Tyrann Mathieu’s inclusion in Madden 24’s Top 10 safeties leaves fans baffled

Tyrann Mathieu’s inclusion in Madden 24’s Top 10 safeties leaves fans baffled - “Getting the legacy rating”

Modified Jul 18, 2023 03:01 GMT

EA Sports' Madden 24 is releasing its ratings for the latest edition of the game, which means it's a great day for fans to discuss which players deserved more or less overall points on the internet.

The Madden NFL ratings are being released through the game's official Twitter profile and discussions are flying. One of the most discussed lists involved the safety position, with plenty of names getting high ratings because of what they did in the past. However, one particular name stood out to fans - former Kansas City Chiefs star Tyrann Mathieu:

Tyrann Mathieu's salary: how much will Saints safety earn in 2023?

The legendary LSU safety is set to count $4.3 million against the salary cap this season, with a base salary of $1.1 million and some extra annual incentives involving playing time and playoff wins, also with a $500k bonus in case he's elected to an All-Pro team.

Mathieu was undoubtedly a superstar during his LSU days, but in 2012 he was dismissed from the team due to multiple violations of team rules. That didn't stop the Arizona Cardinals from taking him in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft, where he spent five years with the team and became one of the best players from Bruce Arians' era there.

He later played a season for the Houston Texans in 2018 before his next stop with the Kansas City Chiefs, where he won the first Super Bowl of his career under Steve Spagnuolo's leadership.

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Henrique Bulio is an NFL and College Football journalist at Sportskeeda and the Editor-in-Chief of Pro Football Brasil. He has a total 13 years of experience working in American Football, and playing quarterback at an amateur level in Brazil has given him a unique perspective of the game.

Henrique follows the Philadelphia Eagles closely due to Michael Vick's historic performance on MNF against the Washington Commanders in 2010. His all-time favorite player is Ed Reed; he believes that Reed is the greatest safety to ever play the game. Bill Belichick gets the nod as Henrique's favorite coach for coaching the Patriots to glory over two decades.

If Henrique were to be able to go back in time and watch one game, it would be Super Bowl XLIX, where the Patriots and the Seahawks played a complete, back-and-forth game that concluded with one of the biggest talking points in NFL history.

Technical deep dives are Henrique’s specialty, and he ensures never to use misleading words in his articles, since he himself consumes a lot of information off the web. He has had the privilege of interviewing Cairo Santos, Lamar Jackson, Jim Harbaugh, Sean McDermott, Bruce Arians, Matt LaFleur, among others.

Aside from football, Henrique likes to play poker and Counter-Strike.

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