Madden video games making smarter football players

Gamers who play the Madden football games are becoming smarter football players.

That’s the premise of a recent Wired story. Former Kansas City Chief and current Bishop Miege football coach Tim Grunhard is quoted calling the games “a learning tool.”

“Back when I was playing football, we didn’t realize what a near or a far formation was, we didn’t really understand what trips meant, we didn’t understand what cover 2, cover 3, and cover zero meant,” Grunhard says, charging through jargon that’s comprehensible only to Madden players and football obsessives.

Grunhard encourages his players to play the games to learn the strategy and tactics that they’ll need on the field.