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Somewhere, John Madden is smiling. And eating. While smiling.
Madden’s long-time football I-just-wish-I-could-quit-you guy, Brett Favre, will adorn the cover of the Madden 2009 video game, according to SportsBusiness Daily.
So what will the potential Madden jinx be for a guy who won’t be playing football in 2008? (We’re not asking it rhetorically — we’re giving you guys an opener for some creative and/or smart-alecky comments.)
April 24th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
bleh. i think this was a poor decision on EA sports’ part. Favre’s had his share of accolades and there is a ton of new talent in the league. You’re telling me they couldn’t find ANYone else? lame.
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Rating: 4.35 / 5 with 6 rating(s)
April 24th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Will he be forced to return to play for the Falcons on the same team as Pacman Jones and Chris Henry?
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Rating: 2.75 / 5 with 4 rating(s)
April 24th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Snapper and Wrangler are saying “Oh crap” to themselves right about now. Look for their stock to drop within hours.
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Rating: 3.25 / 5 with 4 rating(s)
April 24th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Brett is going to have a career low passing percentage of hitting cans off a fence in Wrangler commercials.
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Rating: 3.15 / 5 with 6 rating(s)
April 24th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Well of course, he’ll be cursed and he’ll come back to play for the Falcons, where he’ll sustain a terrible injury, forcing him to re-retire. It’s karma baby, karma.
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Rating: 3.15 / 5 with 6 rating(s)
April 24th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
It’s a shame the “Madden” people put more time into debating who to put on the cover than they do into making the product better and more innovative.
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Rating: 4.3 / 5 with 14 rating(s)
April 24th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Aaron Rodgers down, week 1. Insert Daunte Fumblinpepper?
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Rating: 2.6 / 5 with 7 rating(s)
April 24th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
And the winners of the 2009 Super Bowl… the Green Bay Packers
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Rating: 3 / 5 with 12 rating(s)
April 24th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Packers win it all.
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Rating: 2.9 / 5 with 12 rating(s)
April 24th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
He comes back to play for San Francisco and tears an ACL.
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Rating: 3.65 / 5 with 6 rating(s)
April 24th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
As a fan of football, I am glad no active player got the cover. All the superstars of the league are a lot safer today.
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Rating: 5 / 5 with 4 rating(s)
April 24th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
He’ll accidentally disfigure his 5 o’clock shadow while filming another commercial for Wrangler jeans.
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Rating: 3.25 / 5 with 4 rating(s)
April 24th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
his heartburn returns or his Wrangler jeans give him crotch rot
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Rating: 3 / 5 with 4 rating(s)
April 24th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Either:
A) Aaron Rodgers gets injured in camp, Favre returns to suffer career ending injury
OR
B) Favre comes back and plays for another team, alienating his fans, and possible combination of option A
OR
C) Brett Favre makes it rain in Mississippi strip club (or some other similar character destroying move) and ruins reputation and is not going to be a first ballot HoF entree
OR
D) brett favre dies
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Rating: 3.35 / 5 with 6 rating(s)
April 24th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Maybe this means Shaun Alexander will be the MVP again?
(um, yeah, that’s all I came up with… not very creative I know…)
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Rating: 1 / 5 with 4 rating(s)
April 24th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Best curse: the packers win the superbowl leading to about 100000 articles about him hanging it up too soon.
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Rating: 3 / 5 with 5 rating(s)
April 24th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Maybe this could break the curse? Good idea though, maybe that was their thinking!
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Rating: 1 / 5 with 2 rating(s)
April 24th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
The next Madden Curse will be poor Lord Favre ripping the crotch out of his Lee’s during a crazy pick up game and everyone one learning that he is a fan of going “Commando”.
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Rating: 2.35 / 5 with 3 rating(s)
April 24th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Does this mean there will be a version of Madden in the upcoming release that will have all of the players in the game be Brett Favre?
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Rating: 2.6 / 5 with 5 rating(s)
April 24th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
I’m a Vikings fan, so obviously I have to hate Favre. I believe he is one of the best quarterbacks and one of the most fun to watch, and would have loved to have him as the Vikings quarterback for the last however many years he played. The guy has been through enough bad luck off the field in his life and doesn’t need anything else to go wrong for him. I hope the Madden curse doesn’t affect him, and he can enjoy his retirement, watching his “replacement” get beat up by the Vikes D-Line, and Linebackers.
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Rating: 3.5 / 5 with 6 rating(s)
April 24th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
aaron rodgers will get the jinx
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Rating: 2.35 / 5 with 3 rating(s)
April 24th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Maybe the curse will hit favre while he’s on his tractor…
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Rating: 3.5 / 5 with 4 rating(s)
April 24th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
So, when Favre comes back does this mean he’ll suck or get injured?
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Rating: 2.25 / 5 with 4 rating(s)
April 24th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
The jinx - Favre will start talking like Emmitt Smith when he’s on TV.
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Rating: 4 / 5 with 6 rating(s)
April 24th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
The jinx will be him coming back and sucking
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Rating: 2.25 / 5 with 4 rating(s)