Madden NFL 12 Cover Athlete is Peyton Hillis

[kjcheezhead]

Quote: Originally Posted by extremeskins04

This whole debacle gets tiresome. In no way did Hillis deserve to be on the Madden cover ahead of Vick, Rodgers or Clay Matthews for that matter. NOT BY A LONGSHOT. If people don't want Vick on the cover because they have their own personal hate agendas that is fine (although ridiculous), but then give it to Aaron Rodgers or Clay Matthews, not some guy who had 1 above average season playing against teams with absolutely ludricous rush defense. Gimme a break please, here...now.

It wasn't all a hate Vick campaign, Hillis knocked Rodgers out the round before. Cleveland fans weren't scared of the curse and supported their guy more than any other fan base did.

Congrats to Hillis.

[ryan36]

Hey guys, the whole "Let's put Scott Norwood (or any other colossal failure of a football player) on the cover of m13" stuff needs to stop. It adds nothing the conversation and is just trolling the Browns fans. Thanks.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by extremeskins04

This whole debacle gets tiresome. In no way did Hillis deserve to be on the Madden cover ahead of Vick, Rodgers or Clay Matthews for that matter. NOT BY A LONGSHOT. If people don't want Vick on the cover because they have their own personal hate agendas that is fine (although ridiculous), but then give it to Aaron Rodgers or Clay Matthews, not some guy who had 1 above average season playing against teams with absolutely ludricous rush defense. Gimme a break please, here...now.

One break...................... coming up.

This voting was unique, NCAA style bracket.

It wasn't about who was most deserving, it became a popularity contest.

Other years, where EA picked the cover, yes, then I would agree, it was the athlete who was arguably most deserving.

The Ravens have lousy rush D???? Well, he did torch them.

[johnnyskoods]

Steroids/HGH Hillis on the cover...lol

I guarantee you they lose atleast some sales because people don't know who he is and think it's some sort of a joke.

[kingkilla56]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

If your mind isn't changed after reading this article, then it won't change at all, and I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/comme...e=hruby/110426

Sigh. An article about the Hillis Vick? You missed what I was aiming at. But that's not really surprising.

[Armor and Sword]

Quote: Originally Posted by iAM-IncReDiBLe-

Nah Brees threw 22ints last year an became the first team in history to lose to a team with a losing record in the playoffs.

NOpe the curse was every cover guy got hurt and missed significant playing time. 2010 they had 2 guys and Troy was the bearer of the curse. The only guy's in recent memory who cleared the curse were Favre and Brees. I even thik Vince Young got hurt (knee) after his cover year....and yeah lost the starting gig!

Maybe I am wrong.

[kingkilla56]

Quote: Originally Posted by Armor & Sword

NOpe the curse was every cover guy got hurt and missed significant playing time. 2010 they had 2 guys and Troy was the bearer of the curse. The only guy's in recent memory who cleared the curse were Favre and Brees. I even thik Vince Young got hurt (knee) after his cover year....and yeah lost the starting gig! Maybe I am wrong.

Farve was shipped out of Greenbay and Brees got embarrassed by a team that supposedly had no business looking at the saints in the playoffs.

[kingkilla56]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dantecamp21

Speaking in the condition of being a professional graphic designer, I know that everybody is much more interested to see if this year's version has made any strides in terms of gameplay, animations, game modes, etc. But to say that the cover/packaging of the game is irrelevant isn't accurate at all. Otherwise companies wouldn't spend millions on advertisement and branding of their products. And I would be jobless as well. From a visual standpoint, I'm sure many of us here at OS wouldn't mind buying a copy of Madden 12 wrapped up in a plain dvd case with nothing to show for as long as the game was outstanding. But from a marketing standpoint, that's not the case for the average consumer. Bringing guys like Kobe, Jordan and Favre to grace a game cover is expensive. Companies doesn't like to loose money. They do it for a reason. I don't think 2K sports is planing to sign Matt Booner for be the cover guy of NBA 2K12 anytime soon.

I really appreciate this post.