A “We told you so” might be in order for the fans of the Cleveland Browns and Peyton Hillis. Last off-season it was up to you, the fan, to select which NFL player will most likely be injured with the Madden Curse for the 2011-2012 NFL season.
A vote for your favorite player meant they were one step away from ending the season on the IR. We tried to explain you need to vote for the person you wanted hurt the most, but you didn’t listen.
When a player is put as the cover of the Madden video game he almost always becomes injured that season…see for yourself.
The 2001 Madden NFL cover featured Tennessee Titans running back Eddie George, who led his team to the Super Bowl the previous year. He was constantly hampered by multiple injuries and saw his rushing average sink to an all-time low.
The 2002 cover of Madden NFL featured Minnesota Vikings quarterback Daunte Culpepper, who the previous year made his NFL debut and took his team to the NFC Championship Game. In 2001 the Vikings struggled, and then Culpepper missed the last five games with a knee injury.
The 2003 cover of Madden featured St. Louis Rams running back Marshall Faulk, and during the next season he was bothered by an injured ankle as his rushing total dropped under the 1,000-yard mark after four straight seasons of 1,300 or more yards.
The 2004 cover of Madden NFL featured Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick. The Falcons quarterback suffered a fractured right fibula in a preseason game one day after Madden NFL 2004 hit store shelves; he played in only five games that year.
The 2005 cover of Madden featured Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, who did not record a single interception that season and sat out the final game with an injury as the Ravens just missed the playoffs. The next season he missed 10 games as he suffered a torn right hamstring.
The 2006 cover of Madden featured Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb. After he was selected for the 2006 Madden cover, McNabb said that the injuries associated with it “might be a trend, but I don’t believe in the curse at all.” McNabb suffered a sports hernia in the first game of the 2005 season and missed the final seven games of the season.
The 2007 cover of Madden NFL featured Seattle Seahawks running back Shaun Alexander, who was fresh off a Super Bowl appearance. Three weeks into the 2006 season, Alexander broke his left foot and missed his team’s next six games.
The 2008 cover of Madden NFL featured Tennessee Titans rookie quarterback Vince Young. The Titans quarterback hurt the quadriceps in his right leg during the Titans’ fifth game of the 2007 season and didn’t participate in Tennessee’s game against the Houston Texans the following week. Young’s problems extended off the field as his mental stability was questioned, and he would lose his job to Kerry Collins.
The 2009 cover of Madden NFL featured New York Jets quarterback Brett Favre, who was injured and continued to play while his team missed the playoffs. The next season he had his best year statistically at the age of 40, but his injuries sustained at the end of the season have caused him problems during the 2010 season.
The 2010 cover of Madden NFL who featured New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees who played the season with a with a fracture and a torn meniscus in his left knee.
And now the 2011 cover of Madden NFLfeatures Peyton Hillis who has now been ruled out with an injured hamstring that could have him sidelined for an unaccountable time. Reported by ESPN, Cleveland’s running back, who since the season started has been involved in controversies surrounding contract negotiations with the Browns and his decision to sit out a game with strep throat, is again at the center of a mini-mystery surrounding an injury he sustained in Sunday’s game at Oakland. Hillis is nursing a strained left hamstring, an injury Browns coach Pat Shurmur said happened on a carry in the first quarter of Sunday’s 24-17 loss to the Raiders. An MRI taken Monday confirmed Hillis’ injury.
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