August 07, 2008

Brett Favre’s new Madden 09 cover isn’t exactly going to match up with his new Jets jersey. Last night Favre signed on to the Jets roster and at least two chances to face off against the Patriots. IGN has reported that EA won’t try to bust out new covers for Madden 09 which hits shelves on Monday. And there’s no reason they should try. The cover disparity will only add to the publicity bonfire EA has gotten out of the Brett Favre soap opera and it means they have already printed a couple million collector’s items. Das Gamer a Favre comeback based on an interview he did with GameTap back in May. OK, it wasn’t so much a prediction as a “maybe.” So I’ll have to go ahead and make an actual prognostication. When Favre gets folded in half by Vince Wilfork and Richard Seymour and (sadly) ends his career it will prove that Ray Lewis and Shaun Alexander were wrong about the Madden Curse.