{"id":713039,"date":"2026-06-03T17:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/713039\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T17:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:36:09","slug":"caleb-williams-reacts-to-madden-nfl-27-rating-in-video-end-of-the-year-itll-be-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/713039\/","title":{"rendered":"Caleb Williams Reacts to Madden NFL 27 Rating in Video, &#8216;End of the Year It&#8217;ll Be 99&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams reacted to his 90 overall rating in Madden NFL 27.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;End of the year it will be 99,&#8221; Williams said during a Wednesday appearance on the New Heights podcast. &#8220;It&#8217;s alright.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Williams was <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25433524-madden-nfl-27-reveals-bears-caleb-williams-cover-photo-full-reveal-teased-ahead-release-date\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">officially announced<\/a> as the cover athlete for the upcoming video game on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The 24-year-old became the first Bears player to be featured on the cover of the main version of Madden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Philadelphia Eagles star running back Saquon Barkley was previously on the cover of Madden NFL 26, receiving a 99 overall <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EAMaddenNFL\/status\/1929601236963115010?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">rating<\/a> at the time the game was released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Williams is coming off an impressive 2025 season, helping Chicago win the NFC North with a record of 11-6 before advancing to the divisional round of the playoffs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft completed 58.1 percent of his throws for 3,942 yards and 27 touchdowns compared to seven interceptions in 17 appearances. Williams also rushed for 388 yards and three scores.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">If takes another step forward during his third season with the Bears, it isn&#8217;t hard to imagine his Madden rating increasing once again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams reacted to his 90 overall rating in Madden NFL 27. &#8220;End of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":713040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-713039","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\/713039","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=713039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/713040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}