Countdown to Madden cover announcement
April 6, 2008 by pastapadre
When the official Madden 09 website launched I brought up the presence of the statement “the countdown begins 4/5/08″ and what that could mean. Yesterday the site updated and it will display one of the covers from the 20 years of Madden each day as the NFL Draft nears.
The countdown leads up to the 24th which is when presumably the Madden 09 cover athlete will be revealed. However with the PS3 NCAA Football 09 cover being announced on the 24th I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Madden announcement come on the 25th instead. It just doesn’t seem that they would bring out both at the same time and split the attention that will be paid to them in that manner.
Generally the cover athlete is announced about a week and a half ahead of the NFL Draft so it appears they’re pushing it much closer this year. Given that the last couple have been leaked a day or two ahead of the official announcements it is possible it’ll be known before then.
Look for my breakdown of the top cover candidates coming soon. What do you think? Will it be a traditional cover or do they have something special in store to commemorate the 20th year?
From the rumors we heard earlier, I would be absolutely shocked if this was not Eli Manning.
steph wrote:
I wouldn’t. Just look at all of the previous Madden covers. There has never been a Super Bowl MVP on the cover, and for that matter I don’t think EA will put a quarterback on the cover in a consecutive year. I’m hoping that it’s my boy Adrian Peterson.
They should just give it to Madden for the Collectors Edition and for the normal games, I agree with you MadCow AP should get it.
steph wrote:
I think the rumor began in large part because of a speculative article I wrote. I actually don’t think it’ll be Manning but his name should be on the list of possibilities.
Justin Tuck or to change it up, the defensive MVP’s of the Super Bowl: The Entire Giants D-Line
here’s an idea…surely this year they will be focusing on the presentation…and it is the 20th anniversary of the franchise…perhaps, madden 09 will actually have madden back on the cover…
anyone but eli manning would be awesome…but WRs have gotten seriously short-changed over the years…you could always put on Morten Andersen since he is probably the only player in the game that was still playing when the madden franchise started..
I could care less who is on the cover. I have said it a million times, it matters most what is inside the cover….
As far as I am concerned, I would rather they leave the cover sleeve off of the green plastic case and have an intern write in “Madden 09″ in black magic marker.
If the game is sweet, it won’t even matter….
Romo,Peterson,Manning, Brady,MOss,Owens.
http://www.gamestop.com/common.....00431b.jpg
Gamestop box cover..definitely looks like a WR.
Its definetly Randy Moss
Kev5890 wrote:
Lol, you’re kidding right?
“http://www.gamestop.com/common…..00431b.jpg
Gamestop box cover..definitely looks like a WR.”
Lol that actaully looks like Eli when he got away from the pats D and threw the amazing pass to Tyree.
Its going to be Eli
why would you want your favorite athlete on the cover of madden, whoever is on the cover of madden usually gets injured during the season and has a bad year. if they ever were to put my favorite nfl player on madden i would boycott it. you better hope they dont put eli or adrian on the cover. im hoping for devin hester because he just screws up games by getting his team a win when they do not deserve one, he is their team. imagine if he got injured, the bears would have such a bad year, anyways you should never want your fav athlete on the cover. look at vince young he was injured some throughout the season and he threw only 9 TD’s and like 17 int
maybe the player on the ps3 NCAA is the same player thats on madden 09 cause its being revealed the same day. hopefully not though
please not eli
Madden hasn’t been good in 5 years. Who cares about the cover!
Madden08 sucked. The weapons feature sucks and the QB Vision sucks. They can take the cover for 09 and wipe their butts with it for all I care.
madden football 2008 was a major disappointment. It may be the worst football game in history. No thanks EA, youcan keep 2009. Keep the cover too.
Eli Manning and the Giants are amazing. They kicked the Pat’s butts. It still won’t make me buy Madden 2009.
john madden football’s last good year was 2005. qb vision cone and weapons bits the big one.
1. John Madden
2. Adrian Peterson
3. Randy Moss
4. Eli Manning
One of them should be on the cover.
According to Wikipedia, it’s going to be Champ Bailey, and I’ve put Wikipedia to the test several times and its always been right for me.
The should put Randy Moss on the cover with a big “18-1″ over his head.
PS. Madden 2005 was the last good madden. I don’t care about the cover
I don’t care about the cover either. It can glow-in-the-dark and have a player that mutters motivational phrases when you squeeze the box for all I care. The game needs to improve significantly for it to be a success.
You know, I was going to post something positive and light about Eli being a solid choice, but then people had to bring up the vision cone and weapons. Every year there’s something else to switch off in the menu.
I wonder if the weapons will be turned off by default this year or do people need a throbbing yellow symbol to tell them that Brady is accurate or smart or prone to date supermodels? Sigh.
Ok, here’s the positive, light, and even serious remark: Eli Manning should be on half the covers throwing the ball, and David Tyree should be on the other half catching it with his helmet.
i can confirm that it is tony romo of the dallas cowboys. they chose him because tehy are focusing on the QB pocket presence. Believe me I know this for a fact. ps Im a redskins fan i wouldnt lie.
Wikipedia now says Brady..
Di5P4tCh wrote:
Ha, I’m pretty sure they aren’t going to put a guy whos known most for choking in the playoffs and dating Jessica Simpson on the cover of their 20th anniversary game.
Brady could be the guy but he’d have to want to be. He could be another Tomlinson and turn it down cause he doesn’t need it since the money wouldn’t mean much of anything to him. I also think that being remembered for losing the SB last year after everything hurts his chances somewhat.
They should just put Madden on the cover and hope him and Michaels do the play-by-play. I hope they scrap the QB Vision and Weapon system of 08 and add some of the NCAA features…like Right Analog directional pumpfakes, Home Crowd meter, and up to date stat overlays like the good ole days…
And Mcfadden is NCAA 09 Cover Athlete
http://sports.espn.go.com/vide.....id=3280022
i was in the game store the other day on the cover of the madden 09 display box it was brian westbrook of the philadelphia eagles
helps for me since im a cowboys fan lmao
madden curse shall live on
Favre should definetly be on the cover. he is retired, but had the best season of his career. Long Live the Legend!!!
Champ bailey has already made the cover
Come on we all know who it’s going to be: PATRICK WILLIS! He dominated this past season. He was named Defensive Rookie of the Year and he should have gotten DMVP because he had better stats than Bob Sanders but they would never give those awards out together.
How do you know Champ Bailey is the coverboy
i told by many people that Colt’s safety Bob Sanders will be on the cover
It should be A.p even though i am a colts fan
you idiots moss already said that he didn’t want the cover, it is on this same site just search madden 09 cover and you will find it.
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