As the new football season draws closer, video game and fantasy football enthusiasts are preparing for yet another year of exhilarating ancillary enjoyment. While the latter is in for the same wild ride fans are, not knowing what the actual product on the field will look like, the virtual versions have no such worries.
EA Sports and Madden 21 are once again the exclusive rights holders to the NFL kingdom and last week the company released the player ratings for each individual in the league. The Dallas Cowboys have four players who received a 90 rating or above, though there were a handful of questionable slights, as always.
No member of the team garnered inclusion in the famed 99 club, with right guard Zack Martin earning the highest rating on the team at 98.
Quarterback Dak Prescott wasn’t one of those who received a 90 rating, or an 85 for that matter. He checked in as the eighth-highest rated Cowboy player at an 84.
Martin and Prescott headline the underrated Cowboys, but we’ll go ahead and question some others high grades as well.
La’el Collins (87) Underrated
In our estimation, Collins and Smith are worthy of the same grades, with the former being one of the best run blockers in the game but the latter one of the best pass protectors. EA has Smith better at both.
Chidobe Awuzie (82) Overrated
Um, what? Awuzie has talent, but he was constantly picked on by opposing QBs and the front office admitted that he is under heavy consideration to be demoted to being part of the safety rotation. He seems to have a CB1 standard spike.
Chris Jones (81) Overrated
Jones hasn’t been one of the league’s better punters in the last several seasons. Hopefully the hiring of ST Coordinator John Fassel will reignite some of the extreme athleticism The Puntisher has shown in the past.
Here’s the complete rundown of all of the ratings.
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