Cover for Madden 2005 released...

[Guest Vitamin X]

 

Let the curse talk begin.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

Man if Lewis was injured, the Ravens would be toasted. Crispy.

[Lightning Flik]

Twenty bucks says he survives the season, but just when they need him the most in the post-season, BAM! Out goes the knee.

 

Honestly, I'm beginning to believe in the curse of being on EASports covers. Hopefully, Lewis doesn't go down.

[MarvinisaLunatic]

As a Ravens fan, Im not worried. The only curse on this is that no Cleveland Browns fan is going to buy it.

[alfdogg]

*sighs a huge sigh of relief*

[TheOriginalOrangeGoblin]

Phew. At times I scared we'd have Peyton on that cover.

[Ced]

Makes sense seeing as how EA is pimping the defense this year.

 

By the way does anyone have a running tab on the EA Sports coverboy each year and how they managed to do in their corresponding season? We all know what happened to last year's Madden coverboy.

[Guest Flyboy]

Terrell Owens is the ESPN coverboy.

[MarvinisaLunatic]

Terrell Owens is the ESPN coverboy.

I demand this be the year that it goes to an ESPN cover jinx

 

and as far as the Madden cover jinx so far..

 

2004 cover: Michael Vick -- Quarterback, Atlanta Falcons - Broke Leg

 

2003 cover: Marshall Faulk -- Running Back, St. Louis Rams - numbers declined

 

2002 cover: Daunte Culpepper -- Quarterback, Minnesota Vikings - dramatic decline in numbers

 

2001 cover: Eddie George -- Running Back, Tennessee Titans - began his slow decline

 

A good theory on how Ray Lewis will avoid the curse - hes not a RB. It went RB/QB/RB/QB the last 4 years. Ray Lewis is a MLB. But, funny enough, had they picked Jamal Lewis it would have kept the RB/QB thing going...

[Guest Choken One]

i thought Jamal was in line before the incident but apprently Ray was a done deal before hand