Vince Young to be on the cover of Madden 08

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Shame... he had such a nice career ahead of him.

http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section=33&screen=news&news_id=55690

Young to grace cover of Madden '08 By Terry McCormick, tmccormick@nashvillecitypaper.com
April 16, 2007
Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young will be on the cover of the EA Sports Madden 2008 video game.

A source with knowledge of the situation confirmed Young’s gracing the cover of the game to The City Paper. Efforts to reach EA Sports were unsuccessful on Monday.

An official announcement is expected on Tuesday and Young will appear on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" as part of the kickoff promotion for the newest version the popular NFL video game that is endorsed by NFL Hall of Fame coach and analyst John Madden.

Of course, appearing on the cover of the game has produced a “jinx” of sorts in recent seasons.

Several players, including former Titan Eddie George, have graced the cover, then succumbed to injury or ineffectiveness in the season they were on the game’s front.

George was on the cover during the 2001 season, the year he suffered through a toe injury. In 2000, George had rushed for a career-high 1,509 yards. Because of the injury, George managed just 939 yards in 2001 as the Titans slumped from 13-3 to 7-9.

Other prominent players to fall victim to the Madden Curse include quarterbacks Donovan McNabb and Daunte Culpepper and last year’s cover man Shaun Alexander.
Young apparently will also appear in commercial spots for the game that will be aired during coverage of the NFL Draft.
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So what's going to be? ACL? Broken leg? Struck by lightning?

Whatever it is, it's too bad because he's 3-0 against the Skins/Giants/Eagles, and a spectacular 0-1 against the Cowboys.
 
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guess you got to do really bad on the wonderlic to not see the historical data on this.

I have no idea why football stars still agree to do the Madden Cover.

:laugh2: LOL I wonder how many more freak injuries it will take before someone wises up and politely declines the cover shot.
 
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So if VY breaks the Madden Curse does that mean he's the greatest QB EVER!!!
























:D Sorry HH, had to do it.
 
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In other news, upon learning the words "Madden" and "Cover", Vince Young's vocabulary increased by nearly 30%.

When asked if they begrudged Vince's appearance on the Madden Cover, the running game, defensive resurgence and lucky bounces actually responsible for the Titans resurgent season replied "Hell no. We don't want that curse on us. We have it on good authority from the good people of Texas that Vince is actually capable of walking on water. Let him deal with it."
 
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I still have Madden01, and none of the versions since then. :laugh2:
 
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I truly hope this doesn't have a negative effect on his QB rating.
 

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He isn't/wasn't good enough to be on the cover, IMO.

Colston and Hester were better rookies last year. Brees and Plamer were better QBs.

2nd year players shouldn't get this honor w/o being incredible rookies.
 
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Spectre;1458027 said:
He isn't/wasn't good enough to be on the cover, IMO.

Colston and Hester were better rookies last year. Brees and Plamer were better QBs.

2nd year players shouldn't get this honor w/o being incredible rookies.
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well put, bush deserves it more, as does Colston
 
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