Brett Favre Shows Why the Madden Curse Lives On

Year after year players refuse to believe in the "Madden Curse." Even though every year since 2000, every player on the cover of Madden Football has had some type of bad luck happen to them. Let's go through the list.   2000  - Barry Sanders was originally on the cover of Madden, but abruptly retired from the Detroit Lions. Since Sanders retired early enough, EA Sports was able to replace Sanders with Green Bay Packers running back Dorsey Levens. Levens was bothered by a knee injury all that year and was used only as a backup for the rest of his time with Green Bay.   2001 - Eddie George was coming off a career year where his Tennessee Titan team went to the Super Bowl. But in 2001, George's yards per carry average dropped to a career low, as did his total yards.   2002 - Daunte Culpepper, coming off an astounding year where his team made the NFC Championship game, was put on the cover of Madden. He then started off the season 4-7 while missing the last five ... (link)