Chalgyr's Game Room writes:
Another season and another Madden game. You could be forgiven for having a cynical standpoint on the series, given that it has yearly releases and is the only NFL game in town ever since EA signed an exclusive deal for the NFL rights. It is completely understandable if you feel that every season is a generic roster update and nothing more. However, you would be wrong if you held these opinions about the newly released Madden NFL 16, which has moved the sticks forward more than ten yards this season.
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
