Jameis Winston and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are headed to the playoffs.
So says Madden NFL 17, the newest installment of EA Sports' freakishly realistic video game franchise.
Preseason results are just noise and aren't reliable predictors of regular-season success, so I turned to Madden for a look into the Bucs' future. On Tuesday, the day the game hit store shelves, I simulated the 2016 season 10 times. In those simulations, the Bucs averaged 8.4 wins a season and reached the postseason four times. It's okay if you can't remember the last time they played in a real-life playoff game.