EA Sports has released the first screenshots from Madden NFL 08 featuring newly announced cover man Vince Young. They are from either the Xbox 360 or the PS3 version of the game. Click the thumbnails below to view them full size.    Upon first glance they may not seem much different from Madden 07. However having spent the last two days working within replay mode capturing screens and videos of Vince Young, these look to be a pretty solid improvement. We'll have to see more than just t...

ESPN has posted a "Clues to the Cover" article, which offers more speculation as to who'll be on the cover of Madden NFL 08. Of course the news has already broken that Vince Young is the one that has been chosen, however something very interesting is mentioned within the article that everyone should take notice of. We know that Devin Hester, Chicago return-man extraordinaire, is the first player to ever achieve the maximum 100 Speed Rating in the game, and we've heard that Hester joined T...

Taking a look at the decision to put Vince Young on the cover of Madden NFL 08, initially I figured the reaction would be split and it has been. He is an exciting player that helped lead his team to wins but he only has the rookie year under his belt and his numbers paled in comparison to some other stars. After becoming the starter for the 0-3 Titans the team turned the season around going 8-5 from then on and challenging for a playoff birth. He had 12 TD passes and 13 INTs with a 66.7 Q...

The Nashville City Paper has revealed that Tennessee Titans QB Vince Young will grace the cover of Madden NFL 08. The official announcement will come Tuesday night on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live. Young won 2006 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and became the first QB to play in the Pro Bowl in his rookie season since Dan Marino. ...

According to ABC the cover athlete for Madden NFL 08 will be revealed on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show Tuesday night 4/17. There is a good chance however that the news of who has been chosen for the cover will slip before the broadcast. Check back for updates as news breaks....

The recent media event held at EA Sports Tiburon studio has brought about the first looks at the 08 titles of NCAA Football, Nascar, and Tiger Woods. Within a recent Gamespot article it's also noted that Madden was discussed at the event and it will be a few weeks before any of that information can be revealed. As for Madden, well, we're going to have to wait a few more weeks before we can spill the beans. Without giving anything away, though, I'm happy to report that I appreciated the th...

ESPN's videogame site now features a piece presenting nine potential candidates with odds on their likelihood of being the cover athelete for Madden 08. The players/odds are: Peyton Manning 7-2, Tom Brady 5-1, Chad Johnson 8-1, LaDanian Tomlinson 9-1, Reggie Bush 10-1, Vince Young 12-1, Larry Johnson 15-1, Brian Urlacher 20-1, Devin Hester 100-1. For the sake of this article, lets assume that ESPN has inside knowledge of who has been chosen to be on the cover this year and that person i...

[youtube]_138p6uzhUk[/youtube] This reminds me of a time when things that would now be considered glitches actually added to the appeal and enjoyment people had. Maybe we just didn't take games as seriously back then. There is nothing like seeing players randomly plowed down by an ambulance. The irony!...