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The Madden Curse Reality or Coincidence?
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Originally posted by nvot9I'm going to personally PM you when the Mets win the NL East and the Phillies don't even make the playoffs.
Phillies 2007 NL East Champions & Back to Back MVP Award Winners.
Indianapolis Colts 13-3
Philadelphia Flyers 19-14-4 = 42 points
Philadelphia 76ers 14-18
Coach Bob Huggins 10-2
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Originally posted by RyanLeaf#1Originally posted by danman253Injuries happen. I'm do not believe in curses at all, but the fact this happens very year is pretty alarming. That said this isn't like a Broken Leg or Sports Hernia, its a minor crack.
Also those teams of the madden cover victims do very poorly in that same season, which the Seahawks aren't.
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Originally posted by danman253Originally posted by RyanLeaf#1Originally posted by danman253Injuries happen. I'm do not believe in curses at all, but the fact this happens very year is pretty alarming. That said this isn't like a Broken Leg or Sports Hernia, its a minor crack.
Also those teams of the madden cover victims do very poorly in that same season, which the Seahawks aren't.Originally posted by nvot9I'm going to personally PM you when the Mets win the NL East and the Phillies don't even make the playoffs.
Phillies 2007 NL East Champions & Back to Back MVP Award Winners.
Indianapolis Colts 13-3
Philadelphia Flyers 19-14-4 = 42 points
Philadelphia 76ers 14-18
Coach Bob Huggins 10-2
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Originally posted by RyanLeaf#1Originally posted by danman253Originally posted by RyanLeaf#1Originally posted by danman253Injuries happen. I'm do not believe in curses at all, but the fact this happens very year is pretty alarming. That said this isn't like a Broken Leg or Sports Hernia, its a minor crack.
Also those teams of the madden cover victims do very poorly in that same season, which the Seahawks aren't.
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Originally posted by danman253Originally posted by RyanLeaf#1Originally posted by danman253Originally posted by RyanLeaf#1Originally posted by danman253Injuries happen. I'm do not believe in curses at all, but the fact this happens very year is pretty alarming. That said this isn't like a Broken Leg or Sports Hernia, its a minor crack.
Also those teams of the madden cover victims do very poorly in that same season, which the Seahawks aren't.Originally posted by nvot9I'm going to personally PM you when the Mets win the NL East and the Phillies don't even make the playoffs.
Phillies 2007 NL East Champions & Back to Back MVP Award Winners.
Indianapolis Colts 13-3
Philadelphia Flyers 19-14-4 = 42 points
Philadelphia 76ers 14-18
Coach Bob Huggins 10-2
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Originally posted by ShiverFor it to be "reality" it should have more then a 50% success rate. It doesn't. Culpepper, Vick, McNabb and now Alexander. Doesn't explain Eddie George or Ray Lewis.
But 50% is a goofy choice. Crashes happen on much less than 1% of airplane flights, but they are real; at the same time, probably 90%+ of kids under age 5 in this country believe in Santa Claus, but he isn't real.
Now, if you're talking about the statistical validity of the 'curse,' then you'd have to figure out what the percentage of season-ruining injuries is among all NFL players, and compare that to the percentage of season-ruining injuries among Madden coverboys. And/or analyze years of crappy underperformance. The problem you'd have with such a statistical analysis is that your sample (of Madden coverboys) is way too small to have any statistical significance. But you can pull some numbers out of your ass, at least, and make an argument.
For example, if 50% of the Madden coverboys have had crappy years (due to injury or just not living up to expectations and/or past performance levels), but only 25% of NFL players have season-ruining injuries and/or just generally suck, then yeah, we can say that the Madden coverboys have problems. But, as all my stats professors love to say, correlation is not causation. That is, maybe they aren't having crappy years/injuries because they're on the cover, but the other way around. That is to say, their reason for being on the cover is that the prior year they didn't have an injury, or they had a break-out (abnormal) season, and then they return to their regular form the next year.
Or, maybe other players hit the coverboys a bit harder, and pay more attention to stopping them.
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Originally posted by danman253That said this isn't like a Broken Leg or Sports Hernia, its a minor crack.
And unless it's a compound and/or open fracture, every single 'broken' bone in the NFL is merely a crack that may or may not transect the bone.
A "hairline" fracture implies one that does not transect the bone, and one in which there has been little or no displacement away from either side of the fracture. The implication of this implication is that the fracture requires less time to heal, as there is a smaller (if any) gap between the two sides of the fracture.
*Not to sidetrack my rant about fractures, but in many cases, sprains are worse than fractures. Sprains imply stretching, straining, tearing, and even rupturing of ligaments and tendons, with concomitant bruising of muscles, damage to cartilage, and even bone bruising. A simple fracture is often a far, far, far less serious injury than many sprains.
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Originally posted by IBleedNavyandOrangeOriginally posted by danman253That said this isn't like a Broken Leg or Sports Hernia, its a minor crack.
And unless it's a compound and/or open fracture, every single 'broken' bone in the NFL is merely a crack that may or may not transect the bone.
A "hairline" fracture implies one that does not transect the bone, and one in which there has been little or no displacement away from either side of the fracture. The implication of this implication is that the fracture requires less time to heal, as there is a smaller (if any) gap between the two sides of the fracture.
*Not to sidetrack my rant about fractures, but in many cases, sprains are worse than fractures. Sprains imply stretching, straining, tearing, and even rupturing of ligaments and tendons, with concomitant bruising of muscles, damage to cartilage, and even bone bruising. A simple fracture is often a far, far, far less serious injury than many sprains.
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Originally posted by ShiverFor it to be "reality" it should have more then a 50% success rate. It doesn't. Culpepper, Vick, McNabb and now Alexander. Doesn't explain Eddie George or Ray Lewis.
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Originally posted by RyanLeaf#1Originally posted by danman253Originally posted by RyanLeaf#1Originally posted by danman253Originally posted by RyanLeaf#1Originally posted by danman253Injuries happen. I'm do not believe in curses at all, but the fact this happens very year is pretty alarming. That said this isn't like a Broken Leg or Sports Hernia, its a minor crack.
Also those teams of the madden cover victims do very poorly in that same season, which the Seahawks aren't.
We'll focus on stopping the run and then we'll be able to lay off in pass coverage and hopefully stymie Hass' passing attack.
Another sig courtesy of BoneKrusher
Originally posted by JBCXDespite looking better against an underachieving Eagles team, I still think the Bears are one of the worst teams in the NFL. I smell a blowout victory by the Lions this week and a division sweep.
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Originally posted by IBleedNavyandOrange*Not to sidetrack my rant about fractures, but in many cases, sprains are worse than fractures. Sprains imply stretching, straining, tearing, and even rupturing of ligaments and tendons, with concomitant bruising of muscles, damage to cartilage, and even bone bruising. A simple fracture is often a far, far, far less serious injury than many sprains.
so would you want to hear that rex grossman sprained his ankle getting tackles, or that he fractured his ankle?
ill take the sprain all day long
Originally posted by Scott WrightI guarantee that if someone picks Cam Newton in the Top 5 they will regret it.
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before now i would've said it's just coincedental. now i'm not sure.
since madden 2000 (1999 season) with barry sanders it's happened.
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/26/al...urse-to-blame/
Sig thanks to mockalicious
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