{"id":448151,"date":"2026-01-30T21:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/448151\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T21:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:12:10","slug":"smith-njigba-on-top-in-madden-nfl-26-conference-round-ratings-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/448151\/","title":{"rendered":"Smith-Njigba on top in Madden NFL 26 Conference Round ratings update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kirk McKeand<\/p>\n

Multiple Authors<\/p>\n

Jan 30, 2026, 03:16 PM ET\"Copy<\/a>Email<\/a>Print<\/a>Open Extended Reactions<\/p>\n

The latest Madden NFL 26 ratings are in after the league’s playoff conference round games have been completed, with adjustments to teams who played in the previous round as well.<\/p>\n

The New England Patriots<\/a> have seven players getting a ratings bump, while the Seattle Seahawks<\/a> have four. Most notably, Seahawks receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba<\/a> rose to a 95 OVR rating, making him one of the game’s best receivers.<\/p>\n

Here are the most important ratings changes:<\/p>\n

Arizona Cardinals<\/a><\/p>\n

Josh Sweat<\/a>: 85 OVR (+1)<\/p>\n

Carolina Panthers<\/a><\/p>\n

Isaiah Simmons<\/a>: 74 OVR (+4)<\/p>\n

Chicago Bears<\/a><\/p>\n

Joe Thuney<\/a> : 96 OVR (+1)<\/p>\n

Grady Jarrett<\/a>: 81 OVR (+1)<\/p>\n

Denver Broncos<\/a><\/p>\n

Quinn Meinerz<\/a>: 95 OVR (+1)<\/p>\n

Alex Singleton<\/a>: 84 OVR (+2)<\/p>\n

Que Robinson<\/a>: 69 OVR (+2)<\/p>\n

Jarrett Stidham<\/a>: 63 OVR (+1)<\/p>\n

Indianapolis Colts<\/a><\/p>\n

Jonathan Taylor<\/a>: 96 OVR (+1)<\/p>\n

Sauce Gardner<\/a>: 90 OVR (+1)<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Rams<\/a><\/p>\n

Alaric Jackson<\/a>: 83 OVR (+1)<\/p>\n

Cobie Durant<\/a>: 81 OVR (+1)<\/p>\n

Braden Fiske<\/a>: 80 OVR (+1)<\/p>\n

Emmanuel Forbes Jr<\/a>: 75 OVR (+1)<\/p>\n

Minnesota Vikings<\/a><\/p>\n

Justin Jefferson<\/a>: 94 OVR (+1)<\/p>\n

New England Patriots<\/p>\n

Mike Onwenu<\/a>: 86 OVR (+2)<\/p>\n

Craig Woodson<\/a>: 80 OVR (+1)<\/p>\n

Jahlani Tavai<\/a>: 75 OVR (+1)<\/p>\n

Christian Elliss<\/a>: 73 OVR (+1)<\/p>\n

Khyiris Tonga<\/a>: 73 OVR (+1)<\/p>\n

Bradyn Swinson<\/a>: 69 OVR (+2)<\/p>\n

Elijah Ponder<\/a>: 68 OVR (+2)<\/p>\n

Seattle Seahawks<\/p>\n

Jaxon Smith-Njigba: 95 OVR (+1)<\/p>\n

Devon Witherspoon<\/a>: 91 OVR (+1)<\/p>\n

DeMarcus Lawrence<\/a>: 87 OVR (+2)<\/p>\n

Sam Darnold<\/a>: 85 OVR (+1)<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a><\/p>\n

Baker Mayfield<\/a>: 84 OVR (+1)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kirk McKeand Multiple Authors Jan 30, 2026, 03:16 PM ETEmailPrintOpen Extended Reactions The latest Madden NFL 26 ratings…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-448151","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\/448151","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=448151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}