After 17 seasons, New England Patriot quarterback Tom Brady finally lands on the cover of the upcoming "Madden NFL 18" from EA Sports.
Brady, who recently helped his team win the NFL championship against the Atlanta Falcons in February, can now be considered as the oldest player who made it to the cover of the best-selling football sim game.
In an interview with ESPN, it reveals that the 40-year-old NFL superstar grew up working out at the gym within the EA headquarters in San Mateo, California because one of their family friends was working for the gaming development firm.
"When this all came about," Brady said in the interview. "I thought, 'How cool is that to do this, knowing when I was a kid in high school I was tagging along down there, working out where it all started?' It's been such a great game over a long period of time. I played it so much when I was younger, a little less now. ... My son Jack loves beating up on me."
Landing on the cover of the game is often rumored to come with a corresponding curse, which seems to be proven with "Madden NFL 17" cover Rob Gronkowski, who also happens to be Brady's teammate.
Brady says he does not believe in the rumored curse that fell upon his teammate. "I don't think Gronk's ever been cursed by anything. He's in pretty good shape."
However, he seems convinced that there might be some truth to the curse. "I suppose there's been some reality to that curse over the years," Brady also adds, "Hopefully I can break it. That would be pretty cool."
EA Sports will release the "Madden NFL 18" powered by the Frostbite Engine on both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on Aug. 25, Friday. But the "GOAT" edition is slated to come out on Aug. 22, Tuesday.
