The Madden Cover Curse

[Rush23Hester]

http://www.vsngaming.com/2009/01/madden-cover-coincidence-or-curse/

Do you believe in the Madden Curse? There is decent supporting evidence from each version. Favre & the Jets choke to miss out on the playoffs, Mangini gets fired, he leads the league in interceptions.

Does it exist? If your favorite team's star player was going to be on the cover, would you care about it at all? Or is it just a silly notion. I wouldn't want Hester on the cover, I know that lol

[Shane P. Hallam]

Brady has turned down offers numerous time to be on it. It's fun and all, and I pimp it out, no doubt, but some are stretches. Ray Lewis? Eddie George?

[bored of education]

Tom Brady should go on it now, cuz his career is ****** lol i kid

[Rob S]

Brady has turned down offers numerous time to be on it. It's fun and all, and I pimp it out, no doubt, but some are stretches. Ray Lewis? Eddie George?

Eddie isnt a huge stretch, ray is because he still had a good year(albeit it was a down year for him)

[skinzzfan25]

Eddie isnt a huge stretch, ray is because he still had a good year(albeit it was a down year for him)

Didn't he also get a pretty serious arm injury that year too? (ray ray)

[MetSox17]

Eddie George was pretty bad his year. Had something like 3.6 YPC or something, but then again, most of his career was full of 3.6 YPC.

[LonghornsLegend]

Lol people construe the Madden Curse to be involved every year...First it was injuries, now that Brett played all 16 games people tweak it and say "well the coach got fired and he led the league in INT's" lol, it's funny to me at this point.


Can you guys imagine had LT finally done the cover or Brady how people would be going crazy over the Madden Curse then lol, stuff just happens, and players get hurt or have bad seasons, it's just always easy for people to point back to the Madden Curse even if it doesn't make much sense.

[WMD]

Brady has turned down offers numerous time to be on it. It's fun and all, and I pimp it out, no doubt, but some are stretches. Ray Lewis? Eddie George?

The Madden Curse got confused that year when TO did the Ray Lewis dance.. gave him a broken leg.

[Shane P. Hallam]

George always averaged that, he was fine, just a bit worse. But honestly, Favre blowing it is legit IMO.

[Forenci]

George always averaged that, he was fine, just a bit worse. But honestly, Favre blowing it is legit IMO.

I'm not sure I can agree. It's always been considered to cause injury and removal from at least one game. Vince Young got it close by missing only one game I think and Favre finally got rid of the injury bug.

Even though he brought on a whole new set of circumstances including playing for a different team than the one he represents on the cover (Packers) and then choking at the end of the season with the Jets.

Well, now that I think about it, that could be worse. Still, he got rid of the injury bug by playing every game at least!

[GB12]

If you are going to try to apply it to Favre you should use the whole offseason crap and the fact that he's on the cover as a Packer when he wasn't a Packer at any point during the season.

But how great would it have been if Brady was on the cover of 2009. Good luck getting anyone to be on it after that.

[Shane P. Hallam]

I'm not sure I can agree. It's always been considered to cause injury and removal from at least one game. Vince Young got it close by missing only one game I think and Favre finally got rid of the injury bug.

Even though he brought on a whole new set of circumstances including playing for a different team than the one he represents on the cover (Packers) and then choking at the end of the season with the Jets.

Well, now that I think about it, that could be worse. Still, he got rid of the injury bug by playing every game at least!

It hasn't been an injury thing since Ray Ray, seriously, it's just been declined player either due to injury or just plain sucking.

[tjsunstein]

Exactly, GB12. The fact that Brett dons a Packer uni on the cover and a Jets one now says something.

[BlindSite]

Michael Turner?
Adrian Peterson?
Philip Rivers?

I sure as hell don't want DeAngelo Williams on there.

[WMD]

JBond has been pissing me off lately.. can we start a petition to get him on the cover of Madden 2010? Maybe he'll get in a freak spacebar accident and break his right index finger.

[Bruce Banner]

http://www.sportsgamer.com/assets/images/04.11.07.10.26.17.jpg
or

http://www.sportsgamer.com/assets/images/04.11.07.10.27.00.jpg

just replace 07 with 10

[Shane P. Hallam]

JBond has been pissing me off lately.. can we start a petition to get him on the cover of Madden 2010? Maybe he'll get in a freak spacebar accident and break his right index finger.

Sometimes you make me cry so much I can't sleep.

[Gay Ork Wang]

If you are going to try to apply it to Favre you should use the whole offseason crap and the fact that he's on the cover as a Packer when he wasn't a Packer at any point during the season.

But how great would it have been if Brady was on the cover of 2009. Good luck getting anyone to be on it after that.
Brady already had the superbowl loser curse. being on the madden cover might have killed Brady

[CroomDawgs]

I think Ed Reed will be on it next year. Don't want it to be cuz he's my fav player but just a feeling

[Gay Ork Wang]

Ray Lewis might tell him not too.

