Ray Rice won his appeal against the NFL and is officially a free agent but EA Sports apparently did not return him to the game in the new Madden NFL 15 roster update which arrived today. Rice was stripped out completely even from Ultimate Team back in September yet despite similar circumstances Adrian Peterson and Greg Hardy have remained active in the game. Check out all the changes in the latest roster update with the spreadsheet here.
Notables on the rise include Richard Sherman (+1 to 98), Calvin Johnson (+1 to 98), Gerald McCoy (+1 to 97), Luke Kuechly (+1 to 97), Robert Quinn (+1 to 97), Jason Peters (+2 to 96), Drew Brees (+1 to 96), Philip Rivers (+1 to 94), Andrew Luck (+1 to 94), Julio Jones (+1 to 93), DeAndre Levy (+1 to 93), Ezekiel Ansah (+3 to 89), Justin Forsett (+2 to 88), Joe Flacco (+2 to 88), DeAndre Hopkins (+3 to 87), Matt Stafford (+3 to 85), Will Hill (+3 to 85), Ryan Fitzpatrick (+3 to 82), Kenny Stills (+3 to 80), and Donte Moncrief (+5 to 75).
Among those dropping in the update are Joe Thomas (-1 to 97), Eric Weddle (-1 to 96), Jimmy Graham (-1 to 95), Aldon Smith (-1 to 95), Matt Forte (-1 to 94), Trent Williams (-1 to 92), Brandon Marshall (-1 to 92), Tony Romo (-2 to 91), Justin Smith (-2 to 91), Antonio Cromartie (-1 to 91), Patrick Peterson (-1 to 89), Maurkice Pouncey (-2 to 88), Steve Smith (-1 to 88), Colin Kaepernick (-2 to 86), and Kawann Short (-3 to 82).