Today, Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: EA) released Madden NFL 2017, the 28th edition of the venerable National Football League video game. There have been plenty of pixels spilled over the game’s cultural impact during its nearly three decades, but there is one element of the game that I think hasn’t gotten as much attention as it should, an aspect that has direct application to business: Madden gamers’ strategies predicted real-life trends in NFL strategy. Consider Bill Belichick.