Random thoughts:
OL ranking is low but at the same time no one really has proven anything. Rookies had some bad games, with some decent ones.
Certain attributes like awareness may knock down the overall, but it doesn't mean the player isn't good. Overall is sort of overrated to a certain degree. In the past it's how they would temper rookie grades but while still giving guys some credit for pass rushing/coverage/arm accuracy etc...
A DL player can be stout vs the run OR pass and be ranked lower than expected but still excel at that trait.
It's when they are able to do both when their overall shoots up.
I mean I can nitpick a few ratings here or there but overall until players start to prove themselves(OL/Phillips/Waddle/Tua/etc) their overalls will be lower than we think they should be at.
For example: Dak Prescott is 87 overall, Tua is 73. Same speed~ and arm strength. They gave Dak +~5 on short, medium and deep passes and maybe better on throw on run.
That's about it. A big jump in overall is awareness, which is completely negated if you play as the QB.
Daks is 88 and Tua is 76.
CPU wise it helps I think but awareness won't hurt Tua's performance as long as you play as the QB.
My biggest gripe with Madden is the franchise mode and a decade + long failure of the game developing players.
ROY QB at 73 overall? Great TD to INT stats and among the leaders in every stat and maybe wins a playoff game? 77 overall next year... While if the player did that in real life his madden rating would be in the mid 80's easily, if not higher.
Offensive linemen never develop, along with DL. Leading NFL rusher and QB gets sacked rarely? No change.
10 sacks from rookie DT? Still same grade without much jump in pass rush attributes.
Drafting up to last year was still idiotic.
KC took a QB in the first round in 2022 in one of my sims. Or NYG re-signs Barkley and drafts the top RB in the 2022 draft...
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