Madden Ultimate Team | Team of the Week 16 & 17

Along with a dose of much-needed information regarding the end of the Zero Chill program, EA revealed its choices for the Week 16 and Week 17 Team of the Week on January 3, which was combined into one release as a result of the recent slate of holidays.

A total of 32 new cards join the field Thursday, and unlike past iterations of Team of the Week, most of the lower to middle level 90-plus overall cards have viability at their respective position. 

While many of the 87-88 overall cards are simply not an option for anyone other than theme teams, the same can’t be said for the litany of Bosses and LTD options available in packs.

The Madden Ultimate Team version of Allen even has relatively good accuracy for the position and presents an excellent right-handed speedy quarterback to a meta dominated by left-handed Legends.

With his 90 overall Zero Chill item still running relatively cheap, users interested in using Smith for the foreseeable future would be wise to prepare for his Power-Up option which will likely put the Cowboys’ middle linebacker among the best at his position when it’s all said and done.

Purely a Falcons theme team option at this point in the MUT season given his above-average speed (93) and ho-hum route running capabilities, this card felt more like something to appease RP owners as opposed to a meta-changing alternative at wide receiver.

While Thomas only has 92 speed, that’s right in line with the likes of Tim Brown and Antonio Brown released in the past week, but Thomas is three feet taller and possess similar, if not better route running stats. 

It’s sure to be costly, players who had previously invested in Thomas’ Power-Up card will get to reap the positive results of their expensive labor, as his Night Guardian chemistry should allow him to creep into the 95 or 96 speed territory without much of a team-focused boost.