Six weeks ahead of its scheduled release, the makers of the video game Madden NFL 19 announced that seven players had achieved the game’s highest rating of 99, based on their performance last season, and two were Patriots.
Rob Gronkowski and Tom Brady — the last two athletes to grace the cover of the Madden game — were among the players given the perfect launch rating. Brady, who was named the league’s MVP last season at age 40, achieved a perfect launch rating for the fourth time in his career (the others coming in 2009, ’12, and ’18).