Madden Curse

[defense]

Now with Favre's interception-ridden playoff-less season(pending the Jets don't come back in the 2ish minutes left in the Miami-New York game), do you believe in the "Madden Curse"?

I didn't before, but now I do

[RedsoxRockies]

This is related: Why don't the Patriots get to make the playoffs if the Jets lose and the Ravens win? They would be tied for first...

[HoustonGM]

No. A video game cover does not effect the outcome of football games.

Curses aren't real.

[defense]

No. A video game cover does not effect the outcome of football games.

Curses aren't real.

How do you explain how the majority of Madden cover players having subpar or injury-ridden seasons without any playoff appearances?

[HoustonGM]

How do you explain how the majority of Madden cover players having subpar or injury-ridden seasons without any playoff appearances?

Coincidence. It's certainly not some magic voodoo.

[defense]

Coincidence. It's certainly not some magic voodoo.

Well that is what you believe. There is really no way to prove that it does or doesn't exsist.

[RedsoxRockies]

It is like religion, it is a way to explain something.

[YEAH DAAAAWG]

It is like religion, it is a way to explain something that is otherwise unexplainable.

fixed.

[RickD]

No. A video game cover does not effect the outcome of football games

Exactly

[etothep]

lets take a lot at who they've selected....
garrison hearst - did anyone honestly expect him to have a repeat year from the previous year's stats?

eddie george - a workhorse back who took more hits than any other player while he was in the league, the fact that he didn't break down before the madden cover suprises me more

michael vick - a qb who didn't have any accuracy to begin with & obviously didn't bother surrounding himself with the most reputable people, which typically leads to a downfall of some sort

ray lewis - happened to get injured (not a serious injury mind you) the season following his cover, but I don't think anyone wouldn't take him on their team right now

brett favre - what made people think that last season wasn't the fluke instead of the 2 seasons previous to that one?

donovan mcnabb - is always one of the most underrated qbs in the year, being successful w/o any 'good' wideouts or his team trying to establish a running game

vince young - many weren't expecting anything more from him than what you got with vick (a runner who would struggle to get 7 yards per pass & a 60% completion percentage)

shaun alexander - see eddie george...another guy who carried the load at the most injury prone position in sports & wore down...a rb nearing 30 years old getting plagued by injuries is more typical than atypical


have I forgot anyone?

[EVEN11323]

Culpepper in 2002. Horrible season.

[etothep]

As I've posted before, I think Culpepper's success was correlated with Moss being on his team. A running QB getting a knee injury isn't atypical either

Since Even posted, I will go ahead and make my prediction that Peterson gets the cover next year & his fumble problems continue. Due to the fumble problems, Peterson will start trying to do too much when he has the ball & it will lead to a nasty hit & season ending injury.

[JayC]

No. A video game cover does not effect the outcome of football games.

So obviously true. The Campbell's Chunky Soup curse, though, was real. A soup can label is much more powerful than a video game cover.

Oh and that SI magazine curse thing? That's just silly... a magazine cover?

[gRYFYN1]

Since Even posted, I will go ahead and make my prediction that Peterson gets the cover next year & his fumble problems continue. Due to the fumble problems, Peterson will start trying to do too much when he has the ball & it will lead to a nasty hit & season ending injury.

Even that isn't too far fetched - the knock on Peterson was that he was a power back with an upright running style and most thought that he was just an injury waiting to happen.


Cover or not, no one would be surprised if AP misses a large chunk of time .

[etothep]

Even that isn't too far fetched - the knock on Peterson was that he was a power back with an upright running style and most thought that he was just an injury waiting to happen.


Cover or not, no one would be surprised if AP misses a large chunk of time .

For the record, I'm not wishing or hoping for that, in case its taken that way by anyone. I like Peterson (he's great to watch) and I think he's a great star for the NFL & he seems to be a nice guy off the field as well.