RGIII - They are going to come calling - Please say no to Madden

[Boss_Hogg]

Look at every cover player and then look at every season they had following the cover.

Peyton Hillis - sucked, commitment questioned
Brees - throws 22 interceptions
Polamalu - missed 11 games
Fitzgerald - had one of the worst years of his career
Favre - scandal/injuries/bad season
Young - played in 3 games
Alexander - broken foot
McNabb - one of the worst years
Vick - broken leg
Faulk - never rushed for 1000 yards again
Culpepper - knee injury

etc. etc.

If it's all a coincidence, then whatever. Not willing to take the risk with RG3. lol

Eddie George was the first cover athlete. His game went south very quickly. Ray Lewis also suffered an I injury in 2005 and only played in 6 games.

[PapaLazarou]

Luckily for Cam Newton he didn't get on the cover, or else he would have been cursed this year...

[skins island connection]

And lets not forget the Campbell's Chunky Soup commercial jinx also.
Philly never went to the game while they did them, and now the jinx is on the Giants.
Campbell's Chunky Soup sucks; well, not really, its actually good, but we're not telling RGIII this...

[Dallsux]

Yeah it's voted by fans now.

If you're a Redskin fan, do NOT vote for RG3.

I'm voting for Vick, Romo, or Eli for the next cover. I'm not generally superstitious, but something is definitely rotten in Denmark with the cover of Madden.

---------- Post added November-3rd-2012 at 07:01 PM ----------

And lets not forget the Campbell's Chunky Soup commercial jinx also.
Philly never went to the game while they did them, and now the jinx is on the Giants.
Campbell's Chunky Soup sucks; well, not really, its actually good, but we're not telling RGIII this...

Except that Cruz is having a good season so far so...it would seem that Campbell's "jinx" is in your head.

[Rumple_Stiltskin]

Griff is on the cover of NCAA 13 now.....maybe if he gets the cover of Madden 14 it will reverse the course which is Fed Ex field. anyone know if there has been a player featured on the cover of NCAA and then held the cover to the professional version of the game the following year. ie Griff on the cover of NCAA 13 and then on Madden 14? Would be pretty special to have one of our own be the first! Its not only an accomplishment for RG but an accomplishment for our franchise and their publicity.

[Rabsuz]

I am a superstitous person, but I don't believe in the Madden Curse. It's kinda like the Forer effect.

That being said, I will not tempt fate, I will be voting against RG3 for the Madden cover.

[Zazzaro703]

The Madden Curse combined with the Fed Ex Curse could open another dimension of bad luck in which the Redskins just vanish off the face of the earth and from history books as if they never existed. I say we give Eli Manning the Madden cover he deserves being a two time Superbowl MVP and all.

[Born In 93]

id love to see a skin on the cover of madden, always been surprised no one from the skins, cowboys, or giants ever been on the cover.

Don't believe in no type of curses

[dreamshatterer]

Griff is on the cover of NCAA 13 now.....maybe if he gets the cover of Madden 14 it will reverse the course which is Fed Ex field. anyone know if there has been a player featured on the cover of NCAA and then held the cover to the professional version of the game the following year. ie Griff on the cover of NCAA 13 and then on Madden 14? Would be pretty special to have one of our own be the first! Its not only an accomplishment for RG but an accomplishment for our franchise and their publicity.

Following year? No. But Shaun Alexander did do both. NCAA 2001 - Madden 2007

[joeknows]

Yeah it's voted by fans now.

If you're a Redskin fan, do NOT vote for RG3.

this CANNOT be stressed enough

[Sizzla3000]

Is he even still in the NFL?

[justice98]

The curse is BS. It is mostly just an example of confirmation bias, plus the fact that to be on Madden you need to have an outstanding year and it is rare to have back to back years of perfect health and high production. There is also clearly a lot of bad luck, but not too much to be considered a coincidence. Nevertheless I will not vote for RG3. Better safe that sorry. When he wins just don't freak out over it.

So a curse is BS, but luck isn't?

---------- Post added November-4th-2012 at 09:14 AM ----------

Look at every cover player and then look at every season they had following the cover.

Peyton Hillis - sucked, commitment questioned
Brees - throws 22 interceptions
Polamalu - missed 11 games
Fitzgerald - had one of the worst years of his career
Favre - scandal/injuries/bad season
Young - played in 3 games
Alexander - broken foot
McNabb - one of the worst years
Vick - broken leg
Faulk - never rushed for 1000 yards again
Culpepper - knee injury

etc. etc.

If it's all a coincidence, then whatever. Not willing to take the risk with RG3. lol

Maybe it's a curse, maybe it isn't, but at some point, stuff ceases to be random coincidence.

What's funny is all the psycho babble terms explaining why it's not a curse. lol

[ixcuincle]

There is no such thing as a Madden curse

It's football and players get injured or regress. I'm not saying he will do so, but if he has a "sophomore slump" next year, and he isn't on the cover, people will say NFL adapted to him, et cetera.

But when the cover's involved, and the same thing happens, it's a magical "curse"!

[Leonard Washington]

They should do covers of guys who never had a chance to be on the cover: Walter Payton, Terry Bradshaw, Deion Sanders etc OR they could have each franchise select a unique cover.

[ciresolstice]

I'll never understand superstition, just can't buy in and subscribe to it. It's so silly to me. Should have died in the days of witch hunts, blood letting and opium as a cure all elixer.

I think Eli would be a good cover boy, or perhaps Clay Mathews, A.J. Green, Aaron Rodgers, Matt Ryan, ...or Marshawn Lynch, but there is still half a season left, we'll see. Alfred Morris or RG3 on the cover would be awesome to me..I hope they both continue to impress and have a great season. httr!


^^^ That's a great idea Ldub. Honor some legends on the cover...that'd be sweet to me.