NFL Rookies Try to Predict 'Madden 17' Ratings, React to Actual Ratings

Predicting how a player's skills will translate from college to the NFL is tough without seeing them in action as a pro, so it'd be nearly impossible to accurately rate them.

But that doesn't keep the people over at EA Sports from giving their best evaluation and putting the rookies into Madden each year. 

Rookies always have high hopes for their Madden ratings. After all, you better have a lot of confidence in your game if you want to stick in the league. But the rookies (heck, even veterans, for that matter) never seem to be on the same page as the folks at EA Sports. 

This year's rookie class—featuring Jared Goff, Ezekiel Elliott and Braxton Miller—were asked to guess their ratings for the 2017 edition. The players' reactions to hearing their actual ratings are as good as you might expect.

Hopefully every rookie has the same attitude as Elliott: Perform, and the rating will be very different by the end of the season.

[EA Sports]