Madden NFL 10: Potential Superstars

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Hey Madden fans, I'm back again and this time I’m looking at players who are under 24 and with A potential. These guys are destined to be the next superstar players in Madden 10.

Player’s potentials do change through out their career in Madden 10, and also depending on what position they play. You can mess around editing player positions, for example offensive line back-ups turn into great defensive ends or even strong safety’s. Defensive backs that are good in zone coverage can be even better at the safety positions.

This list will be for potential trades, so you can refer to this page when ever you need help and are looking for a certain player.

Remember these are all A graded potential players, the following season their rating will go up dramatically, I recommend downloading Star player and World class training staff to maximize player progression. Player ratings may also change due to roster updates.

Key – OVR = Overall

Quarter Backs

Matt Ryan - 88 OVR, good all round, weak running.
Joe Flacco - 86 OVR, 97 throwing power, weak play action.
Mark Sanchez - 81 OVR, 70 Speed, good all round, weak play action.
Matthew Stafford - 78 OVR, 71 Speed, 97 throwing power, weak on a few attributes.
Chad Henne - 72 OVR, 94 throwing power, weak running, weak play action.
Brady Quinn - 69 OVR, 71 Speed, 84 throwing power, a few weak attributes, ok play action.

My Top Picks - I would try for Mark Sanchez.
My pick is: Mark Sanchez.


Half Backs

Focusing on what type of Running Back they are, and if they can catch.

Adrian Peterson - 99 OVR, All round running back, bad hands.
Maurice Jones- Drew - 93 OVR, All round running back, good hands.
Chris Johnson - 90 OVR, Speed back, ok trucking, good hands.
Matt Forte - 90 OVR, All round running back, good speed and trucking, good hands.
Marshawn Lynch - 87 OVR, Power back with good speed, bad hands.
Steve Slaton - 84 OVR, Speed back, poor trucking, average hands.
Jonathan Stewart - 84 OVR, Power back with good speed, average hands.
Knowshon Moreno - 83 OVR, Speed back, can truck, average hands.
Kevin Smith - 82 OVR, All round back, bad hands.
Felix Jones - 80 OVR, Speed back, poor trucking, terrible hands.
Darren Mcfadden - 79 OVR, Speed back, ok trucking, bad hands.
Donald Brown - 79 OVR, Speed back, can truck, average hands.
Beanie Wells - 77 OVR, All round back, terrible hands.
Lesean McCoy - 75 OVR, Speed back, good hands.
Shonn Greene - 73 OVR, Power back, ok speed, terrible hands.

My Top Picks – There are some top players here so it is hard to pick one player out of all these top HB’s. So I will choose the most realistic trade’s possible, Steve Slaton and Jonathan Stewart, your speed and power HB, combination, Jonathan Stewart may be the fastest back but he will bull rush through tackles and to me he’s a total beast!!! I had a play stopped with 5 tacklers on him and he wasn’t taken down. Also Lesean McCoy is a great player with great speed and solid hands, trade for him early.

My pick is: Jonathan Stewart


Full Backs

Le’ron McClain - 92 OVR, Power FB use him to run for short yards, ok hands, poor pass blocker, ok run blocker.
Peyton Hillis - 84 OVR, All round good speed and trucking, ok hands, poor blocker.

My Top Picks – I would go for a blocker in this area and neither of these two do a good job of that, so look at free agents and for 1 season get one of the best FB’s of all time Lorenzo Neal.

My pick is: Lorenzo Neal.

Wide Receivers

Focusing on main attributes, speed or possession receiver.

Calvin Johnson JR - 93 OVR, All round receiver, 95 speed, amazing hands
Desean Jackson - 87 OVR, All round receiver, 98 speed, very good hands.
Dwayne Bowe - 87 OVR, Possession receiver, 86 speed, great hands.
Steve Smith - 86 OVR, Possession receiver, 87 speed, great hands.
Mike Sims-Walker - 83 OVR, All round receiver, 93 speed, good hands.
Sidney Rice - 82 OVR, Possession receiver, 87 speed, very good hands.
Michael Crabtree - 80 OVR, All round receiver, 88 speed, great hands.
Jeremy Maclin - 79 OVR, Speed receiver, 95 speed, good hands.
Percy Harvin - 78 OVR, Speed receiver, 97 speed, average hands.
Kenny Britt - 78 OVR, Possession receiver, 86 speed, average hands.
Hakeem Nicks - 78 OVR, Possession receiver, 87 speed, good hands.
Josh Morgan - 75 OVR, All round receiver, 87 speed, average hands.
Brain Robiskie - 71 OVR, All round receiver, 87 speed, good hands.
Darrius Heyward-Bey - 70 OVR, Speed receiver, 97 speed, average hands.

