There isn’t really anything special to this post, but ESPN released the first screenshot from the upcoming Madden 25, featuring Arian Foster running over Von Miller at Mile High Stadium. Expect more screenshots to come out in the coming weeks, but for now, this is all we get.
We’re now in the third round of voting to determine who’ll be on the cover of EA Sports’ Madden 25, set to release this summer. What started out as a 64-player bracket is now down to the final 16, split between legendary NFLers and 8 present-day stars.
Here are the 16 athletes that may potentially be your Madden 25 cover athlete:
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You can cast your votes via ESPN’s Sportsnation site. Quarterfinal voting runs from April 3rd-10th, semi-final voting from April 10th-17th, and the finals from April 17th-14th.
EA Sports has confirmed that the new NFL rules that just got approved will be ready for the launch of Madden 25.
The rule change that affects the Madden franchise most is the passing of the crown-of-helmet rule, which bans all ball carriers from initiating contact with the crown of their helmets in the open field.
This is more than likely a farewell to the truck stick.
I never thought I’d write a post about fake tweets showing up in a video game, but there’s a first for everything. If you’re a fan of sports and sports apparel, you’ve probably heard of UniWatch (run by Paul Lukas), who usually leaks out first looks at new jerseys, logos, and other apparel exclusives.
EA Sports’ Madden franchise has jumped on, and signed UniWatch to a 2-year deal for their in-game fake Twitter feed, joining the likes of Adam Schefter, Skip Bayless, Alex Flanagan and Mark Schlereth. A higher-up from EA Sports is a big fan of the UniWatch blog and Twitter feed, and contacted him to be a part of the football gaming franchise.
Whether real or fake, social media integration into video games is becoming the thing to do. NBA 2K13 does the same thing, featuring fake tweets from retired and current NBA players, as well as some members of the media. So go create a Twitter account for the most sports-related niche market you can think of, gain a following, then PROFIT.
It’s old school vs. new school in the Madden 25 (I still can’t believe we’re calling it that) cover vote. 32 legendary players face off against 32 current NFL stars to determine who will be on the cover EA Sports’ yearly football game.
Voting will be done via ESPN’s “Madden Vote” page starting today, and continues until Wednesday, April 24th, where they’ll reveal the winner of the cover vote. Enough of the mumbo jumbo, here is who EA Sports selected to be part of the bracket:
Old school:
(1) Joe Montana vs. (16) Jake Delhomme
(8) Curtis Martin vs. (9) Jerome Bettis
(5) Marshall Faulk vs. (12) Clinton Portis
(4) Dan Marino vs. (13) Reggie Wayne
(6) Marcus Allen vs. (11) Tedy Bruschi
(3) Barry Sanders vs. (14) Ron Rivera
(7) Randall Cunningham vs. (10) LaDainian Tomlinson
(2) Ray Lewis vs. (15) Derrick Brooks
(1) Jerry Rice vs. (16) Fred Taylor
(8) John Randle vs. (9) Eddie George
(5) Michael Strahan vs. (12) Sterling Sharpe
(4) Kurt Warner vs. (13) Ozzie Newsome
(6) Tim Brown vs. (11) Chad Johnson
(3) Troy Aikman vs. (14) Deuce McAllister
(7) Jim Kelly vs. (10) Terrell Davis
(2) Deion Sanders vs. (15) Cortez Kennedy
New school:
(1) Colin Kaepernick vs. (16) Antonio Gates
(8) A.J. Green vs. (9) Matt Forte
(5) Julio Jones vs. (12) Jimmy Graham
(4) Arian Foster vs. (13) Danny Amendola
(6) Von Miller vs. (11) Victor Cruz
(3) Russell Wilson vs. (14) Justin Blackmon
(7) Trent Richardson vs. (10) Clay Matthews
(2) Andrew Luck vs. (15) Jake Locker
(1) Robert Griffin III vs. (16) Ryan Tannehill
(8) Doug Martin vs. (9) Matthew Stafford
(5) Ray Rice vs. (12) Luke Kuechly
(4) Dez Bryant vs. (13) C.J. Spiller
(6) Jamaal Charles vs. (11) Darrelle Revis
(3) Rob Gronkowski vs. (14) Antonio Brown
(7) Patrick Peterson vs. (10) LeSean McCoy
(2) Adrian Peterson vs. (15) Carson Palmer
Madden’s Twitter account tweeted out this picture of Percy Harvin in a Seattle Seahawks jersey, apparently forgetting that the number 12 is retired in Seattle. Nonetheless, here you go.
As we reported a few weeks ago, this year’s Madden will be named Madden 25 instead of Madden 14. The only other info we got at the time was that there would be a bracket-style tournament to decide who would be on the cover of the game.
The bracket will be announced next week Monday (March 11th), and will be broken down into two sections: Old-School (retired players) and New-School (current players). To hype up the announcement, EA Sports introduced a special Twitter-exclusive play-in round to determine the final spot in the old-school bracket.
This round pits Hall of Fame wide receivers Jerry Rice and Cris Carter against each other to determine who’ll be named as the final tournament entrant. Fans can vote for either one by tweeting at ESPN’s SportsNation account using the hashtags #Madden25Rice or #Madden25Carter. I think it’s safe to say that Jerry Rice will win this round, but we’ll see how it pans out next weel.
