Vince Young on the cover of Madden 08

by **Buckley** on Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:02 am

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football ... over_N.htm

Wow, that is a surprise. Wonder if he will do well next year

Your thoughts?

by **hammertime23** on Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:20 am

That is very surprising, I know he is good and all but I don't think he is Madden worthy. Sports video-games these days do have a tendency to look toward young athletes to grace the cover. I think that was a wrong move on his part because after such a miraculous rookie campaign it will be hard to accomplish his new and higher expectations. Being on the cover of Madden just insures that he won't live up to his expectations this season.

by **[Q]** on Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:39 am

dang i would've suspected LT after his monster year last year.

by BZ on Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:43 am

Congrats to Vince Young, he'll probably pull off a Michael Vick in the preseason because of the Madden Cover "Curse" :wink:

dang i would've suspected LT after his monster year last year.

Same here, I was expecting Ladainian Tomlinson as well, but ah well.

by **BigKaboom2** on Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:26 am

Oh god, please don't let them add any features that make the running QBs even more impossible to stop than they currently are. I'll write a petition.

by **hammertime23** on Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:30 am

Qballer wrote:dang i would've suspected LT after his monster year last year.

LT was going to be on the cover but supposedly the San Diego fans held a rally for Tomlinson not to be on the cover because of the curse. I think that was a smart move. The "Madden Curse" is really kind of freaky.

by **Drex** on Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:57 pm

Oh, he's fucked! Just kidding. In that article said that he already "broke" the SI cover curse.

YouTube · by **shadowgrin** on Sat Apr 21, 2007 6:47 pm

I wonder what injury the curse will befall on him.

by **[Q]** on Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:35 pm

Just kidding. In that article said that he already "broke" the SI cover curse.

yeah they'll say that until he "broke" his ankle during the season or something.

by **Anthony15** on Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:17 am

It had to be someone young, Peyton is too old to be on it. Young had a great year, and Im sure he'll finally break the Madden Curse.

by **BigKaboom2** on Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:49 am

Anthony15 wrote:It had to be someone young, Peyton is too old to be on it. Young had a great year, and Im sure he'll finally break the Madden Curse.

It's happened to everyone except Eddie George, and you can even make a case for him as well. I'm not superstitious but I still wouldn't dare predict that the curse will be broken.

by **KIG1** on Sun Apr 22, 2007 3:45 pm

BigKaboom2 wrote:
Anthony15 wrote:It had to be someone young, Peyton is too old to be on it. Young had a great year, and Im sure he'll finally break the Madden Curse.

It's happened to everyone except Eddie George, and you can even make a case for him as well. I'm not superstitious but I still wouldn't dare predict that the curse will be broken.

Remember he had a costly fumble in the playoffs that year and then never played the same.

by **BigKaboom2** on Sun Apr 22, 2007 4:40 pm

BigKaboom2 wrote:It's happened to everyone except Eddie George, and you can even make a case for him as well.

Yup.

by **hammertime23** on Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:37 pm

Speaking of Vince Young and Madden, check out the graphics in this first look of Madden 08.

Click Here

It looks like EA has fixed up there football graphics. The players aren't all gorilla looking and huge. I'm kind of pumped for this, well I always am. I hope there NBA Live first look is as clean as this one.

by **Jing** on Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:39 pm

Hm... Looks good. The graphics look a lot more realistic.... Though a 2nd year player as the cover.. wow.

by **hammertime23** on Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:45 pm

I just realized that EA left out there cover boys sidearm throwing motion.

by **BOSS** on Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:19 am

FUCK THE MADDEN CURSE.
VY'S YEAR ! :cool:

by **TomCat** on Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:20 pm

i definately wouldnt count out that he will break the curse. anything could happen, espacially to a QB that likes to scramble. remember michael vick when he was on the cover??

by **Oznogrd** on Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:30 am

Scoop wrote:i definately wouldnt count out that he will break the curse. anything could happen, espacially to a QB that likes to scramble. remember michael vick when he was on the cover??

Yeah he broke his damn leg in the preseason that year didnt he?

Anyway, Odd choice of Vince Young...it seems as if they're basing their choices on popularity rather than skill. I would've thought peyton or LT but apparentlly not. I think they should go back to having madden on the cover with players and not just one or the other....

by **---** on Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:52 am

Wow, I haven't watched Vince Young play since that awesome game against USC that he won basically by himself. Congratulations, but damn, I hope it doesn't happen to him.

I only caught a few games this season, was Vince really impressive?

by **Indy** on Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:17 am

Shannon wrote:Wow, I haven't watched Vince Young play since that awesome game against USC that he won basically by himself. Congratulations, but damn, I hope it doesn't happen to him.

I only caught a few games this season, was Vince really impressive?

He was better then really impressive. Single handedly beat the Colts one week.

I'm so glad he's on the cover. That means Tennesse shouldn't continue to improve this year and be a thorn in our side.

by **hammertime23** on Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:48 am

Haha yeah Indy. The Titans are our (Colts) only competition in the AFC South. I'm not going to say I hope Vince breaks his leg but I wouldn't mind if he got a few concussions or led the league in interceptions. This should make the Colts way to the best record in the NFL a lot easier.

Vince Young on the cover of Madden 08

Vince Young on the cover of Madden 08

Who is online