After breaking the single seasons TD record but one humble year after the last Madden cover player set it in 2006 (Shaun Alexander), Ladanian Tomlinson seems like front-runner for the cover player for Madden 2008. Chargers fans demand this not be the case. The long-lived and eerily consistent Madden Curse, which ensures a bad season for whoever graces the cover is something that the fans of the 14-2 team is trying to avoid. Whether it is a fumble in the Super Bowl or a broken foot that cuts a season in half, the Chargers fans at www.SaveLTfromMadden.com are trying to convince EA to put another NFL star on their cover.
Outside of Tomlinson, other prominent NFL players who are probably Madden Cover Candidates are Peyton Manning, the consistently over-rated QB who remarkably won the Super Bowl MVP award, Drew Brees, the QB who turned the former dud that was the New Orleans Saints into a team to be feared, and Jason Taylor, the high-powered defensive end from the Miami Dolphins who smack-talked the juicing Shawne Merriman right out of the Defensive Player of the Year award.