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Madden NFL 12 Cover Athlete is Peyton Hillis

05:58 PM - April 27, 2011 by Steve_OS

Peyton Hillis is your Madden NFL 12 cover athlete.

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# 61 TracerBullet @ 04/27/11 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Aggies7


	Makes me happy at least it ain't Vick. Didn't want to see a repeat cover

That was a big reason I didn't want to see Vick on there.

# 62 DaImmaculateONe @ 04/27/11 06:39 PM

Yeah if Mike Vick was on the cover again. Would Ea bring back playmaker, and call it version 2.0?

I guess this year it will be "truck vision"

# 63 hyacinth1 @ 04/27/11 06:40 PM

Maybe now Todd Collins has a shot next year at the 13 cover.

# 64 kehlis @ 04/27/11 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by hyacinth1


	damn. That's 15000 ppl that need to get laid.

?

This seems to be a pretty big deal to you too. All they did was make a vote yet your continually posting about what an atrocity this is to you.

Sounds like sour grapes to me.

# 65 VDusen04 @ 04/27/11 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by hyacinth1


	Maybe now Todd Collins has a shot next year at the 13 cover.

I'm on board.

# 66 OSUFan_88 @ 04/27/11 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by hyacinth1


	Maybe now Todd Collins has a shot next year at the 13 cover.

Damn, you are SERIOUSLY underrating Peyton Hillis.

# 67 hyacinth1 @ 04/27/11 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by TracerBullet


	That was a big reason I didn't want to see Vick on there.

I remember that game with vick on the cover. It was one of the worst madden games in the series, if not THE WORST in terms of gameplay. But I think they sold tons of copies that year. One of the top 3 Madden sellers of all time if i remember correctly.

# 68 TracerBullet @ 04/27/11 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by DaImmaculateONe


	Yeah if Mike Vick was on the cover again. Would Ea bring back playmaker, and call it version 2.0? I guess this year it will be "truck vision"

If they're still basing their main slogans/features on the cover athlete, I don't want to know what Drew Brees did to be Simpler, Quicker, Deeper.

# 69 Bellsprout @ 04/27/11 06:43 PM

I'm starting the movement a year early.

John Kuhn, Madden 13 cover, make it happen people!

# 70 TracerBullet @ 04/27/11 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by hyacinth1


	I remember that game with vick on the cover. It was one of the worst madden games in the series, if not THE WORST in terms of gameplay. But I think they sold tons of copies that year. One of the top 3 Madden sellers of all time if i remember correctly.

Yeah, but franchise mode was pretty great that year. I think it actually won awards mostly because of Owner Mode if I'm not mistaken.

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Originally Posted by Dayman


	I'm starting the movement a year early. John Kuhn, Madden 13 cover, make it happen people!

The Lions fan in me would hate that, but the football fan in me just wants to yell out KUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHNNNNN!

# 71 SouthernBrick @ 04/27/11 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by hyacinth1


	Maybe now Todd Collins has a shot next year at the 13 cover.

EA will not and I repeat WILL NOT be doing this again EVER.

Hillis definitely wouldn't have been their 1st choice for the cover.

# 72 coogrfan @ 04/27/11 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by 31


	The Joke is on EA? Come on now...They just got the whole country in on a Madden cover vote in April. More people have been talking about Madden for the last month than they did all year last year. This has been all over twitter, facebook, radio, news, and OS. This was a brilliant marketing strategy by EA. It doesn't matter to them who won. If it did they wouldn't have been in the original field. Also don't underestimate the number of Browns fans. Add that to the anti-Vick fans and there you go.

Amen, in fact it really couldn't have worked out much better from EA's POV. They generated a substantial amount of buzz merely by having Vick in the running without having to face the firestorm of criticism they would have received if he had actually wound up on the cover. That's a win-win.

# 73 jhawk826 @ 04/27/11 06:45 PM

PETA backlash would have been too strong. Smart move by EA.

# 74 Colts18 @ 04/27/11 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by jhawk826


	PETA backlash would have been too strong. Smart move by EA.

Which is why I believe the voting was manipulated.

And we just saw how the NBA handled backlash from a social group. RE: Kobe situation.

I can't believe that Hillis won this fairly. That isn't saying anything about his power as a runner. But in terms of a popularity contest, I just can't view this as a legit competition.

# 75 kingkilla56 @ 04/27/11 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by SouthernBrick


	EA will not and I repeat WILL NOT be doing this again EVER. Hillis definitely wouldn't have been their 1st choice for the cover.

If it sells like Hillis was voted for than they definitely will. I just dont know if enough browns fans can carry the weight without the vick-haters come august lol.

# 76 Moge_Ez @ 04/27/11 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by hyacinth1


	America does indeed like Cinderella stories, but that's when they know who Cinderella actually is. This is like one of the seven drawfs won it. You know about him, that he is one in 7, but you'd have a hard time recognizing the drawf if it didnt have a name...sleepy, grumpy...etc.... I am happy for Hillis, he seems like a nice guy, but the jokes on EA

You have no clue what you are talking about. The end result doesn't matter. The tournament has EVERYONE talking about the game. My whole news feed on facebook is flooded with Madden cover statuses...it doesn't hurt I live in Cleveland, but still, EA did what they set out to do.

# 77 SouthernBrick @ 04/27/11 06:52 PM

If EA really doesn't care who is on the cover, which I kinda think is a stretch IMO although a great point about all the PR they got over this then they will have a bracket next year as well. If it was that successful for them to get this kinda coverage this early I don't see how they can pass it up when M13 rolls around.

We'll just have to wait and see.

# 78 Cubfan @ 04/27/11 06:56 PM

Congrats to Peyton Hillis.

# 79 Bellsprout @ 04/27/11 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Cre8


	...And let the haters start spilling out of the digital woodwork.

Nobody hates Peyton Hillis.

Spoiler

# 80 kingkilla56 @ 04/27/11 06:59 PM

Lol at Browns fans. Why ya'll mad?

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