Best laptop for Madden NFL 22?

I’m looking to pick up a new laptop in the $3,500 to $4,000 range—something primarily for binge-watching movies and series, though I’d also like to be able to jump into Madden NFL 22 or Football Manager every once in a while. Does anything like that actually exist out there? What would you guys recommend?

Movies are easy enough, but getting FIFA to run smoothly is a different beast entirely.
At that price point, I don't think you have much choice other than hunting down an Intel Core chip with integrated VEGA graphics. Just whatever you do, stay away from the bottom-of-the-barrel Intel Core i3; they tend to be painfully sluggish when you actually try to get things done.
You should probably check out the processor speeds on https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php first. Personally, I'd aim for something sitting somewhere north of, say, 6000 Passmark points to keep things decent.
Make sure you grab something with at least 12GB of RAM, because that VEGA hardware is going to hog at least 2GB just for itself.

If you can manage to squeeze $333 more into your budget, you might want to look at this one—though just a heads-up, it doesn't come with macOS pre-installed:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/laptop-example-link

As for how FIFA actually performs on that onboard VEGA graphics, you can see it in action right here: