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Showing off the skills that earned him the Heisman Trophy at Texas A&M, Johnny Manziel was 8 for 15 with 172 yards and two touchdowns of 50 and 60 yards, both thrown to Travis Benjamin. Manziel gets +2 OVR (73), +1 to Throw Accuracy Short (85), +2 to Throw Accuracy Mid (76) and +2 to Throw Accuracy Deep (63). However, Josh McCown has been cleared to play and will start next Sunday. Sorry, Johnny.
Electronic Arts has used its Madden NFL franchise to simulate the winner of each Super Bowl every year since 2004. This year, Madden NFL 17 predicts the Patriots will beat the Falcons with a score of 27-24.
Now, a CPU vs. CPU game is not the most scientific way to place bets on a team, but the series’ predictions have been proven more correct than wrong. Starting with Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004, let’s look back at every prediction to see how accurate of a sim Madden truly is.
The decision-based criteria the CPU would be driven by true NFL metrics. Mostly, highly paid QBs restructure salaries, so the feature would focus primarily on them, but there are also players who are asked to take pay cuts.
The NFL is a game or context, timing, and luck. That said, there are 5 NFL greats throughout history that thing stand above the rest, and here they are
A little premature to give Johnny Football a bump. Let's see how he does this week....
Always wonder how they calculate these....but regardless glad to see them do it.