Madden NFL 18 Player Ratings - Top Safeties

Am I missing something here?
Where is Tyrann Mathieu? Isn't he like a top 5 safety? Hell even top 3?

HHCD should not be that far behind those guys, if at all. An 83 is outrageous.

Eric Berry and Landon Collins are the best safeties, followed by Earl and Kam.

Ok maybe I'm being biased but how Jenkins isn't up there is beyond me.
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Tyrann Mathieu is not a Top 5 safety. The Honey Badger played in 10 games last year and recorded 35 tackles and 1 INT. On the contrary, the Top 5 players ranked in Madden 2018 did the following last year...
Kam Chancellor - 85 tackles / 2 INTs (12 games)
Eric Berry - 77 tackles / 4 INTs (16 games)
Earl Thomas III - 48 tackles / 2 INTs (11 games)
Harrison Smith - 91 tackles / 2 INTs (14 games)
Eric Weddle - 89 tackles / 4 INTs (16 games)
In order for Mathieu to even crack the 90's this year, he is going to have to show some improvement this season. I think his Madden 18 rating of 87 OVR is more than fair.

Considering they are Safeties, are they possibly taking Hit Power/Fumbles forced into the equation as well?
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Sorry but Kam Chancellor missed 5 games last year, 6 games the year before, had mediocre stats as well and is still considered one of the top safeties.
I'm not a Cards fan, I'm a Patriots fan, but Mathieu has earned his status and should be top 5. My opinion. The fact that he's not even listed in practically the top 10 is downright insulting.
Earl Thomas missed 5 games last year too. Had only 24 tackles, 2 picks the whole year.
Mathieu had 80 SOLO TACKLES and 5 ints the year before and because he got injured, now he's not even a top safety now?

At this point, 20 days removed from release, I don't really care about ratings. I just want to see gameplay video's. See if the ramped up the presentation, if the field looks as good as fifa's, how snow and rain looks, etc.

wasent weddle graded as the best safety last season?

Safety isn't really a position that's quantified by stats. A lot of scouts will tell you that it's the toughest position to evaluate because they are so often so far away from the ball.
Earl Thomas for example, is irreplaceable in that Seattle defense just because of the nature of a single high defense and where it's weaknesses are. He erases those weaknesses in the seams because of his range. The number you look at there is how that pass defense struggled when he went down.
Similar deal with Kam in a different way. Seattle essentially has 4 linebackers on the field when they are in base with him. I have never seen a safety at the pro level be used in the run game like he is. At 225lbs. He takes on pulling guards... and wins.
Just looking at the names on that list, all of them have great versatility. Mathieu is like a swiss army knife in that scheme. I'd have his name on that list somewhere.

Harrison Smith should at least be on par with ET3 and Berry, IMO. That screenshot of Kam is really nice though. Facemask looks great.
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