His departure was so shocking that EA used the Green Bay Packers' Dorsey Levens for the cover of an alternative and European version of the game. Levens was limited with an injury for the Packers in 1999, and he was released two seasons later. ![]() The Madden Curse, also known as the Madden Cover Jinx, is a conjecture involving 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. Before the 1999 season even began, Barry Sanders abruptly retired, leaving the Lions without their star player, and the Packers would fail to. "After regularly averaging nearly 4 yards per carry in his first five seasons and rushing for over 1,300 yards in each one, he averaged only 3 yards per carry and rushed for career lows of 939 yards and 5. Barry Sanders and Dorsey Levens (2000) Barry Sanders shared the cover with the then-customary picture of John Madden on Madden NFL 2000. ![]() ![]() 2001: The 2001 cover of Madden NFL featured Tennessee Titans running back Eddie George, who the previous year had led his team to the Super Bowl (where they came up just short against the St. How come I've got a version of Madden with Dorsey Levens on the cover? George was the first player to land on an American cover of Madden.
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