How Lamar Jackson surpassed Michael Vick as the fastest QB in Madden history

[JonLP24]

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Soon, he’ll achieve Madden immortality as the fastest quarterback ever in the game. On Nov. 25, Vick served as an honorary Madden ratings adjuster, attending Baltimore’s 45-6 win over the Los Angeles Rams on Monday Night Football — during which Jackson posted a 99.7 QBR after tying a career-high with five passing touchdowns and rushing for 95 yards. The day after the game, Vick delivered the news that as of Madden‘s next weekly roster update on Thursday, Jackson will now possess a speed rating of 96 — one point higher than the retired quarterback’s 95 speed rating from the timeless Madden 2004. Vick also revealed a custom pair of Nike Vapor Untouchable cleats — featuring both Jackson’s new speed rating and his trademark quote from the beginning of the season, “Not bad for a running back” — which were given to the Ravens quarterback to celebrate the Madden milestone.

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Vick in Madden 04 was an absolute cheat code. With a 97 arm strength rating, 95 agility rating and 95 speed rating, he became the best player in the history of Madden, perhaps even the greatest video game character of all time.

“Michael Vick literally broke the game in Madden 04,” Oldenburg told The Undefeated. “He was such a dual-threat quarterback. He was the meta. Everybody used Vick online, because his speed was unstoppable, plus he had a cannon. He could throw the ball really far. So, on defense, you had to commit to taking away one or the other — you couldn’t take away both.

“When I came to join the Madden team years later, the stories I heard about the things they had to do in Madden 05 and Madden 06 to balance the game for Michael Vick were pretty amazing. That’s when some of the mechanics for QB Spy and QB Contain were invented — things like that we had to build into the game to balance mobile quarterbacks.”

https://theundefeated.com/features/how-lamar-jackson-surpassed-michael-vick-as-the-fastest-qb-in-madden-history/

Anyone that ever played Madden 04 knows how dominant Vick was in that game. That was the only year I played a Madden tournament and my first opponent picked Falcons & I picked Denver and was smoked. It is like Bo Jackson in Tecmo Bowl.

After the update I started a new season with Ravens with Lamar Jackson with a 86 overall rating because they started the year with him only with a 76 rating. I also started a new season with the Cardinals but Kyler Murray is still only a 75 but it is easy to build him up because he is a rookie.

[hlthe2b]

1. How? Good karma...

Just ask the dogs.

[corbettkroehler]

2. Vick Himself Retweeted

Link to tweet

[Iggo]

3. Programming, I'm guessing. (n/t)