The first batch consisting of Bo Knows Legends players arrived last week. That group consisted of Mut 22 coins Dan Dierdorff, Iverson Walls, Charle Young, and Bruce Smith. Each was given an Power Up item, 85 OVR, together with the 94 OVR cards as part of the game. This should also happen with those in the next group.

These new Legends products are scheduled to be released on Ultimate Team on Monday, November 29th in conjunction with the promotion. The other recent promotions launched in Madden have included a Thanksgiving themed promotion with Blitz in addition to Team of the Week which launches weekly.

Based on our model and the latest set of data2 released in the Madden website, it was possible to identify several players against whom Madden and a more model-based approach seem to be at odds, and the results are interesting.

Injecting human judgment into a grading system isn't necessarily a bad thing. Daniel Sorensen is a good example. He's had a bad year at the Kansas City Chiefs, and Sorensen is a major factor in their defense's surrender of 69.5 points in excess of what was expected this season. This year, they rank 31st the league. Sorensen's performance has earned a grade that is 42.2 from 100 points from Pro Football Focus and an overall grade of 35.5. In spite of his struggles, Sorensen appears to be swift! Based upon his on-field speed as determined by player tracker data, we'd expect to see a speed score purely based on model for Sorensen of 89 or so, almost 7 more points than Madden's Week 9 rating of 82. Maybe the people at EA would rather not give a player having a similar performance to Sorensen with a top score in a vital area like speed rating, because it's a massive impact on game play. And If that's the case then it's difficult to fault the EA team.

Other notable exceptions include Chiefs Wide receiver Tyreek Hill, who has the highest speed score of all of Madden at 99. Hill is certainly fast, and maybe we're splitting hairs here however his maximum career speed of 22.8 mph ranks only fourth in the league , since 2017.3 Moreover, his current-year weekly maximum speed although impressive, does not even make into buy Madden 22 coins the top fifty.