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John Madden Thinks NFL Teams Can Benefit From Hiring Madden Players To Their Staff

by Larry Leo

January 26, 202116 Comments

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In an interview with ESPN’s Michael Rothstein, Hall of Fame coach John Madden suggested that teams could use his extremely popular video game series to prepare for opponents. I mean is this really a thing to consider...?!

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“I would have a couple of young guys that are good, good Madden players, and hire them and put them on my staff,” Madden said. “And each week I would have them play our opponent. If the Raiders are playing Kansas City, I’d have one of them be the Raiders and one of them be Kansas City. And then I would run our players against their defenses and their defenses against our players. And I’d have them just check that out and then write up — this was good, this was bad, had trouble here and trouble there. I don’t know how much I would use it, but that’s what I would do.”

Do you see this ever happening?

(The Spun)

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SeanLSU•39 months

Honestly, the only part he's wrong about is hiring "players". The correct answer is to automate hundreds of simulations and hire analysts. Guys who can break down what is happening statistically from all the simulations could provide very valuable feedback. You won't get a grasp of the other team's actual gameplan for you, but you will understand tendencies better and understand weaknesses/strengths on both offense and defense. You would need to be able to customize the player ratings and playcall probabilities based on your own scouting, though.

Doug_H•39 months

In today's virtual world it's not that crazy of an idea. Though to get anything close to legit data points you have to have each player's attributes as close to real as possible, and the "gamers" would have to really that coaches offensive/defensive playbook and tendencies

RECConspiracy•39 months

Can't blame him for trying to market his brand, but no way he truly believes this.

JackieTreehorn•39 months

I would never base my game plan on something Electronic Arts created.

RandySavage•39 months

Agree with the premise but not his reasoning. These gamer nerds need to be hired as game managers because so many coaches still fail at this basic skill.

pmacattack•39 months

Hiring MUT players would be a disaster. They run the same play repeatedly and scheme around glitches and animations :lol:

jimbeam•39 months

Where the hell has JM been?

SECSolomonGrundy•39 months

I thought he was dead

beantown•39 months

It's kind of funny to me how resistant to change so many fans are when the game is changed almost every year it seems.

lsualum01•39 months

Not as outlandish as it sounds.

d2•39 months

Funny thing is on surface I thought it sounded ridiculous, but when you consider the new virtual environments that have become elite training mechanisms within our military, maybe it would work. As long as the gamers are also studying the previous game plans and trying to implement the actual plays, I can’t see how it would be a negative trying to prepare for opponents.

Martini•39 months

That’s classic John Madden. I for one am glad to hear it. Put him in a home my arse. This statement means his is fully in control of his facilities as anyone who grew up with him would know. I’m sure Brett Farve would play into it.

Fox McCloud•39 months

Dumbest thing I’ve ever heard

PropofoLSU•39 months

I totally believe this. I also believe if you implemented game plans the youth of today would be much more prepared and identify with it

kciDAtaE•39 months

I thought he was dead

Travis Scott•39 months

It’s time to put John in a home