New Orleans Saints star wide receiver Michael Thomas had his “Madden” rating updated this week, seeing it raised to the video game's maximum “99” after the wideout broke Hall of Famer Marvin Harrison's single-season receptions record on Sunday in the win over the Tennessee Titans.
Per Mike Triplett in ESPN.com:
EA Sports announced Monday that the New Orleans Saints receiver has been upgraded to the maximum rating of 99 in its Madden 20 video game after he broke Marvin Harrison's NFL record of 143 catches in a season.
Thomas, 26, already a three-time Pro-Bowl receiver in his fourth season, all with the Saints, leads the NFL this year in receiving yards at 1,688 and receptions (duh) with 145 with one game to spare.
The former second-round selection from the 2016 draft out of Ohio State downplayed the significance of the broken Harrison record.
“To be honest, it doesn't really mean nothing,” Thomas said. “I don't take it for granted. But the fact that we still have more goals as a team — as far as not the individual stuff that comes along with it — I would be selfish to be like, ‘Oh, I just caught all these passes and did all this.' Ultimately I was catching the passes to win the game, to help my team be in the position we're in now.
“So I just want to keep catching passes and end up where we're gonna be. … That's ultimately what I'm here to do, and I feel like if I continue to do that I'll get more passes and I'll break more records.”
The Saints' inferno offense, led by prime receiving option Thomas, already punched their postseason ticket by winning the NFC South title.
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