Adrian Peterson Avoids The Madden Curse

by Eric J. Thompson on Apr 18, 2011 11:26 AM CDT in News

Whew. That was close.

Adrian Peterson had made it all the way to the semifinals in the voting for the cover athlete of EA Sports' insanely popular video game, Madden 12. Fortunately for the believers of the Madden Curse (I count myself in this camp), the nightmare of having AP grace the unlucky cover has come to an end.

Michael Vick received 59% of the vote, beating the Vikings' running back rather handily. The other semifinal was even more of a blowout: Browns running back Peyton Hillis steamrolled his opponent, a no-name quarterback from some irrelevant team, by a margin of 61% to 39%.

Personally, I'm a little torn on who to vote for in the finals. On one hand, you have Peyton "The Avalanche" Hillis (he's white, runs downhill, and you better get the hell out of the way when he gets started). His cult following as a fantasy football sleeper has helped him get this far, and it would be a shame to see him lose that momentum in the finals. On the other hand, voting for Vick would be a great story of redemption as well as a nice little way to make the NFL front office a little uncomfortable. Either way, while it was nice to see our Vikings star get some of the recognition he deserves, it's better to see Hillis and Vick in the finals.

Voting for the finals between Hillis and Vick is available here.

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by Ryan Boser on Apr 18, 2011 11:29 AM CDT reply actions

I, too, am torn. So I’m just going to continue abstaining from voting.

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by blackjackfishtaco on Apr 18, 2011 12:06 PM CDT reply actions

+1

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by Eric J. Thompson on Apr 18, 2011 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions

If I was Vick

I would tell EA I’m not doing it, even if I win.

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by Ted Glover on Apr 18, 2011 12:23 PM CDT reply actions

i don't play video games, so i don't really care, but...if the curse IS real, then i'd vote vick.

hey, does that video game let you bash vick against the ground until he is virtually almost dead? and then let you hook up electrodes to him, and let you throw him into a pool and flip the switch and watch him fry like a little corn dog in a deep fry machine (virtually, of course)?

in the future there will be no war...there will only be rollerball.

by jethrophet on Apr 18, 2011 12:41 PM CDT reply actions

Vick Redemptionist here

(Still voting for Peyton Hillis)

But if Vick won, how could you tell if the curse was real? He’s only had one 16 game season out of his 8 seasons…

Let’s just say his play style exposes himself.

by Arif Hasan on Apr 18, 2011 1:33 PM CDT reply actions

Hillis steamrolled some no-named QB from some irrelevant team

+100

by PURPpplEATER on Apr 18, 2011 1:38 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

Sad sad sad...

As much as I want to think it was all the Viks fans not wanting Rupert to have the Madden curse…..I really hate to see someone who is such a piece of crap human, get a pass because he can throw a football….

Sorry I dont think athleticism makes up for inumane actions, I dont care how much time you serve, it doesnt make what happened go away.

On a side note….YAY RUPERT! I was worried he would win heheh :)

**Rupert for ProBowl 2012!**

by LeeleeX on Apr 18, 2011 2:02 PM CDT reply actions

+1

I agree, if Vick wins, I will not buy this year’s Madden.

by Oi Oi Boy on Apr 18, 2011 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions

The first thing I did when I found out AD lost to Vick

was breathe a sigh of relief. That said, Vick on the cover of Madden ’12? DO NOT WANT.

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by Td1984 on Apr 18, 2011 2:09 PM CDT reply actions

I hope...

YOU CAN NOT HAZ!

**Rupert for ProBowl 2012!**

by LeeleeX on Apr 18, 2011 2:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Does anyone know a website where I can find that tshirt that AD is wearing?

I get how it’s playing off the old “Bo Knows” ads from back in the day, I’m just having trouble finding any place that still has them.

by allday28 on Apr 18, 2011 3:55 PM CDT reply actions

Found a bunch of new ones on eBay for about 20 bucks

Otherwise a quick Google search didn’t turn up much. That photo is from 2009, so it might be tough to find now.

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by Eric J. Thompson on Apr 18, 2011 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions

It is slightly funnier than the breaking news about the Bears team all getting Mad Cow Disease a week before the 2011 Halloween .

I was hoping the London game on Oct 23, 2011 would be a home game for them ? Not . Tampa drew that straw … But they can all show up to Canton’s HOF game and admire all the Packer stuff that week . A real confidence booster . Along with Bradford shredding the only secondary in the North worse than ours last year . Anyone remember Bradford’s memorable first game introduction last year . Pure poetry .

by gothicpurple on Apr 19, 2011 10:30 AM CDT reply actions