Madden 16: 8 Most Overrated Teams

It's Madden launch week, and the overall team ratings have been released, so now's your chance to ride the wave of their success last season, before they all change throughout the season as their form peaks and dips. Overall team ratings don't often tell you the whole picture, but they do give gamers a rough idea of what to expect from each team. Which category do they fall under? Super Bowl contenders, up-and-coming rising stars, sliding giants, or bottom of the league fodder. The Seahawks are riding high as are the Packers, with promising rosters full of top talent, while the Bills and Dolphins have been given tidy boosts due to some solid signings but there are also teams who have slid, including the entire NFC South. The Falcons, Saints, Panthers and Bucs all finished with losing records in a car-crash season for the division, and their ratings have taken a hit. Of course, EA must rely on last season to form the basis of teams' initial ratings, though these will change as the season goes on, but with some dodgy off-seasons, plus a truly horrifying one from the west coast, some teams are probably placed higher than they should be from Day 1. So let's take a look at eight teams who have been overrated in Madden 16, starting with the lowest ranked, before moving into the big boys in the elite group.