Madden 16 Cover: Steelers WR Antonio Brown Fails To Make Finals

[polamalubeast]

http://www.steelersdepot.com/2015/05/madden-16-cover-steelers-wr-antonio-brown-fails-to-make-finals/

[hawaiiansteeler]

whew, that was close...

http://i.imgur.com/dXUEjKz.gif

[fansince'76]

:yay3: :whoo: :yay3: :whoo: :yay3:

[stillers4me]

My spell worked!
http://38.media.tumblr.com/73eb791aa806195864616c6003fca7f8/tumblr_mq4oeaMzuD1qcga5ro1_500.gif

[SteelerFanInStl]

Good. I've been voting for Gronk.

[salamander]

Thank God! :chuckle:

[86WARD]

Darn...that's a shame. ;)

Whatever happened to established guys making the cover? ODB? Peyton Hillis? Come on Madden...

[Godfather]

Shoulda done Troy or Ed Reed. They need to start doing a guy who just retired.

Most of them aren't going to un-retire like Brett.

[Lady Steel]

This is great news! I told the Steelers when they tweeted for us to vote for Antonio that I wasn't gonna do it because of the Madden curse. I don't give a shit. *shrugs* :lol:

[Lady Steel]

598276918971113472


'Atta boy, Antonio! :tt02:

[hawaiiansteeler]

Giants WR Odell Beckham Jr. selected for 'Madden NFL 16' cover

Dan Graziano, ESPN Staff Writer

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A little more than one year after he was drafted, and with just 12 NFL games on his résumé, New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. has been selected to adorn the cover of EA Sports' "Madden NFL 16" video game.

Beckham won a fan vote for the annual honor, beating out New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski, Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown and Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson. Beckham and Gronkowski were announced as the two finalists from among the initial four earlier this week.

Beckham missed the first four games of his rookie season with a hamstring injury, but he recovered to catch 91 passes for 1,305 yards and 12 touchdowns over the Giants' final 12 games -- a performance that earned him the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award.

At 22, he is the youngest player ever featured on the Madden cover. Vince Young was 24 when he was on the cover of "Madden NFL 08," which was released in August 2007.

Fans sometimes express concern about their favorite player landing on the Madden cover due to the fabled "Madden curse." Several players, including Adrian Peterson, Peyton Hillis and Brett Favre, have struggled in the seasons in which they were on the cover. And in the decade previous to this one, players such as Marshall Faulk, Michael Vick, Ray Lewis, Donovan McNabb and Shaun Alexander suffered serious injuries in their cover seasons.

However, fans who believe in the curse have reason to think Beckham might be immune. He's the third wide receiver to earn the honor, and the previous two had strong seasons when they were on the cover. Arizona's Larry Fitzgerald had 97 catches for 1,092 yards and 13 touchdowns and made the Pro Bowl during the 2009 season after appearing on the cover. And Detroit's Calvin Johnson had his best season in 2012 when he was on the cover, catching 122 passes for a league-record 1,964 receiving yards.

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/12881607/odell-beckham-jr-new-york-giants-selected-madden-nfl-16-cover

[86WARD]

Not established enough to be on the cover IMO.

[salamander]

Shoulda been Gronk. :heh:

[SteelerFanInStl]

All of the 10 year olds voted for him.

[Lady Steel]

It would have been the icing on the cake if it would have been Gronk. :lol:

[vrabinec]

Ten bucks says Beckham blows out a knee in preseason.

[fansince'76]

Not established enough to be on the cover IMO.


All of the 10 year olds voted for him.

:iagree:

Beckham won a fan vote for the annual honor...

Which encapsulates perfectly the reason why the Pro Bowl has become the joke that it has. All the same, I'm glad AB didn't get it.

[tube517]

B-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-but I thought Patriot** Nation was so big that Gronk would win easily.............


But yeah, I'd rather see Gronk get it and the jinx that goes with it.