Big Ben to be the Madden cover boy

[pittnthat 0]

Can he break the jinx?

[MTSkiBum 1,626]

Ben is not the most durable QB, he holds on to the ball to long, and the offensive line is the weak unit on the team.

 

He is doomed.

[jgcrawfish 232]

fock...they better sign leftwich now...

[WhiteWonder 3,012]

I dont think they could have picked a player more likely to keep the curse alive.

 

seriously Ben plays with a reckless style behind a questionable o-line and is known for scrambling around and holding onto the ball too long... He is tough but im sure will give the curse every opportunity to prove itself.

[scherber830 0]

are they just trying to put players o the cover now who they think will get injured so their curse will live on?

 

Roethlisberger isnt the most marketable player IMO, although he is now a two-time superbowl champ so maybe.

 

Adrian Peterson would have been a good candidate too.

[throttlers 0]

When you buy the game, you should be given a ballot to vote on the next years cover. That way we could vote for guysl like Ocho-cinco or TO that we want to see get the curse.

[Me_2006 14]

oh wow. He's done in pre-season.

[Phurfur 70]

Can he break the jinx?

 

 

I thought Favre broke that jinx last year?

[Joey Gladstone 33]

are they just trying to put players o the cover now who they think will get injured so their curse will live on?

 

Roethlisberger isnt the most marketable player IMO, although he is now a two-time superbowl champ so maybe.

 

Adrian Peterson would have been a good candidate too.

 

Do you know how many Steeler fans there are across the country? He's marketable.

[gocolts 300]

Good news. I was hearing the Peyton might be on it. Fock that sh!t.

[pittnthat 0]

The new feature on this years game.....When Ben throws an int in the game, he will then grab his thumb like he is hurt.

lol

 

I wonder in real life if any qbs will mock his style and hold onto the ball longer. If you can get away with it then there is no way dbs can stay with wrs for that long. Couple of qbs might fit this profile(T.Jackson,J.Russell,A.Smith,)

The line is average for the Steelers but when Ben holds the ball on purpose then it makes them look way worse.

No line can block for 10 seconds per pass play.

[scherber830 0]

I thought Favre broke that jinx last year?

 

led the NFL is interceptions and single handedly choked the Jets out of the playoffs down the stretch.

 

 

Also, where does it say Big Ben is the cover boy for 2010? I cant find it anywhere.

[NorthernVike 2,100]

are they just trying to put players o the cover now who they think will get injured so their curse will live on?

 

Roethlisberger isnt the most marketable player IMO, although he is now a two-time superbowl champ so maybe.

 

Adrian Peterson would have been a good candidate too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank god ADP knows better than to do that to himself.

[pittnthat 0]

led the NFL is interceptions and single handedly choked the Jets out of the playoffs down the stretch.

Also, where does it say Big Ben is the cover boy for 2010? I cant find it anywhere.

Its a report here in the Burgh. Sounds credible but no link.

[Joey Gladstone 33]

Maybe you can still convince EA to use Santonio Holmes?

[WhiteWonder 3,012]

well with Favre, that is the funny thinkg about the curse.. people will make whatever case they can to prove the curse still existed.

 

in Favres case he was announced the cover before he was traded to the Jets, then everything was looking good until he played like crap, threw all those int's, blew the Jets postseason while supposedly playing with an injured shoulder... and then called it quits after the year.

 

i guess the curse was him wasting an entire year for a new franchise and tarnishing his packer legacy to some degree.

[Borat33 17]

Link? I have not seen anything stating Ben is on the cover. I pray he is not. And Madden is getting boring, wish we could just spend $20 on rosters updates every year this game is just the same crap over and over again. But of course that will never happen.

[Phurfur 70]

led the NFL is interceptions and single handedly choked the Jets out of the playoffs down the stretch.

Also, where does it say Big Ben is the cover boy for 2010? I cant find it anywhere.

