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We've got a couple of days left before we can find out who will be featured on the cover of this year's issue. We decided to look through a few candidates that might be suitable for the award. Below are our top-three options for both an individual cover athlete and our top choices if EA Sports decides to go with a two-player cover like they appear to suggest they'll do in the teaser video above.

Four of Madden NFL's most recent cover players were quarterbacks. It's only natural that our top pick would be someone who can line up on the inside of the field. After a 2020 season in which he was a top MVP quarterback, Bills quarterback Josh Allen is an ideal candidate for the next season of the videogame franchise. After appearing in the AFC Championship, Allen set records for his career in passing yards as well as passing touchdowns. He was Buffalo just a few steps away from the Super Bowl appearance. At this stage in his career, Allen is already a superstar. Allen is a favorite of the Bills Mafia would love have Allen's image and logo on the cover of the Super Bowl.

If you're not planning to be the quarterback's cover and you don't want to cover the quarterback, I don't see how you could overlook Derrick Henry. It was reported that there was a leak in March which suggested Henry might be the cover's athlete. While it's not known what he'll look like on the cover of this year's issue, Henry is certainly deserving of the honor. At times, the huge-bodied running back looks like he's something out of an action movie as He slams into defenders often on a regular basis. Henry led the league in rushing during back-to-back seasons and topped every skill position player in the 2020 season for the most years of scrimmages (2141). If a season where you average 126.7 rushing yards per game isn't enough to earn you the cover of Madden NFL, I'm not sure which one will.

Although you might be laughing at the thought of a defensive player making it onto the Madden NFL Cover, it's not unusual. Richard Sherman was the last defensive player to be the cover player for the franchise in Madden NFL 15 and prior to that, we've seen the likes of Troy Polamalu (shared with Larry Fitzgerald, Madden NFL 10) and Ray Lewis (Madden NFL 2005) appear on the cover as well. Donald is the most impressive player on the cover side of the ball, having been a member for four consecutive seasons of the 99 Club. In that light, there's not many other avenues to make it in the sport other being able to finally break onto the top of the list.