In the many years of cover athletes featured in this Madden NFL series, almost all of them were offensive players Mut 23 Coins.  Running backs and quarterbacks have been the most prevalent, with a few wide receivers as well. It doesn't mean, however, that a prominent defensive player of the past hasn't ever made an appearance. It's just extremely uncommon. In fact, since the year 2000. only three defensive players have been on the cover of the game. Ray Lewis, Troy Polamalu (who had a cover photo with Larry Fitzgerald) and Richard Sherman. The former Seattle Seahawk Richard Sherman was the most recent member of the trio.

Aaron Donald could be the fourth star on the defensive side to win the award. This Los Angeles Rams star is considered to be the most powerful defensive linemen throughout the course of the game and easily the best from his time. Although his numbers weren't exactly impressive in the 2021-21 campaign, his team still came in second place in the league overall in sacks. 

The reason he didn't place first was because he often was double-teamed by blockers and even triple-teamed. There's also the argument against Donald becoming the original Xbox Series X/S PS5 cover athlete, as Sherman designed the cover of Madden NFL 15. The game was the first in the Madden series to be played on the Xbox One and PS4 generation of gaming.

Deshaun Watson already has a long history with Madden nfl 22 as he was among the players who made the Virtual Pro Bowl this past season. Yet, despite being among of the best signal callers on the field, Watson isn't on the cover of the game Buy Mut Coins Madden 23. This year, he led in the NFL in passing yards by 4.823 while throwing 33 touchdowns and seven interceptions.