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 Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 5:51 pm Post subject: Tom Brady on the cover of Madden 18 |
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/05/12/tom-brady-lands-on-cover-of-madden-18/
| Quote: | Tom Brady lands on cover of Madden 18
The greatest video game of all time (but for NFL2K5) has landed the greatest quarterback of all time.
Tom Brady will appear on the cover of Madden 18, dubbed the G.O.A.T. edition. The cover image has Brady emitting a primal scream, which in recent years has become one of his trademark moves.
The choice is an odd one, and not simply because (as noted by ESPN.com) Brady is the oldest player to ever grace the cover of a game that fewer and fewer people buy in a case that actually has a cover on it. Superstar players typically have not appeared on the cover of the game because the player often wants much more than Electronic Arts is willing to pay. As to Brady, the most intriguing aspect of the arrangement becomes how much he’ll receive from a game that millions would buy even if Blaine Gabbert were on the cover.
As those who enjoy the Madden game know, even if the game is purchased as a direct download a loop of clips of digitized #Tommy will play each time the game loads. So just as you’ve spent the last eight months seeing a sneering Rob Gronkowski and the 12 before that watching Odell Beckham Jr. dance, Brady will be a regular presence on your TV screen from August 2017 to August 18.
Then there’s the issue of the curse. As the Patriots go for Super Bowl No. 6, Brady is stepping into the crosshairs of the notion that the man who shows up on the cover of the Madden game suffers injury or hardship.
“I suppose there’s been some reality to that curse over the years,” Brady said, via ESPN.com. “Hopefully I can break it. That would be pretty cool.”
It would be the opposite of cool if the curse claims Brady. That would make the Madden curse the greatest of all time, too.
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| Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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NFL conspiracy. Put Tom on the Madden cover. Let the curse run it's course.
Tom defeated Goodell, he'll defeat the curse.
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| Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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| The Madden curse has been dead for a while now. |
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| ringfinger wrote: | | The Madden curse has been dead for a while now. |
Rob Gronkowski says hello.
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| jodeke wrote: | | ringfinger wrote: | | The Madden curse has been dead for a while now. |
Rob Gronkowski says hello. |
Odell Beckham says byeeeee |
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| rwongega wrote: | | Let's go Madden curse!!! |
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| DrWolf wrote: | | rwongega wrote: | | Let's go Madden curse!!! |
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| ringfinger wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | ringfinger wrote: | | The Madden curse has been dead for a while now. |
Rob Gronkowski says hello. |
Odell Beckham says byeeeee |
i didnt see odell doing well in the playoffs.
it's called a curse because either
A) player under performs
B) player gets hurt
C) player's team under performs
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Richard Sherman and Calvin Johnson also...
Although those Brady anti-curse videos are funny!
Not to mention that Brady GOAT Edition cover is money!
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Brady on the cover should mean that the purchasers get a deflated purchase price. At worst they should at least be given one hell of a CHEAT mode.
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| Krispy Kreme wrote: | | ringfinger wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | ringfinger wrote: | | The Madden curse has been dead for a while now. |
Rob Gronkowski says hello. |
Odell Beckham says byeeeee |
i didnt see odell doing well in the playoffs.
it's called a curse because either
A) player under performs
B) player gets hurt
C) player's team under performs |
Odell Beckham Jr had a monster, healthy season the year he was on the cover. So did Calvin Johnson in hmm was it 2012 or 2013? |
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Hmm
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/11/22/tom-brady-misses-practice-with-achilles-injury/
| Quote: | Tom Brady misses practice with Achilles injury
The Patriots’ injury report lists Tom Brady as not practicing with an injury to his Achilles. The quarterback is “fine,” reports Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, and Brady will start against the Dolphins on Sunday.
The team, though, obviously will manage Brady’s reps this week.
Tight end Rob Gronkowski did not practice with an illness.
Center David Andrews also missed Wednesday’s work with an illness. Tackle Marcus Cannon (ankle), safety Patrick Chung (ankle) and wide receiver Chris Hogan (shoulder) did not practice either. |
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| Basketball Fan wrote: | Hmm
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/11/22/tom-brady-misses-practice-with-achilles-injury/
| Quote: | Tom Brady misses practice with Achilles injury
The Patriots’ injury report lists Tom Brady as not practicing with an injury to his Achilles. The quarterback is “fine,” reports Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, and Brady will start against the Dolphins on Sunday.
The team, though, obviously will manage Brady’s reps this week.
Tight end Rob Gronkowski did not practice with an illness.
Center David Andrews also missed Wednesday’s work with an illness. Tackle Marcus Cannon (ankle), safety Patrick Chung (ankle) and wide receiver Chris Hogan (shoulder) did not practice either. |
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Belichick taking a page from Popovich's playbook. Just make the playoffs. Injuries,
a rest your stars excuse.
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