Mixed reaction to the 1st batch of SB cards...

Guys, word to the wise-and this is not about coin..I have almost 25mil in my coin stack - but Forrest Gregg is too small to be effective against any big d linemen.

I had his other LTD and anytime he had to block a true DE as opposed to a pass rushing LB , he got driven back.

Rod martin - who was a great speed rusher - they gave him pass coverage and run stopping abilities and if his FMV is stopped he's not going to get pressure

Bettis is an excellent card but we have King Henry and Quadfather for power backs and as far as receiving backs go his traits aren't so hot

Edelman gets great abilities - Small but love the card

Ray - who really uses MLBs anymore?

Dockett is always a good card in Madden but if you want D rally and inside stuff you have to spend 2 AP and IMO that's too much on a DT

Mills is a very good TT card but is he really better than the other top CBs by much (if at all)? Still, really good card - nice abilities but not great abilities if you play man

Russ - ugh. Generic 3 release. Can't get fearless and HRM for any reasonable AP cost. You can get fearless, PLE and Gunslinger for 3 AP or you can get HRM PLE and gunslinger for 4 AP. IMO a QB needs fearless though. And at that price, I expect HRM too. If you really want to use route combinations after reading the defense you need HRM. And on top of that his throw arc is very low, I can;t use Russ cards, I get frustrated when a drag route throw hits my O line in the back of the head

So, mixed bag. Some really good....some not so good.

They kinda scaled back this promo to start off IMO  some of these cards are obliviously out of position and others are just not as powerful. I remember watching the stream and they are litterally cognitive of these tall players taking over the game without directly saying it out loud  so what they did  is just minimized their power by releasing small elites or throwing them into another position (trent brown,arik armstead low card,no carmichael, no too tall, not even mike mcglinchey) they KNOW what would make the game unplayable..... to me i couldn't care less if it's unplayable give us cards that people will use  idc how  outdated a card is the [REDACTED] card next's upgrade will be a thousand percent  powerful then any other card 

THAT'S MY STANCE.

I really don't think Generic 3 is that bad. Works just fine on my Randall Cunningham and I've consistently played best with Gen 3 QBs over all Maddens... and I don't even roll out to pass.

Forest Gregg- L, too small like you said

Dockett- Will play well but bad abilities

Edelman- absolute slot beast

Ray- nobody uses MLBs

Rod Martin- overall meh

Mills- I have an eagles tt so he will be on my team eventually but hes overall solid

Russ- Major W, his abilties are amazing- getting gs hrm and fearless for 3 ap is a W bc i dont use PLE

Bettis- Not better than other Running backs in the game but very solid

stinkybananas said:

Forest Gregg- L, too small like you said

Dockett- Will play well but bad abilities

Edelman- absolute slot beast

Ray- nobody uses MLBs

Rod Martin- overall meh

Mills- I have an eagles tt so he will be on my team eventually but hes overall solid

Russ- Major W, his abilties are amazing- getting gs hrm and fearless for 3 ap is a W bc i dont use PLE

Bettis- Not better than other Running backs in the game but very solid

You don't use  SFL or PLE? How do you get velocity on the ball? Throw.power alone isn't really getting it done in Madden  23 in H2h especially.

QB283 said:

I really don't think Generic 3 is that bad. Works just fine on my Randall Cunningham and I've consistently played best with Gen 3 QBs over all Maddens... and I don't even roll out to pass.

Do you have gunslinger on him?

Martyr1968 said:

Do you have gunslinger on him?

I do now, but before I powered him up he was just fine without it.

Only one I really want is Ray.  But I plan on moving him to LOLB or ROLB.  I play alot of base sets so his size, powermove and coverage should be good.  I like some of the other guys but they are in positions that we just got amazing cards that are just as good or better.

Martyr1968 said:

You don't use  SFL or PLE? How do you get velocity on the ball? Throw.power alone isn't really getting it done in Madden  23 in H2h especially.

I only throw high and low balls so neither of them work lol

99 THP on Brunell though so I still get a lot of power behind the ball