Madden NFL 23 quarterback rankings stir up controversy
As soon as once more, the annual Madden scores are reeking havoc throughout the NFL.
EA Sports activities, the writer of the famed online game franchise, unveiled its player ratings this week forward of the upcoming Madden NFL 23 launch on Aug. 19 — and there’s no scarcity of combined emotions with regards to the quarterback outcomes, specifically.
Whereas no QB made the illustrious 99 Membership, 44-year-old Tampa Bay Buccanners signal-caller Tom Brady topped the checklist with a 97 score. That is a far cry from his first Madden score as a full-time starter in 2002 — a 51.
Second was reigning NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers with a 96 score, adopted by Kansas Metropolis’s Patrick Mahomes (95), Buffalo’s Josh Allen (92) and Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow (90) rounding out the highest 5.
Touchdown at No. 6 on the checklist was Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott at 89, however the rating that despatched social media right into a frenzy was Los Angeles Chargers QB Justin Herbert within the seventh spot with an general score of 88.
It is being thought of some of the egregious score snubs in Madden NFL 23. Simply ask these Chargers.
Herbert threw for the second-most yards final common season (5,014) behind solely Brady, and his 38 touchdowns had been the third-most within the league after Brady (43) and Los Angeles Rams QB Matthew Stafford (41).
After Herbert, the final three spots within the prime 10 had been taken by Denver’s Russell Wilson (87), Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson (87) and reigning Tremendous Bowl champion Stafford (85).
There have been additionally just a few notable names lacking from the highest of the checklist.
Cleveland Browns QB Deshaun Watson, who remains to be awaiting information on his availability this season, got here in at No. 11 with an 84 score. Watson accomplished 70.2% of his passes for 4,823 yards and 33 touchdowns to simply seven interceptions for the Houston Texans in the course of the 2020-21 season, which is the final time he took the sector.
The $230.5 million-dollar man Kyler Murray was twelfth on the checklist with an 84 score, whereas New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones was the one rookie to crack the top-20, checking in at seventeenth with a score of 78.
Jones’ score was greater than four-year veteran and newly minted Carolina Panthers QB Baker Mayfield (77), eight-year veteran Jimmy Garoppolo (77), and seven-year veteran Jameis Winston (76).
Miami Dolphins quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa and Teddy Bridgewater tied for the No. 22 spot (75), and Jalen Hurts checked in at No 24 (74).
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