Do you smash mirrors and think nothing of it? Do you walk under ladders? Do you consciously and intentionally pick Friday the 13 to take long plane trips? Chances are you have some familiarity with superstitions and may or may not believe them. Well, in the wonderful world of sports simulation games, there are superstitions as well.
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Just look at the runner up to the cover last year, Mike Vick. He had a terrible year, had he won, we'd be saying it was a curse. Instead it was just Vick being Vick and getting injured like every other year and not being accurate with his passes.
If anyone out there thinks there is a such thing as a Madden curse or any other kind of curse, you have my pity.