ESPN is worth getting just to look at its dynamic player animations. there are orders of magnitude more in ESPN than in Madden (check out the new juke stick). the broadcast presentation and extras are super polished but means a lot less to me than constantly being surprised by new contextual animations in the game itself.
if you're bred on Madden it won't change your mind, but for $20 and 3 weeks while you wait for madden you really should partake in all the excellent work Sega and ESPN put into it, just as a football fan.
http://www.espnvideogames.com/news/m...hive.php?gid=7
if you look at one, look at this one...
http://www.espnvideogames.com/_img/v...StickHands.mpg