Cover Athlete: Brett Favre of the Green Bay Packers. Alternate cover of him in a New York Jets uniform becoming the first athlete to appear on the cover twice but with two different teams.
Brett Farve left the Green Bay Packers, and joined the New York Jets before the season began. By the end of the season, he injured his shoulder, and the Jets didn't make it to the play-offs, thus continuing the Madden curse.
This was the last game to be released on the original Xbox.