Last week, we desperately tried to fix the Madden Detroit Lions. With the real Lions on the bye week, we decided to go crazy at the trade deadline. We acquired Maxx Crosby, Patrick Surtain, Aaron Donald, Mike Evans—and even Justin Tucker. We figured that was enough talent to get the Lions over the edge and compete for a title. So, we lined them up against the Philadelphia Eagles, and...
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Crap.
It’s been like this every week. The Lions are just 1-7 in our Madden simulations, and it just doesn’t seem to matter who they’re playing or how they adjust the Madden ratings based on the actual team: the Madden Lions suck.