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Eagle Eye In The Sky Podcast

EESP 252: Where Madden Player Ratings Come From

Eagle Eye In The Sky Podcast

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🗓️ 20 July 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Fran Duffy catches up with EA Sports Head Ratings Adjustor Dustin Smith from the Madden franchise to talk about what goes into assigning player ratings for every player in the NFL.

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0:00.0

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0:25.2

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0:28.4

Now here's your host, Fran Duffy.

0:31.5

That's right of the week.

0:32.6

And we're talking about Madden as the Eagle Eye in the Sky podcast, fueled by Gatorade continues.

0:36.9

I'm Fran Duffyian, as always.

0:38.2

I think we've got a great show for you here on episode number 252. At the top of this week's show,

0:43.8

we've got Chalk Talk, where I chat with the guy who I actually met for the first time just over a year ago,

0:48.4

summer of 2019. His name is Dustin Smith. He's the head ratings adjuster for the EA Sports Madden franchise.

0:55.0

He and his team are responsible for handing out all of the player grades and all of the ratings

1:00.0

for every player in the game. Now, last year, you guys may remember my conversation

1:04.0

with Anthony White last summer, who's responsible for what all the playbooks look like in this game.

1:10.0

Well, this year, we're talking a little

1:11.1

bit more about player traits. This is a really fun conversation, whether you enjoy playing the

1:15.9

Madden video game or not. So let's not waste any more time. Let's dive into our chat now in

1:20.0

Chalk Talk. Let's get down to business. It's time for Chalk Talk.

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