Comments on: Madden cover will be determined via ESPN fan vote

By: dbellina

dbellina — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:25:50 +0000

Two more things, I’m pretty sure Tom Brady won the NFL MVP this year so where is he? and what about Jason Witten?

By: dbellina

dbellina — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:21:31 +0000

There’s a few things I don’t understand.
1) Why does it make me choose between Matt Ryan and Jordan Gross?

2) Hines Ward or Carlos Dunlap???

3) Patrick Willis or “The 12th Man?”
(I thought Naufahu Tahi was the 12th man.)

4) Jake Long vs Mark D Sanchez? When has and O-lineman ever been on the cover?

5) Why did they exclude Arian Foster (led the league in rushing,) Brandon Lloyd, and Roddy White (no. 1 & 2 in receiving yards?)

By: mrlynch33

mrlynch33 — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:37:14 +0000

Wow please vote for the 12th man as a joke…..not only that I dont want Patrick Willis being cursed.

other than that I would like to see Steve Johnson win too…but only if they used a pic from his postgame presser with the beater on

By: mulehead70

mulehead70 — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:10:48 +0000

How about Jerry Richardson and Smith on the cover? It can be called Madden Lockout 12.

By: droksid

droksid — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:50:47 +0000

@vaphillyfan

At least you have a good replacement if he goes down. Unless you trade him.

By: ticewasbetter

ticewasbetter — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:50:32 +0000

Going by the past two years it should be either Aaron Rodgers or Clay Matthews as the super bowl champs. Or if EA wants to go back to the player that either progressed the best or came into the league as a rookie and produced at a high level I’d go with Josh Freeman or N. Suh.

EA has to fix the commentary silence in that game, you can score a TD sometimes and the announcer doesn’t even say anything. Speaking of which, what happened to the stadium PA??

Oh, and Packer fans cheer ‘go pack go’ when their defense is on the field not the offense, that’s annoying after every first down.

All in all Madden ’11 was pretty good, except if you’re a Viking fan and every time you hit the start button at the beginning of the game you gotta look at a bunch of Saints that we gave the Super Bowl to.

By: hokiez

hokiez — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:39:59 +0000

I am yet again embarrassed to be a Seahawks fan. No player even worthy of Madden 12? I’ll put one one. EARL THOMAS!

By: khmer379

khmer379 — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:28:20 +0000

Aron rodger get my vote

By: xtb3

xtb3 — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:23:12 +0000

Say what?

Every team listedby it’s nickname EXCEPT Washington Football Club?

By: vaphillyfan

vaphillyfan — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:07:34 +0000

With the jinx I hope Vick doesn’t get the cover. I wish he wasn’t even on the list. We need him this year. If we even have a year.

By: stavreafavre

stavreafavre — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:05:36 +0000

My favorite comments are from the people who’ve been buying the game every year for ten or fifteen years and go on to say how much it sucks. Free advice guys: If it ever starts to hurt when you’re hitting yourself on the head with a hammer, try stopping for awhile.

By: midniterambler7

midniterambler7 — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:56:27 +0000

No write in balloting? There goes Ben’s chances.

By: EJ

EJ — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:31:13 +0000

bengalsown says:
Mar 21, 2011 2:01 PM
Hines Ward on the cover would be a travesty.

What, will they feature illegal crackback blocks and truly emphasize the “smiling while displaying your mediocrity” button?

Will Steve Johnson on the cover make the game all you to: “Create your own player, rattle around in the bottom of the barrel for a couple years, and then be a one year wonder!”

LOL @ Seahawks for not having enough talent to warrant having any of their players on the cover.

Stevie Johnson never got the shot to show what he was made of until this past season.
You all will see that he is #1 Wideout material after this season, if it ever begins.

Or are you just mad because he ripped your Bungles for 8rec, 137yards and 3 touchdowns?

By: naterysavy

naterysavy — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:28:47 +0000

Anybody else notice that after you vote it doesn’t show the voting percentages for each player? What’s to stop EA from manipulating the results so polarizing guys like Vick, Tebow, Ward, etc don’t advance while safer ones like Rodgers or Andre Johnson do?

By: jsmayer181

jsmayer181 — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:24:34 +0000

enjay9 says:
Mar 21, 2011 2:21 PM
You do realise the seedings were done to have inter-divisional matchups
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Not only that, but each side of the bracket has one set of inter-divisional matchups, so that the Giants-Redskins pairing is on opposite sides than the Eagles-Cowboys pairing.

I’m personally rooting for the 12th Man out of Seattle. Considering the fans are the ones getting jobbed with the decertification/lockout/lawsuit, they’re the only group deserving of this honor.

By: Nevis

Nevis — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:13:53 +0000

My vote is for the CBA attorneys.

PS – the fact that the 12th Man is on this list should tell you just how stupid this franchise has become.

EA sucks, 2K5 is still the bes football game ever made and still would be today if EA didn’t get their panties in a bunch over competition and monopolize the NFL gaming market.

By: cappa662

cappa662 — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:04:50 +0000

I voted for Tebow!!!!!!!!!! LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: panther17

panther17 — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:01:23 +0000

For those complaining about the game getting better instead, try only buying it every other year. You actually notice differences between them then.

By: cappa662

cappa662 — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:59:18 +0000

This will be more fun than the actual game (which has sucked for the last 10 years). Give the franchise to 2KSports. EA does not know what they are doing at all.

By: pjg1309

pjg1309 — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:55:30 +0000

Why does it matter I am NOT buying it until there is a deal to play football next year anyway

By: readysethike

readysethike — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:55:29 +0000

Until 2k is allowed to make Nfl games why would anyone buy madden?

By: dbellina

dbellina — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:54:30 +0000

How do I vote for Gregg Rosenthal?

By: downsouth49er

downsouth49er — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:49:34 +0000

Watch how many votes tebow gets. Wouldn’t surprise me if he ends up on the cover because there seems to be some kind of obsession with him amongst some people.

By: thevikes85

thevikes85 — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:48:50 +0000

Clay Matthews hitting and making Mendenhall fumble should be the cover,it was the biggest play of the year…..and i’m far from a Packers fan!!

By: nackul

nackul — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:48:13 +0000

Also, anyone else think it should be the fat guy representing the 12th man?

He’s the real MVP of this league.

By: ingloriousmaster

ingloriousmaster — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:46:25 +0000

uh…where’s Brady?…you know…mvp?

By: canadianvikingfaniii

canadianvikingfaniii — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:46:05 +0000

It’s not like I am going to buy this garbage anyway. The same problems plague Madden every year, the mechanics are just horrible, especially on pass defence.

Instead of trying to squeeze every last dollar out of the consumers every single year, they should of taken advantage of the fact there could possibly be a lockout and spend the year developing a whole new game engine instead of slapping bandaids on this garbage.

I miss Joe Montana’s NFL Football 94′

By: DonRSD

DonRSD — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:45:34 +0000

this is what we are regulated to for madden?

where are the in game improvements and not ‘game rewind’ or ‘we added refs to the field’?

2k destroys madden.

i honestly have more fun playing apf 2k8 than madden 11.

the defensive shell looks alone make 2k better.
i can shade inside, outside or wrs. show cover, cover 2 or cover 3 looks PRESNAP

madden 12 = madden 11, 10, 09,08, 07 etc with updated rosters, new cover boy & new bs feature to lure new players in

By: nackul

nackul — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:44:20 +0000

@bengalsown

It should totally be Dhani Jones. His show’s pretty good.

By: kellyb9

kellyb9 — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:41:23 +0000

Maybe instead of worrying about who’s on the cover, they should try to make the game better. Every year it seems like all I’m getting is a roster update.