Madden 19 Harvest Turkey Bowl: MUT Event Brings Walter Payton, Lawrence Taylor
Every Thanksgiving, sports fans love to feast on turkey and football. It’s also a perfect time for gamers to participate in special events, such as the Madden 19 Harvest Turkey Bowl. The annual event is back again and EA is promoting it as having even more content than before along with more players. It’s going to feature a new quest for gamers to participate in and find some of the NFL’s all-time best players in pursuit of the ultimate team goal, a Turkey Bowl victory!
Madden 19 Harvest Turkey Bowl basics
The Madden 19 Harvest Turkey Bowl is a special Madden Ultimate Team event within the game. Gamers can complete different challenges for a limited time. By doing so, they can earn Turkey Flyers or Coins. These items can purchase NAT players which gamers can add to their Ultimate Team rosters for a nice boost.
This year’s Turkey Bowl has a theme where gamers are going from stadium to stadium in search of players to boost their lineups. A Turkey Bowl victory is the main goal for the competition. The Madden Twitter release a promotional video to show off this year’s event as of Friday night.
This Thanksgiving is going to be sweet! 🦃
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— #WeAreMadden (@EAMaddenNFL) November 17, 2018
There will also be some new items in this year’s Madden 19 Harvest Turkey Bowl. These are the “Turkey Bowl Tailgaters” which have specific icons based on “pre-kickoff activities.” The icons attached help indicate which players are able to go for upgrade items. Gamers can also assemble sets of Four Gold Tailgaters and Four Elite Tailgaters. These will be usable for an Offensive or Defensive All-Star.
There are 32 Tailgaters spread across eight different groups. There are also Turkey Trotters who will be players that have changing ratings within the competition. More details on the breakdown of Tailgaters and Turkey Trotters is available here at EA’s website.
Madden 19 Harvest Turkey Bowl MVPs, Star Players
Legends and star player acquisitions are a big part of this year’s Madden Turkey Bowl event. Two of the biggest players from offense and defense in the game will be featured as Turkey Bowl MVPs. They are Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton and New York Giants defensive star Lawrence Taylor. Each of these players brings a 95 overall rating to the Madden 19 Harvest Turkey Bowl.
In addition, some of the best talent in the game today will be featured with a batch of 93-rated players. That includes Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen who is a 93 overall. There’s also Chiefs’ quarterback Patrick Mahomes and New Orleans Saints halfback Alvin Kamara, also rated as 93 each. Other 93-rated players in the Turkey Bowl are the Titans’ Jurrell Casey, Eagles’ Jason Peters, Buccaneers’ Gerald McCoy, and Lions’ Darius Slay Jr.
Gamers will now be in search of the highly-rated cards within the Ultimate Team quest. For more of the latest news on the Harvest Turkey Bowl or other game updates, make sure to visit the VGR Madden 19 news section.