Do you buy into the Madden NFL game cover curse?

Question

Oh man I hope Tom Brady is on the cover too. That would make me sooo happy.
Take that Brady!

Answer 1

It's a given if a player is on the cover of the game. We'll see next year, I hope is Tom Brady.

Answer 2

it is an added money, why no longer? i did no longer see Barry Sanders, Eddie George, Ray Lewis or Vince youthful being 'cursed'. Barry Sanders, because of the fact a retired participant can't be tormented by using it. Eddie George replaced right into a beast for the three following years after performing. After that he replaced into 30 and it is an age whilst RBs production start up declining. Ray Lewis replaced into cursed by using some skeptics because of the fact he did no longer have any interceptions that season, that are beside the point in a linebacker. Vince youthful set occupation highs in each passing classification as nicely TD and final touch %, frequently because of the fact of his crappy WRs, additionally he took the Titans to the postseason.

Answer 3

Of course not - there's such thing as coincidence, and that's what has happened with the Madden curse. Also, these guys are playing a sport where injuries are commonplace, so it shouldn't be surprising to see these guys getting injured.

Answer 4

Hell yeah... Two years in a row, my fantasy team been beaten down by a team who had Alexander... Then this year, when I have Alexander on my team, the damn Madden curse got him injured & sat most of the season on my bench as a dead weight... (until last week)...

Answer 5

how can u say there is no curse and be serous ? look at the facts or we will together

Dorsey Levens

Dorsey Levens was featured on the 2000 cover that was released in PAL regions. After rushing for 1,034 yards in 1999, he gained only 224 yards from scrimmage in 2000. Ultimately, Levens was cut by the Green Bay Packers in 2001, and retired, as a Packer, in 2004, as a journeyman who had 1-season stints with the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants.

Eddie George

Eddie George, then of the Tennessee Titans, who graced the 2001 box, was the second 'cursed' player. Although he had the best year of his career, rushing for 1,509 yards, catching 50 passes for 453 yards and scoring 16 total touchdowns, he was cursed by bobbling a pass in the playoffs. The pass was then intercepted, ironically, by Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, a future cover athlete, who returned the ball for a touchdown. George, (up until then) known for his durability, would also get injured the following season. After regularly averaging nearly 4 yards per carry in his first five seasons and rushing for over 1,300 yards in each one, he averaged only 3 yards per carry and rushed for career lows of 939 yards and 5 touchdowns in the 2001 season. For the rest of his career, he never averaged more than 3.5 yards per carry, but did rush for over 1,000 yards twice and scored 14 touchdowns in 2002.

Daunte Culpepper

Former Minnesota Vikings star quarterback Daunte Culpepper appeared on the 2002 cover, and the Vikings struggled to a 4-7 record until Culpepper was shelved with a season-ending knee injury.

Marshall Faulk

Running back Marshall Faulk of the St. Louis Rams, who was on the 2003 box, suffered an ankle injury, missing five games. He never broke through the 1,000 yards rushing mark for the rest of his career.

Michael Vick
Very shortly after Madden 2004 was released featuring Atlanta Falcons untouchable quarterback Michael Vick on the cover, Vick was injured during a preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens, suffering a fractured right fibula. Vick played in only the last 5 regular season games, finishing with just 585 yards passing and 4 touchdowns. The Atlanta Falcons missed the playoffs and were already out of contention by the time Vick returned from his injury. The "curse" forced the Atlanta Falcons to finish the season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, a stark contrast to the team's 9-6-1 record the season prior.

Ray Lewis
Madden 2005 featured Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens. He broke his wrist, an injury that kept him out of the last game of the regular season. It was also Lewis' first season without a single interception, after posting a career-high 6 the previous year - although admittedly, interceptions are a secondary statistic for linebackers (Lewis still finished amongst league leaders in tackles - a much more relevant statistic for linebackers). The Baltimore Ravens also failed to make the playoffs that season (2004), after winning their division the year before. Furthermore, in Week 6 the following year, Ray Lewis' season was ended by an injury.

Donovan McNabb
The Philadelphia Eagles' star quarterback Donovan McNabb was on the cover of Madden NFL 06. Throughout the 2005 season, McNabb had a highly-publicized feud with his teammate, wide receiver Terrell Owens (who was, coincidentally, the cover athlete for rival Sega Sports' ESPN NFL 2K5, though no "Curse" had been associated with that series of games). Also, in the first game of the regular season, McNabb took a hit to the chest from the helmet of Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Chad Lavalais. After the game, it was revealed that McNabb had a 'sports hernia' [1] that needed surgery. Refusing to have the required season-ending surgery while the Eagles (who had made the Super Bowl the previous season) still had a chance to make the playoffs, McNabb played in discomfort and pain throughout the season. In the tenth game of the season, McNabb re-injured his groin when shoved to the ground by Dallas linebacker Bradie James while McNabb was attempting to tackle Dallas Cowboys defensive back Roy Williams, who was returning an interception for an eventual game-winning touchdown. McNabb did play the next series but was ineffective and then decided to pack it in for the rest of the season. On November 21, 2005, McNabb, on the advice of his doctors, opted to have season-ending surgery for his sports hernia; the Eagles had been eliminated from playoff contention and finished the year with a 6-10 record, due to an enormous amount of injuries and locker room problems.. [2] [3]On November 19, 2006 in a game versus the Tennessee Titans, when he rushed to go out of bounds, Titans DE Kyle Vanden Bosch tackled him. He grabbed his right knee and was immediately tended to by trainers. He was carted of the field on a stretcher. McNabb had torn the right anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). He will be out for the rest of the 2006 season, and possibly some of next season as well.

Shaun Alexander
Prior to this year, Alexander had never missed a full game in his entire seven-season NFL career. Madden NFL 07 cover-athlete and reigning NFL MVP Shaun Alexander of the Seattle Seahawks suffered an injury a non-displaced foot fracture in his his fourth metatarsal from a chipped bone in his left foot which he received during the first game of the season against the Detroit Lions. Alexander decided to play through the pain and claimed his foot didn't bother him again until the week 3 game against the New York Giants. However, Alexander gained less than 100 yards during each of the first three games, his first such streak in the last two seasons. The Monday following Seattle's victory, Seahawks head coach Mike Holmgren said that a bone scan revealed Alexander sustained a "small crack" and "non-displaced fracture" on a non-weight-bearing bone in his foot. He was originally thought to be out for only 3-4 weeks. Alexander returned to the starting lineup in week 11 against the San Francisco 49ers, gaining only 37 yards on 17 carries in a loss.[4]Alexander has rushed for only 187 yards to this point and has yet to rush for 100 yards in a single game this season. At this point last season, Shaun Alexander had 949 rush yards.

now how can u say there is no curse? every player since 2000 has been cursed that to many to say that it a coincidence

Answer 6

No.