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The New Official Madden Season 12 Thread: LD come back... you can blame it all on me!

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MWS Natural

Member
The ninth roster update for Madden 09 is tentatively scheduled to release on Friday. The Bills get some love this week, but the Cowboys somehow escape without any downgrades on defense, only one point lost on the offensive line, and Pacman Jones remains on the roster.

Continue on for all the transactions, ratings up/down, injuries, and contract extensions.

Transactions
S Herana-Daze Jones – Released to Free Agents (IR)
CB Geoff Pope – Signs with Bengals
C Kyle Cook – Released by Bengals (IR)
C Andrew Crummey – Signs with Bengals
FB Reagan Mauia – Signs with Bengals
WR Chad Jackson – Signs with Broncos
LB Matt McCoy – Released by Bucs
WR Brian Clark – Signs with Bucs
C Al Johnson – Released by Cardinals
K Nick Novak – Released by Chiefs
QB Quinn Gray – Signs with Chiefs
K Connor Barth – Signs with Chiefs
HB Chad Simpson – Added to Colts
WR Sam Hurd – Released to Free Agents (IR)
FS Chris Crocker – Released by Dolphins
S Tyrone Culver – Signs with Dolphins
FS J.R. Reed – Released by Eagles
FB Kyle Eckel – Signs with Eagles
T Kirk Barton – Released by Dolphins/Signs with 49ers
WR John Standeford – Signs with Lions
RT Ryan O’Callaghan – Released to Free Agents (IR)
HB BenJarvus Green-Ellis – Added to Patriots
TE Ben Troupe – Released to Free Agents (IR)
LB Robert Thomas – Signs with Raiders
T Devin Clark – Added to Redskins (Practice Squad)
TE Sean Ryan – Released by Saints
WR Courtney Roby – Signs with Saints
P Steve Weatherford – Released by Saints
P Ben Graham – Signs with Saints
WR Billy McMullen – Released by Seahawks
LB Will Herring – Added to Seahawks
HB Chris Taylor – Released to Free Agents (IR)
FB Thomas Tapeh – Released by Vikings
LB Napoleon Harris – Signs with Vikings
LB Rufus Alexander – Signs with Vikings/Released by Vikings
LB Erin Henderson – Released by Vikings/Signs with Vikings
FB Lousaka Polite – Added to Free Agents
TE Mike Merritt – Added to Free Agents
T Joe Toledo – Removed
LB Tony Taylor – Added to Free Agents
LB Robert James – Added to Free Agents
HB Chris Barclay – Added to Free Agents
HB Tyson Thompson – Added to Free Agents
S Ethan Kilmer – Added to Free Agents
HB Kenneth Darby – Added to Free Agents
DE Sean Conover – Added to Free Agents
CB Derrick Martin – Added to Free Agents
TE Edgar Jones – Added to Free Agents
CB Torrie Cox – Added to Free Agents
S Donte Nicholson – Added to Free Agents

