EA Sports is releasing Madden 19 on August 10th, but over the weekend, a host of ratings appeared on YouTube and Twitter. We went through the San Francisco 49ers ratings, and there were some big question marks. Most notably to me was the fact that DeForest Buckner had a rating of 81, which was seventh on the team. Given his value to the defense, that seemed low.
It turns out there is a possible explanation. For whatever reason, EA Sports apparently decided to leak out intentionally false Madden ratings. Our friends at Bleeding Green Nation spoke to a Madden designer and got the scoop.