Madden NFL 15 Cover Athlete is Richard Sherman

[Mauer4MVP]

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Does anyone not think this cover vote is fixed every year? Peyton Hillis wins it one year and now Richard Sherman? Really? Richard Sherman? I guess it's just a coincidence that he wins it the year they're touting defensive improvements, right? EA should just announce who's gonna be on the cover and stop with this dog and pony show every year.

I don't. Let's go back to Calvin Johnson. He just broke Rice's record and is a top 3 wideout of all time. Huge reason for him winning the cover.

Sanders/AP. Peterson just had an insane comeback and was MVP. 25 year anniversary, plenty of reason to vote for the best running back of all-time and one that is in the conversation. Again, plenty of reason for them to get votes.

Sherman. Seahawks win Super Bowl, defense was very mainstream this season, he had the big play against the 49ers and the post game interview. Again, plenty of reason for him to get votes.

[splff3000]

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I don't. Let's go back to Calvin Johnson. He just broke Rice's record and is a top 3 wideout of all time. Huge reason for him winning the cover.

Sanders/AP. Peterson just had an insane comeback and was MVP. 25 year anniversary, plenty of reason to vote for the best running back of all-time and one that is in the conversation. Again, plenty of reason for them to get votes.

Sherman. Seahawks win Super Bowl, defense was very mainstream this season, he had the big play against the 49ers and the post game interview. Again, plenty of reason for him to get votes.

Riiiiiiight, do you realize how many people hate Richard Sherman? Last time I checked, he finished 7th among the 35 most disliked people in sports according to sports illustrated:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/presenter/main/photos/1405/most-disliked-people-in-sports/?mobile=no

Somehow tho, he gets enough votes to win the Madden cover. Riiiiight.

[SmashMan]

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Does anyone not think this cover vote is fixed every year? Peyton Hillis wins it one year

Do you remember the bracket for the Peyton Hillis cover? Compared to the last couple years, it was loaded with names much higher than Hillis. There is no way that vote was rigged for Hillis. Since then, there have been obvious predictions (like this year with Sherman), but the positioning of the brackets or relatively weak other players with name value right now doesn't equal a rigged vote.

I mean, don't let that get in the way of the random bashing of absolutely anything associated with Madden.

[Caius101]

"Improve Coverage Logic"

AKA: More superman, physics defying interceptions by the AI! Yay!

[DeuceDouglas]

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Riiiiiiight, do you realize how many people hate Richard Sherman? Last time I checked, he finished 7th among the 35 most disliked people in sports according to sports illustrated:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/presenter/main/photos/1405/most-disliked-people-in-sports/?mobile=no

Somehow tho, he gets enough votes to win the Madden cover. Riiiiight.

You also have to take into account how many Seahawk "fans" there are now that they won the SB. There's also tons of people that love him too. And I'm sure lots of people who hate him voted for him just for the hopes of the 'Madden curse' affecting him.

[The JareBear]

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A lot of us were saying from day one it would be him. I would have been shocked if it wasn't. He's easily one of the top 5 most recognizable players in the NFL and after that Super Bowl run with the antics along the way is, as the kids say, "Internet Hot."

I honestly think he's nowhere near as genuinely disliked as the media portrays. He's actually a really decent dude off the field. This ain't Albert Belle chasing kids down in his SUV. I think the vast majority of 30 or younger NFL fans probably think his on field persona is kinda cool, honestly.

Oh, and I'm sorry, but the "we beat ourselves" mentality that Broncos fans have makes me hate living in Denver. That was a straight up *** kicking. Our starters that day against their starters that day, we lose that game 8 out of 10 times. Period.

[hitro]

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Panther fan here. Wouldn't have been mad if Cam made the cover. But happy he didn't. Didn't need that curse in Carolina. Good luck Sherm.

After Calvin Johnson's record-breaking 2012 season, I don't understand how people still bandy around this "curse" nonsense.

[hitro]

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i made this one...ive seen it like 287483939 places with no credit at all..check out the custom cover thread for the full cover

Well to be fair, have you given credit to any of the artists, license holders or photographers whose work and/or property you've used in that cover? Did you even obtain permission from any of them?

When you post something to the internet, it's going to take on a life of its own. Images get passed between people many times over, so unless you watermark your work, it's unlikely to be attributed to its actual creator.

Look at image macros, memes and joke gifs. Someone made those, but I doubt anyone thinks of crediting their creators before recirculating them as their own. It's just the way the internet works.

[infemous]

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i wanna see this gameplay video

[Crazydavid212]

congratulations to Richard Sherman!

[Mauer4MVP]

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Riiiiiiight, do you realize how many people hate Richard Sherman? Last time I checked, he finished 7th among the 35 most disliked people in sports according to sports illustrated:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/presenter/main/photos/1405/most-disliked-people-in-sports/?mobile=no

Somehow tho, he gets enough votes to win the Madden cover. Riiiiight.

And you do realize that is common for athletes? Kobe, LeBron, Sherman, Vick, etc. All these players have just as many people that dislike them as they dedicated fans.

[BigBadTom]

One thing I actually agree with is that they should do a cover vote. In reality sometimes they picked terrible guys to be on the cover and this way its fun to be involved. On another note, as time passes I grow more concerned that this might be almost the entire feature set. Considering how late the dev cycle ran for M25 for XBone/PS4 they could have had a lot less time to add features and things. Even though I would get the lack of time to add more gameplay enhancements this year, I fully expect there to be deeper additions to gameplay modes, mainly CFM, to make up for anything left out. CFM is better than ever but they still are behind 2k after the MyGM mode and revamped myCareer mode this year. If they keep improving the game modes (which is what affects the games replay ability) and they keep the gameplay moving in the right direction with new presentation, the game could quickly regain its status as a top sports game.