Madden 21 ratings for the Las Vegas Raiders are on the lower end. Should they be higher?
EA Sports’ ‘Madden 21’ unveiled its player NFL ratings and Las Vegas Raiders rookie wide receiver Henry Ruggs III is quite fast — and that is good news for Derek Carr.
The EA Sports makers of ‘Madden’ listed Ruggs with a 98 rating, just behind Tyreek Hill of the Kansas City Chiefs who has a 99.
And that is not all for Ruggs III because his acceleration rating is a 97, EA Sports listed.
That again puts Ruggs III behind Hill’s 99.
Ruggs has an overall rating 76.
Carr, meanwhile, was given an overall rating of 79.
While that put Carr six spots from the top 10, EA Sports did list him at No. 6 with a jumper rating of 86.
Raiders backup quarterback Marcus Mariota is also sixth.
Carr is tied with other quarterbacks at No. 10 in throw power at 91.
What he lacks, according to EA Sports, is his strength of 56, which is towards the bottom of that category.
Of the starting quarterbacks that are rated low are Drew Brees, Teddy Bridgewater, Kirk Cousins 52 and Kyler Murray 51.
Just a suggestion...@EAMaddenNFL needs to partner with @PFF and solve all the worlds problems. Update in real-time weekly and bring peace to the galaxy
— David Carr (@DCarr8) July 18, 2020
Ben Roethlisberger leads the pack with an 82 rating
A look at other ratings
▪ The Raiders’ highest-rated player overall is center Rodney Hudson at a 93. The other player to score in the 90s is guard Richie Incognito who has a 90.
▪ Incognito, defensive tackle Mo Hurst Jr., and tackle Trent Brown are the team’s strongest players at a 94.
▪ Wide receiver Rico Gafford is second in the team in speed behind Ruggs at a 96. The Raiders have a lot of speed with 14 players at or above a 90.
— Rico Gafford II (@RicoGafford2_) July 17, 2020
▪ Tight end Darren Waller has the team’s highest catching rating with a 93. No other Raiders player scored in the 90s. Wide receivers Hunter Renfrow and Zay Jones have an 86. Ruggs III checked in with a rating of an 83, perhaps getting love from last season when he had 40 catches at Alabama.
A slight to Maxx Crosby?
Defensive end Maxx Crosby totaled 10 sacks in his rookie season, but that still didn’t please EA Sports who gave Crosby an 77.
The Eastern Michigan product wasn’t thrilled about his rating, taking his frustration at Twitter.
77.... Y’all Got Me All The Way ****** Up @EAMaddenNFL
— MaddMaxx (@CrosbyMaxx) July 18, 2020
Though Crosby didn’t score any 90s, he was an 87 (acceleration), speed (83) and agility (82).
Full Raiders’ Madden ratings
A look at the Raiders’ full ratings, provided by Madden 21.
Hudson 93; Incognito 90; Josh Jacobs 88; Brown 87; Waller 85; Damarious Randall 82; Lamarcus Joyner 82; Tyrell Williams 82; Carr 79; Gabe Jackson 79; Hurst 79; Littleton 78; Prince Amukamara 78; Jason Witten 77; Crosby 77; Nelson Agholor 77; Carl Nassib 76; Ruggs III 76; Jonathan Hankins 76; Nick Kwiatkoski 76; Maleik Collins 75; Trayvon Mullen 75; Zay Jones 75; Alec Ingold 74; Erik Harris 74; Hunter Renfrow 74; Jalen Richard 74; Jeff Heath 74; Clelin Ferrell 73; Johnathan Abram 73; Kolton Miller 73; Nevin Lawson 73; P.J. Hall 73; Ken Crawley 72; Marquel Lee 72; Arden Key 70; Bryan Edwards 70; Damon Arnette 70; Devontae Booker 69; Daniel Carlson 69; Foster Moreau 69; Lynn Bowden Jr. 69; Arik Robertson 68; Isaiah Johnson 68; Doss 68; Marcell Ateman 68; Mariota 68; Ross 67; Kyle Wilber 67; Nicholas Morrow 67; Smith 67; Tanner Muse 67; AJ Cole III 66; Erik Kush 66; Derek Carrier 65; John Simpson 65; Nick O’Leary 65; Brandon Parker 64; Dallin Leavitt 63; Denzelle Good 63; Jordan Brown 63; Kendall Donnerson 62; Anthony Ratliff-Williams 61; Jordan Deavy 61; Keisean Nixon 61; D.J. Killings 59; Jeremiah Valoaga 59; Sam Young 59; Ukeme Eligwe 59; David Sharpe 58; Gafford 55; Andre James 53; Nathan Peterman 51; Trent Sieg 24.
