very similar cards. Walter P goes for 150k. With so many good RBs, an expensive one that isn’t Bo with his 97 speed becomes really hard to recommend.

Recommendation: Sell. But see what he settles for by the end of the day once most of them are pulled. He could be a good pickup at the right price but I would only get him if you like the player in real life.

Eric Weddle – 96 overall Free Safety – Seasons Veteran

I really love the play rec, pursuit and zone coverage combo. The 90 speed turns me off like short sleeves on a woman. I’m sorry, there’s such a thing as too much skin. Unless she’s 280. She ain’t a lady…

Unfortunately, 90 speed scares me like mice. Just yesterday a motioned out Bo Jackson on a streak up the seams beat a Ty Law on press and a 94 speed Sean Taylor deep in cover 2 for a touchdown. I can’t accept a 90 speed Free Safety for who I expect to be able to cover sideline to sideline in a 1 deep or 3 deep zone. He’s my centerfielder. I need Andrew McCutchen not David Ortiz out there.

It’s just frustrating how much speed matters in this game where in the real NFL players would know to expect the deep ball out of someone with 97 speed running straight ahead.

Recommendation: Sell

That’s all of the players released today. Let me know if you enjoyed this. Thanks for reading!

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96 overall Ultimate Freeze Randall Cunningham review

Sponsor: The pig that escaped my farm the other day. No matter how hard I tried to capture it it always got away. What a cunning ham.

Overall I liked using Cunningham. He’s a solid mobile QB. Lets dive a little deeper in the stats here.

QB stats –

THROW POWER: 96 – He throws as well as I beat my mea…ki…beat my drum. But really, 96 is pretty good but 95 seems to be the minimum for what you want from a QB nowadays. But I would say with the exception of 1 occasion where I thought TOTW Stafford could make the throw he couldn’t, his throw power was good enough.

Throw Release – It seemed he had a pretty quick release from my feel of it. I didn’t test him in my QB throw release testing I did earlier this year but he definitely seemed to get the ball out of his hand faster than TOTW Stafford does.

THROW ACCURACY SHORT: 92 – Oftentimes I’ve seen this screw me on drags and flat routes where the receiver stumbles like it’s mardi gras because Cunningham can’t hit him in stride.

THROW ACCURACY MED: 88 – This low accuracy will have you cursing him at times. Say you make a perfect read but Cunningham misses the throw. To have the card let you down is never a good feeling. It’s the reason why Madden can be so frustrating at times. The RNG of whether something falls into your favor. An 88 mid throw accuracy is why this card is 300k and not 1 million. If this was 94 he’d be 1 million coins.  Unfortunately with short and deep accuracy being low you can manage around it by molding your playstyle. You can’t get around this rating like 4 people talking together and walking slowly on a sidewalk.

THROW ACCURACY DEEP: 94 – This is the Randy Moss rating. Cunningham’s career was in the toilet before the 98 season. When the Vikes drafted Moss, Cunningham was coming off 3 straight seasons of passer ratings under 75. His first year with Moss, 106 and leading the league.

THROW ON RUN: 96 – Ooh baby. As negative as I was with the mid-throw accuracy this stat gives me some moments where I’m like, I should not have been accurate with that pass. He’s in a full sprint and hits Hines Ward who toe taps to stay in bounds with a defender in man coverage dragging on him. Cunningham butters the bread outside of the pocket.

PLAY ACTION: 84 – He’s not Arnold Swartzenager, He won’t freeze the opponents in place. Don’t expect much here.

BASIC

SPEED: 90 –Very solid scrambling speed. Will escape the pocket nicely for you if that’s your game. Like money escapes my pocket looking at new bundles in MUT.

ACCELERATION: 88 – I do not like this at all. I prefer my QBs to have higher acceleration because they rarely have time to hit their top speed and getting the runs that they do require more of the short burst than the long run.

STRENGTH: 69 – irrelevant like the criticism against Bill Cosby

AGILITY: 93 – He cuts well like my emotions are when people ask about my shoes

RUSHING

CARRYING: 72 – This hurts more than “what are those” You can’t trust him taking a hit like you can’t trust Tony Parker around your wife.

