Madden NFL 25 predicts 2024 season, including Dak Prescott MVP, Ravens hoisting Lombardi and 13-win … Panthers?

It’s August, so you know what that means — it’s time for Yahoo Sports’ annual “Madden” simulation. This is the seventh year in a row we are running an entire season through EA Sports’ popular football simulation video game, which was released this week.

Last year, Charles McDonald and Anthony Sulla-Heffinger’s simulated seasons produced a mixed bag of results. Madden accurately predicted a strong rookie season from Texans QB C.J. Stroud and that the Chiefs would win the Super Bowl, but also 16-1 and 14-3 seasons from the Cowboys and Broncos, respectively.

This time around the same rules apply: McDonald and Sulla-Heffinger each simulated a season in Madden NFL 25 and pulled out some key takeaways that may or may not actually happen.

Super Bowl:

Sulla-Heffinger: Hey, San Francisco, you were back in the Super Bowl — and it wasn’t against Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs. Unfortunately, Lamar Jackson and the Ravens steamrolled you in a rematch of Super Bowl XLVII. Jackson took home MVP honors for the game, finishing with 323 total yards (273 passing, 49 rushing) and four total TDs. Zay Flowers had a monster game, catching six passes for 126 yards and two TDs as Baltimore lifted the Lombardi Trophy for the third time in franchise history with a 35-14 win.

McDonald: The Ravens and 49ers also made the Super Bowl in my league, with the Ravens winning a 23-17 barnburner in overtime. Marlon Humphrey was given Super Bowl MVP with a game-winning pick-6 that cemented him into Madden lore.

More likely to happen: Madden clearly believes in the Ravens, but we’ll go with the closer Super Bowl score of Charles’ sim

Lamar Jackson was named Super Bowl MVP after leading Baltimore to a Super Bowl LIX win over the San Francisco 49ers in one of our Madden simulations. (Photo credit: EA Sports)

MVP

McDonald: Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott ran away with the MVP on my simulation. He barely crossed over the 4,000-yard mark passing, but he threw 36 touchdowns to just five…

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Publish date : 2024-08-16 19:00:40

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