Matthew Stafford is not as good as a quarterback who was physically unable to throw a football for more than a year. That’s what the “experts” who create the player ratings at EA Sports for the “Madden NFL 19” video game have concluded.

Per early leaks on the ratings, when the game is released in August, Lions QB Matthew Stafford will have an 82 overall rating. Andrew Luck of the Indianapolis Colts will have an 86.

Aside from the fact Luck has been out for well over a year and might never play again because of major shoulder surgery and complications in his recovery, the plain fact is he has not been better than Stafford since the 2014 season — by any metric. This inflation of Luck’s hype, with the concurrent dissing of Stafford’s considerable talents, remains a pervasive crime against football thought in both the mainstream football media and, apparently, in the video game industry.

The good news is, with “Madden” gameplay you can take out your frustration at the game’s incoherent rating system on the Colts. Get Stafford to throw for over 400 yards in a game, shut the Colts out and injure Luck once again, and let the cathartic feeling flow through your controller!