Jay Cutler has type 1 diabties. He wont be playing football for too much longer.

JAY CUTLER should be on the cover!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Next Farve watch and see

While it's nice he made it the cover what about gameplay? Something Revolutionary!
We get sports games every year but their way to similar to each other and they get the Recycled Demerit because of that.

Well being from Wisconsin, I love seeing our favorite QB on the cover, he is always such a good guy when seeing him on the local news. He has broken pretty much every record out there, including the dreaded interception record... but this is great to see him on the cover. Hope he comes back this year, he hasn't technically signed the retirement forms yet I hear, so there is a chance, plus he has to go out with a super bowl ring, we were close last year, but they didn't seem to feel like playing when at the home game in the ice bowl. (though I can't blame them, but still...) Cool to see other's who love Favre as much as Wisconsinites do.

great choice for the cover. just wish the game would be as amazing.

That's cool, I guess...good for Favre. But it'll be a boring game, like always -- maybe if there were some COMPETITION, we'd be getting better football games. But at this point, it's basically just buy a single Madden game and you've got all the football you really need on that console. Bah.

I'll be a Cowboys fan til the day I die, but favre deserves this. And for the record, madden sucks. I hope the backbreaker (license or engine, not quite sure on that) can get some sort of NFL licensing. If not, I'm at the point where i don't care if i see any NFL players names anymore, just give me some new, decent, gameplay!!

Same game every year because there is one company that has the license

BOTTOMLINE HES A HALL OF FAMER why not have him on the cover he had a great year last year and even though i dont like the packers he embodies everything youd want in a football player and a qb so whats the problem with him on the cover, there shouldnt be one.

How come everyone who knocks Favre here spells his name wrong? I assume none of them know anything about him.

Thats interesting EA trying to discontinue the game on PC, although I beleive its true ive never even heard of someone play Madden on the pc. And secondly, yeah Farve was a great player, and he was decent last year, but isnt it about which player did outstanding from year to the next? Personally I think Romo should be on the front cover, he or, as much as I hate to say it, Owens, both did astronomical this year, as well as Eli. But thats just me

Awesome,good to see a true legend on the cover.

wow, huge differece between 04 and up.........

Thats awsome brett farve is great and i am going to buy this game because of him being on the cover... plus i like madden

MooCowRocks, I think everyone in Wisconsin will buy this game, whether they have the console to play it or not.

Well, as the over athelete, this will probably mean 2 things. One, he will be a free agent in the game, or 2, he'll be on a legends team by name instead of number like they do for the other legends.

haha I'm gonna laugh when he slips on a banana peel or something and the madden curse still gets him.

I think this is an amazing honor for Farve. Kudos.

ahhhh bret favre. ill allways remember the way he choked on his last play at lambeu and allowed the Giants to go to the superbowl and win.

Oh god, I think I'll be buying this JUST because of the cover... As a Wisconsinite and fan of Farve, I need this.

Not much into the NFL anymore, but always liked Bret Favre. I'll buy this just because he's on the cover.

Go Favre !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! u are the best !

A little late, but well deserved. Will Brett be a playable in the game?

Everyone knows Dan Marion is the greatest QB in NFL History

I usually buy madden games every other year. This will be an exception because of Brett Favre. The greatest QB to ever step foot on the the field.

he might deserve it, but how is he going to be in this game? if the game pretends he didn't retire his game will lose its realisticness and totally suck.

The guy is a legend, as a Raider fan I can proudly say Brett Favrrra is my favorite player.

isn't Brett Favre retired???????? I see a collectable

Tom and Eli got owned...and best of all....NO MADDEN CURSE!!

this game will own

Gratz Brett ! Sure you won a Super Bowl, but now you have become immortalized !!!! Your performance was awesome in "there's something about Mary " By the way

i'm an Eagles fan and I love Donovan McNabb, but Brett Favre is in a league by himself, and he deserves this honour more than anyone else.

Good to see some one good on the cover

Stupid thought: John Madden is a huge fan (no pun intended) of Brett Farve. Any chance that had something to do with Brett being on the cover? Also, I suspect all versions of Madden 09 can be purchased in bargain bins for $9.99 in the Chicago area on release day. Will any self respecting Bears fan purchase this game?

superdance14 Woo hoo! Go Brett! And thank you EA, now just make the game good and I'll buy it.
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What a tool.......
YOU GUYS ARE ALL TOOLS HERE. This is why EA does what it does, because you guys with your wallets tell them it's ok. EA can shove it up all your A****s

no... farve will probably break his leg falling down the stairs... but at least the Packers won't have to worry about it...

There, now all the white fans can stop being babies about there only being black players on covers,lmao.

Brett Favre's age + Madden Curse = Death if Favre decides to play this year...

lets face it people. the only reason farve is on this cover is because he retired the same year the 20th anniversery madden game came out. that's it. otherwise tell me exactly what he did this year that was soooo amazing. hope he chokes on his vicodin.

I guess time will tell if the "Madden Curse" has an effect on a retired player.


We'll miss you Brett!

I suppose this lil extra lump sum from EA helps the retirement fund even more Shame to see #4 move on, but at least it was on a high note... now I wonder will this respect for retired players have any improvement on the overall 09' game...

Rex we arent saying the packers are getting a QB to replace Favre. They are getting a QB to back up Rodgers in case he gets injured because he is very injury prone.

Get rid of that trailer. All it does is show evidence of how little EA has done from year to year. Talk about minor updates. Every game looked the same afer a while. Great innovating EA.

awesome. now please make a good madden game

Hell yeah! I cant wait! I will buy madden this year since it has Farve on the cover. Plus I have not bought one since 2007 for the PS3!

Brett Favre is the best. Packers are not getting a new quarterback they are sticking with Rodgers.

GO PACK GO

There will be no Madden Curse this year...Unless Farve Brakes a leg when hes Golfing.

I wonder if the 20th installment will be the year that they implement some ESPN presentation and / or get rid of that terrible radio announcer already? I am not betting on it.

Hey at least there can't be a cover jinx with this decision.

If they do draft a QB I hope its a little later in the draft. It seems that Daunte Cullpepper might come to the Packers too, but because there is not that many holes that we have to fill we prolly will take the best player available during the draft so woudnt be surpised if we took a QB pretty early.

Rodgers has looked solid in past action. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Packers draft another QB this year looking for some depth at the position. Some analysts are saying the Packers could look to take Brian Brohm in round #2.