We’ve had a chance to let the player ratings for members of the Buffalo Bills released by EA Sports recently marinate. It’s a tough job and one no one should envy. Not only do gamers and NFL fans have a problem with your work, some of the players take those things personally, too.
But after letting the full ratings for the Bills sit for a bit, let’s dive right back into them. Which players on the Bills were truly underrated by the game’s developers?
Here’s a look at six Bills players who deserved better player ratings in Madden 21:
TE Dawson Knox
Rating: 71 overall
Bills tight end Dawson Knox burst onto the scene for the team as a rookie. Having said that, things weren’t perfect. Knox led the NFL’s tight ends with 10 drops in his first season and woof is that bad. Still, when Knox entered the starting lineup early in his career, many saw much more than they expected from the young tight end.
Knox has only played the position for a few years. Throughout high school, he was actually a quarterback until injury caused the switch. In last year’s game, Madden 20, Knox was justifiably rated a 68 overall. But even then, this can be considered the second time Knox has been underrated by the folks at EA. In Madden 20, seventh-round rookie tight end Tommy Sweeney was rated a 67 overall, nearly the same number (68) as Knox, a third rounder.
Looking back to this year’s game, Knox’s 71 rating is the same at Tyler Kroft’s and still below Lee Smith’s 73 overall. Both of those make little sense, even if Smith is a supreme blocking tight end.