Tanner McKee says teammates call him 61 on the sidelines due to his ridiculously low Madden rating

Drew Smith
August 8, 2025
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Tanner McKee, aka The Mormon Missile showed the entire football world last night that while he may be QB2 in Philadelphia, he’s a bonafide stud that could realistically start for half of the teams in the NFL.

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McKee just cooked in front of the entire football world, and now there are three groups of people who need to pay attention:

NFL teams desperate for a quarterback.
Eagles fans who now sleep easy knowing QB2 is locked and loaded.
Madden somehow thought a 61 rating was fair.

The Mormon Missile went 20-for-25 for 252 yards, three total touchdowns, and a 135.3 passer rating. He engineered two long, methodical touchdown drives, one nine plays, one ten, and looked completely in control the entire night.

Who’s the nerd at EA Sports who gave Tanner McKee a 61?

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It doesn’t even seem like disrespect, it feels like criminal negligence.

Rookie QB Kyle McCord is a hometown guy. We all love him to death, but he hasn’t even played a single NFL snap and still has a higher rating than Tanner McKee.

It’s like the Madden geeks completely forgot last year’s game against the Dallas Cowboys. McKee said after the game that the guys have been calling him “61” on the sideline. Funny, but it’s time to retire that number.

Tanner McKee, 61, Mormon Missile

Tanner McKee says players have been calling him “61” because of his Madden score

Asked if he showed Madden enough to improve his score

“We’ll see” pic.twitter.com/VqAQpPrODG
— Eliot Shorr-Parks (@EliotShorrParks) August 8, 2025