Madden ratings exist for two purposes: to make people mad and to inspire hilarious tweets from underrated players.
Regardless of their unimportance, Madden is one of the most well-known pre-season rating systems each year. Each team rating is concocted through a conglomerate of individual player ratings, which combine speed, acceleration, strength, agility, awareness and more.
That doesn’t mean that they always get it right, though.
This year, Madden 23 gave the New Orleans Saints an 82 rating heading into the season. That lands them tied with the Titans and the Colts for the 17th best team in the league.