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There were plenty of reasons for Madden to be optimistic madden nfl 23 coins about the Bucs' chances in 2023. With new coach Bruce Arians expected to be able to curb some of quarterback Jameis Winston's bad decision-making and lower his interception total, the sky was the limit for a team with the receiving tandem of Mike Evans and Chris Godwin.

We all know how that turned out. Winston earned the ignominious honor of being the only QB to ever throw 30 TDs and 30 INTs in a season, and this roller coaster of peaks and valleys left the Bucs with a middling 7-9 record that placed them well short of postseason contention.To tell you just how wrong Madden was about this prediction, the simulation had Winston throwing 28 TDs (fairly accurate) but only 5 INTs (only 25 off, not bad!)

With no Andrew Luck behind center for the Colts after his unexpected retirement, it was surprising to find that Madden was so bullish about the prospects of his replacement, Jacoby Brissett. In fact, the simulation was convinced that he would even lead the league with 38 TDs over the course of 2023.

Instead, 25 passers had more TDs than Brissett's 18, including both Daniel Jones and Ryan Tannehill, who only started 12 and 10 games respectively. It's pretty telling that the only QB who had fewer TDs than Brissett while starting as many games as him (15) was Mitch Trubisky.

Considering how routine it had become for the Patriots to run away with the AFC East and earn themselves a bye week in the first round of the playoffs, I'm going to consider it at least a partial success that Madden was even able to predict that the Patriots would need to play on Wild Card Weekend.

Of course, they wound up facing the Titans and not the Jets, who would miss the playoffs buy MUT 23 ltds again after finishing at 7-9. Still, the simulation was perhaps able to see the tides starting to turn in a division (and let's face it, conference) that has been dominated by Bill Belichick and Tom Brady for so long now.