I simulated a season of Randy Moss and Tom Brady in Madden franchise: here are the stats: Reasonable or not?

Question

Tom Brady: 3,973 yards, 33 TD, 12 INT, 99.9 rating
Randy Moss: 1,273 yards, 11 TD, 16.5 ypc
The Pats went 13-3, won the Super Bowl.

Answer 1

Seems reasonable to me, except the three losses!

Answer 2

The stats are "reasonable" only by virtue that anything can happen, but heres why it wont.

Tom Brady has never had over a 92.6 on a season and only has broken 90 twice. It seems hard to believe he will jump a whole 7 points when his career average is a 88.4.

Brady has never thrown over 30 TDs. Blame it on the recievers he has had but the fact is the NE offense doesn't rely on passing as much as say a Bengals or Colts offense. Brady isn't required to throw as much as often and so wont hit 30 TDs.

Yardage looks reasonable until you see he has only broken 4,000 once and his next highest is 3,700. Again reasonable but also reason to doubt.

Next Randy Moss is A WASH UP. He doesn't try hard. He can't run across the middle. He has alligator arms and he has lost a step in his age. He has 11 TDs in the last 2 years and only 750 yards a season to boot. He is still a solid 2-3 but not someone who can change an offense or force a defensive gameplan.

The final is the Pats wont go 13-3, they wont win the Super Bowl, and there will be a bunch of pissed off Pats fans who still think they are better than everyone else. The Pats were never the most talented team, they had heart and chemisty, something they seem to be losing. Dumping Branch because you think you can replace him with anything or anyone is dumb. Neglecting Troy Brown, perhaps the who represents what it is to be a Pat because you brought Welker, Dante, and Moss in is stupid. He gave everything even playing O and D, give the man his due. The Colts, Chargers are better, and the Ravens, Bengals, Broncos, Steelers, can beat you any day of the week. Let the season play out in reality before you crown them because of a video game.

Answer 3

No. One, Madden is almost a coin toss for most matchups. Two, it does not take into account the additional year that Moss has played or the detrement he will cause to the team. Moss is not even the best reciever on that team, and I can't name a second Patriot reciever. Moss will not help this team, he will hurt it. Moss will set a bad example for the younger recievers and the only reason the Pats will make the play-offs is by virtue of being in the AFC East, which they should win. Plus, now that Peyton has a boost of confidence from his Super Bowl victory, he will not be beaten by Brady. Plus, the Chargers are the team to beat this year.

Answer 4

I think Moss can benefit and this could be possible, but they have so many weapons on that team now that Brady can use. Maroney has proven to be a quality back, Ben Watson is a terrific tight end. They added the aforementioned Randy Moss, Donte Stallworth, and Wes Welker to their receiving corps. That's very possible for Brady, but the stats on Moss are unrealistic. Man, I hate the Pats.

Answer 5

The stats for Brady would be hard for him to get, especially the style the Pats play. If Moss gets his act together, he could have a season with similar numbers to those.

Answer 6

Man, don't trust Madden.

I did the same thing long time ago and LT got 2600 rushing yards.

The facts are that Brady has never thrown more than 28 TD in one season and he had a 1000 yards WR once, more than 5 years ago when Troy Brown did it in 2001.

Brady was unexperienced then, now he spreads the ball.

Answer 7

Well you have to keep in mind that the teams performance is always based on the year before. So teams like the Jets, Ravens, Titans, or even the Chargers, who had pretty good years this year but not so much so the year before will be underrated and easy to beat. As someone else mentioned Madden also does not factor in chemistry. And I think Randy Moss was rated like 97 on Madden 07. After the year he had last year his rating should be alot worse. Also, players on other teams like Jerricho Cotchery, Bernard Berrian, Dawan Landry or Maurice Jones- Drew ratings should be a lot higher then what they are on 07. Bottom line is there are lots of things that need to be considered before you take those numbers to seriously. Although, explaining this to Pats fans is like talking to a brick wall.

Answer 8

I think it is reasonable, but of course, it all depends on a lot of factor, such as what difficulty the game's on, what players on the pats, whether or not some players were injured, and probabaly the additude of Randy Moss. I dont think madden has team chemistry straightened out in franchaise.

Answer 9

those stats are very reasonable. however brady's stats could be a little bit better. did you also put stallworth and wes welker on that team? i think this weapons will also help brady. i havent looked at the Pats schedule, but just off the reputation of the Pats i have no argument with the 13-3 record and a trip to the super bowl for the them. I hate the Pats but you cant argue with their management or coaching staff.

Answer 10

Hey dude, remember that Madden is just a video game.In my opinion,adding all those very talented widerecievers to there team,other defences are going to tee-off on Brady. Just look at the teams that they play, they got one thing on there mind,take Tom Brady out. P.S. thats what I do on my madden game,doing the very same changes to the Patriots. so closing, Brady is a marked man now more than ever STEELERS RULE

Answer 11

one question:
Did you just add moss to the Patriots, or did you adjust the entire league. Tom Brady will have so many weapons, and i doubt that Randy Moss is going to be the leading receiver on the patriots.

second question:
How can tom brady complete any passes on the broncos secondary?