Too Many Quarterbacks Photo Credits: EA Sports Repeating so soon (with Brady and Mahomes both being on it in the past five years) makes no sense and only continues the belief that Madden is lazy and is the same game every year. Put Mike Vick on the Madden 24 cover for the 20th anniversary of him being the most broken playable character in a video game, or Ray Lewis and Eddie George (if they want a duo) on the 25 cover. And I don’t mean NFL legends, but Madden legends. Not necessarily for the Madden 22 cover, but a more significant year would be great with a “legends of the game” cover. I understand that we don’t know what Rodgers is doing, but even if he retires that’d be a great cover. They are one of the dynamic duos in the NFL, why not put them on a cover together? Because Madden is stupid. If you want to include two offensive players, why not make them teammates? Aaron Rodgers is the Reigning MVP, and Davante Adams was one of, if not the, best wide receiver in the league last season. ![]() Madden should highlight the best players from the prior season, so why not put Henry and Donald on the Madden 22 cover? Teammates Why not re-do the Madden 10 cover, but with Henry and the 2020 DPOY in Aaron Donald? And before you say “they didn’t play last year,” remember, it’s a video game. ![]() He was also the 2020 Offensive Player of the Year. I don’t necessarily disagree: back to back rushing titles and a 2000 yard season is impressive. Defense vs Offense Photo Credits: Tennessee TitansĪ lot of people think Derrick Henry should have been on the cover. There are better ways to do a duo cover (with examples from who people think the cover athlete should have been), and better ways to have players who have already been on the cover. Having two offensive players on different teams is so dumb though, especially if they’ve already been cover athletes. Madden 10 with Fitzgerald and Polamalu was cool. This is so stupid and EA needs to fire their marketing/design team (I am available.) A Two Athlete Cover is Cool However, the Madden 22 cover will feature the Madden 20 cover athlete and the Madden 18 cover athlete, Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady respectively. It’s not hard to do, as there are new players every year, but still, give credit where credit is due. Madden has done a good job of not repeating athletes. The Madden 22 cover is giving us another first. That was a lot of pointless information about the history of Madden cover athletes. The last big first was Madden 25, which had the first retired player on the cover in Barry Sanders. Then on the 2010 edition, the first wide receiver and duo cover was released, with Troy Polamalu and Larry Fitzgerald being the cover athletes. Daunte Culpepper was the first QB to appear on the cover in Madden 2002, with Ray Lewis being the first defensive player (and alleged murderer) on Madden 2005. Madden would be on every cover until 2000, when Eddie George appeared on the cover of Madden 2001. ![]() ![]() The first edition of John Madden Football came out in 1988 originally for the Apple II (then being ported to the Commodore 64 and MS-DOS) with John Madden himself on the cover. The History of the Madden Cover Photo Credits: EA Sports/Polygon This turned out not to be the case, as Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady will grace the Madden 22 cover. Some speculated the delay was from Aaron Rodgers being the intended athlete, or Derrick Henry would have been the athlete. It’s the moment we have all been waiting for: the Madden 22 cover athletes have been announced.
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