I’m starting to think our weekly Madden 25 simulations may have no impact on the actual game. Yeah, I know. Hard to believe. The mystical powers of Madden have been long documented, but it’s been a rough year for the game’s prediction power. It was wrong the first four weeks of the season, and after a brief three-game winning steak, it’s back on the losing end.
Here are our week-by-week results:
Week 1:
- Madden: 24-20 Rams
- Actual: 26-20 (OT) Lions
Week 2:
- Madden: 31-24 Lions
- Actual: 20-16 Buccaneers
Week 3
- Madden: 42-17 Cardinals
- Actual: 20-13 Lions
Week 4:
- Madden: 31-26 Seahawks
- Actual: 42-29 Lions
Week 6:
- Madden: 31-28 Lions
- Actual: 47-9 Lions
Week 7:
- Madden: 35-14 Lions
- Actual: 31-29 Lions
Week 8:
- Madden: 30-24 (OT) Lions
- Actual: 52-14 Lions
Week 9:
- Madden: 24-17 Packers
- Actual: 24-14 Lions
If you don’t know what the heck I’m talking about, ever Saturday morning before a Detroit Lions game, I launch a game of Madden 25, set the lineups as close as I think they will look, and simulate a game—computer vs.