EA Sports Names Stafford, Allen to Madden NFL 27's 99 Club as Caleb Williams Fronts Aug. 13 Launch
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 30
EA Sports Names Stafford, Allen to Madden NFL 27's 99 Club as Caleb Williams Fronts Aug. 13 Launch
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 30
Summary
Matthew Stafford and Josh Allen topped EA Sports’ first Madden NFL 27 ratings drop Wednesday, tying for the highest quarterback mark and joining the game’s 99 Club.
EA released top-10 lists for quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers more than two weeks before the Aug. 13 global launch, with MVP+ members getting up to seven days of early access.
Joe Burrow ranked third among quarterbacks at 97, while Detroit’s Jahmyr Gibbs led running backs at 98 and Ja’Marr Chase and Jaxon Smith-Njigba paced wide receivers as fellow 99 Club members.
Caleb Williams, the game’s cover athlete, said this week he wants to reach the 99 Club by season’s end, putting extra focus on his third NFL season and the familiar 'Madden Curse' chatter.
The ratings rollout lands as NFL training camps open leaguewide, with the Rams also taking the top team rating at 93 after Stafford’s MVP season.