Madden Jinx

Vince Young 08

Year

Games

QB Rating

Total TDs

2006

66.7

2007

61.5

Half way though the NFL season Vince Young has missed one and a half games. He was hurt mid way though the 3rd quater vs Tampa Bay and sat out the next game. Vince is on pace for a statistically worse season than in 2006. His current qb rating is worst than his abismal qb rating from last year with only 5 touchdowns in 7 games. He has lead his team to a 6-2 record.

Shaun Alexander 07

Year

Games

Total Yds

Total TDs

2005

1953

2006

944

Shaun Alexander had one of the best seasons a NFL running back could have in 2005. He led the league in touchdowns and rushing yards - not to mention he helped his team to their first ever Super Bowl appearance. In 2006 the jinx hit, a fractured foot kept him out for 6 weeks. He struggled in the games that he did play, having only 1 multi-touchdown game and 2 games with over 100 yards rushing. His team also did not have the success that they had last year by losing in the NFC divisional play-off game.

Donovan McNabb 06

Year

Games

QB Rating

Total TDs

2004

104.7

2005

85.0

After leading the Eagles to the Super Bowl in 2004, McNabb suffered a sports hernia in the first game of the 2005 season. He tried to play though it but to no avail - leading his team to a 4 -5 record. After re-injuring the hernia he had surgery and missed the final seven games of the season.

Ray Lewis 05

Year

Games

Tackles

Turnovers

2003

163

2004

147

Ray Lewis sat out of the final game of the 2004 season with an injury. The Ravens missed the playoffs with a 9-7 record. Lewis did not chalk up an interception all season, the only season with out one in his career.

Michael Vick 04

Year

Games

QB Rating

Total TDs

2002

81.6

2003

69.0

One day after Madden 04 was available in stores across the country Michael Vick broke his leg in a preseason game. After making the playoffs in the 2002 season the Falcons struggled without Vick - going 2-10 with out him. He returned for the last 5 games of the season taking the falcons to a 5-11 record.

Marshall Faulk 03

Year

Games

Total Yds

Total TDs

2001

2147

2002

1490

Shaun Alexander had one of the best seasThe Rams were a powerhouse in'99, '00 and '01, led in part by Marshall Faulk. 2002 was a different story; they finished 7-9 and missed the playoffs. With a nagging ankle injury throughout the 2002 season, Faulk snapped his streak of consecutive 1,000 yard rushing seasons and hasn't rushed for over a thousand yards since.

Daunte Culpepper 02

Year

Games

QB Rating

Total TDs

2000

98.0

2001

83.3

Culpepper led the Vikings to the NFC championship game in 2000. In 2001 the he led the Vikings to a 4 - 7 record before missing the rest of the season with a knee injury. During the 2001 season he struggled - throwing nearly as many interception (13) as he did touchdowns (14).

Eddie George 01

Year

Games

Total Yds

Total TDs

1999

1762

2000

1962

Eddie had the best year of his career in 2000 in terms of yards and touchdowns, but the previous year he led his team to the Super Bowl. In 2000 the Titans lost in the Divisional playoff game. Since 2000, Eddie has been injury prone and has never regained the rushing form he had before being on the cover.

Barry Sanders 00

Year

Games

Total Yds

Total TDs

1998

1780

1999

The beginning of the jinx started with Madden 2000 with John Madden on the cover and Barry Sanders in the background picture. Just before training camp of the 1999 season Barry announced his retirement. This ended his 10-year career in the NFL when at the time he was 2nd in the most rushing yards in NFL history.

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