Please folks, there is no organization under the current NFL salary system that will be able to carry complete Offense/Defense balance over the course of more than a season or two. The Patriots are an exception from the norm, not the rule. And they find ways to put players in the best position to utilize their skills, and not expose their flaws. There's more to this puzzle than just talent. There's chemistry, coaching and luck involved too.
I definitely don't agree that JAX is a much better team. They've probably got us at Qb, D-line, and Kicker where we've got them at WR, LB's, Db's, and special teams overall.
RB, O-line and Te's are a wash.
Good point on the state tax though.
"Controlling an audience" is certainly not a factor that I've ever considered important to a musical performance I am attending, but that's just me I guess. I prefer bands to front men. With that said, Priest kicked some serious A' in their time when I was in high school...
I don't seem to recall the Qb's blindside being very well protected at all in Cleveland over the past couple years. Did Verba play the whole season in 2004?
You can change positions but only on a limited basis unfortunately (ie. a WR could not become an OL) although there are editors being created for the PC version that may change all this. Madden game editors
Why gripe about the team ratings when every facet of each player can be manually edited? You can "correct" any inaccuracies you see and it will affect the team's overall rating.
I wouldn't agree on phenominal, but that's just personal preference. Regrdless, the list speaks of the 100 best guitar players and has no mention of songwriting ability, which as I mentioned before I hold in very high regard as well. No problem on the "harping " btw
The main problem with Cobain being on the list is that most of you all probably have atleast one casual guitar playing friend who is a better player than he was, or you may even play better yourself. Most of the kids I've taught over the years can play better than him, and we're just talking a couple years of lessons, nothing crazy here. It really makes no sense based on the title of the list. There are probably thousands of established guitarists who are better than a few of the people on this list.
I'm going to have to revisit Eric Johnson based on your and some of the other comments made here. To me, he was always very good technically but sounded very "plastic" and dated. I must have missed out on a wider sample of his compositions... I'll try again.
I agree, and don't even care about virtuosity. In fact the best asset of my lead singer/rhythm guitar player in my band is his simplicity in writing. He has such a knack for producing simple yet effective, powerful, memorable tunes. But Kurt was not a guitar player to consider on any list of top anything. Neither are about 30 others on this list.
I can't even look at this list without laughing or puking
Kurt Cobaine, a guitar player?
I'll reluctantly give him good innovator, songwriter status, but as a guitar player most are his peer by the time they hit a year or so of lessons.