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Dez Bryant complained about ‘Madden 17’ so now ‘Madden’ is torturing cyber Dez Bryant

You can’t fight the computer Gods.

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

Dez Bryant was not pleased with his Madden 17 rating. Despite being rated at 90 overall, he was mad. He felt he was being disrespected, telling the Dallas Morning News:

“I play Madden, I [expletive] love Madden,” Bryant said. “They would do me like that? Oh my God. That is an insult, like why would you do that to me? How much I love y’all. Like what? Not John Madden, because I love him. It’s the [video game] developers.”

It didn’t take long for the Madden 17 team to respond, and when they did it was incredible.

Hey Dez Bryant, your kick rating seems to be holding down your OVR. #Madden17

EA SPORTS Madden NFL 貼上了 2016年8月23日

This video of Bryant’s horrible attempted field goal was accompanied by the caption:

“Hey Dez Bryant, your kick rating seems to be holding down your OVR.”

There’s a simple solution to this. If Dez wants a higher rating in Madden, then he needs to devote his time to becoming a good field goal kicker. That’s just science.

Oh, they had fun, Dez. In fact, they won this round — handily.

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