{"id":198515,"date":"2025-10-08T19:32:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/198515\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T19:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:32:07","slug":"dowdle-simmons-head-team-of-the-week-5-in-madden-nfl-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/198515\/","title":{"rendered":"Dowdle, Simmons head Team of the Week 5 in Madden NFL 26"},"content":{"rendered":"

EA Sports has lifted the curtain on Team of the Week 5 in Madden NFL 26, which contains special Madden Ultimate Team items inspired by the previous week’s best real-world performances.<\/p>\n

Editor’s Picks<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

1 Related<\/p>\n

TOTW5’s top spots went to Carolina Panthers<\/a> running back Rico Dowdle<\/a> and Tennessee Titans<\/a> defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons<\/a>, who’ve been awarded the prestigious 90 OVR Limited Edition cards for their efforts for their teams.<\/p>\n

Dowdle posted 206 rushing yards, averaging nine yards per attempt, as well as one touchdown during the Panthers’ match against the Miami Dolphins<\/a>, greatly contributing to his team’s comeback from a 17-13 deficit going into the fourth quarter. The Titans scored their first win of the regular season against the Arizona Cardinals<\/a>, eking out a last-minute 22-21<\/a> victory. Simmons kept his team in play with eight total tackles, including 1.5 sacks.<\/p>\n

Here’s the full list of Madden NFL 26 TOTW 5:<\/p>\n

Rico Dowdle, Carolina Panthers: 90 OVR<\/p>\n

Jeffery Simmons, Tennessee Titans: 90 OVR<\/p>\n

Kool-Aid McKinstry<\/a>, New Orleans Saints<\/a>: 89 OVR<\/p>\n

Sam Darnold<\/a>, Seattle Seahawks<\/a>: 89 OVR<\/p>\n

Jalen Pitre<\/a>, Houston Texans<\/a>: 89 OVR<\/p>\n

Zaire Franklin<\/a>, Indianapolis Colts<\/a>: 86 OVR<\/p>\n

Mike Sainristil<\/a>, Washington Commanders<\/a>: 86 OVR<\/p>\n

J.K. Dobbins<\/a>, Denver Broncos<\/a>: 86 OVR<\/p>\n

Marques Sigle<\/a>, San Francisco 49ers<\/a>: 84 OVR<\/p>\n

Darren Waller<\/a>, Miami Dolphins: 84 OVR<\/p>\n

Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins<\/a>, Minnesota Vikings<\/a>: 81 OVR<\/p>\n

Ryan Flournoy<\/a>, Dallas Cowboys<\/a>: 81 OVR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EA Sports has lifted the curtain on Team of the Week 5 in Madden NFL 26, which contains…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-198515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}