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Madden Curse Strikes Again!
09/11/2009 Written by Anthony Severino
It’s been long said that EA’s Madden is cursed. Any athlete brave enough to be featured on the flagship NFL franchise’s game cover, risks falling under that curse. After last night’s NFL season opener, the Madden curse has struck again.
While not as substantial of an injury as previous cursed Madden cover athletes, this years cover athlete Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburgh Steelers, injured his knee in last night’s game versus the Tennessee Titans.
While trying to recover a blocked field goal attempt, Titan’s tight end Alge Crumpler fell awkwardly across Polamalu’s knee, resulting in a sprained Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL).
Troy Polamalu will be out for 3-6 weeks.
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Uh oh. I drafted Fitz in the second round. Please don’t get hurt!
Brett Farve got hurt last season, he said it on espn and so did the JETS
lol I just thought of that. That is crazy first game played and injured lol. Damn Madden you are like the Grim Reaper from Final Destination there is no escaping you
Makes me wonder why football players are so eager to get on the cover of that accursed game.
That’s a shame I had that before and it feels horrible, kinda like you don’t want anyone near your knee again and it’s hard to get back out that after you rehab it. NFL should start adding a clause in players contracts making them pass on the Madden Cover, lol. But seriously.
Wow that totally sucks from what I have seen polamalu is one hell of a player.
damn.. Larry Fitzgerald better watch out..I just hope no more Falcon players gert the cover..lol
Saw that in the game yesterday…
during pre-game they showed an interview with Troy where he said he prays for his physical safety (no pun intended). Only an hour later he was severely injured. I hope he gets back ASAP.
*cue Twilight Zone theme*
I hope he gets better sooner than expected.
Its only a matter of time before Fitz get hurt also. Sad, but it is going to happen. I do not know why these guys would go on the cover when the know about the Madden curse.
NOOOOOOO! When will they learn
good!!!!! that’s all I have to say!!!
This sucks hopefully Pitt won’t miss him to much.
Are there actually $60 worth of changes each year to MADDEN? or has EA just brainwashed football fans to spend $60 each year for what normally would be a $10 DLC ? to change rosters… I’ve had this discussion with some of my die hard madden fan friends and they seem to dwindling?
hahahaah that’s hilarious.
wow that is messed up! lol
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