Apparently Tom Brady and Drew Brees can barely throw past 15-20 yards. In fact, they might be one of the worst starting QBs in the NFL at it, according to the makers of Madden NFL 15.

Check out this short video comparing the Deep Accuracy Ratings of some quarterbacks.

Some of the players that are rated higher than both Drew Brees and Tom Brady will astound you!

Kind of crazy right?

EA Sports bases their ratings almost solely on statistics, not actual ability to play.

They use the site ProFootballFocus.com. This site is basically an analytics/sabermetrics tool that analyzes every stat you can think of. The only stat it doesn’t take into account (which is the most important stat) is the eye test.

Unless you are a complete moron, you can visually see that both Drew Brees and Tom Brady are very accurate and should not be rated so low in comparison to other, less talented quarterbacks. This is where EA cashes in their nerd card and their ignorance on scouting talent and actually understanding the game of football.

Anyone with common sense realizes that there are so many different factors that go into a single play in football. Because of this, stats never tell the whole truth and can’t always be 100% trusted.

That’s my take… What is yours?

Leave a comment below and let me know if you agree or disagree with EA Sport’s QB ratings for this year’s Madden 15!

That’s right… as I was afraid of the Madden 15 play call screen is officially broken and full of glitches.  I thought it would have been fixed over the past few days but apparently it has not been.

Shame on you EA!

How does something so simple… so easily noticed… so blatant … and so fundamental make it this far into the development process?  I just don’t get it.

It’s either that EA Sports is incompetent or they just don’t care. Or a mix of the two, which is probably more likely.

I highlighted some flaws in the play call screen in a video I did two days ago while playing the “Pre-Early” Access, if you will.

The problems still exist and the game is slated to officially drop 8/26.

What I ask of you… Share this video! All of you!

Share this write up and video on Facebook and Twitter and tag EA Sports in all of your postings.  We need to get this in front of someone FAST.

I am sick of the way EA has done things over the years and this is the last straw.  As a consumer I am pissed off and you should be too.  Just have a look….

Here are some details regarding the above video and what is actually happening.

The first part lists the wrong plays in the wrong formation. It wasn’t as if random plays were listed in the formation… it is more so that when I select a specific formation (in this instance Nickel Big) it lists all of the play for another formation (in this instance Nickle Normal). The same thing happened to me the game previous to this one. Dime was listed in 3-4 in hat instance. To fix this problem, you have to hit B until you completely exit the playbook. Then re-enter the playbook.

The second part… During special teams the B button was not responding. I wasn’t purposely choosing punt. I was trying to get out of the punt section of my playbook and go into my regular defensive plays but it wouldn’t let me. Then when I called a time out it only gave me three seconds to pick a play. The clock is only supposed to run once the offense picks a play and it is supposed to be 10 seconds long. In this case the offense did not pick a play and the clock began counting down immediately and started at 3 seconds. At this point I ran off sides and finally the “B” button was responsive and allowed me to choose an actual play. So it cost me a time out and 5 yards.

The last part shows an audible mishap where every formation is listed as “Strong Close” so you don’t know what play you are actually audibling to, especially if the same play is in multiple formations.. For example: Power O, Stick, Bench. This has also happened to me in practice mode where the formation listed is actually blank. You can see that in this video as well at the 1:00 mark.

Again, I urge you to share this (multiple times if you have to!) and tag EA Sports in every post.  Get their attention.  If they have 1 million tags to the same issue and problem they can’t ignore it!

Everyone is eagerly awaiting the release of Madden 15.  Fortunately for us Maddenites, last night EA Sports accidentally allowed EA Access members to download Madden 15.  They quickly shut the game down, but I was able to get some very valuable footage and have tons of feedback and gameplay for you!

There are a lot of glitches with the play call screen, both in game and practice mode.  It is a bit of a headache and in each video multiple, different glitches in the play call screen are discussed.

The video also covers how the defense reacts, the run game,  camera angles, a weird defensive “vision cone-like” feature and much more.

Oh yeah….your opponent can see every play you pick after you run it.  Even online! Crazy right!?! Well that’s Madden 15 I guess.

Check out the two videos below to learn and understand how all of these things work and intermingle with one another.

You can also check out more videos on my YouTube channel!

Part 1

Part 2

What did you like and dislike based these videos?

You can let me know by commenting below!

You can also leave any Madden 15 questions that you have in the comments below and I will do my best to answer them.

Thanks and Game Strong!

Madden Season is upon us!

This is the time of year where rivalries are born.

This is the time of year when competition is the highest.

This is the time of year when jobs are lost and relationships are ruined!

The release of Madden is like a short lived, annual case of alcoholism…

For the person participating it is hardly an issue, but unfortunately it’s the loved ones who truly suffer.

Here are 5 ways Madden Season negatively affects your loved ones.

5. Your Girlfriend/Wife Is Insecure

Your wife overhears you talking in code as you say… “Sting Pinch”, “nano blitz”, “up the A gap,” and “I got the best stick out”.

This causes your wife to become insecure and suspicious. She thinks you’re talking to your secret girlfriend on the phone…

Meanwhile, your boy is at work on the other end like….

4.  Your Coworker Hates You

You stay up all night for the midnight release.  You play for hours when you get home….

You glance at the clock.  It’s 4 a.m.  You have to get up in two hours.  You know you will never make it so you call out sick.  This forces your coworker to pull a double shift.  The texts go like this….

3.  Your Girlfriend/Wife is Lonely  

You “can’t sleep”…

As you lay down for bed, you turn to your woman and say… “Damn I can’t sleep. I think I need to go in the other room and clear my head. I can’t lay here anymore.”

Meanwhile in the other room….

2. Your Sister Thinks You Don’t Care

1. Your Mother Thinks She is a Failure

Your mom stops over unexpectedly at 6:00 a.m the morning after the midnight release…..

Gotta love Madden Season!

Comment below with some of your Madden Season experiences!