Detroit Lions: Is anyone really surprised by the Madden 20 ratings?

When players have earned their place among the elite athletes, whether it be the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL or even the Olympics just to name a few of the places we will find some of the best athletes in the world, then they must dominate the competition to become a legend or at least produce to keep from being kicked to the curb.

In the NFL, one of the measuring sticks for players is how they were rated in Madden football. It’s basically a status symbol to be highly rated, while it’s not at all flattering to merely be rated a 65 or even worse.

Yet every year players are dissatisfied with their rating. And they aren’t the only ones. Fans are up in arms themselves when they feel like their favorite player or team has been slighted. At least until the initial shock wears off and they become lost in gameplay.

We now live in a world were those who played the original Nintendo Tecmo Bowl have grown up and become parents to a new generation of gamers, who have started to begat their own offspring.

Now all these years later, Madden is the only NFL game in town. They hold the exclusive rights to NFL football in video gaming form. Which is of course named after the legendary Hall of Fame former head coach of the Oakland Raiders who later became one of the best color commentators television has ever seen, John Madden.

Yet the history of Detroit Lions’ player ratings is not good. At least for any Lions player not named Barry Sanders.

So as we all saw the ratings reveal earlier this week, were any of really shocked at how the Lions players and the team overall, were rated?

If you were, perhaps you haven’t been playing Madden too long. Or maybe you’re just not very observant because this has really become like an annual ‘Detroit Lions roast’. But if we’ve paid any attention to how the Lions have played each year, they seldom have a leg to stand on to complain due to their performance as a team each season.