Madden 09 Cover Athlete: Brett Favre

[BlyGilmore]

btw kudos to Aka Wesley who called this in an OS round table a month ago ...

http://www.operationsports.com/feature.php?id=405

"Z. Swarts (Aka Wesley) - I think that this years cover should pay Homage to Brett. The guy has five NFL records and is a future Hall of Famer no questions asked.

I think that it would be something great for him to leave with."

[Wilk5280]

Quote: Originally Posted by tylerd02

Can't think of a better way to fix slumping sales then to pick one of the most popular athletes of all time. Surprised Favre agreed to it though. Too bad, I wasn't going to get madden this year but now i have too. Love the choice.

You're going to buy the game because of who is on the cover???? That's just ridiculous.

[SageInfinite]

Quote: Originally Posted by PRBoom

You're going to buy the game because of who is on the cover???? That's just ridiculous.

Hey I've done it before, lol.

[Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scoop_Brady

Does this mean we'll have 70 new hours of commentary added to the game from Madden slobbering all over Favre's knob?

Even if they reverted back to Sega Genesis-style Madden, this alone would make me buy the game.

[marshallfever]

Quote: Originally Posted by ewto16

Huh??? I find that totally baffling. The Madden cover usually ties into the new big feature of the game in some way. What is the new feature this year?? Retirement mode?? Ability to throw into triple coverage for INTs? How does having a player that doesn’t do a lot of press, doesn’t go to parties, doesn’t play video games, and ISN’T CURRENTLY PLAYING IN THE NFL help promote your game in anyway? Why not just slap Madden on the cover for the 20th edition? That makes 100x more sense than this. EA is more clueless than ever. Sounds to me like they signed a deal with Farve already and then he retired and they are too lazy or unable to back out of it.

Yeah normally it has to do with the new special feature they have. I really thought it was going to be a receiver. I think its the first time they had two of the same positions going back to back

[thebigcheese918]

this was an awesome choice.

[cyclone2426]

I think its great that Favre is getting the cover. He's a great QB, one of the best of all-time. So here's my Brett Favre Madden 09 Cover (might have to click on it to get full resolution. Click on it here then when it gets to new screen you can click it again to get full resolution)

[Scott]

Quote: Originally Posted by marshallfever

Yeah normally it has to do with the new special feature they have. I really thought it was going to be a receiver. I think its the first time they had two of the same positions going back to back

Technically there were 3 RB's in a row...

1999=Garrison Hearst (Primarily on the PAL version)
2000=Dorsey Levens (PAL version)
2001=Eddie George