Curse advocates point to the 2001 season following his appearance on the cover, during which he averaged only 3 yards per carry and rushed for career lows of 939 yards and 5 touchdowns due to a nagging toe injury that bothered him the entire season. However, after an injury in the 2000 season, Levens never again rushed for more than 411 yards in a season, doing back-up duty for three different teams in the last four years of his career.Įddie George, then of the Tennessee Titans, who graced the Madden NFL 2001 box, is often said to be the next 'cursed' player, even though in the year he was on the cover, he had career highs in yardage and touchdowns. Levens rushed for 1,034 yards that season. Also, unlike other victims of the curse who had various problems in the years they appeared on the cover, Sanders rushed for 1,491 yards in his final season, and was closing in on the all time rushing record then held by Walter Payton.ĭorsey Levens was featured on the 2000 cover that was released in PAL regions. Sanders' part in the curse is debated because he is not pictured alone on the box, and he had willingly retired. However, a week before training camp began in 1999, Sanders abruptly retired - ending his career and leaving the Detroit Lions without their star running back of the previous 10 years. Within a shaded background image, Barry Sanders shared the cover with the then-customary picture of John Madden on the North American NTSC version of Madden NFL 2000. (It is worth noting that there are two versions of the Madden NFL '99 cover-the European PAL version with Hearst, and the more common North American NTSC version still showing John Madden.)īarry Sanders and Dorsey Levens (2000) He led the San Francisco 49ers to the playoffs and a wild card win over the Green Bay Packers, but on the first play of the divisional game versus the Atlanta Falcons, he suffered a bad ankle break and his team would go on to lose the game. Hearst's 1998 season was the best of his career, rushing for 1,570 yards and seven touchdowns. Garrison Hearst was the first player to ever be featured on a Madden cover, appearing on the European PAL version of Madden NFL 99. 1.12 Troy Polamalu and Larry Fitzgerald (2010).1.11 Brett Favre and Roberto Garza (2009).1.10 Vince Young and Luis Castillo (2008).1.2 Barry Sanders and Dorsey Levens (2000).
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In total, the 23 cover players since 1999 had a total of 110 Pro Bowl appearances prior to their Madden cover appearances, compared with just 25 Pro Bowl appearances afterward. The "Madden Curse" has evolved into a much-reported phenomenon, with several news and sports media outlets referring to it as a phenomenon on par with the fabled Sports Illustrated cover jinx. These performances and injuries resulted in speculation of a curse. Marshall Faulk, Daunte Culpepper, Michael Vick, Donovan McNabb, Shaun Alexander, and Vince Young all have suffered injuries in their season appearing on the cover. Players who have appeared on the cover in subsequent years have generally failed to reproduce their success of the previous years, for a variety of reasons.
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The Madden Curse, also known as the Madden Cover Jinx, is a conjecture involving the video game series Madden NFL, stating that the season a player appears on the cover, that player will be cursed with either an injury or poor performance.īefore 1998, the cover included only an image of John Madden.
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