TRUCKING: 53

ELUSIVENESS: 90 – I hope these stats never have to play into account. Because as I just mentioned his carrying will dole out fumbles like I give lice to my coworkers.

STIFF ARM: 76

SPIN MOVE: 89

JUKE MOVE: 93 – At least are solid for when you are in the open field and need to beat one guy for the first down. Personally I still slide because a well timed hit stick can defeat a juke and spin.

He isn’t Rick Astley, he will let you down at times. But a solid running QB for those that like that playstyle. He’ll pick up first downs for you efficiently but he’ll miss throws from time to time.

He wasn’t perfect for my playstyle. For 300k he should really be amazing when TOTW Stafford is half that.

We’re starting a new series today! We’re taking a bronze Steelers squad and upgrading it based on these rewards:

How to Upgrade
Win	1 Spin of the RNG
Rage Quit	1 Spin of the RNG
Bye	1 Spin of the RNG
Promotion	2 Spins of the RNG
Playoff Win	2 Spins of the RNG
Super Bowl Win	3 Spins of the RNG

Current roster:

Position	Name	Overall
QB	Landry Jones	63
QB	Tajh Boyd	57
QB
RB	Ross Scheuerman	62
RB	Josh Harris	63
RB
RB
FB	Roosevelt Nix	80
WR	Darrius Heyward-Bey	68
WR	Devin Gardner	64
WR	C.J. Goodwin	58
WR
WR
TE	Cameron Clear	63
TE
TE
LT	Mike Adams	63
LT
LG	B.J. Finney	62
LG
C	Reese Dismukes	63
C
RG	Miles Dieffenbach	63
RG
RT	Mitchell Van Dyk	60
RT
LE	Matt Conrath	60
LE
RE	Stephon Tuitt	70
RE
DT	Daniel McCullers	66
DT	L.T. Walton	56
DT
LOLB	Jordan Zumwalt	62
LOLB
MLB	Terence Garvin	62
MLB	Anthony Chickillo	61
ROLB	Joe Kruger	62
ROLB
CB	Kevin Fogg	60
CB	Senquez Golson	67
CB	Robert Golden	61
CB
CB
FS	Gerod Holliman	61
FS
SS	Ross Ventrone	57
SS
K	Shaun Suisham	80
K
P	Brad Wing	63
P

Potential players:

