NFL players have been known to question the ratings they’re given in video games.
It goes way back to the late ’90s, when Robert Brooks, a receiver for the Green Bay Packers, argued with the makers of one of the “NFL GameDay” editions in a television commercial. Playing as himself on the game for the original PlayStation, he was on his way to a long touchdown when a defender tackled him from behind.
“That don’t show my breakaway speed!” he shouted at one of the members of 989 Sports, the game’s creator. The man seemed shook with his mumbled response .