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April 28, 2011All 32 teams submitted a player. Thirteen million votes later, Peyton Hillis of the Cleveland Browns is on the cover of Madden ’12 after topping Philadelphia’s Michael Vick, receving 66 percent of the final round votes.
Earlier in the day, Hillis called this day the “American Dream.” A 10-seed heading into the tournament, Browns fans came out in droves to see their bruising, hurdling back make the cover of one of the most popular franchises in the video game industry. He becomes the fourth running back to make the cover, and at 25-years old, he’s the youngest of which to do so.Â
In 2010, Hillis found the endzone 13 times while amassing over 1600 total yards. Here is where we remind you that Cleveland obtained his services for those of Brady Quinn.
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HAHAHA who woulda thought?!
Awesome.
Two reasons this might be the first version of Madden I pick up since it was known as John Madden Football: This, and the part where it’s the only way I’m gonna see football on Sundays this fall.
Savage’s finest moment. Hillis > Felix Jones (Cowboys picked Jones with Brown’s next year 1st rounder)
it was all apart of the master plan, right?
curse or not, I’m excited and proud of the guy ;0)
totally deserving.
Coulda swore it was supposed to be a white running back on the cover.. who is that guy?
This is huge for the Browns. It’s the first time in a long time that they will be spending serious time in living rooms across America.
Who knew Hillis helped that many people win fantasy leagues.
Thank God I don’t believe in curses. For now.
So what number was Hillis picked, anyway?
Does this mean that his made-up statistics will be extra good on the video game?!
Conversation via IM with a friend:
Friend: peyton hillis?!
me: for the win!
aaron rodgers said Pack fans were voting against him in the previous round because of the Madden Curse
Friend: wtvr
cause cleveland isn’t cursed at all
Sigh.
Does this mean we will put the Madden cover up on the side of the building?
I going to buy a poster
That’s awesome.
I only buy Madden once every few seasons anyway, but this season I’ll pick it up just to support the coverboy.
Boom indeed.
So happy I don’t have words.
I wasn’t going to plan on buying Madden this year, but maybe I will now. Great to see Hillis getting national recognition.
So does the Madden Curse cancel out the Cleveland Curse? Not that I believe in curses…
/pumped
Guys, help me out here. I don’t play, so I don’t understand why it’s Madden ’12. Shouldn’t it be Madden ’11, seeing as it’s 2011?
But if the 12 means it’s the 12th edition, shouldn’t it be Madden XII to avoid confusion? Or to be Superbly pretentious?
Regardless, that’s a great graphic of The Beast.
BTW, the WFNY crew did another superb job on Les Levine’s TV show tonight.
Is this what winning the super bowl feels like?
While I voted for Hillis/Vick all the way to the finals, I was even more delighted to see Hillis win when Vick decided to wear a “Witness” shirt on ESPN right before the announcement.
Good for him. I’m really glad that he got recognized for the awesome season he put together.
Does anyone know where I could get the T-Shirt he was wearing during Sportsnation today ? I looked awesome and had the Juggernaut/Gladiator theme going.
It would be a shame if Hillis won the contest and had his picture on the cover of the game and wasn’t wearing the bada$$ facemask he wore the 2nd half of the season….is the picture you posted the official cover?
Im just happy that its not Vick.
Forget this talk of a “cover curse”, I’m just glad that Cleveland has reversed the decisions-announced-live-on-ESPN curse!
@Gren – I’ll bet he was wearing his own clothing line – RhinoBack Football. — http://rhinobackfootball.com
@gren I dont know but I want one too. Its not Rhinoback because Vick had the same style shirt just with a 7 on it, etc. Must find this shirt.
Adding this to my signed ball.
Maybe we should all pitch in and buy Josh McDaniels one.
“is the picture you posted the official cover?”
No – The official one has a similar image, but a slightly different angle. As soon as I find it, I’ll swap it out.
Bah… Hillis was cursed the second he landed in Cleveland. Good for him!
Seriously, though, the curse has to be reversed sometime. Maybe this is the moment. Regardless, it’s impressive what Browns fans did here.
It’s amazing how far Hillis has come in such a short period of time.
I will never forget the first time I saw him in a Browns uniform against St. Louis in the Pre-Season. They blew the whistle to stop the play, not because his forward progress had been stopped, but because he had already run over 7 Rams and was carrying the remaining 4 on his back. I think they were worried he’d hurt someone.
What can I say? My mancrush had begun.
Here’s a little something to make you smile.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0I9Y0m68zo
Can’t curse the cursed, this is a perfect cover choice.
Did anyone find out about the shirts? Still looking. Checked nfl.com/shop and espn.com/shop..NOTHING…
By the way…anyone know where I can find a clip of that great run against the Rams? I know it was pre-season…but it was awesome!!!
The refs trying to stop the play were like rodeo clowns trying to stop a rabid bull.
this guy sucks he is a nobody the only reason they voted for him is because of vicks past and the madden curse if you were an eagle fan you would of course no this much
@35… okay. Doesn’t really change that we won something.
@35
Great grammar, spelling, etc.
Thanks for pointing out the Madden curse…I had NEVER heard of it until you said something. Now, put down the keyboard please before you hurt yourself, and go back to guarding your bridge…troll.
@jeffrey songer, most of us on this blog if not all are Cleveland Browns fans. If you even know anything about Browns football, Peyton Hillis was a beast last year. He did not suck. At all. You sound like a sore loser / douche. Go troll somewhere else. The madden ‘curse’ will simply negate the cleveland ‘curse’ and just watch the Browns will win it all. Winning.
@34
The run you speak of is in that epic Hillis highlight video on youtube… i’d post the link, but i’m really, really lazy 🙂
@HRD53…
Ha! I searched for it and found nothing. Do you know the title?
Hillis is a white guy.
@C-Bus Kevin. I found it. Here is the link, the run you are talking about is at 1:15… bad azz:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04QrRLdULW4
yo im not a packers fan but i think aaron rodgers sudda won the front cover competition! 4 da nfc! but cowboys all day