Last week, the virtual Detroit Lions picked up their win in one of the most unpredictable outcomes of our 2021 Madden simulation series. We ran Madden 22 without even knowing that Ben Roethlisberger would be placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list hours after we ran the simulation, and Detroit still came out victorious for the first time all season.
Of course, what happened on Sunday wasn’t quite as triumphant. Detroit managed to come out of their game against the Pittsburgh Steelers without a loss, but they couldn’t manage a getting into the win column, either.