OVR	Name	Pos	Tier
97	LaMarr Woodley	LOLB	ELITE
96	James Harrison	ROLB	ELITE
96	Hines Ward	WR	ELITE
96	Mean Joe Greene	DT	ELITE
96	Rod Woodson	CB	ELITE
95	Le’Veon Bell	HB	ELITE
94	Joey Porter	ROLB	ELITE
94	Antonio Brown	WR	ELITE
94	Greg Lloyd	ROLB	ELITE
94	Ryan Shazier	MLB	ELITE
93	Mike Mitchell	FS	ELITE
93	John Kuhn	FB	ELITE
92	Dermontti Dawson	C	ELITE
92	Lawrence Timmons	MLB	ELITE
92	Rod Woodson	FS	ELITE
92	Jerricho Cotchery	WR	ELITE
91	Heath Miller	TE	ELITE
91	LaMarr Woodley	LOLB	ELITE
91	Mike Vick	QB	ELITE
90	Cameron Heyward	LE	ELITE
90	Antonio Brown	WR	ELITE
90	Ben Roethlisberger	QB	ELITE
90	DeAngelo Williams	HB	ELITE
90	Martavis Bryant	WR	ELITE
89	Santonio Holmes	WR	ELITE
89	Le’Veon Bell	HB	ELITE
89	Ryan Shazier	MLB	ELITE
88	DeAngelo Williams	HB	ELITE
Mistake
88	Martavis Bryant	WR	ELITE
88	Stephon Tuitt	RE	ELITE
87	Karlos Dansby	MLB	ELITE
87	Ben Roethlisberger	QB	ELITE
87	Emmanuel Sanders	WR	ELITE
87	John Kuhn	FB	ELITE
86	Lawrence Timmons	MLB	ELITE
85	Maurkice Pouncey	C	ELITE
85	Martavis Bryant	WR	ELITE
85	Willie Colon	RG	ELITE
84	David DeCastro	RG	GOLD
84	James Harrison	ROLB	GOLD
84	Markus Wheaton	WR	GOLD
84	Stephon Tuitt	LE	GOLD
84	Chris Boswell	K	GOLD
83	DeAngelo Williams	HB	GOLD
83	Bud Dupree	ROLB	GOLD
83	Antwon Blake	CB	GOLD
83	Mike Wallace	WR	GOLD
83	Emmanuel Sanders	WR	GOLD
83	LeGarrette Blount	HB	GOLD
83	Nate Washington	WR	GOLD
82	Kelvin Beachum	LT	GOLD
82	Michael Vick	QB	GOLD
82	Jarvis Jones	ROLB	GOLD
82	Mike Vick	QB	GOLD
81	William Gay	CB	GOLD
81	James Harrison	ROLB	GOLD
81	Cameron Heyward	LE	GOLD
81	Marcus Gilbert	RT	GOLD
81	David DeCastro	RG	GOLD
80	Shaun Suisham	K	GOLD
80	Steve McLendon	DT	GOLD
mistake
80	Ryan Shazier	MLB	GOLD
80	Ryan Shazier	MLB	GOLD
80	Ryan Shazier	MLB	GOLD
80	Ryan Shazier	MLB	GOLD
80	Roosevelt Nix	FB	GOLD
80	Antonio Brown	QB	GOLD
79	Heath Miller	TE	GOLD
79	Martavis Bryant	WR	GOLD
79	LeGarrette Blount	HB	GOLD
79	Josh Scobee	K	GOLD
78	Arthur Moats	LOLB	GOLD
78	Ramon Foster	LG	GOLD
78	Shayne Graham	K	GOLD
77	Matt Spaeth	TE	GOLD
77	DeAngelo Williams	HB	GOLD
77	Ryan Mundy	SS	GOLD
77	Max Starks	RT	GOLD
77	Keenan Lewis	CB	GOLD
77	Nate Washington	WR	GOLD
76	Drew Butler	P	GOLD
76	Mat McBriar	P	GOLD
76	Ziggy Hood	DT	GOLD
75	Shamarko Thomas	SS	GOLD
75	Mike Mitchell	FS	GOLD
75	Mike Vick	QB	GOLD
74	Markus Wheaton	WR	GOLD
74	Al Woods	DT	GOLD
74	Jerricho Cotchery	WR	GOLD
74	Brice McCain	CB	GOLD
74	Jacoby Jones	WR	GOLD
73	Cortez Allen	CB	GOLD
73	Ryan Shazier	MLB	GOLD
73	Will Johnson	FB	GOLD
73	Darrius Heyward-Bey	WR	GOLD
73	Jonathan Dwyer	HB	GOLD
72	Fernando Velasco	G	SILVER
72	Lance Moore	WR	SILVER
71	Vince Williams	MLB	SILVER
71	David Johnson	FB	SILVER
70	Sammie Coates	WR	SILVER
70	Dri Archer	HB	SILVER
70	Willie Colon	LG	SILVER
70	Jordan Todman	HB	SILVER
69	Bud Dupree	ROLB	SILVER
69	Michael Egnew	TE	SILVER
69	Rob Blanchflower	TE	SILVER
69	Bruce Gradkowski	QB	SILVER
69	Stevenson Sylvester	LOLB	SILVER
68	Antwon Blake	CB	SILVER
68	Jarvis Jones	ROLB	SILVER
68	Cody Wallace	C	SILVER
68	Chris Hubbard	LG	SILVER
68	Guy Whimper	RT	SILVER
67	Will Allen	SS	SILVER
67	B.W. Webb	CB	SILVER
67	Sean Spence	MLB	SILVER
66	Jesse James	TE	SILVER
65	Doran Grant	CB	SILVER
65	Clifton Geathers	RE	SILVER
65	Greg Warren	C	SILVER
65	Chris Carter	DL	SILVER
64	Cam Thomas	LE	SILVER
64	Dri Archer	HB	SILVER
63	Adam Podlesh	P	Bronze
63	Justin Brown	WR	Bronze
62	Wesley Johnson	C	Bronze
56	Josh Mauro	DE	Bronze