Madden Curse

[Dan Darragh]

1 hour ago, Big Turk said:

Hopefully he doesn't get hurt late in the year and miss 2/3 of next season now.

If we lose to the Jets, shut him down for the season?

[Buffalo_Stampede]

Bills Curse > Madden Curse.

 

The Madden curse is afraid of the Bills curse.

[Nelius]

It’s like curse inception then, the most cursed. What a miserable season.

[BuffaloButt]

1 hour ago, Mango said:

A bunch of us saw this coming. We seem to forget EA sports is the one doing this to us. Allen didn’t have to be on the cover, but he did it, and now everything is ruined. 

 

We just have to hunker down and get through. We will be OK. 

 

 

When will we be okay?

[Nuncha]

8 hours ago, Dr.Sack said:

Madden curse is career ending injury. Did I miss something or are the Bills still in contention?

You missed something because this team is clearly NOT in contention of anything except a higher-than-expected draft pick in 2024.

[Billsatlastin2018]

7 hours ago, Teddy KGB said:

Numbers are tough 

13 & 12 sure as ***** are, for these Billsies!

[Nuncha]

9 hours ago, Bferra13 said:

McDermott curse.

I'm not defending him, but this team was cursed long before McD was alive.

[CircleTheWagons99]

9 hours ago, Dr.Sack said:

The Bills will lose because that’s what you concluded? Is Zach Wilson suddenly better than our QB? Last I checked the score is 0-0. We have 60 minutes to find out who wins.

This guy may be new around here.....

[Nephilim17]

I was just thinking about the Madden curse before seeing this. There could be a couple rational reasons why cover players have bad years...

 

1. Hubris. It makes a player feel like the biggest superstar in the game. Remember, these are people in their 20s, not adults with a long period of maturity as a frame of reference. When Josh is saying crap like "I'm the best athlete in the world!" on video, you know his head has gotten bigger (and not because it's filled with more football study).

2. Other teams are more motivated to take you down.

 

I think psychology is huge in sports and I don't think being on the Madden cover is a good thing. Maybe it's just dumb luck but Josh's psyche is not in the right place this year and being on Madden surely didn't help.

[Ramza86]

Madden curse came straight for Hollywood Josh.

 

Its over boys.

[TampaBillsJunkie]

I almost started this thread last week. The Madden Curse is real. It went to Josh's head and he thinks he can just physically overcome his mental issues. Josh went Hollywood and the first year he gets all the endorsements and Hollywood GF, his play turns to sh!t.

[Yobogoya!]

I thought it was the @Araiza Curse??

[Milanos Milano]

38 minutes ago, Yobogoya! said:

I thought it was the @Araiza Curse??

Could be a combination of 2 curses at once. 

[Saxum]

12 hours ago, Mango said:

A bunch of us saw this coming. We seem to forget EA sports is the one doing this to us. Allen didn’t have to be on the cover, but he did it, and now everything is ruined. 

 

We just have to hunker down and get through. We will be OK. 

 

I wish Madden would put the commissioner on the package.  Maybe it would cause revenues to plummet for a year and get him fired.

[Mango]

1 minute ago, Limeaid said:

 

I wish Madden would put the commissioner on the package.  Maybe it would cause revenues to plummet for a year and get him fired.

 

That is the year the league folds. 

[Yobogoya!]

22 minutes ago, Araiza Curse said:

Could be a combination of 2 curses at once. 

 

A curse within a curse?

 

Curse-inception??? 

[RousseauRage]

So dumb...he's led the league in turnovers and TDs since he's been in the league...status quo.

[Not at the table Karlos]

12 hours ago, Dr.Sack said:

Madden curse is career ending injury. Did I miss something or are the Bills still in contention?

Going through the list of cover athletes. Which ones had career ending injuries? I’m only at the first 6 but none had a career ender. 
 

edit- found maybe 1 but the player was old at the time and could have just been age catching up. 

Edited November 14, 2023 by Not at the table Karlos

[Big Turk]

This isn't helping on top of the injuries and bad play.  Basically the Bills have had the 2nd worst "luck" on random occurrences to Minnesota this year.

 

 

Edited November 14, 2023 by Big Turk