 

 

 

Some people will do anything to keep a curse alive. Brett Favre played all 16 games in 2008 and made the pro-bowl. Now that is a scary curse!

[Steelers 1 0]

Link? I have not seen anything stating Ben is on the cover. I pray he is not. And Madden is getting boring, wish we could just spend $20 on rosters updates every year this game is just the same crap over and over again. But of course that will never happen.

Madden suxs now, they have an exclusive rights deal with the NFL, there is no competition in the market against them.

NFL 2K5 was a great game for $20, the last real game to go against Madden.

EA Sports keeps rolling out the same crap every year.

Ben better not be on the next cover, the jinx may or may not live, why chance it?

Leftwich better be resigned if Ben is on the Madcrap cover.

[Phurfur 70]

Madden suxs now, they have an exclusive rights deal with the NFL, there is no competition in the market against them.

NFL 2K5 was a great game for $20, the last real game to go against Madden.

EA Sports keeps rolling out the same crap every year.

Ben better not be on the next cover, the jinx may or may not live, why chance it?

Leftwich better be resigned if Ben is on the Madcrap cover.

 

 

Brett Favre ended this curse so don't worry.

[Borat33 17]

Madden suxs now, they have an exclusive rights deal with the NFL, there is no competition in the market against them.

NFL 2K5 was a great game for $20, the last real game to go against Madden.

EA Sports keeps rolling out the same crap every year.

Ben better not be on the next cover, the jinx may or may not live, why chance it?

Leftwich better be resigned if Ben is on the Madcrap cover.

 

He should be resigned anyway. We have had a sh!tty off season. And with us getting shafted on the compensation pick the other day and this Madden story it is getting worse.

[Larry David 20]

Some people will do anything to keep a curse alive. Brett Favre played all 16 games in 2008 and made the pro-bowl. Now that is a scary curse!

He was able to dodge the curse for most of the year but he was playing with an injured shoulder down the stretch (even though he wasn't listed on any injury reports. Remind me again why that didn't violate league rules.) and he played the team out of the playoffs, presumably because of the bad shouler. He was selected to the Pro Bowl before the curse got its claws into him. I don't think it's a stretch to say the curse lives on. It doesn't have to be a season ending injury to qualify.

[Phurfur 70]

He was able to dodge the curse for most of the year but he was playing with an injured shoulder down the stretch (even though he wasn't listed on any injury reports. Remind me again why that didn't violate league rules.) and he played the team out of the playoffs, presumably because of the bad shouler. He was selected to the Pro Bowl before the curse got its claws into him. I don't think it's a stretch to say the curse lives on. It doesn't have to be a season ending injury to qualify.

 

 

This curse has been watered down every year until it is meaningless. I imagine if Ben does not win the SB this year the curse will live. Geez

 

Favre played injured much of his career and has tailed off at the end of the year the last few seasons. Last year's performance was pretty much expected from the GB front office. Do you thik they traded him because he was on the cover on Madden?

[Larry David 20]

This curse has been watered down every year until it is meaningless. I imagine if Ben does not win the SB this year the curse will live. Geez

 

Favre played injured much of his career and has tailed off at the end of the year the last few seasons. Last year's performance was pretty much expected from the GB front office. Do you thik they traded him because he was on the cover on Madden?

 

He went from having a pro-bowl caliber season which generated a lot of Super Bowl talk in November only to crash and burn down the stretch, supposedly because of an injury. I don't think that's watering down the curse but we obviously disagree.

[Joey Gladstone 33]

Madden suxs now, they have an exclusive rights deal with the NFL, there is no competition in the market against them.

NFL 2K5 was a great game for $20, the last real game to go against Madden.

EA Sports keeps rolling out the same crap every year.

Ben better not be on the next cover, the jinx may or may not live, why chance it?

Leftwich better be resigned if Ben is on the Madcrap cover.

