Gaming Madden 25

[Dirty Bird]

With the cover voting for Madden 25 starting in just over 2 weeks (Link here: http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/feature/madden25cover )
Thought it was about time to start discussion on the topic.

Who do people want to see representing each team?

ps. For people wondering, the game is released on August 27.

 

[GreyWind]

I get that it's the 25th anniversary for Madden, but why change it from Madden 14 to Madden 25? Not a fan should've just gone with Madden 14 25th Anniversary Edition.

Arizona Cardinals - Patrick Peterson
Atlanta Falcons - Julio Jones
Baltimore Ravens - Joe Flacco
Buffalo Bills - C.J. Spiller
Carolina Panthers - Cam Newton
Chicago Bears - Brandon Marshall
Cincinnati Bengals - A.J. Green
Cleveland Browns - Trent Richardson
Dallas Cowboys - Dez Bryant
Denver Broncos - Peyton Manning or Von Miller
Detroit Lions - Matt Stafford or Ndamukong Suh
Green Bay Packers - Aaron Rodgers or Randall Cobb
Houston Texans - J.J Watt
Indianapolis Colts - Andrew Luck
Jacksonville Jaguars - Justin Blackmon
Kansas City Chiefs - Eric Berry
Miami Dolphins - Cameron Wake
Minnesota Vikings - Adrian Peterson
New England Patriots - Rob Gronkowski
New Orleans Saints - Jimmy Graham
New York Jets - Antonio Cromartie
Oakland Raiders - Shane Lechler
Philadelphia Eagles - LeSean McCoy
Pittsburgh Steelers - Big Ben
San Diego Chargers - Philip Rivers
San Francisco 49ers - Colin Kaepernick
Seattle Seahawks - Russel Wilson
Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Doug Martin
Tennessee Titans - Jake Locker
Washington Redskins - RG III

 

[juice t]

Should of called it Madden 25th Anniversary at the very least, since they've now screwed themselves over for the 2024 release of Madden

 

[Dirty Bird]

I get that it's the 25th anniversary for Madden, but why change it from Madden 14 to Madden 25? Not a fan should've just gone with Madden 14 25th Anniversary Edition.

Arizona Cardinals - Patrick Peterson
Atlanta Falcons - Julio Jones
Baltimore Ravens - Joe Flacco
Buffalo Bills - C.J. Spiller
Carolina Panthers - Cam Newton
Chicago Bears - Brandon Marshall
Cincinnati Bengals - A.J. Green
Cleveland Browns - Trent Richardson
Dallas Cowboys - Dez Bryant
Denver Broncos - Peyton Manning or Von Miller
Detroit Lions - Matt Stafford or Ndamukong Suh
Green Bay Packers - Aaron Rodgers or Randall Cobb
Houston Texans - J.J Watt
Indianapolis Colts - Andrew Luck
Jacksonville Jaguars - Justin Blackmon
Kansas City Chiefs - Eric Berry
Miami Dolphins - Cameron Wake
Minnesota Vikings - Adrian Peterson
New England Patriots - Rob Gronkowski
New Orleans Saints - Jimmy Graham
New York Jets - Antonio Cromartie
Oakland Raiders - Shane Lechler - Sebastian Janikwoski
Philadelphia Eagles - LeSean McCoy
Pittsburgh Steelers - Big Ben
San Diego Chargers - Philip Rivers
San Francisco 49ers - Colin GG () Kaepernick
Seattle Seahawks - Russel Wilson
Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Doug Martin
Tennessee Titans - Jake Locker
Washington Redskins - RG III

I really like that list. Almost exactly what I thought. Few minor changes that I'd do - See bolded (I will bold the 3 I want on your Den-Det-GB toss ups)

I'm tossing up between Martin, RGIII and Jones honestly.

Martin is my favourite non-Falcons, non-3rd string Lion QB player in the league.
Jones is my favourite Falcons
RGIII is the safe bet to continue the Madden Curse. May as well curse someone already out, dont want to curse someone else.

 

[Dirty Bird]

Should have called it Madden 25th Anniversary at the very least, since they've now screwed themselves over for the 2024 release of Madden

Agreed.
But I'm sure 11 years from now, no one will remember Madden 25 had already been released.

Though - I wonder if you ccan do that with next years version. Keep it for a few years, then sell it 11 years from now as a "Retro Madden 25"

 

[drd23]

I'd like to see a few more defensive players on the list compared to what Nato_Dog came up with, but I can see why he's chosen the players he did

 

[GreyWind]

I'd like to see a few more defensive players on the list compared to what Nato_Dog came up with, but I can see why he's chosen the players he did

So would I actually, but unfortunately defensive players won't sell as well as the big name offensive players.

