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Madden 2008 Chooses Cover Boy, Victim

News Type: Event — Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:29 PM EDT

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Will the Madden Cover Curse Strike Vince Young?

  • He's doomed
    52%
  • He was overrated anyway
    20%
  • Players control their own fate
    28%

Total Votes: 244

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Bad news for you Titans fans. Vince "He just wins" Young will grace the Madden 2008 cover as well as appear in commercials promoting the game during the telecast of the upcoming NFL Draft.

Good luck rarely finds the cover boy, and many hold the theory that the cover is cursed. All players to find themselves on the cover of Madden have experienced some combination of injury or ineffectiveness the following season, and sometime carrying over for the rest of their career.

This is bad news for a young team that was starting to make waves at the end of this past season. The Titans have already lost budding star corner Pacman Jones for a season long suspension due to off field issues. The team also lost two of their top running backs, Travis Henry and Chris Brown, to free agency. This once hot team could find themselves in a serious regression next season.

Before last season ever started, I was able to use the curse to predict Shaun Alexander's injury and ineffectiveness. The Madden Cover Curse never fails.

This article was originally posted in I Write Football.

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bigfatdrunk

NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooo.

Poor Vince.

Hook em!

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Reply#1 - Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:46 AM EDT
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HonkyTonk

If anyone can break the curse, it's VY.

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    Reply#2 - Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:13 PM EDT
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    Adam Hobson

    He does "just win".

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    #2.1 - Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:45 PM EDT
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    {"commentId":651389,"authorDomain":"bigfatdrunk"}
    bigfatdrunk

    Deadspin had a write-up yesterday saying that LaDainian Tomlinson turned down the original offer to be on the catalog. It's claimed he denied the chance for the "money" instead of because of the curse. Yeah, right.

    Of course, you're talking to Wade Boggs Jr. here on the stupid-stitious front.

    :-)

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      Reply#3 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:36 AM EDT
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      Joshua Deacon

      Well crap. My day is officially ruined. Why oh why? Why couldn't they pick Drew Brees, Tony Romo, or Peyton Manning.

      I think it's just a conspiracy of the top successful quarterbacks. Snuff a rising star out before it can gain momentum.

      If its going to be an injury, it will probably happen at the beginning of the pre-season.

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      Reply#4 - Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:30 PM EDT
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      Kyle Baxter

      All I can say: Thank God it isn't Cutler. Can we wait for a few rings before he gets on?

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