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Madden Cover Athletes So Cursed They Are Falling Apart

EA releases box shots of Madden 10 featuring Larry Fitzgerald and Troy Polamalu.

This year's Madden game will feature two athletes, Larry Fitzgerald and Troy Polamalu, for the first time ever. My curious question of course is if they each made as much money from the deal as Brett Farve did last year. Also, does two people mean double the curse? They certainly don't look healthy, what with the evaporating body mass and angry eyes. Perhaps Madden games now take place next to a particle accelerator. Attached are some screenshots of these virtual Super Bowlers in action.

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This year's Madden game will feature two athletes, Larry Fitzgerald and Troy Polamalu, for the first time ever. My curious question of course is if they each made as much money from the deal as Brett Farve did last year. Also, does two people mean double the curse? They certainly don't look healthy, what with the evaporating body mass and angry eyes. Perhaps Madden games now take place next to a particle accelerator. Attached are some screenshots of these virtual Super Bowlers in action.



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Wow, looking at that box art makes the 10 look even weirder.

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Troy Polamalu fucking rules!
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Not a Madden fan, but I actually dig the style of the boxart.

Plus, Michael Crabtree was treated similarly on the cover of NCAA 10, and I'm a Texas Tech student. So boo yah.

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Awesome, need to see Big Lebowski again...

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Ugh, I hate both of these fucking teams with a passion. Wait...maybe this means they'll both get injured this year. Yay.

I kind of like the art style of the box though.

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I like the cover. Hopefully I can reign in my hype this year and skip the game. come ooonnn will power!!

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I really wish that they'd just put a damn apostrophe in there.

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what is this game?

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It's cool that Troy Polamalu is on the cover, but besides that it's pretty damn ugly.

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Metal_Gear_Sunny said:
"Troy Polamalu fucking rules!
"
This is the correct answer.
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Splitterguy said:
"Wow, looking at that box art makes the 10 look even weirder."
Yeah, it looks really odd.
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The Madden cover curse has been waning for the past couple years so I won't be surprise if nothing happens to these 2 guys.

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Donny The Chinamen are Not the Issue here!

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lol what the hell is up with that first screenshot?

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looks like Street Fighter 4... in more ways then one

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Hmmm, now that I see it on the box the 10 doesn't really look that bad after all.

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Metal_Gear_Sunny has it right.

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laughed so hard at first screenshot. i LOVE you guys.

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Well I was going to say don't fuck with the Jesus...but enough people said it already.  So instead I'll just say that if you don't get the reference you need to do some serious movie watching this weekend.

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SF4 influence, definitly

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JacobBrodersen said:
"Don't fuck with the Jesus!"
LMFAO!
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I think the box looks great!  Great change in pace for that series.  I stopped playing at Madden 04 though.

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Little street figther IV art style goin on

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8 Year olds, dude.

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I'm disappointed by the lack of John Madden on the cover.

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American Football sucks, besides, it stole an older name. Stupid yankees, traditional football is way better.

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I like the players and positioning, but the splash art style sucks moneky nuts.

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DragoonKain1687 said:
"American Football sucks, besides, it stole an older name. Stupid yankees, traditional football is way better. "
Which football is "traditional football"?
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I take it away from you...
Then shove it up your ass and pull deh trigger til it goes... CLICK.

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fitz is the fuckin man!!!!!

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The CURSE will strike again just you see JUST YOU SEE!!!!

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Double the trouble... I think the curse is over, take that Madden curse. I wonder what the Wii version box cover will look like? They're going with a different art style for Madden 10 for the Wii.

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The box art reminds me of an Eyeshield 21 vs screen, but this time it's the battle of the hair! :)

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Wow, that's the first time I've ever looked at a cover for a Madden game and thought "Epic".

Still not going to buy it though.

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Okay, seeing "Madden 10" printed on a box has me leaning to the "thats such a stupid sounding name" side of the argument. Madden 2010. Just looks better.

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So I guess we can do Focus Attacks now in Madden.

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I am THE JESUS

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Thanks for the Lebowski reference. I need to see that again, lol.

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Good luck cursing Fitz!

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I actually like the cover this year. 

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I like the cover.

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Boxart actually looks good.

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I like the cover, but the screenshots seem weird. Madden's "graphical" improvements always seem to get more weird.

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Metal_Gear_Sunny said:
"Troy Polamalu fucking rules!
"
He does, but the rest of the Steelers can go die in a fire.
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I love this boxart.. it looks so bad ass

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Ed Reed should have been on the cover.


Ed Reed
Ed Reed



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Two people means the curse is broken. But if they ever switch back to one....

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The cover looks ermmm....weird?Like them two players are god or something.