So IGN announced ESPN NFL 2k5 will be releasing on the 10th of august along side Madden. Personally I didn't believe until 2 days later I got an e-mail from Ebgames confirming this.
Thanks for pre-ordering from EBgames.com! As an added benefit to ordering from us, we'll keep you informed of ship date changes. We are writing to let you know that the publisher has set a new ship date for ESPN NFL 2K5 of 8/10/2004. As always, EBgames.com will not charge your credit card until we ship your order.
So not only has ESPN tried to put more into their game, make it a better price, but they also move the release date up to match that of Madden's.

Now I just saw on ebgames.com that Madden has moved to August 9th.

Wouldn't it be nice if they kept battling like this and we could get the game say before the end of July even LOL (if they can dream, I can dream too)