Peyton Hillis fronting Madden NFL 12

they should have put Desean Jackson. Atleast they have something that will help em forget lebron

@xpepox no u have all wrong MANNING is the one overrated manning has had 1st round draft picks to throw to all his life while brady has had hardly no one before the 07 yr.....new england never cheated because every team does it ur just some sour colts fan that cant stand him but when u look even last year 36 tds and 4 picks whereas manning had almost 20 overall manning isnt half of what brady is Brady>Manning and whats sad is brady has 2 less years of experience he did more in 4 years with the pats than the choke artist did with his time in 12 XD

Awesome, the poop Browns got their boy on the cover. Peyton Hillis' had one good year, and I say again. One "GOOD" year, it wasn't spectacular, it wasn't even great. 1,100 yards in a 16-game season isn't much. However, I give the guy props for being a white running back in a black dominated position in the NFL. Michael Vick had his best year in the NFL regardless of being outta practice for 4 years, not to mention he is still the most versatile weapon on the football field. Break a leg Peyton Hillis, literally. Let's watch the Madden Curse unfold in the pre-season.

@PwNiShEr1216 Brady is an overrated back up out of michigan who only has rings because the patriots were cheating at the time. and manning threw 50 more ypgs and had a higher completion rate with third and fourth sring recievers on the field.

A full season lockout would mean no curse. Or would it?

EA: Please send Josh McDaniels a free poster of the Madden cover with Hillis on it. Then he can look at it every morning and remember how stupid he is for trading him away for magic beans.

sweet

should it be madden the lock out?

As a browns fan this is the only thing we will ever win so at least let us have this moment for a while...

If they're going to put a running back on the cover, why not Arian Foster? He DID do BETTER after all.

Peyton Hillis is one of the best players the Browns have gotten in a long time. Too bad the same can't be said about the rest of the team.

Darn I voted for vick... RECOUNT!!! Lol aw well I wasn't going to buy the game anywho...

@xpepox cause brady outplayed him in every aspect and didnt get nominated...........if the best qb in the league cant get nominated than surely the second best wont either whereas bradys the best manning is second

Peyton Hillis is a fun back to watch. He is just so violent when he runs. Cornerbacks bounce off him like a basketball. Sure, he's not a top tier super bowl MVP player like Rodgers, but he did have a hell of a year last year and he's an exciting player to watch.

Vick did his time, came back and played football and had a breakout year. Not that I'm an advocate for Dog fighting but, give me a break. How many athletes have been charged/accused of various crimes, against humans, and are still playing sports? But if you're gonna put a running back on the cover at least put someone decent on it like, I don't know... Darren McFadden?

the super bowl champs should b on the cover. lik rogers or clay matthews. not a team that didnt come close to be in the super bowl

My condolescences to Hills and his soon-to-be-torn quad.

It should have been Rodgers or Brady. The fact that Vick was even on the list only proves that there are a lot of very shallow people out there who are very easily impressed.

What? No Aaron Rodgers? BS. I call BS!!

Better luck next year, Browns.

@xpepox He got fined his position in the NFL shutdown. He and a few other QBs did. It is also obvious now that the NFL can do whatever they want to the NFL players because they are the ones that need the money - not the owners that founded the thing.

Vick - 0 Karma - 2

as a browns fan and one that voted for him i forgot about the madden curse

His competition was Vick.. LOL. They should have had Vick; then they could have added a backyard dog-fighting mini-game for career mode. Would've been the most interesting addition to Madden in years.

@Collinmul Im with you "reverse the curse". My friend from work is a huge Cleveland Browns fan ( and an Indians fan for that matter hmm ... anyway) and even he was like "wtf?"

So one of the most cursed teams in football has its best player appear on the Madden cover? The outlook for the Browns can't get any worse, right? So we're going for some sort of "reverse curse" here?

This monopoly on the NFL/NFLPA by EA is lame. ESPN 2K12 would have been nice. Way too much stagnation by Madden.

Peyton Hillis is a beast. If only EA would actually take a look at franchise mode, I might consider buying it. I doubt they will though.

Yet another reason Madden has become nothing but pure fail. Madden 11 was a BIG regression. Now, it looks as if they want to ensure themselves as the leader in mediocrity by having an average at best NFL player on the cover. How did this guy even get nominated in the first place? Has anyone seen this guys stats? What a joke. You should be ashamed of yourselves EA for letting something like this happen. This guy has no business being a cover athlete.

how does peyton manning not even get a nomination. he threw for 4700 yards last year. that is sick.

poor poor Hillis

"CAN'T WAIT!!!"

I like Peyton Hillis and I don't mind the Browns, but damn that's an ugly uniform.

I wonder if EA didn't play with the numbers. These are the folks that announced that if a player gets a concussion in the game, they are out for the entire game. If EA is that PC, it's not much of a jump that they would not want Michael Vick on the cover of their game. Imagine if Vick did get the cover. You'd see news stories of dogs defecating on copies of Madden. Given the amount of effort EA puts into developing Madden every year, defecation is certainly justified regardless of who is on the cover. Bottom line: I believe the vote was rigged!

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The man who single handily boasted my fantasy team last year is on the cover?! AWESEOME!

@dylan417 Yeah you're right, but I'm sure that maybe that could have been a factor in deciding the victor of the madden cover.

@hunter8man, the dude was a beast last year. best rb against both the steelers and ravens plus he had to go against them twice....

looks like i wont be picking him up for my fanasty team this year:P

This is guy that was jumping over everyone right? Still funny to see a browns player on the box, but this was probaly one of those vote for the worst things like what American Idol turned into.

As a person from cleveland (well ohio) this is some great news who cares about the rest of the players teams look at what this guy did. He deserves this cover

I could care less about Madden anymore, but Peyton Hillis was nothing special last year. He's a good player, and possibly the next Mike Alstott, but there were so many better choices for the cover. Personally, I would have liked the 12th Man of Seattle to win. It would be somewhat symbolic since the NFL wants to give the impression that they really care about their fans during this lockout nonsense.

the browns better hope this guy plays well. if not,......? they're not going to get any better even if he's at 100%

Peyton Hillis is all that is man.

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Aaron Rodgers should have been on the cover. Whatever, at least he won't be cursed now.

NFL 2K5 forever!!!

I like the lockout inspired cover idea. How about changing the core gameplay to tedious litigation between billionaires? That would be more original than the same game as last year with new rosters, a new controller "flick" system that revolutionizes the game, and different menus.

I still can't believe he beat Michael Vick, he must have some die hard fans that would eat his jock strap after a week long practice or something.. When I saw him in the finals I said to myself: "Who is Peyton HIllis?.."