I'll go further back and say I have seen BETTER from closeups of NCAA 07, you know, the NCAA that pushed the polygon cont before the graphics were scaled back to make 60 fps the following years.
And btw, using your example, I'm sure that a madden producer would look at it thinking its photoshopped, go into replay and find that perfect angle, and than happily report that it isn't. Why would he be skeptical? Because a photo like this defies convention and isn't indicative of how the game actually looks.
That is exactly the process OMT went through for this very screenshot if you read his own writing. If the producer who has had extensive time with the game doesn't believe it at first, do you really think this shot is an accurate representation of what we will be getting in July?
Let's, see a screenshot that isn't indicative of how a game looks. That is consistent with most pre release images, is it not? I will wait to see numeous gameplay videos before even remotely sayig '10 will interest me considering the track record of football games on next gen.