Michael Vick. That is all.

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This is the best installment in the Madden series. There is the new owner mode and the mini camp thing, and this game is also awesome online. The graphics in this game are tight, and the gameplay is better than any other football game out there.

Unironically the best American football game on the Playstation 2. Certified platinum heater. Another regular game in rotation in my home these days. Sometimes it's just soothing to let the AI play as the Vikings and absolutely trash your shit. It's healthy for the ego.

This is where Madden picked up and found its stride, to combat the ESPN 2k battle they actually made a great game and this was the beginning of delivering on what they could do to make the best product.

Vick broke the game, plus there was rocket jumping.
I played so much of this game though, especially those mini camp drills. Man, those were good times. They really made franchise mode fun. I made Jake Plummer and Ashley Lelie hall of famers through those mini camps.