My Top Picks - Again a few players to choose from, Good luck getting Calvin Johnson JR so lets look at realistic trades, but you will have to give up some top draft picks and the rest, to get these players. Dwayne Bowe has great hands and can truck like a back, Michael Crabtree is a top player already with good speed and solid hands, Desean Jackson is just an all round top receiver, only let down is his catch in traffic, but he is A potential so will get better.

My pick is: Michael Crabtree.


Tight Ends

Speed, catching and blocking will be the main focus for these guys.

Zach Miller - 87 OVR, 78 speed, very good hands, average blocker.
Greg Olsen - 82 OVR, 85 speed, very good hands, average blocker.
Brandon Pettigrew - 80 OVR, 72 speed, average hands, good blocker.
Dustin Keller - 78 OVR, 86 speed, good hands, average blocker.
Jermichael Finley - 77 OVR, 79 speed, good hands, average blocker.
Jared Cook JR - 75 OVR, 85 speed, very good hands, average blocker.
James Casey - 71 OVR, 74 speed, good hands, average blocker.

My Top Picks – Greg Olsen and Dustin Keller are stand out players for me.

My pick is: Dustin Keller.


Tackles

Key, STR = Strength, AWR = Awareness, IBL = Impact Blocking.

Ryan Clady - 98 OVR, 94 STR, 91 AWR, All round Blocker, 95 IBL.
Joe Thomas - 97 OVR, 91 STR, 89 AWR, more of a Pass Blocker, 95 IBL.
Jake Long - 90 OVR, 95 STR, 78 AWR, more of a Run Blocker, 92 IBL.
Sam Baker - 87 OVR, 91 STR, 79 AWR, Pass Blocker, 79 IBL.
Jeff Otah - 86 OVR, 96 STR, 77 AWR, more of a Run Blocker, 85 IBL.
Ryan Harris - 85 OVR, 88 STR, 82 AWR, more of a Pass Blocker, 80 IBL.
Branden Albert - 84 OVR, 88 STR, 75 AWR, All round Blocker, 85 IBL
Michael Oher - 84 OVR, 97 STR, 60 AWR, Run Blocker, 95 IBL.
Jason Smith - 84 OVR, 88 STR, 65 AWR, more of a Pass Blocker, 84 IBL.
Jared Gaither - 83 OVR, 92 STR, 71 AWR, Pass Blocker, 81 IBL.
Eugene Monroe - 83 OVR, 88 STR, 68 AWR, Pass Blocker, 85 IBL.
Duane Brown - 79 OVR, 88 STR, 67 AWR, Pass Blocker, 80 IBL.
Andre Smith - 79 OVR, 94 STR, 48 AWR, Run Blocker, 88 IBL.
Eben Britton - 79 OVR, 89 STR, 69 AWR, All round Blocker, 79 IBL.

My Top Picks – Brandon Albert is good all round and Michael Oher awareness lets him down; if his awareness was higher he would be in the 90’s, so after a few years or even just the one, these two guys will be at the top of the Tackles list. If you are looking for a pass blocker, then look at Jared Gaither.

My Pick is: Brandon Albert. Second Pick is Michael Oher.


Guards

Donald Thomas - 87 OVR, 92 STR, 75 AWR, Run Blocker, 89 IBL.
Jeremy Zuttah - 83 OVR, 86 STR, 72 AWR, All round Blocker, 85 IBL.
Mike Pollak - 80 OVR, 88 STR, 65 AWR, more of a Pass Blocker, 82 IBL.
Andy Levitre - 76 OVR, 84 STR, 65 AWR, All round Blocker, 71 IBL.
Eric Wood - 75 OVR, 84 STR, 64 AWR, All round Blocker, 84 IBL.
Jamey Richard - 71 OVR, 86 STR, 65 AWR, All round Blocker, 78 IBL.

My Top Picks - Jeremy Zuttah and Eric Wood. I have a feeling that Eric will be the top Guard in future Madden’s.

My Pick is: Eric Wood. 2nd Pick is Jeremy Zuttah.

Center

Ryan Kalil - 85 OVR, 86 STR, 73 AWR, All round Blocker, 78 IBL.
Alex Mack - 82 OVR, 90 STR, 63 AWR, All round Blocker, 91 IBL.

My Top Picks - Well as you can see not many A potential players but there are some decent B’s, but for me look no further than Alex Mack. He will be up there with Nick Mangold in the future.

My Pick is: Alex Mack.

Next week folks, we'll be back and we're going to discuss the other side of the ball. See who you should keep an eye on when building your defense!