The 5 Worst Cases Ever Of The Madden Curse Striking
By Erik Lambert
Tom Brady believes himself to be invincible by this point. Hard to argue with that after he just completed the greatest Super Bowl comeback ever.
He’s the only QB in history with five Super Bowl rings and a guaranteed first-ballot induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. What challenges are there left for him to conquer? Well it seems he’s ready to take on a rather infamous one by appearing on the Madden 2018 cover. Most people know this is gutsy on his part given the game has a dubious reputation for said cover cursing players who’ve appeared on it in the past.
Many of course believe it to be superstitious nonsense. Others don’t see it as a laughing matter. That the curse is definitely real and should not be trifled with. Why is that? Well here are the five worst instances that should get people, Mr. Brady included, to start believing.
#5: Richard Sherman
People think the curse doesn’t apply if the player or the team have ultimate success. No, it doesn’t work that way. Either the player has to endure painful struggles, or the team must suffer a catastrophic setback. In the case of Sherman, it happened to be both. Fresh off a dominant Super Bowl win in 2013, in which he was a big hero, the NFL world expected a repeat in 2014. Things seemed fine as the Seahawks reached the Super Bowl again.
Then it all went wrong. Sherman and his vaunted Legion of Boom defense gave up 28 points to the Patriots, all of them via Tom Brady touchdown passes. If that weren’t bad enough, a Seattle comeback was snuffed out at the last second by the most famous interception in Super Bowl history via Malcolm Butler at the goal line. Adding injury to insult, Sherman had torn a ligament in his left elbow that required surgery that subsequent offseason.