On April 25th Calvin
Johnson Jr. was announced as the cover player for EA Sports Madden 13, an honor
as well as a curse. Since Barry Sanders appeared in the background of Madden
2000 there has been a “curse” of sorts that affected many of the players who
appeared on the box.
Going down the line there have
been retirements, sub par seasons, injuries and broken bones, losing streaks and
Vince Young (he deserves his own category when it comes to the Madden curse). Larry
Fitzgerald and Drew Brees had decent seasons following their covers but nothing
like Johnson’s season.
In the Lion’s loss to Atlanta
Saturday night Johnson set the single season receiving yards record, previously
held by Jerry Rice (1995: 1,848 yards). Megatron had a monster night with 11
receptions for 225 yards putting his season total to 1,892 yards with one game
left in the season. He is now shooting for the previously unheard of 2,000
receiving yards in a season, only 108 yards away.
He is averaging 126 yards/game in
2012 so to hit the needed 108 yards to top the 2,000 yard plateau is quite reasonable
and you can be sure that Stafford will do everything he can to get the ball to
Calvin Johnson in their season finally against Chicago next week, a game at
home.
Has the Madden curse finally been
broken?
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