Peyton Manning debuts as official Madden ratings modifier and ratings Tom Brady, Derwin James Jr., others
Peyton Manning takes football very seriously. You saw it when he played. You heard it during his Hall of Fame speech. And Manning, in a simulation-style video released Friday, says it all leads to one important goal.
Become a Madden rating modifier.
Of course, Manning was joking. Rating modifier the show didn’t start until 2018, after Manning retired and didn’t begin matching former NFL players — Chad Johnson was the most active adjuster among NFL alumni — until last year. One of the game’s first tuners was the son of NFL legend – Barry J. Sanders, the former Stanford running again.
But Manning is now part of that club, just as he is with almost any club having to do with something around professional football.
“I always feel like I want more. More rings. More titles. Of course jackets. That alone is not enough,” Manning said in the video. “The truth is it always proves that I’ve got what it takes to be Madden’s ratings modifier.”
In the video, he looked at Tom Brady’s accuracy ratings, saying they were “just a little high” and that it was one of the first things he wanted to fix.
A little more seriously, Manning became a Madden ratings modifier and watched his first game last Sunday between Dancer broncos and Los Angeles charger. He joined the game from the sidelines with his son, and his notes led to a few changes to the game.
He helped improve the angle of Denver Patrick Surtain II, a rookie, hit 80 total – the same score he helped get the Broncos running again Javonte Williams come, is good. Manning was also impressed by the safety of the charger Derwin James Jr. – one of the best Madden players currently active in the NFL – lifting him to 92nd overall.
“When I was playing, Madden NFL ratings were a big topic among people in the locker room, and to this day still around the league,” Manning said. “I track where I land each year, and the Madden team has been mostly accurate throughout my career, giving me 99 times overall six times.”
Manning, however, can still push for one more thing: Despite being a Hall of Famer and one of the best of his generation, Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos quarterback never appeared on the game’s cover.
Perhaps his new role might one day fix that, too.
