Link (Note that these rosters are post draft and pre-free agency so Hasselbeck and Tatupu are still on the team and Rice, Miller, etc. aren't. Also note that the ratings may very well change in the first roster update prior to the season) I know at least some of you play the Madden series, so I thought it'd be fine to take a look at a few of the ratings: First of all it's interesting to note that the Seahawks have no 90+ overall players on their roster, they're the only team with their player ratings revealed so far that doesn't. Their highest rated players are Tatupu and Mare who are both 88 overall (Zach Miller is 89 overall but isn't technically on the roster).

One of my biggest gripes is that Earl Thomas, despite his great season last year, is only rated 82 overall. That's lower than Hasselbeck, Lawyer Milloy, Jon Ryan, BMW and others. It's six overall points lower than Eric Berry who arguably didn't even have a better year. Meanwhile, Okung is only rated 83 overall despite the fact that when he played last year, he absolutely dominated the competition.

 

In other news, none of their draftees look very good either. Carpenter and Moffitt are rated a respectable 76 and 74 respectively, but none of the other drafted players are nearly that good. In order of ratings: Durham, 64 overall, Maxwell, 63 overall; LeGree, 59 overall; Levingston, 57 overall; Sherman, 52 overall. Malcolm Smith, it seems, doesn't even exist in the game. Basically the rest of those guys outside Moffitt and Carpenter are absolutely useless in the game and, again, it's somewhat irritating to see the lack of actual research put into the ratings by EA. I know I'll end up buying the game anyway though. I know that the ratings don't make a huge difference, but it's still frustrating that EA doesn't put the research into making the better Seahawks p

Instead of posting this way down in Danny's post about it, I'd thought I'd just post the results in this fanpost. Yeah, yeah, I know that mock drafts don't matter, but it's still interesting to discuss, no? ; ) Anyways, onto the picks:

1 (25). Jake Locker, QB, Washington

2 (57). Christian Ballard, DE, Iowa

4 (99). Shareece Wright, CB, USC

5 (156). Derek Newton, OT, Arkansas State

5 (157). Denarius Moore, WR, Tennessee

6 (173). Keith Williams, G, Nebraska

7 (209). Martin Parker, DT, Richmond

7 (242). Jermale Hines, SS, Ohio State

UDFA

Justin Rogers, CB, Richmond

Justin Ridnt, DE, Wisconson-Stroud

Taylor Potts. QB, Texas Tech

J.T. Thomas, OLB, West Virginia

 

All in all, I think that'd be a pretty good haul for the team (oh, and before you ask, Jimmy Smith and Mike Pouncey were both gone before #25 and Dowling and House were both gone before 57. I also had a preliminary trade with the 49ers to trade out of the first but it fell through).

I've had, like, two hours of sleep today but I'm wayyyyyyyy too excited to go to bed. Meanwhile tonight's game should be a good one. Peyton Manning vs. the 6th best defense in football. Not even three hours of Cris Collinsworth can bring me down now. Hopefully at least some of you guys will hang around for this game too. Playoff threads are always fun. And six extra words right here. SEA

I think we all need something to take our minds off of the ugly loss to the Saints earlier. This game might be good enough. The top two teams in the NFC East battle it out in the City of Brotherly Love tonight and Manning vs. Vick could be a solid matchup. The teams both have top 10 defenses according to DVOA and while Philly's rush defense sucks, both teams have great pass defenses. Go Philly, I guess.