Posted on Mon Sep 25, 2006 at 06:39:11 PM EST in NFL
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Madden cover jinx
When EA Sports announced that Shaun Alexander would be on the cover of Madden 2007, we knew it was only a matter of time before a
major injury hit Alexander. Well, that time is now. The Seahawks announced that Alexander will be out indefinitely with a broken bone in his left foot. Mike Holmgren revealed that Alexander broke the bone sometime in the game against the New York Giants.
Time to update the Madden cover jinx hit list.
- 2001 Eddie George: His jinx took a year to kick in but his rushing production went from 1509 yards to 939 the year after appearing on the cover.
- 2002 Daunte Culpepper: Daunte went from fantasy stud (33 TDs and 3937 yards) to fantasy dud (14 TDs and 2612 yards) and finally succumbed to a knee injury.
- 2003 Marshall Faulk: Total production went from 2147 to 1490 all purpose yards, a 44% decrease. The Rams went from Super Bowl runner up to 7-9.
- 2004 Michael Vick: Broke his ankle in a preseason game. The quickest jinx in Madden history.
- 2005 Ray Lewis: Ray Lewis avoids the cover jinx... because he was just standing there.. didn't see a thing. Nope. Didn't see a thing.
- 2006 Donovan McNabb: DMac got into a highly publicized feud with Terrell Owens and then had his season cut short by a sports hernia.
- 2007 Shaun Alexander: Breaks bone in left foot in the third game of the season.
Links:
[MSNBC]: Alexander out indefinitely with broken foot
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