Madden Curse Continues

The infamous Madden curse continues. Vince Young injured himself this past weekend against Tampa Bay. Young, who injured his right quadriceps, has not practiced all week and remains a game-time decision for this weekend. Although this injury doesn’t look to be that serious, it still adds to the impressive list of madden cover’s who have been injured in the following year. The list of cursed players is as follows: Daunte Culpepper, Marshall Faulk, Michael Vick, Ray Lewis, Donovan McNabb, Shaun Alexander, and Vince Young. Daunte Culpepper’s season was ended to a back injury in the 11th game of the 2001 season. He was the first madden cover player to suffer a season ending injury in the season following. Marshall Faulk was the next cover player and in 2002 he suffered an ankle injury, missing five games. Michael Vick was the next cover to get injured during a following season. In the 2003 season Vick broke his right fibula in the preseason and missed all but the final five games. The next season doesn’t really follow the madden curse because Ray Lewis wasn’t injured. The only reason he is included is because the 04 season for Lewis was nothing near his previous two. Donovan McNabb was on the cover for the 2005 season in which was ended due to sports hernia surgery. Last year was Shaun Alexander who broke his foot in the 2006 season after one of the best running performances in NFL history in the 2005 season. He missed six starts and has failed to get back to form since that time. LaDainian Tomlinson reportedly declined to be on the cover of Madden, and we all know what kind of start he’s had. I wonder if the Madden curse has affected him in some weird way as well. Vince Young is the newest addition to this “club” or whatever you might call it. Whether or not this injury will affect him at all, we’ll have to wait and see.