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- mc4_a, on 10/12/2007, -10/+41I wonder if the curse might be that football is a dangerous sport whit a high chance of injury.
- mc4_a, on 10/12/2007, -6/+29 would like to blame the curse for my typo.
- DBCubix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20This is bull. The Cleveland Browns have never been on the cover but I swear they are cursed.
- mt066, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Yeah but a lot of these are season ending injuries.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Question: Lets say you are a football player, and you have no history of injury. You have a really REALLY (we're talking league MVP status) good season last year and an EA exec approached you to be on the cover of Madden 2008 for a couple hundred k or million, would you do it?
I'm leaning towards no. I'm not superstitious, but I try not to tempt fate when possible. - satanatnmtedu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7You aren't superstitious, but you won't tempt fate.
You *are* superstitious. What you aren't is honest about it with yourself. - Phegan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Alot of people...if you don't you don't have to read it...thats the beauty of Digg...
"This looks like crap, I am not going to read it or waste my time posting" What you should have said to yourself. - konforce, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7When this counts as a "curse," anything will:
"2001 - Eddie George enjoys career year, until costly turnover leads to Titan's playoff exit"
So basically, if you are on the cover, you have to win the Super Bowl while having a career year in order to not be cursed. Let's be real and only include the people who actually did far worse than expected: Sanders, Faulk, Culpepper, Vick, McNabb, and Alexander. Six disappointments out of eight is still a good curse. As it is now, as soon as you do something wrong, you'll be added to the curse list. :P - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5 * 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, 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.
- Namco, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Most of these are a stretch. I don't think losing in the playoffs means you're cursed.
- GiJoeBob, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8It would be more remarkable if the player featured on the cover DID NOT have an injury. Just about all of the players get hurt. It is part of the game.
- canewediggit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4please put the wnba on the cover next year
- KnightMareInc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3pretty crappy presentation of the madden curse.
- mecole21, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3its a curse not a cause...
- silverbax, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Actually he fell and injured his hip
- ngmcs8203, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3With any sport comes unforeseen injuries. There is no curse. What about the year(s) that Madden was on the cover? He seems to be just fine and making butloads of money off of our addiction to this sweet... sweet franchise.
- chkltcow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1For Madden to come back from the grave to haunt us, he'd have to be dead. Unfortunately... we're not that lucky. :(
- ersnyder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That is horrible.
- bdub92, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1ITS THE APOCOLYPSE!!!
- SupaFupa, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4The Heisman curse pwns the Madden curse any day of the week.
- silverbax, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Hmm. Kind of a stretch to include Eddie George and Ray Lewis. The injuries are the curse, not some random things that happen to all players within a given point in their career or even season. Dorsey Levens was never the premier player that Vick, Alexander and McNabb were when they were on the cover. And Sanders made a choice, so he might have started the whole thing.
- abucada, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You are different then a pro athlete. Very few athletes would pass up very very very easy money, usually more then their normal player salary.
- EComni, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1To clarify the "curse" even more, the reason why the Madden curse gets attention is not just because it precludes severe season-ending injuries but because it also may show the peak to that athelete's career and popularity before a VERY sharp drop in both. Sanders, Faulk, Levens, George, and Culpepper were never as big they were when they made the Madden cover (though Sanders was by choice).
Yeah, bad luck, declines, and injuries happen somewhat frequently to high profile players, but they don't happen to EVERY high profile player, and (most importantly) they HAVE coincided somewhat regularly to every high profile player that's shown up on the cover of Madden.
Now, as was already mentioned, the curse is inconsistent in that regard, since a few players (Vick, McNabb, Lewis) are bouncing back nicely from disappointing seasons or injuries. And, if you're a logical person, you should know that curses don't exist.
Still, the Madden curse has always been an interesting coincidence that people like to talk about and observe. - rnelsonee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Neat coincidence, but not completely unexpected. EA uses the best players on their covers - the same players who are first string and playing all the time. Not to mention it's going to be a receiver or QB type position that requires exposure and a lot of dangerous contact. Call me when they put a kicker on the front, and then he gets a career-ending injury.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3LOL @ http://www.pulledmygroin.com/images/madden-curse-towers.jpg
- hockey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Eddie George didn't do as well because the Titans switched from a run heavy offense to a pass heavy offense. Plus the guy was a work horse and running backs who log a ton of carries (as George did) break down quickly. Finally George was a power back which basically means he pile drives over people as opposed to dancing around them (like Sanders).