Ratings up
CB Corey Graham – Bears – 71 to 75 – Has climbed up the depth chart due to the banged up Chicago secondary. Bears sport a nice secondary once everyone is back.
QB Trent Edwards – Bills – 82 to 83 – Was impeccable vs. the Charger secondary in a win in week 7.
RT Langston Walker – Bills – 86 to 88 – Due to his solid blocking on the right side Edwards was untouched vs. San Diego.
TE Robert Royal – Bills – 81 to 83 – Check down option for Edwards. Tied for third on the team in receptions with 17.
CB Jabari Greer – Bills – 83 to 84 – Has been doing a fantastic job this season in coverage. His Madden rating has come a long way since beginning of last year.
LT Ryan Clady – Broncos – 82 to 84 – Extremely athletic left tackle for the Broncos. The sky is the limit for this guy.
CB Brandon McDonald – Browns – 82 to 83 – Has been doing a solid job in coverage considering the lack of pass rush in Cleveland.
CB Aqib Talib – Bucs – 80 to 81 – Now has 3 INT’s in his rookie year out of Kansas. Ball hawk.
WR Antonio Bryant – Bucs – 79 to 81 – Might have taken a starting WR spot in Tampa with his play this season.
WR Malcolm Floyd – Chargers – 73 to 74 – With Chambers and Buster Davis out has stepped up the past two weeks and might have cemented a spot in the rotation.
QB Chad Pennington – Dolphins – 84 to 85 – Continues to make smart decisions even in a tough loss to the Ravens. Was pick sixed in on a nice play by Suggs.
LB Joey Porter – Dolphins – 89 to 90 – Continues to rack up sacks and QB pressures for the Dolphins.
S Yeremiah Bell – Dolphins – 84 to 86 – The best player in the Miami secondary. Had a crucial strip on McGahee that the Dolphins couldn’t cash in on.
LT Sam Baker – Falcons – 80 to 83 – Missed time with a concussion earlier in the season but when in the lineup has given up 1 sack.
WR Josh Morgan – 49ers – 73 to 75 – Besides inexplicably kicking the ball through the back of the endzone for a safety; has earned a starting job due to his playmaking ability.
CB Tramon Williams – Packers – 78 to 81 – Showed he is a legitimate corner in the league by doing an excellent job on whatever Colts receiver he was on in week 7, mostly Anthony Gonzalez.
CB Will Blackmon – Packers – 73 to 77 – Along with Williams stepped up in the secondary vs. the Colts. Basically an athlete coming out of college has developed into a nickel/dime corner.
CB Charles Woodson – Packers – 92 to 93 – With the exception of losing his footing too often, has maybe displayed better instincts than any corner on his INT’s. There won’t be a better free safety if he ever makes the transition.
FS Nick Collins – Packers – 87 to 88 – Returned a gift wrapped pick for another TD Sunday vs. the Colts. Is around the ball more which could not be said about him in previous years.
QB Jake Delhomme – Panthers – 86 to 87 – Continued his sharp passing with Steve Smith back in the lineup.
HB Sammy Morris – Patriots – 81 to 83 – Ran all over the Broncos in a sharp first half on Monday night. Looks to be the primary ball carrier with the injury to Maroney.
QB Matt Cassell – Patriots – 76 to 77 – Had a nice game vs. the Broncos secondary on Monday night.
DE Trevor Scott – Raiders – 69 to 71 – Made a nice inside move vs. the Jets RT (Damien Woody) on one of his two sacks on the day.
LB Ricky Brown – Raiders – 75 to 77 – The other LB that starts for the Raiders. Had 8 tackles in week 7.
C Nick Leckey – Rams – 72 to 76 – Has started every game for the Rams this season taking over for former starter Brett Romberg.
WR Donnie Avery – Rams – 76 to 78 – Looked like a true deep ball threat vs. the Cowboys on Sunday including a near miss TD on a bomb from Bulger.
LB Ray Lewis – Ravens – 94 to 95 – Is playing arguably his best season. Looks better playing behind Justin Bannan at nose tackle.
CB Shawn Springs – Redskins – 88 to 90 – Is hurt now. Before he got hurt he was playing the teams #1 WR and playing tight coverage.
S Chris Horton – Redskins – 78 to 80 – His first game looked like a fluke when he had 2 INT’s handed to him, but he looks like a keeper due to his ability to be around the ball.
CB Carlos Rogers – Redskins – 90 to 91 – Looks all the way back from a season ending injury a year ago. He has been very sharp the past couple weeks in particular.
LB James Harrison – Steelers – 93 to 94 – Trails Ware by 0.5 sacks for the leader in sacks. A beast. Still needs to perform better against elite tackles.
LB LaMarr Woodley – Steelers – 84 to 86 – Has 7.5 sacks in his first season starting. Pairs with Harrison to form one of the top OLB combo’s.
HB Mewelde Moore – Steelers – 80 to 81 – Feasted on Cincy in the second half in a route. Has earned some carries whenever Parker comes back.
G Darnell Stapleton – Steelers – 72 to 76 – Inserted into the starting lineup after a season ending injury to the starter.
WR Santonio Holmes – Steelers – 86 to 87 – Blew past a what’s his name? on Cincy for his first TD on the season in week 7.
HB Steve Slaton – Texans – 82 to 83 – Averaging close to 5.0 YPC with 4 TD’s and has 0 fumbles which was a problem in college and early in camp.
HB Chris Johnson – Titans – 83 to 85 – Averaging 5.3 YPC with 3 TD’s. Carved up KC for 168 yards in week 7.
LG Eugene Amano – Titans – 80 to 84 – First year as a starter lining up at LG for Tennessee.

