The Madden coincidental string of unrelated injuries continues

October 15th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanE

Because the injury isn’t serious or season-threatening, perhaps it didn’t register, but it’s true all the same: the Madden Curse has struck again. The victim? Vince Young:

Madden 2008 cover boy Vince Young of the Tennessee Titans had to retire as quarterback for the remainder of Sunday’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with a quadriceps strain, and it’s too early to tell if he will be fit enough to play in next week’s game against Houston. Not being a doctor, I looked up quadricep strain on InteliHeath.com, where I found this:

Most Grade I or Grade II strains begin to feel better within a few days. In most cases, symptoms are either totally gone, or very much improved, within 8 to 10 weeks. Symptoms of a Grade III strain may last until the torn muscle is repaired surgically.

A little more research suggested 10 days as a minimum for recovery, so at the very least Young will miss one game. Perhaps next year players will finally wise up and the Madden cover will just have a picture of a football on it, causing footballs everywhere to explode.

Of course, as any good Cubs fan will tell you, curses don’t exist. They are merely mythological concoctions created by a humanity starved for meaning, reason, and spiritual connectivity. Curses don’t exist, people; we are all alone here.

OK, OK, except for Madden. This is definitely a curse.