Favre Confirmed for Madden 09 Box Cover
After so many athletes have been on the cover of the Madden box, only to end up injured, EA has come up with a new way to avoid the so called “Madden Curse” – use an athlete that is no longer in football.
For those that are uninitiated, every year, there is a big process where EA goes through all the possible candidates to have on the cover. But as it is with Sports Illustrated, whoever ends up on the front of the Madden box has issues in the upcoming season. Read more here on the whole “Madden Curse”.
Brett Favre is a good selection for the box, considering it is the 20th anniversary of the Madden franchise. Favre is coming off one of the best year’s of his career, even while playing for a less than average team. He has also missed being on the box several times, due to another breakout star emerging at the time of the box selection process. Congrats Mr. Favre, you do deserve this honor.
While Brett is not playing football now, I do sit on the edge of my seat, waiting for the inevitable article on ESPN some day in the near future, “Favre blows out ACL tripping over John Deere lawnmower at his house”. And with that, the Curse will abide.
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YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And next year Aaron Rodgers will be gracing the cover.
one day people will realize that madden is just a waste of money until that day looks like were doomed to looks at these covers
Ha ha…. I don’t much care about football and Madden but it did remind me of this….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBW7ysPcbT0
I agree sifer, hundreds of hours of game play and fun with friends each year is a total waste of money. you’ve shown me the error of my ways.
i guess you haven’t found out that all it is, is a roster update
I like how after you make clear that you don’t play Madden games you still feel knowledgeable enough about them to comment on their iterations.
Some Madden’s are excellent (96, 06 were amazing) some are terrible (07) as with every other series.
Since I have purchased a Madden for one system or another every year, I can tell you they have all been well worth it (except for this seasons Wii version, which was pathetic).
MY OPINION IS you dont have to play a game to know if it has been bad or good the internet WILL tell sooner or later and if there are more bad madden games out there then good doesn’t that mean its not a good franchise ???
“you dont have to play a game to know if it has been bad or good the internet WILL tell sooner or later”
metacritic Madden…you should read the internet more closely.