| dablackguy |
09-26-2006 12:59 AM |
The Madden Curse: Are you a believer?
Now most of us that are NFL fans are familiar with the Madden Curse and what it is. For those that do not, here's an explanation from Wikipedia:
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
Prior to 2000, all of the Madden NFL game box covers prominently featured John Madden only. When EA started to have NFL players on the cover of the Madden NFL games, some later (half-jokingly) speculated that there was a "Madden curse": a coincidental series of misfortunes that befell the product's cover-athletes. People started noticing a pattern with St. Louis Rams' halfback Marshall Faulk from the fallout of a Super Bowl-winning season, and great season statistics earned a cover spot. The following year his stats dropped sharply compared to his prior season. Also the Atlanta Falcons' star player, quarterback Michael Vick, was injured during the 2003 preseason after posing for the cover of Madden 2004. Vick suffered a broken fibula in a preseason game against Baltimore, the day after Madden 2004 was released to retailers. The injury resulted in a painful 5-11 year for Vick's team. Although people who believe in the curse state that the featured player will wind up having a weak or injury-prone season
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Now for those that don't know who and what, here's a link in picture to an AOL feature on the Madden Curse
http://videogames.aol.com/gallery/madden-cover-curse
So the question, believer or not?
I never used to be, but with every cover athlete getting hurt, I find it hard to believe there's only coincidence to it, its just too many people over too long a span of time, though I have no idea why, it just seems like there's something to it especially now with Alexander being hurt, since the guy has never missed a game in his career to injury or his wife's childbirth up to this point in his career |
