Madden NFL 13 Cover Vote Advances to Sweet Sixteen, Who Do You Have Advancing?

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16 NFL Players Advance in Madden NFL 13 Cover Vote Campaign

Arian Foster Ousts Tim Tebow; Stage is Set for Battle of New York

March 28, 2012 – Since March 7, fans nationwide have been casting their votes to determine the next cover athlete for Madden NFL 13, logging 4.3 million votes during the play-in round and more than 8.5 million votes since the start of the bracket phase of the competition on March 21. Weekly fan voting will determine which of the remaining 16 NFL players will advance through seeded brackets - culminating with the unveiling of the Madden NFL 13 cover athlete winner on ESPN's SportsNation on April 25 at 5 p.m. ET.

First round voting highlights include:

Upset of the Week

• No. 11 seed Patrick Willis (LB, San Francisco 49ers) over No. 6 seed Matt Forte (RB, Chicago Bears)

Largest Voting Differential

• No. 6 seed Calvin Johnson (WR, Detroit Lions) over No. 11 Dwayne Bowe (WR, Kansas City Chiefs)
• No. 1 seed Cam Newton (QB, Carolina Panthers) over No. 16 seed LeGarrette Blount (RB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Closest Matchups

• No. 8 seed Antonio Gates (TE, San Diego Chargers) over No. 9 seed Dwight Freeney (DE, Indianapolis Colts)
• No. 3 seed Arian Foster (RB, Houston Texans) over No. 14 seed Tim Tebow (QB, New York Jets)

Round 2 voting is now open and fans can make their selections exclusively at www.ESPN.com/MaddenVote to determine which of the 16 NFL players advance to the next round of the Madden NFL 13 cover athlete voting campaign. Every Wednesday throughout the campaign, fans can tune in to SportsNation at 5 p.m. ET for analysis and commentary on the competition.

ROUND 2 BREAKDOWN OF MADDEN NFL 13 COVER VOTE CAMPAIGN

• Cam Newton vs. Antonio Gates
• LeSean McCoy vs. Larry Fitzgerald
• Patrick Willis vs. Maurice Jones-Drew
• Darrelle Revis vs. Victor Cruz
• Aaron Rodgers vs. Marshawn Lynch
• Ray Rice vs. Drew Brees
• Calvin Johnson vs. Arian Foster
• Jared Allen vs. Rob Gronkowski

[elijah53johnston]

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Wow who do I vote for now. Janikowski and Tebow are out. : (

[m1ke_nyc]

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Cam Newton your Madden 13 cover boy

[mjhyankees]

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How did Eli Manning lose? Who did he lose to?

[FroznYogurt]

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How did Eli Manning lose? Who did he lose to?

Manning wasn't a candidate to begin with. Cruz & Pierre Paul were the Giant's representatives.

[PGaither84]

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Only three defensive player left. Willis, Revis, and Allen.

Lets go DEFENSE!!!

It's too bad Revis and Willis would have to go head to head if the both win.

[mjhyankees]

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Manning wasn't a candidate to begin with. Cruz & Pierre Paul were the Giant's representatives.

A little surprising no? Superbowl MVP, certainly one of the top Qb's in the league last year. This is why I lost interest in the cover athlete...it should be a bona fide star and one who had a huge impact on the league, or is a legend. Some of the names on the list belong and others i just don't see. Leaving ELI off is astounding to me.

[Footballfan101]

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I vote for Arian Foster over Tebow any day.

[FreAk47]

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A little surprising no? Superbowl MVP, certainly one of the top Qb's in the league last year. This is why I lost interest in the cover athlete...it should be a bona fide star and one who had a huge impact on the league, or is a legend. Some of the names on the list belong and others i just don't see. Leaving ELI off is astounding to me.

Yea, no Manning...but we have Marshawn Lynch and Antonio Gates? Really?

[roadman]

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Voted Lynch over Rodgers.

[ABR173rd]

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Voted Lynch over Rodgers.

Lol, no you didn't! Was it due to the Madden curse or just wanting to see a RB on the cover?

I'm pulling for Cruz or Mccoy.

[mestevo]

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How did Eli Manning lose? Who did he lose to?

Manning wasn't a candidate to begin with. Cruz & Pierre Paul were the Giant's representatives.

A little surprising no? Superbowl MVP, certainly one of the top Qb's in the league last year. This is why I lost interest in the cover athlete...it should be a bona fide star and one who had a huge impact on the league, or is a legend. Some of the names on the list belong and others i just don't see. Leaving ELI off is astounding to me.

Not surprising, there are players that don't want to sign up for the PR commitment involved. Tomlinson made a big deal about this a couple years ago.

[roadman]

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Lol, no you didn't! Was it due to the Madden curse or just wanting to see a RB on the cover?

I'm pulling for Cruz or Mccoy.

Heck, I voted for everyone in the Central Division last week except for Rodgers.

It's da curse.

[spit_bubble]

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I see this coming down to Cam vs. Megatron.

If Lynch wins every game should come with a free bag of Skittles.

[Liberal Kitty]

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Voting against Newton all day; make Megatron the cover boy, because it makes sense and it ISN'T Cam Newton. Sorry, Lions fans, but you didn't really buy into that hype anyway, did you? If you did you're an optimistic moron who deserves all of the disappointment that is bound to fall on your door-step this season.