I could see Matt Ryan, Chris Johnson or DeAngelo Williams, maybe even Peterson, but i think AD already declined an offer?

[Jvig43]

http://www.sportsgamer.com/assets/images/04.11.07.10.26.17.jpg
or

http://www.sportsgamer.com/assets/images/04.11.07.10.27.00.jpg

just replace 07 with 10

I would run away with you to a cabin on a mountain, and adopt many children if you actually photo shopped those two pics.

[Bruce Banner]

I would run away with you to a cabin on a mountain, and adopt many children if you actually photo shopped those two pics.

Our relationship is on hold, I'm afraid.

[Brent]

they should put Madden back on the cover, though he might end up dying.

[Geo]

I absolutely believe in the Madden curse, myself.

And hope no Colts player is ever on the cover. Heck, not even on the commercials. I want to avoid that bad magumbo entirely.

[YAYareaRB]

I thought the curse was you get injured or you have a bad season.

[CashmoneyDrew]

Ray Lewis might tell him not too.

I could see Matt Ryan, Chris Johnson or DeAngelo Williams, maybe even Peterson, but i think AD already declined an offer?

No Way! They already screwed over Vince Young for us. No need to take a third Titan.

[Xiomera]

I'd just stick Matt Millen on the cover. He's a curse, a plague, and an epidemic all rolled into one. But hey, he's got a friendly face!

[CashmoneyDrew]

Peyton Manning needs to be on this. That will be the ultimate test of the curse. He's never hurt and hasn't ever really had a disappointing season unless you count his rookie season and those INT's.

[Twiddler]

http://www.sportsgamer.com/assets/images/04.11.07.10.26.17.jpg
just replace 07 with 10

Actually, considering Head Lights' performance in the '07 playoffs, I think 07 is the correct year (if we're talking about a curse).

And I think that Favre kept the Madden curse alive, considering he played relatively poorly, pissed off many of his loyal Packer fans, and a few other things.

[MetSox17]

I think they go hard after Adrian Peterson this coming Madden year. He makes the most sense, or i could see Matt Ryan as well.

[Xiomera]

I think they go hard after Adrian Peterson this coming Madden year. He makes the most sense, or i could see Matt Ryan as well.

Wasn't Ryan just on the cover of NCAA Football? I don't think EA would do that so soon.

[gameplaya2435]

It hasn't been an injury thing since Ray Ray, seriously, it's just been declined player either due to injury or just plain sucking.

Um, McNabb anyone? He was injured in ******* Week 1, played through it till the Cowboys game and didn't finish the year.

And they had like 4 athletes on NCAA 09 this year, DeSean Jackson is on mine.

[tjsunstein]

McFadden is on my NCAA for the record.

[Shane P. Hallam]

What does NCAA have to do with any of this?

[fenikz]

http://www.freewebs.com/customsportscovers/photos/NFL-PS3/Larry-Fitzgerald-PS3-Cover.jpg

[Hamptorf]

I believe in the "Madden Curse"


http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f31/Hamptorf/madden.jpg

[Hamptorf]

guess nobody picked up on that

[Gay Ork Wang]

i saw the lions.

[nrk]

It hasn't been an injury thing since Ray Ray, seriously, it's just been declined player either due to injury or just plain sucking.

Actually, Donovan McNabb got hurt the year after Ray Ray and Shaun Alexander missed games with an injury. The article says Vince Young got injured and missed the playoffs.

[Shane P. Hallam]

Actually, Donovan McNabb got hurt the year after Ray Ray and Shaun Alexander missed games with an injury. The article says Vince Young got injured and missed the playoffs.

You don't understand. I'm saying. George and Lewis didn't get hurt. That means it isn't "about injury" it's either playing poorly or getting injured.

[nrk]

You don't understand. I'm saying. George and Lewis didn't get hurt. That means it isn't "about injury" it's either playing poorly or getting injured.

I do understand because Ray DID get hurt.

[yo123]

http://www.freewebs.com/customsportscovers/photos/NFL-PS3/Larry-Fitzgerald-PS3-Cover.jpg


I'm thinking it will be either him or Calvin Johnson this year.

[PACKmanN]

I'm thinking it will be either him or Calvin Johnson this year.

I bet you it will be AD.

[yo123]

I bet you it will be AD.


I hope he does. Just seems like he was an obvious choice last year, which makes me think he turned it down.

[Shane P. Hallam]

They had planned to go with Favre I think awhile back.

[CashmoneyDrew]

Matt Cassel is who I'd go with.

[holt_bruce81]

Was this year really a curse? Brett Favre was just old. His body can't take it anymore. He should of stayed retired.

[PackerLegend]

I wouldn't want Hester on the cover, I know that lol

Why? His impact as a returner this year was nothing. His impact as a receiver was very little. The Bears took an exceptional returner and made him an average at best WR. He might as well have been on the cover.