Alright, well I'm going to answer this for you because you went offline... The Top 5 LBers in the game today "in my opinion" are:
MLB Brian Urlacher
MLB Lofa Tatupa
OLB Demarcus Ware
MLB Patrick Willis
OLB Shawne Merriman
Now, I'm a pretty solid believer in that Madden's ratings are pretty dam solid. Well, I want you to look at.. let's say three stats from each of these players on the new Madden 09 ratings. Speed, Acceleration, and Agility..
Brian Urlacher ..... 88 SPD ..... 90 ACC ..... 88 AGI (Cover LB)
Lofa Tatupa ..... 85 SPD ..... 94 ACC ..... 85 AGI (Balanced LB)
DeMarcus Ware ..... 87 SPD ..... 97 ACC ..... 90 AGI (Pass Rushing LB)
Patrick Willis ..... 91 SPD ..... 96 ACC ..... 88 AGI (Balanced LB)
Shawne Merriman ..... 87 SPD ..... 95 ACC .... 88 AGI (Pass Rushing LB)
Alright, so after looking at the data. There seems to be a common trend among all these LBs. 4 out of the 5 there AGI is the SAME as or slightly better than their SPD. And WAIT! The biggest trend out of all of them..
Every one of their Accelerations is SUPERIOR to their SPD.
Now, GLB combines the ACC & AGI stats into one stat.. Agility. So, by the stats and data I have posted above, AGILITY should be more important then SPEED in this game. And that's why I started this topic, to see everyone's opinion on the topic. Now, I can see how some people have SPD higher than AGI on their LBs, just for the simple fact that every player in GLB is very very fast. But, to say that AGI isn't necessary in GLB.. That's downright wrong.
So, in conclusion, Agility in GLB is probably a top 2 or 3 stat for LBs and NEEDS to be addressed early and consistently. Comments?
Last edited Jun 23, 2008 17:58:44