Brett Favre named as Madden NFL 09 cover athlete

by Xav de Matos { Apr 25th 2008 at 10:45AM }

Confirming an earlier report that appeared on GameDaily, Brett Favre announced he would be honored as the cover athlete for Madden NFL 09; the 20th Anniversary of the series.

The announcement was made during an interview by Late Show host David Letterman. While news may come as a surprise considering Favre recently retired from the sport, his accomplishments alone warrant the appointment.

In his career Brett Favre was awarded one Super Bowl championship, 3 AP NFL MVP awards, was a Pro Bowl and All-Pro selection 9 and 7 times respectively and holds over 7 NFL records, including most career passing yards (61,655 all-time yards).

Finally, a cover athlete that can end that silly Madden curse. Unless Favre falls off his fishing boat this summer or something.

Madden NFL 09 is set to release on August 12.

[via Joystiq]
[Image via GameSpot]

Tags: cover-art, ea, ea-sports, madden-09

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

nerrrrrrd @ Apr 25th 2008 10:50AM

Never under estimate the curse of the Madden monster!

Jim Halpert DM @ Apr 25th 2008 10:56AM

The Madden curse stops for no one.
Prediction: Aaron Rogers will be injured, thus forcing Favre out of retirement.
Conclusion: Madden curse lives on.

NitroFrost @ Apr 25th 2008 11:28AM

Jim if that happened that would be one of the greatest thing ever poor Rogers though.

Jim Halpert DM @ Apr 25th 2008 11:31AM

That's Mr. Halpert to you Nitro

Jonah Falcon @ Apr 25th 2008 11:35AM

And if Favre gets knocked around like a sickly pinata on the way to a 4-12 record?

Jeff Tronti @ Apr 25th 2008 11:03AM

I am a huge Farve fan an really think he deserves an honor like this. That being said. How much sense dose it make to have a retired player on the cover of Maden 09? Are they going to include him as playable in the game?

RudyHuxtable @ Apr 25th 2008 11:04AM

I haven't played Madden football since the NFL handed EA the keys to the kingdom. I love football, but not monopolies.

vidGuy @ Apr 25th 2008 11:14AM

It's more likely that he'll fall off his tractor while he's sitting around on his 400 acres. I don't know how much the cover athletes matter to the game's sales, but it's interesting that EA chose a player who probably doesn't have a lot of popularity among the Madden crowd. Of course, it's a lot safer move than the flash-in-the-pan athletes or the felons, murderers, and rapists who have been on the cover in the last few years.

Deus Legend @ Apr 25th 2008 11:32AM

Would it be called a monopoly if 2K Sports had the NFL License? EA won the bidding. Its that simple. Other companies had an equal chance at it. A lot of people think that EA just went out on their own and bought the license. This is not the case.

Jonah Falcon @ Apr 25th 2008 11:36AM

Wanna look up the definition of "monopoly" again?

Shad3Wolf @ Apr 25th 2008 12:06PM

You sir! Do not pass Go! Do not collect $200!

Jonah Falcon @ Apr 25th 2008 11:37AM

Favre was already cursed by the Giants a few months ago. :D

ordigas @ Apr 25th 2008 12:13PM

"... was a Pro Bowl and All-Pro section 9 and 7 times respectfully ...".

I guess you meant "selection" and "respectively". Although I guess He was indeed respectful when picked. ;)

Phil J W @ Apr 25th 2008 12:16PM

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/m/madden09/
has a different release date then X3F...

Ethan Rom @ Apr 25th 2008 3:24PM

It's got to be a typo. Every other site has it coming out 7/12/08, except for xbox.com, the date is 5/12/08. Madden always comes out around 1 month before the season starts.