Eagles Rated Best Team, Wentz 13th-Ranked Quarterback In Madden NFL 20
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- EA Sports released the player and team ratings for this year's Madden NFL video game, causing Philadelphia Eagles fans to celebrate -- and criticize -- the ratings. For Madden NFL 20, the Eagles are the top-ranked team in the game, however, franchise quarterback Carson Wentz received a rating of 82 overall.
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That rating has Wentz as the 13th overall best quarterback in the game and outside of the top-10 on the Eagles.
Ryan Howard: "Please stop booing Carson Wentz's Madden rating. They're trying."
— CogginToboggan (@CogginToboggan) July 15, 2019
The worst Madden 20 rating of all: Carson Wentz is an 82.
— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) July 15, 2019
Seriously?
Wentz played in 11 games in 2018 and threw for just over 3,000 yards and 21 touchdowns before having his season cut short due to a back injury.
As for other Eagles players, defensive tackle Fletcher Cox is rated a 96 overall, which puts him at the second-best defensive player in the game. Tight end Zach Ertz is rated at a 93, and as for wide receivers, Alshon Jeffrey was rated an 87 overall and speedy DeSean Jackson came in at 85.
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Another noteworthy rating was former Eagles quarterback Nick Foles coming in at 77.
Madden NFL 20 hits store shelves on Aug. 2.