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Madden curse (updated with history of injuries for the lazy)
Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:17 pm
by Chris Luva Luva
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2602571
Well there you have it. Go bye Shaun. Although Im sad to see ANY player get hurt....
Heres a hearty
to the Chicken fans!!
Alexander in May of 2006 wrote:"I don't believe in curses," Alexander says. "I'm always the person that goes against the grain, the baseball player who grabs the random bat. Once you start believing in curses, you have to think about what sock you put on, how many times you stepped on a crack, did you pass a black cat, did you walk under a ladder, did you open an umbrella in the house. After that you get worn out.
Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:35 pm
by JPM36
Very weird.
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:02 am
by SkinsChic
That's really creepy - hoping none of our guys ever get that "honor".
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:12 am
by Chris Luva Luva
1998 1999 - Garrison Hearst - Injured; while playing against the Falcons, twisted his ankle on very first play of scrimmage
1999 2000(1) - Barry Sanders - Abruptly retired during training camp in 1999.
1999 2000(2) - Dorsey Levens - Cut by the Packers in 2001 and finished his career as a journeyman player.
2000 2001 - Eddie George - Key fumble vs. Ravens in playoffs; team lost in Divisional Playoff after losing Super Bowl XXXIV
2001 2002 - Daunte Culpepper - Injured; missed 5 games in 2001; team missed playoffs after losing NFC Championship in 2000
2002 2003 - Marshall Faulk - Injured; least productive season as a Ram up to that point; team missed playoffs after losing Super Bowl XXXVI
2003 2004 - Michael Vick - Injured; missed 11 games after breaking leg in 2003 preseason; team missed playoffs after losing Divisional Playoff in 2002
2004 2005 - Ray Lewis - Broke wrist and missed Pro Bowl; Critically seen as an off year; team missed playoffs after losing Wild Card Playoff in 2003
2005 2006 - Donovan McNabb - Injured; missed 7 games in 2005; team missed playoffs after losing Super Bowl XXXIX
2006 2007 - Shaun Alexander - Injured Week 3; cracked a bone in his left foot during a 42-30 win over the New York Giants. Out indefinitely.
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:15 am
by Redskins Rule
Pretty soon teams are going to start putting clauses in their players contracts preventing them from accepting the "honor" of being on the Madden cover.
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:45 am
by Arionquinn
They need to go back to putting Madden on the cover like back in the early 90s.
Or maybe the curse could work on commentators, too, and we can convince Joe Buck to be on it so he can go back to boring us with his jokes during baseball games in October.
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 12:06 pm
by Fios
I vote for Tony Siragusa and his awful, awful sideline shtick
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:21 am
by Irn-Bru
Have they put talking heads in Madden yet? It's not like it'd be hard--just find a woman with a nice voice and have them say the same 3 things over and over again.
It'd be an exact representation. . .'if it's in the game, it's in the game,' right?
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 1:12 pm
by Fios
I like what
this guy had to say about this
No, I have no shame
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 3:45 pm
by Hooligan
Would putting Joe Theisman on the cover nullify the curse?