just for the record, i am a big madden fan and the game really is pretty realistic. i thought reggie was higher rated than he should have been FOR HIS ROOKIE year but he will get even more credit this year (as he deserves) ...looking forward to seeing the saints entire roster and the improvements in the playbook in 08!! even if you dont play the game, its interesting to see an unbiased opinion of our team and the way people rate us. its all in fun....same with fantasy football (but i refuse to draft a saints player in fantasy football b/c of the emotional attachment)...any of you other fantasy football fans draft saints players??

At first blush, Missile, you might think like that, but after you've gotten experienced with fantasy football you realize that it can help you get over a loss. For instance, every year that I play I have players on my team that go up against the saints. I in no way root for those players to do well against the Saints outside of the Saints' victory. If they do well and the Saints win, then I am elated. If the Saints lose, I feel like at least I benefited in some way and that helps the hurt of the loss.

I am very sure that its not a question of loyalty when it comes to playing Fantasy Football. I remember at times, when I kick myself for not drafting Drew Brees last season. However, its given me an extra incentive to catch the other games. Living out here in Cali, I am not fortunate enough to catch Saints games and I end up having to catch either the 49ers, Chargers, and even worse Raider games. What it all comes down to is that we all love the game of football and even more when our Black and Gold is winning. Heck, even our own players admit to playing in Fantasy leagues.

I can’t imagine that Reggie Bush places that much stock in how madden ranks him. :rolleyes:

On a side note…
I have a copy of madden 07 and I personally think they rated him, as he should be…

Don’t get me wrong he is one hell of an offensive back but I'm sure they could not just make him a 99 right out of the box simply because if he did suck then there reputation is on the line and considering madden has done a good job on rating the overall power of the NFL’s teams in the last few years I think they made the right call and next year they will rate him accordingly.

and I think I remember reading that someone posted...

It’s just a game anyway...

Right???????
:confused:

MY wife finally gets it, and I'll say the same thing I use to tell her when she says... "football is a game"

"No... its not".

...it's an interview, well, no, a couple questions asked by some dweeb with IGN...

...repeat after me:

"tongue in cheek"

For the record, it was the 62 "Awareness" rating that pulled Reggie's rating down. I'm not sure what that rating does on a video game, but I'll bet it has a lot to do with right place/right time scenarios.

That's not always a big deal for a RB.

Fair enough
and I agree with that statement but we are talking about a video game of football not the real deal