We have now reached the 16th roster update of the year for Madden 09 which became available earlier today. After much discussion around LaDainian Tomlinson continuing to be rated 99 he still remains that way, though he did drop in some specific ratings categories. I don't think that is enough, the justification isn't there for him remaining a 99 overall. Unless the ratings are based more on the past than the present. This is the guy who turned down the Madden cover because it didn't pay enou...

The 15th roster update for Madden 09 is set to come out tomorrow. Somehow, someway, LaDainian Tomlinson remains a 99. That was actually even a topic of discussion on a podcast with the Thompson Brothers and Jonathan Crankshaw who is in charge of the roster updates. You can listen to that podcast here. What we've seen is players that start really high or really low that their performance isn't being compensated for enough because of that. Updates have inched some of them towards where they...

The 14th roster update for Madden 09 is expected to be available tomorrow December 5th. This one appears to be more significant than the last several weeks. Maybe as we cross into the final quarter of the season certain players who have emerged can't be ignored any longer and others who have not lived up to expectations are receiving corrections. With weekly updates it has limited the jump or drop players have seen in their ratings. Regardless of that players like Steve Slaton should rece...

With it being a holiday week the roster update for Madden 09 is set to be out tomorrow, Tuesday November 25th. This is the 13th update of the season and given the shorter period of time to put it together it isn't quite as extensive as the previous ones. However there are a few notable changes such as the rating drop for Donovan McNabb , increase for Tyler Thigpen. and Felix Jones moving to IR. I'm still waiting on the significant boosts that Anquan Boldin and Matt Cassel deserve. Continu...

While roster update #11 only lasted something like a day before disappearing, it was at least out there which makes this week's update #12 of season. It is expected to be available for download sometime tomorrow. From browsing through it not much jumped out at me other than a couple good players heading to the IR. Continue on for all the transactions, ratings up/down, contract extensions, and injuries. (more…)...

Here are the details on the next roster update for Madden 09 which is set to be out on Friday. Included are all the transactions, ratings up/down, and injuries for the 11th update of the season. Not sure there is anything as significant in this as in prior ones with the possible exception of DeAngelo Hall joining the Redskins. Impressively they were able to jump on the latest transactions even including a signing that was announced only hours ago (Jason Babin with the Chiefs). (more&hell...

Having sorted through the technical problem that delayed the original roster update #10 for Madden 09, EA Sports now is set to release it on Friday. There have been additional changes made to what was going to come out last week as this will reflect what would've been in this week's update as well. For example Daunte Culpepper is now on the Lions. Continue on to view the changes that will come in this update which include all the transactions, ratings up/down, injuries, and contract exten...

Entering week nine of the regular season and EA is preparing to push out the tenth roster update for Madden 09 tomorrow. The consistency they've provided with these updates has been a great development. While a game such as NBA Live has the 365 feature updating automatically and on a daily basis, for Madden most people would be content with the weekly updates that are now being provided. From here it is just a matter of them improving on what the updates cover as far as who should change and...