| 22 July 2011
Carolina rookie Cam Newton will be the top-rated rookie in Madden 12. However, let's not get too excited about his overall rating, which is barely a 77.
It's kind of surprising that no rookie has been rated at least an 80, and the 10th best rookie by rating, Greg McElroy of the New York Jets, is barely a 65.
Here's more from EA Sports, which released the top 10 earlier today:
Rookie quarterbacks in Madden NFL 12 almost have it as tough as their real life counterparts. If a player isn’t a Hall of Fame caliber player after his first snap, he’s immediately subject to more verbal abuse from fans than he’s ever heard in his life. Whether you’re yelling at them --or for them-- with a remote control, gamepad or $10 pretzel in your hand, quarterbacks get far too much credit and far too much blame for their team’s success or failure.Here are the top five:
In Madden NFL 12 the rookie QBs will likely be subject to even more scrutiny with the addition of player traits and tendencies as those are just more metrics on which you can base your hastily formed opinions after each snap.
- Cam Newton: 77
- Blain Gabbert: 75
- Jake Locker: 74
- Christian Ponder: 73
- Andy Dalton: 71
