Who needs the Hall of Fame...

...When you're on the cover of Madden!? Brett Favre is the cover athlete for Madden this year, and in general this is a relaxed "hmm" reaction. Maybe even a "Meh".

People who believe in the Madden Curse also relish in watching the Curse's victims do their best to avoid their due fate. Like viewers of a slasher movie, the followers of the Curse realize that, like Llewelyn Moss or Laurie Strode, the cover athlete's fate may face delays but is never escaped.

Thus, having a retired (sorta) athlete instead of say, Eli Manning or David Tyree (both of whom deserved the honor given their heroic Super Bowl performance), the bloodlust of Curse fans will not be quenched this year. Or will it!? Luckily, Kotaku claims to have dispelled the myth of the curse of the Madden. Let's quickly ask Donovan McNabb, Shaun Alexander, and Michael Vick about that, hmm? Each was a cover athlete. Each was caught by the Anton Chigurh that is the Madden Curse, and each has had career-threatening actions taken recently, even after the injury suffered had subsided. McNabb already has a replacement in waiting, Alexander has been cut and is waiting for another team, and Vick is in Federal Prison.

The curse may have been dispelled by science, but ask any of the players affected and see if they would be willing to do another cover next year. (They may all be willing to by the end of this season, as there is a chance all three will be unemployed!)