Madden 09 News Post

Madden 09 Cover Athlete: Brett Favre

03:56 PM - April 24, 2008 by N51_rob

According to Pasta Padre and GameDaily, Brett Favre is the cover athlete for Madden NFL 09. Favre will be on David Letterman tonight, to announce.

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	"He may be retired but Brett Favre is the cover athlete for Madden NFL 09. This is the first time a non-active player has been selected for the cover. The news comes out of an appearance on the David Letterman show tonight (which tapes earlier in the day) and has been confirmed by GameDaily. There is also a show on the NFL Network scheduled for Saturday at 10am ET that will showcase the history of Brett Favre and the Madden franchise. The official press release is expected Friday morning."

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# 21 moose1619 @ 04/24/08 06:52 PM

wow one of the greatest QBS ever is going to be on a video game cover and he is getting bashed. unbelievable, You might not like him, but no other player competed like him.

# 22 ProStylez @ 04/24/08 07:05 PM

This going to cause a frenzy in Wisconsin with all the Brett Farve merchandise junkies who have to buy his product in bulk!
One of the SI writers who covered Farve his whole career was on our sports talk radio morning show saying how he wanted to thank all the people in Wisconsin for putting his daughter through college because at $40,000 a year he could not have done it without us.
Can you imagine how many copies this game could sell from non gamers even buying this just because of him, good move EA!

# 23 yamabushi @ 04/24/08 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by moose1619


	wow one of the greatest QBS ever is going to be on a video game cover and he is getting bashed. unbelievable, You might not like him, but no other player competed like him.

Sorry, but recent studies out of the 'University of Scienceness and Unsupportable Claims' shows that Richard Newbill, back-up linebacker for the seahawks (90-92) actually competed harder then any athlete ever. Its a fact.

# 24 yamabushi @ 04/24/08 07:20 PM

come on, somebody had to do it......

# 25 roadman @ 04/24/08 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by moose1619


	wow one of the greatest QBS ever is going to be on a video game cover and he is getting bashed. unbelievable, You might not like him, but no other player competed like him.

Happens a lot when the haters have too much media about and around Favre. They will enjoy it more when the game comes out in August because they will see his face in the video game section for the next year.

# 26 ODogg @ 04/24/08 07:34 PM

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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.

LOL @ this post. Most of the criticism i've seen has been the very fact that EA always has to find some athlete to promote some stupid new feature, like a WR means there'll be some new WR gimmick or a HB means some new HB gimmick mode.

Then this year they go away from that and folks crawl out of the woodwork to curse EA for putting an NFL Legend and future HOF on the cover who won't relate to some in-game gimmick or feature.

Great example of no matter what EA does they will have someone crying about it. Classic.

# 27 Scoop_Brady @ 04/24/08 07:41 PM

I can tell you one thing; he won't be the cover athlete for my version of Madden 09 roughly ten seconds after I get the shrinkwrap off.

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

# 28 SageInfinite @ 04/24/08 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ODogg


	LOL @ this post. Most of the criticism i've seen has been the very fact that EA always has to find some athlete to promote some stupid new feature, like a WR means there'll be some new WR gimmick or a HB means some new HB gimmick mode. Then this year they go away from that and folks crawl out of the woodwork to curse EA for putting an NFL Legend and future HOF on the cover who won't relate to some in-game gimmick or feature. Great example of no matter what EA does they will have someone crying about it. Classic.

# 29 BlyGilmore @ 04/24/08 08:08 PM

how much influence do you think Madden had?

"The thing about Brett Favre is he's Brett Favre. I mean hhharrrurmrumrumrum."

# 30 BlyGilmore @ 04/24/08 08:11 PM

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."

# 31 Wilk5280 @ 04/24/08 08:27 PM

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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.

# 32 SageInfinite @ 04/24/08 08:47 PM

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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.

# 33 Hooe @ 04/24/08 09:16 PM

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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.

# 34 marshallfever @ 04/24/08 09:24 PM

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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

# 35 thebigcheese918 @ 04/24/08 09:26 PM

this was an awesome choice.

# 36 cyclone2426 @ 04/24/08 09:46 PM

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)

# 37 Scott @ 04/24/08 10:13 PM

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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

# 38 Jethown @ 04/24/08 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by thebigcheese918


	this was an awesome choice.

No, not awesome, Favrelous.

# 39 Scott @ 04/25/08 06:27 PM

# 40 SageInfinite @ 04/25/08 06:36 PM

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