Alright, so there were two main reactions this week for when Saquon Barkley was revealed as the "Madden 26" cover star : 'Awesome!' and 'Oh no, the cover curse!'

The Madden games have had this idea of a notorious cover curse lingering over them ever since EA started putting NFL players on the front of the box over John Madden himself some 25 years ago, and at one point, yeah, you could see the validity to it.

Daunte Culpepper, Marshall Faulk, and Michael Vick all got hurt when they were the cover stars for 2002, 2003, and 2004, respectively.

Then, closer to home, Donovan McNabb went on the cover for "Madden 06" after the Eagles' run to the Super Bowl the year prior. A massive rift grew between him and star receiver Terrell Owens, the team on the whole fell apart, and a sports hernia e

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