Favre Confirmed for Madden 09 Box Cover

By Joe Haygood | April 25, 2008

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.