Madden 2009 will hit shelves in a little over two weeks from now, it’s probably a good idea to warn your girlfriend in advance that shes going to be a little lonely.

EA Sports released this vid of some of the TD celebrations that are in the game. It’s too bad Merton Hanks retired like eight years ago, his “chicken man” dance was the greatest thing in NFL history. I tried looking on YouTube for Merton’s dance and came up empty. If anyone knows where footage can be found online… hook me up.

Also, if any Sportaphile readers plan on playing Madden online via Playstation 3, hit me up.

This picture from the premiere party for Madden 2009 features ex-cover boys for the popular video game (minus Michael Vick, because he’s sorta busy right now).

Daunte Culpepper is freaking HUGE.

Look how big Daunte is compared to Ray Lewis, who will go down as one of the most fearsome linebackers to ever play the game. Daunte looks like he ties Ray’s shoes before he leaves the house every morning. Quarterbacks just arent’ supposed to be that damned big, it’s amazing he doesn’t have a job (yeah yeah I know, quarterbacking isn’t about how big you are).

Maybe Jacksonville will give him a job.