The Madden 23 ratings are out and this time, fans are not very pleased with them. Earlier, Ja’Marr Chase, the Bengals’ WR, expressed his disappointment over it as well. Madden released the list of top 10 QBs in the league playing currently. It ranks the NFL GOAT Tom Brady as the top QB. Moreover, Patrick Mahomes ranks below Brady, which led to mixed reactions.
The list also features back-to-back NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers. While Rodgers ranks second to Brady, Mahomes finds the third spot is the list of best quarterbacks, as per Madden. It features other top QBs but Brady’s overall rating of 97 is a stretch too far, according to fans of the game.
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In addition, fans are furious over Super Bowl LVI winning QB Matthew Stafford being the least best ranked QB. He finds the tenth position in the list with an overall rating of 85. Eventfully, Stafford’s Super Bowl rival and Bengals’ QB, Joe Burrow ranks above him at the fifth position with an overall rating of 90.
The list also features QBs Josh Allen with an overall rating of 92 and Dak Prescott with 89 overall ratings. The Madden 23 lists are superficial and meant purely for entertainment purposes. But fans often express how their expectations and the reality should be reflected in the game.
Fan reactions to the list of top 10 QBs ranked by Madden 23
After the NFL released the list of top 10 QBs on Twitter, fans are going berserk over their reactions. It isn’t surprising since they would have hoped for their favorite QB to be above the legend, Tom Brady.
Madden’s list of top 10 QBs, as released by the NFL.
The top-rated QBs in #Madden23. 👀 pic.twitter.com/nNiAUP9gCd
— NFL (@NFL) July 22, 2022
One fan expressed the disappointment over Brady being ranked above Mahomes and Rodgers.
Tom Brady over Rodgers and Mahomes? Let’s be serious
— 𝙀𝙙𝙬𝙞𝙣✨ (@Hamfor6) July 22, 2022
Another fan came to defend TB12 being ranked the top QB.
These were Tom’s ranks last season. At 44 years old. Seriously. https://t.co/CLmKre1w2p
— Jamie™️ (@jambu2525) July 22, 2022
A Cowboys’ fan leapt to defend the criticism of Dak Prescott being ranked above Matthew Stafford.
To the people crying about Dak over Stafford..
Stafford joined a team that just made the SB with JARED GOFF, added OBJ and Von Miller and won a ring.
Stop acting like that’s a big deal, Brad Johnson and Trent Dilfer also won a ring with loaded teams. 😂
— ✭ Outlaw Cowboy ✭ (@Outlaw_CowboyFB) July 22, 2022
If this wasn’t enough, a fan lashed out at Madden for rating Justin Herbert with an 88. The fan posted this video to make the case.
You can’t tell me y’all watched this then made Herbie’s throw power and accuracy and 87 and 86 https://t.co/FA8JxJTJGM
— 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠💸 Ŧ (@Ster1ingCooper) July 22, 2022
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At last, a fan found Burrow being ranked above Herbert and Lamar Jackson hard to digest.
The fact that burrow is rated higher than Herbert and Lamar is crazy pic.twitter.com/bpKpr2Kad1
— Ghost (@GTS_Ghost) July 22, 2022
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All in all, the rankings are just part of the game, but fans expect the games to be as realistic as possible. Therefore, the backlash is a reaction to Madden’s analysis of ranking the top 10 QBs and whether they would want to put more thought into it.
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