Ratings Down
LT Levi Jones – Bengals – 87 to 85 – Got beat a couple more times for sacks in week 7.
DE Luis Castillo – Chargers – 93 to 91 – A lot of good things have been said about this guy. Not translating to the football field this season.
LT Flozell Adams – Cowboys – 94 to 93 – Has had a heck of a time with two past their prime pass rushers the past two weeks (Bertrand Berry and Leonard Little).
DT Glenn Dorsey – Chiefs – 84 to 80 – Has been invisible and the Chiefs have been getting killed on the ground, especially to the Titans in week 7.
QB J.T. O’Sullivan – 49ers – 79 to 78 – Everyone’s golden boy has 10 INT’s on the season and has fumbled 9 times. Blocking has been bad, but those numbers are not NFL caliber.
CB Aaron Ross – Giants – 87 to 86 – Has been having a tough time staying on his feet and not giving up touchdowns the past couple weeks.
CB Leigh Bodden – Lions – 90 to 89 – Took a beating vs. the Texans and Andre Johnson in man coverage on Sunday.
DT Chuck Darby – Lions – 83 to 81- Has 10 tackles on the season and appears to be getting phased out.
RT Gosder Cherilus – Lions – 77 to 75 – Detroit flip flops this 1st round pick with a punch line (George Foster) at RT.
DE KGB – Packers – 85 to 83 – Continues to fail to impress. Now a bigger part of the rotation which will not help the Packers inability to stop the run.
CB Fred Bennett – Texans – 84 to 83 – Has slid down the depth chart after a nice rookie season. Had tight man coverage on a deep ball to Calvin Johnson though.
LT Bryant McKinnie – Vikings – 96 to 95 – Maybe still getting his feet under him after the suspension but is not looking good, and was whooped by Ogunleye in week 7.
S Darren Sharper – Vikings – 91 to 90 – Is not making plays anymore. Took the worst angle possible on Marty Bookers long TD reception in week 7.

Injuries
LB Keith Rivers – Bengals – IR
LB Boss Bailey – Broncos - IR
QB Brodie Croyle – Chiefs – IR
S Roy Williams – Cowboys - IR
HB Laurence Maroney – Patriots – IR
S Rodney Harrison – Patriots - IR

Contracts
C Eric Heitmann – 49ers – 4 years
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http://www.pastapadre.com/4380/madden-09-roster-update-9-details#more-4380
 
F

Fifty

Member
Miguel said:
I shall forfeit my win on account of running the ball with under a minute left in a game separated by 8 points.
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:lol :lol Uh, no. Maybe you should have kneeled instead of running. But what you did was really such a minor thing. People have done far worse and not been given auto losses. I think you explained yourself nicely on the last page.

Frankman can be annoyed if you could have won via kneels and instead you ran some runs, but it's not worth arguing over. Just move on and if someone makes a habit of doing that, then we'll talk.

edit: FMT not knowing which team he's playing with...too consumed by Dead Space...FMT, you are a shell of your former, great self. I don't like seeing you like this.
 
T

The Frankman

Banned
Miguel said:
I never said I didn't run it, or didn't mean to run it. But I didn't call a time out just to call a time out.

I shall forfeit my win on account of running the ball with under a minute left in a game separated by 8 points.


Had I gone ahead with the pass play, you would have been bitching even more, even if I had thrown the ball away
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Just forget it already, take the win. I will say though if you fumbled and I took it back to the house for the win I'd still be bitching. Why have the rules in the first place? Also, I was in a Cover 3 the first two plays so I was hoping you MIGHT try something and I get a Pick 6.

EDIT: DAMMIT FMT GET YOUR ASS ONLINE FOR MY GAME!! YOU TRYING TO DISCARD ME LIKE A USED TAMPON?? :lol
 
M

Matrix

LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world he’d rather have. The problem is, Dwyane’s not a woman.
Shawnwhann said:
When you wanna roll Matrix?
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Whats good for you? I'm free tonight.
 
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Miguel

Member
GG FMT.

I know at the end there you called that Time out thinking you had a first down, so I did the honorable thing and called a time out after I sacked you. I WASN'T TRYING TO RUN UP THE SCORE! PROMISE! :lol

I got scared there when I saw your WR open, but luckily they closed in quickly and deflected the ball.
 
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FrenchMovieTheme

Member
OH MY FUCKING GOD DUDE! game just froze at the recap, i thought they fixed this!

i get bullcrapped out of a possible tie. it wasn't migs fault but here's what happened:

2rd and 16, complete to frank gore inside the 5. i caught it and dragged his dude inside the 5. i get tackled and the clock is running so i call a timeout. next play.... i'm back at the 25 yard line, and now it's 3rd and 16. it's as if the play didn't happen... only it took the down from me. i didn't get penalized any yards though?

frustrating. mig you can keep the win and we'll guess on the stats i suppose. ricockulous!

p.s. wait that ball was dropped? what the hell? i was still controlling gore after i caught it
 
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Miguel

Member
No, what happened was your guy dropped the pass!

