Some players are afflicted by the Madden curse. Other players simply curse Madden.
The 2017 version of the game has been released, and Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant isn’t happy with his overall rating.
“Like I told Madden, they put me at 90, I’m not worried about that,” Bryant recently said, via the Dallas Morning News.
Jon Machota of the Daily News suggests that Bryant was speaking with a joking tone. For NFL players who play Madden, however, their personal rating is rarely something to joke about.
“I play Madden, I [expletive] love Madden,” Bryant said. “They would do me like that? Oh my God. That is an insult, like why would you do that to me? How much I love y’all. Like what? Not John Madden, because I love him. It’s the
developers.”
Early on, the player was stuck with his rating all year. The ability to update numbers based on performance allows players to go up, and down, based on how they perform in real life. That’s why Bryant has vowed to see his 90 improve.
“That rating going to shoot up real quick, you best believe that,” Bryant said.
In a sport where motivation comes in a bunch of different ways, Cowboys fans eventually may be thanking EA Sports for giving Bryant a reason to achieve at an even higher level.
