Madden 23 predicts final record for Packers in latest sim
A recent “Madden NFL 23” sim has the Green Bay Packers reaching the Super Bowl.
The ‘Madden’ video game series gets more realistic every year, and that could be good news for the Green Bay Packers.
Matthew Liebl of App Trigger has simulated the entire 2022 NFL season using the Madden 23 video game, and the results were encouraging for the Packers.
The sim has Green Bay winning 13 games for the fourth season in a row, ending the regular season with a 13-4 record. Like the previous two years, it’s good enough for the NFC’s top seed.
A big question for the Packers entering the season is how they will perform offensively without superstar wide receiver Davante Adams.
Well, there’s good news. In the sim, Allen Lazard has a career year with 93 catches for 1,275 yards and seven touchdowns. That’ll do. And what about Randall Cobb? He catches 19 touchdowns.
Yes — nineteen.
The sim has a near-perfect regular season for the Packers. They take home the NFC’s top seed, win 13 games, and Aaron Rodgers wins his third straight NFL MVP award.
But it’s now time for the dreaded postseason, an area the Packers have struggled of late.
The sim has Green Bay’s offense struggling in its first playoff game, but it doesn’t matter as the team edges past the Philadelphia Eagles by a scoreline of 23-21.
Up next is a rematch from the 2020 NFC Championship Game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It goes a little better this time.
We are treated to an all-time classic. A playoff showdown for the ages. After a 38-38 tie sends the game into overtime, Aaron Rodgers finishes with six touchdown passes and sends the Packers back into the Super Bowl, where they’ll meet the Kansas City Chiefs.
Unfortunately, Packers fans are all too familiar with heartbreaking playoff defeats. And it doesn’t get much worse than this.
Green Bay loses in the Super Bowl with former Packer Marquez Valdes-Scantling catching two touchdowns in a 28-18 Chiefs victory.
Maybe it’s best if this Madden 23 sim doesn’t come true, after all.