Gore = butterfingers

You couldn't see it unless you were following the defender like I was, clearly :p

He strips the ball as he's going for Gore.
 
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Miguel

Member
Only stats I care about are D.Ryan's 2 INTs for 59 yards, Fred Bennet's INT, Mario's 2 sacks, and Dunta's INT (I think you had 4 INTs...)

Everything else = blagh
 
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FrenchMovieTheme

Member
i want to blame my shitty QB rating but it honestly has nothing to do with that, i'm just guessing what the D is going to be and going after routes based on that guess, by the time i see its incorrect its too late. ill fix that... soon enough!

p.s. got to eat dinners brahs, be back later!
 
M

Matrix

LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world he’d rather have. The problem is, Dwyane’s not a woman.
Miguel said:
Texans just gave the Rams a gift! :D
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Give me the Rams,hell one of the rams W's was cause of me! I'm going to be stuck with a f-ing Bush-less team in the next update >_< I should have never felt sorry for you :(
 
M

Miguel

Member
Matrix said:
Give me the Rams,hell one of the rams W's was cause of me! I'm going to be stuck with a f-ing Bush-less team in the next update >_< I should have never felt sorry for you :(
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:lol

You can have the Texans back! :p

(And keep the saints...you can play as the Texans week 13 I think. Texans vs Rams...Avery will pwn you
 
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Matrix

LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world he’d rather have. The problem is, Dwyane’s not a woman.
Fine I'll take the Texans back,never should have given away my true love <3

You will not be pulling a Houston Cougar Avery performance on me!
 
B

bluemax

Banned
BryanI said:
Hey guys,

I just saw that someone else has taken over the Browns. I totally understand--launching Resistance 2 has taken up more time than I thought. Just not enough time in the day right now. The league is freakin' awesome--thanks so for letting me participate.

--Bryan
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If I send you a resume can you get me a job ;-)
 
M

Matrix

LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world he’d rather have. The problem is, Dwyane’s not a woman.
:lol

Man I added Avery to my fantasy team and forget to start him....I fail at life.
 
M

Matrix

LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world he’d rather have. The problem is, Dwyane’s not a woman.
No problem.

I can play tonight after the Texans/Bengals game is over.
 
M

Matrix

LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world he’d rather have. The problem is, Dwyane’s not a woman.
Shawn,the Texans game is done.When do you want to destroy me?
 
W

Wellington

BAAAALLLINNN'
Game between myself and Natural disconnected in the third quarter with 31 seconds left. The game didn't even give me a shot to continue and get the stats, it just kicked me out to the menu.

I will just input the stats from what I remember. He scored to make it 23-14, we shall assume that he would have made the PAT.
 
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Matrix

LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world he’d rather have. The problem is, Dwyane’s not a woman.
Shawn,you never showed and I'm not free tomorrow so I guess we will have to try for Tuesday night.Give me a set time that would be good for you and I'll let you know if I can play then.
 
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FrenchMovieTheme

Member
rors who did you have that performed better than gore today? gore had something like 140 yards combined! he should've scored a few td's to boot! who is sitting on your bench that out performed him!?

p.s. sorry bro's, i wasn't around after the game :(
 
C

CB3

intangibles, motherfucker
Luke
Wasabi
Mig

Lets roll. i can play after 6 PST tomorrow or before 5 PST tuesday due to the Cavs/wizards Blazers/Lakers House/The Shield flurry of tuesday night television. Yeah, im pulling a Bob on tuesday

*whistle*
 
R

Rorschach

Member
FrenchMovieTheme said:
rors who did you have that performed better than gore today? gore had something like 140 yards combined! he should've scored a few td's to boot! who is sitting on your bench that out performed him!?
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Oh, crap, nm. Adjusted score broke him even with Mewelde Moore. :p
 
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Matrix

LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world he’d rather have. The problem is, Dwyane’s not a woman.
Shawnwhann said:
My bad Matrix; a small emergency came up and I'm just now getting back home. Tuesday it is!
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Np.

What time is good for you Tuesday night? I'm sure you will want to watch the Lakers game.
 
D

DenogginizerOS

BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
A friend of mine came over this weekend and he and I were playing head to head and it froze. WTF? Is this freezing problem related to the patches? I really loathe this game.
 
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