 

Amen

[Melissa Stark 1]

Anyone sure it's the cover of Madden and not Motorcross?

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,583]

That compensation pick in the end of round 5 was a f@cking joke...

You mean to tell me that losing a Pro Bowl LG (Faneca) and a starting OLB (Haggans) and then signing a 3rd string RB (MeMo, who started a few games due to injuries) was only worth 1 5th rounder????

Tell the NFL to trade me a Ferrari for my Toyota Corolla, that should be fair according to their compensation values......

 

hey we lost a top 3 RB and signed noone and only got a 4 for Turner. Thats BS

[Borat33 17]

hey we lost a top 3 RB and signed noone and only got a 4 for Turner. Thats BS

 

good point

[culboarder11 0]

Madden suxs now, they have an exclusive rights deal with the NFL, there is no competition in the market against them.

NFL 2K5 was a great game for $20, the last real game to go against Madden.

EA Sports keeps rolling out the same crap every year.

Ben better not be on the next cover, the jinx may or may not live, why chance it?

Leftwich better be resigned if Ben is on the Madcrap cover.

 

Ok guy. Have fun playing 2K5.

[Yippie Skippy 0]

Its a report here in the Burgh. Sounds credible but no link.

 

Have you heard anything else since you posted this?? Seems like it would be a hot topic if it was true.

 

We didn't find out that Farve was on the cover until April 25 last year.

 

Hope your source is wrong.

[GettnHuge 2]

I suppose this game is going to be fixed now too

[murf74 461]

This board is the only place i have heard this rumor.

[wickerkat 0]

http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/firstcuts...n_shot_unveiled

[gocolts 300]

http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/firstcuts...n_shot_unveiled

 

 

So, the first look at Madden NFL 10 hit the web today via Peter Moore's blog, and I've got to say ... well, I mean I can't really tell you anything from this. Oh, except look who it is! It's Big Ben, the official FirstCuts frontrunner for the cover spot. (People, this is a stone-cold lock.)

 

[pittnthat 0]

Let's talk about possible features this year(such as Ben acts like he is hurt on int's)

Madden will call every QB Favre when they drop back to pass

The T.O. feature will have him yelling at Edwards on bad passes

Emmit Smith will give his insight like...He good at running

[Yippie Skippy 0]

the official FirstCuts frontrunner for the cover spot.

 

 

[jgcrawfish 232]

This board is the only place i have heard this rumor.

 

we all come here for the most update hampster driven news anywhere

 

btw...nice update on the sig, which i may still steal!

 

http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/firstcuts...n_shot_unveiled

 

fock, they did a nice job of giving Ben some definition in the arms and hiding that pot belly he's got going...

 

Let's talk about possible features this year(such as Ben acts like he is hurt on int's)

Madden will call every QB Favre when they drop back to pass

The T.O. feature will have him yelling at Edwards on bad passes

Emmit Smith will give his insight like...He good at running

 

I hope the add the Limas Sweed move of acting hurt on dropped passes as well and costing your team an injury time out.

Maybe they can have a McNabb move where he blows chunks late in a big game?

Perhaps a Plaxico mishap feature where he shoots himself in the thigh on the sidelines during halftime

"Donte Stallworth's Dodge the Pedestrian at 5:00 a.m." driving contest???

The "Vernon Gholston inflate your combine numbers to fluff up your draft stock" training drills?

Or for managing your team, perhaps a Josh McDaniels vs Jay Cutler hair pulling slap fight???

[Borat33 17]

http://football.realgm.com/src_wiretap_arc..._cover_athlete/

 

Larry Fitz on the cover with........Polamalu.

 

Nooooooo!!!

[zmanzzzz 1]

i have ben in my death pool.

[gocolts 300]

http://football.realgm.com/src_wiretap_arc..._cover_athlete/

 

Larry Fitz on the cover with........Polamalu.

 

Nooooooo!!!

 

YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No Peyton works for me.