Madden 21 Simulation: Chiefs vs. Ravens Predictions for MNF Battle of Cover Stars
Monday Night Football brings an intriguing matchup of Madden 20 and Madden 21 cover stars for NFL fans to witness. It’s last year’s cover star and Super Bowl MVP, Patrick Mahomes, taking on this year’s cover star and reigning NFL MVP, Lamar Jackson. Of course, there will be other personnel on the field as the Baltimore vs. Kansas City game plays out. Here are the latest Chiefs vs. Ravens predictions through Madden 21 simulation.
Ravens vs. Chiefs predictions via Madden 21 sim and others
On Sunday, EA’s Madden social media unveiled their NFL Week 3 picks based on the game’s simulated matchups. Based on the games that have already played out, they may not be correct on Monday Night Football, though.
Of the teams below, the Bills, Steelers, Titans, Bears, Lions, Panthers, and Seahawks were all winners. In the Bengals vs. Eagles game, it finished in a 23-23 tie in Philadelphia, something only the most astute fans may have predicted.
That said, according to Madden 21’s Chiefs vs. Ravens prediction, Lamar Jackson and Baltimore will get a win, by just a field goal over Mahomes and the Chiefs. In the Madden video game, the Chiefs are an 88 overall rating with the Ravens just a notch below at 87 overall.
The NFL Network panel also gave their thoughts on who they believe will win the huge Monday Night Football matchup.
Host Rich Eisen took the Ravens as his pick due to Lamar and their running game excellence. Two of his colleagues picked the Ravens as well, but it was former Dallas Cowboys star Michael Irvin deviating to select Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs.
Our Madden 21 simulation: First Half
To see who comes out on top, we ran our own Madden 21 simulation of the Chiefs vs. Ravens game. In the first quarter, Mahomes was off to a hot start with 100 yards of passing and a touchdown pass to Tyreek Hill. That gave the Super Bowl champs a 7-0 advantage into the second quarter.
A fumble recovery by Baltimore in the second, ultimately led to a successful drive down the field to tie things up. Mark Ingram had multiple rushing plays, while Jackson had 32 yards of passing on the drive. Ingram eventually ran it in from a yard away to even the score 7-7.
L.J. Fort had a key interception on KC’s next drive and it was right within scoring territory. That set up a few rushing plays involving Lamar Jackson and Gus Edwards, who scored another Baltimore TD. The Chiefs came right back with another nice drive with rookie Clyde Edwards-Helaire getting a three-yard rushing TD.
Lamar and the Ravens worked magic on their next drive, with the reigning MVP passing and even rushing it a bit. He’d find Chris Moore for a 15-yard score to make it 21-14 late in the half. Still, Mahomes and company matched that by marching back down the field. Darrell Williams’ TD with 24 seconds left tied things 21-21 at the half.
Second half of simulated MNF game prediction
In the third quarter, we saw the Baltimore Ravens take over with a 28-21 lead. Lamar once again showed his skills, with multiple rushing plays before relying on Ingram and Gus Edwards. The latter of these backs scored a five-yard rushing TD.
Late in the third quarter, Madden 20 cover star Mahomes and rookie Edwards-Helaire hooked up on a 24-yard pass. As they got into the fourth, Mahomes found the rookie once again, this time for a 23-yard touchdown.
With the game tied at 28-28, both teams found ways to score two more touchdowns each in this Madden 21 simulation. With under two minutes remaining, KC’s Harrison Butker connected on a 20-yard field goal making it 45-42. That left Baltimore 1:41 to come up with something.
Unfortunately for LJ8 and company they couldn’t as the Chiefs defense held them from getting a drive going. The Ravens went four and out. Kansas City scored a game-clinching touchdown to make it 52-42 with a minute left. Even though, the Ravens scored, Justin Tucker’s extra point was blocked.
With Baltimore out of timeouts and unable to recover an onside kick, all Mahomes had to do was take the knee. Kansas City wins this shootout 52-48 in Baltimore.
If that proves to be true, it seems bettors may want to look at the over which is currently at 54 points, per Vegas Insider. We doubt this game will hit the 100 points our sim did, but anything’s possible!
The Ravens are also favored to win by 3.5 points at their home stadium in Baltimore. Based on the stats both QBs put up in our sim, it could bode well for some fantasy owners too as Mahomes and LJ8 each had over 400 yards of offense and multiple TDs.
Monday Night Football game kicks off around 8:15 p.m. Eastern Time with ESPN providing coverage on TV and live streaming online. Are you taking Mahomes and the Chiefs, or Lamar and the Ravens?
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