 

[tb_fanboy]

JJ Watt, Von Miller and Aldon Smith...the big 3 and just them

 

[Chadwiko]

RGIII is the safe bet to continue the Madden Curse. May as well curse someone already out, dont want to curse someone else.

Cause both Megatron (new yards record) and Ray Lewis (superbowl) suffered the curse badly this year, hey.

 

[Blacky]

ADP for sure

 

[Broken]

Don't want him to, but I reckon RGIII will get close to getting the cover.

Not a fan of Madden 25 either, it makes it sound too much like 2025 - Madden XXV could work.

 

[Dirty Bird]

Cause both Megatron (new yards record) and Ray Lewis (superbowl) suffered the curse badly this year, hey.

Serious question - Do you even know what the madden curse is?

 

[Chadwiko]

Serious question - Do you even know what the madden curse is?

Yes.
And prior to this year I was a believer.

This year though, the cover athlete did not have a bad year, and the athlete featured in all the other in-game promos won the superbowl.

So, my original point stands, and your condescending question can go back to where it belongs.

 

[Dirty Bird]

So you know what the madden curse is.
So now answer me this.
Why the **** did you bring Ray Lewis into it

 

[exe ex machina]

I think theres a sports illustrated curse. Wonder if there are any others like off rookie of year, comeback player of year, etc

 

[Chadwiko]

So you know what the madden curse is.
So now answer me this.
Why the **** did you bring Ray Lewis into it

Because this year was the first time that the primary in-game graphics/intro was not the cover athlete, and therefore it's relevant.

Use some common sense, riggy

 

[LeverPuller]

Can we swap Wilson for Sherman?

 

[tb_fanboy]

I think theres a sports illustrated curse. Wonder if there are any others like off rookie of year, comeback player of year, etc

Yeah I remember Collin Klein on the cover when K State were ranked # 1. Didn't end too well

 

[PP34]

I think theres a sports illustrated curse. Wonder if there are any others like off rookie of year, comeback player of year, etc

Michael Jordan has been on SI's cover 50 times. I don't think there's a curse.

 

[Dirty Bird]

Bracket released tomorrow.

 

[Dirty Bird]

50% are legends
50% are current players

Old School side.

1. Joe Montana
16. Jake Delhomme

8. Curtis Martin
9. Jerome Bettis

5. Marshall Folk
6. Clinton Portis

4. Dan Marino
13. Reggie Wayne

6. Marcus Allen
7. Tedy Bruschi

3. Barry Sanders
14. Ron Rivera

7. Randall Cunninghman
10. LaDanian Tomlinson

2. Ray Lewis
15. Derrick Brooks

1. Jerry Rice
16. Fred Taylor

8. John Randle
9. Eddie George

5. Michael Strahan
12. Sterling Sharpe

4. Kurt Warner
13. Ozzie Newsome

6. Tim Brown
11. Chad Johnson

3. Troy Aikman
14. Deuce McAllister

7. Jim Kelly
10. Terrell Davis

2. Deion Sanders
15. Cortez Kennedy

New School
1. Colin Kaepernick
16. Antonio Gates

8. AJ Green
9. Matt Forte

5. Julio Jones
12. Jimmy Graham

4. Arian Foster
13. Dany Ammendola

6. Von Miller
11. Victor Cruz

3. Russell Wilson
14. Justin Blackmon

7. Trent Richardson
10. Clay Matthews

2. Andrew Luck
15. Jake Locker

1. Robert Griffin III
16. Ryan Tannehill

8. Doug Martin
9. Matthew Stafford

5. Ray Rice
12. Luke Kuechly

4. Dez Bryant
13. CJ Spiller

6. Jamaal Charles
11. Darrelle Revis

3. Rob Gronkowski
14. Antonio Brown

7. Patrick Peterson
10. LeSean McCoy

2. Adrian Peterson
15. Carson Palmer

 

[Dirty Bird]

I think Clinton Portis will win it.
In the past it's been shown that along with Chief fans, Redskins are the biggest bandwagoners of all. So they'll get behind their guy, and when it becomes Portis vs RGIII, they'll get petrified of the Madden Curse and get Portis on the cover rather than RGIII

 

[exe ex machina]

Marino

 

[Broken]

I'd imagine it would be a current player that gets the most votes, as much as I'd like to see an old legend there.

 

[MarcusP2]

lol @ Montana vs Delhomme.