No curse just extreme wear and tear coupled with a change in the team's game plan.
I think (correction I KNOW) the curse is bogus. What about Trent Green? Guys get hurt all the time in the NFL because it's such a high contact sport. - dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Cleveland Browns? Have you ever heard of the Arizona Cardinals?
- griz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1My point was, just because you can draw correlation between players on the cover and events in their life that doesn't make for a curse.
The idea of a curse is that something is causing events to happen as a result of association with something.
Otherwise drawing correlation between anything would be interpreted as a curse.
In otherwords, this is all just correlation. Associations of convenience to make something look like more than it really is.
I'm sure if you looked at the lives of every football player and the events in their life, you would find that there is no larger percentage of these types of events on Madden associated players. - quickjack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Don't think one play can define a season or even a career?
Ask (wide right) Scott Norwood - chadvw, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2screw the cards....what about the lions?
- JackyTreehorn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Heisman curse?!?
Are you comparing the NFL to NCAA football? Those are two different games. Only the great Mel Kiper Jr. can determine which college players will make the best NFL players. Are you saying that winning a Heisman will cause you to have an unlucky followup year? Matt Leinhart had a pretty good followup year. Archie Griffin had a damn good followup year.
The problem is that the type of players that do well in college are not necessarily the type of players that do well in the NFL. In college, "mobile quarterbacks" are in vogue. In the NFL, of those QBs who have started actual games, only Vick fits that role. In college, you see plenty of shotgun formations, option plays, and weird-ass punting formations. The NFL is too refined for any of that to work.
I'm sure you're thinking of players like Jason White. At OU, he was a dead accurate passer who wouldn't get rushed. Even with two bum knees he almost won two Heismans. All QBs get rushed in the NFL, and one more torn knee ligament would have left any prospective NFL team with a backup QB at the helm.
There's no Heisman curse. You're comparing two different things. - inigomntoya, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5If the players on the list had more closely related experiences, I would have dugg this. But, because everything that has happened to them has probably happened to over 75% of ALL NFL players, this is really lame.
- mc4_a, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2So basically you're superstitious, but you want to pretend like you're not superstitious. If you feel like being on the cover of a video game is "tempt[ing] fate" you are superstitious.
- dandaman0061, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1ahhhh!
rnelsonee is putting curses on people! - steveyoung2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That picture is the worst picture i have ever seen.
how could you post that, that is so in bad taste. you are a stupid moron for doing that. thousands of people lost their lives that day and you are making fun of it. how can you live with yourself? You sir, are a jackass. - mckidder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Thats funny
- griz, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Does anyone know the difference between cause and correlation?
- apotropaic, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1You guys got it all wrong... there has obviously something wrong with the RAMS since winning the big one in 99.... just not the same I tell you.
- linebacker52, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Madden NFL 2008: Reggie Bush is diagnosed with arthritis of the knees after rushing for 98,000 yards in a single season.
- mc4_a, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2He choked on a McNugget that year.
- Keropipi, on 10/12/2007, -8/+6One hell of a coincidence
- mt066, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Madden is coming back from the grave to haunt us!!!!
- mc4_a, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Meant as a reply to "OMGWTFROFLMAO". I need to stop posting in this thread.
- EdLesMann, on 10/12/2007, -7/+4Bull. This is nothing more then life. Here I will prove it to you with a new prediction.
Within the next day to a year, you will have suffered a injury (from a sprained ankle to a jammed finger or even possibly a broken bone) and you may have a bad day.
Thats pretty much all thats happened. There doesnt seem to be any single item that all of them sufferd (eg some were injured, others didnt perform well, and a few no longer had jobs). Now if it was something like every player featured broke his right leg or died or any ailment that they ALL suffered from after appearing...that I would consider a curse. This is just a bunch of BULL. - fffizzz, on 10/12/2007, -8/+4I just happen to have Mr Alexander on my roster for Fantasy Football too... Its funny I see this story because my brother and I were actually talking about the madden curse earlier, as I didn't know what it was.
- Bokista, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2Way too add one item to an already existing list and post it as news, Joystiq.
- Dested, on 10/12/2007, -11/+2 Do Do do do Do Do do do
- nwkeeley, on 10/12/2007, -10/+1ugh who cares about this crap
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