Arizona Cardinals strong safety Deone Bucannon (36) leaves the field. Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

Arizona Cardinals' Deone Bucannon blasts Madden over rating

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports | By Larry Brown | Last updated 8/4/16

Arizona Cardinals linebacker Deone Bucannon had 112 tackles, three sacks, three forced fumbles and an interception last season. Those kinds of numbers earned him some respect around the league, but apparently the makers of Madden 17 are a little slow to catch on.

Bucannon has an overall rating of just 78 in the video game. That’s not sitting well with him. He blasted the game’s Twitter account over his low rating:

@EAMaddenNFL smfh... 78.....
— Deone Bucannon (@deonebucannon20) August 5, 2016

"SMFH" is an acronym for shaking my bleeping head.

The highest-rated player on the Cardinals is DB Tyrann Mathieu, who has a 96. The Honey Badger thinks Madden hasn't done their homework on Bucannon:

Really tho! Clearly didn't watched the tape... https://t.co/8HCemX2Ww3
— Tyrann Mathieu (@Mathieu_Era) August 5, 2016

Maybe the tweet will get Madden’s attention and help the video game give him some respect when they do their reevaluation. At least he’s attacking his disappointment with his rating more directly than this Broncos QB.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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