GREEN BAY — Madden video game ratings probably aren’t the end-all, be-all of assessing a football player’s ability, although there are surely worse metrics, too. And you can bet the modern NFL player cares very deeply about how EA Sports views his speed, strength, agility and overall ability.
So the fact that Green Bay Packers third-year cornerback Jaire Alexander received a 90 rating from the ubiquitous football video game — among cornerbacks, only New England’s Stephon Gilmore (99), the Los Angeles Rams Jalen Ramsey (94) and San Francisco’s Richard Sherman (92) received higher ratings — may not necessarily stamp him as an elite cover corner, it’s certainly evidence that the third-year cornerback is trending toward that echelon, even if he hasn’t quite proven himself worthy.