NFL players on the cover of his video game series are said to be cursed with future injury or poor performance
The "
Madden Curse" refers to the popular EA Sports series of NFL-based video games
,... [DOC] [TLE] Madden curse | Encyclopedia Gamia | Fandom powered by Wikia [PAR] The Madden Curse, also known as the Madden Cover Jinx, is a conjecture ... the 
video game series Madden NFL, stating that the season a player appears on the 
cover, that player will be cursed with either an injury or poor performance.