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Hillis Ahead of Vick For Madden NFL 12 Cover

03:35 PM - April 24, 2011 by Steve_OS

According to some Darren Rovell sources, if the vote ended today, Peyton Hillis would be on the cover of Madden NFL 12. Strong rumblings around the web say, it's a wrap.

Official word comes Wednesday.

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# 141 bichettehappens @ 04/25/11 06:59 PM

Oh jeez.

I sense a thread closure in the near future...

# 142 TracerBullet @ 04/25/11 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by LiquorLogic


	No disrespect to Hillis, but it's sort of laughable for him to be on the cover when looking and some of the current stars who have yet to grace the cover. Let's see: there's Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, LT, Adrian Peterson, Aaron Rogers, and many other household names that haven't been on the cover. Honestly, Peyton Hillis being in the running for the cover seem like a prank to me.

Do they actually want to be on the cover? I remember LT turned down the Madden cover awhile back and appeared on Gameday. Manning already had Fever. Peterson got beat fair this year after pulling off some upsets according to his seeding. EA really isn't about always putting the biggest names on their covers. In all sports their have been big names that have never graced a cover. They gave every team a shot for the cover. Who else was going to be on it for Cleveland? Joe Thomas? Joe Haden? Colt McCoy? A picture of their punter after that great run against the Saints? Hillis was easily the Brown's player that garnered the most spotlight last year. Looking at the teams who fared poorly last season, it seems like they picked the players who were talked about mostly last year (besides the two 15 seeds maybe). Is Steve Johnson really more known than Lee Evans? Is Suh really a bigger name than Calvin Johnson?

# 143 Bellsprout @ 04/25/11 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by LiquorLogic


	Honestly, I think that people are voting for him because they think it would be hilarious for him to be on the cover.

I suspect that's what was happening until now. Now I think VickHate� has taken over in the voter's minds.

# 144 roadman @ 04/25/11 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by LiquorLogic


	Yeah, but look at the people who were on the cover before he was. You have Vince Young who wasn't in the league that long, but he lead Texas to a National Championship, he was a high round draft pick, and he was the Rookie Of The Year. The year before that you had Shaun Alexander; the year before that you had Donovan McNabb, then Ray lewis, then Micheal Vick, then Culpepper, I think you get the idea. I'm not saying that those players were better , or bigger stars, than Favre, but they were all household names with a lot of notoriety. Hillis isn't. Honestly, I think that people are voting for him because they think it would be hilarious for him to be on the cover.

I understand what you are saying, but besides Ray Lewis, any of them HOF worthy like Favre?

They weren't elite players, either.

Just saying.

# 145 roadman @ 04/25/11 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by LiquorLogic


	They were elite. Elite doesn't necessarily mean a future Hall of Famer. Hillis has just come onto the scene. Rogers, Peterson, Matt Ryan aren't necessarily future Hall of Famers. They may be Hall of Famers when it's all said and done, but it's premature to say that about them now. That being said, they're all bigger household names than Hillis.

Only thing I disagree with you on is the definition of elite.

Some of those players burned out before the faded away.

# 146 NDAlum @ 04/25/11 09:30 PM

If Hillis wasn't well known why the heck would he be leading the voting?

You guys crack me up. Dude was an absolute stud last year. Vick had a great year too and nobody is going to debate that.

Madden would get way more pub (both positive & negative) with Vick on the cover and I'd put money on it selling better.

Whatever, go back to looking up stats and supporting your important argument over a message board.

Vick is like Allen Iverson: popular beyond belief for reasons I'll never understand.

# 147 countryboy @ 04/25/11 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Nakeja71


	I could care less who is on the cover EA. Just make a decent game and quit with all the WWE gimics. I mean really . Battlefield 3 is showing us 12 minutes of gameplay and we getting these stupid ideas like vote for the cover. Seriously? Show us the game!

LOL

# 148 mjhyankees @ 04/25/11 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by bichettehappens


	No. He's winning because he's currently the best runningback in the NFL

You've just got to be kidding....you must be....you couldn't possibly.......jeez.....that's such a joke.

# 149 bichettehappens @ 04/25/11 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by mjhyankees


	You've just got to be kidding....you must be....you couldn't possibly.......jeez.....that's such a joke.

I'm guessing you didn't read the next few posts....

# 150 GohanX @ 04/26/11 12:02 AM

ESPN just put this article on their front page:

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http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6425042

With the Front Page Headline "Vick thrilled to have chance at Madden 12 cover" and the article headline "Michael Vick hopes for Madden cover". Which pretty much confirms that he's behind right now, and apparently they want to try and get him more votes before this ends. They only mention Hillis briefly in the article.

# 151 Aggies7 @ 04/26/11 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by GohanX


	ESPN just put this article on their front page: Code: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6425042 With the Front Page Headline "Vick thrilled to have chance at Madden 12 cover" and the article headline "Michael Vick hopes for Madden cover". Which pretty much confirms that he's behind right now, and apparently they want to try and get him more votes before this ends. They only mention Hillis briefly in the article.

And with that I went and voted for Hillis....I do not want to see Vick on the cover. I wish they would not have put anyone in this that had already been on the cover.

# 152 rspencer86 @ 04/26/11 02:13 AM

Let's stop pretending that Hillis is getting all these votes because he's a real up-and-comer. He wasn't even top 10 in rushing yards last year. This is a combination of people voting against Vick and just pulling for an underdog.

# 153 RedZoneD25 @ 04/26/11 02:52 AM

Either Browns fans are like me (don't buy into the curse) or they just enjoy rolling the risk dice.

# 154 Young D @ 04/26/11 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by vols bravesfan


	Well If Vick was on the cover I was defiantly going to buy it but I don't know now.

Who cares who is on the cover not like it makes the game better

# 155 Young D @ 04/26/11 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by vols bravesfan


	Well If Vick was on the cover I was defiantly going to buy it but I don't know now.

Who cares who is on the cover it's not gonna make the game better

# 156 Hooe @ 04/26/11 09:15 AM

Passing this along:

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Originally Posted by Darren Rovell on CNBC, via Twitter


	Sources: If vote ended today, Peyton Hillis would be on the cover of Madden '12. Cover will be announced Wednesday.

# 157 mjhyankees @ 04/26/11 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by bichettehappens


	I'm guessing you didn't read the next few posts....

my bad......I'm so used to outrageous statements here that I don't recognize sarcasm when I hear it. Touche!

# 158 JerzeyReign @ 04/26/11 09:40 AM

Vote for Hillis!!! Best news all day!! I am a firm believer in 'The Curse'.

# 159 XMr HIT STICKX @ 04/26/11 10:04 AM

The majority of people voting for Hillis hate Michael Vick. That's just the way it is.

# 160 djordan @ 04/26/11 10:16 AM

I guarantee Vick will be on the cover. People need to be realistic on this site. I will say this again... If you ask 20 random people on the street "Do you know who P.Hillis is?" How many will say "Yes, I know who he is."Michael Vick is the hot story right now in the league so this is a marketing dream for EA. If he loses then OS can ban me lol... jk

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