Peyton Manning Attempts to Break the Madden Curse

From Peyton’s Places Season 2 Episode 13: Peyton talks with former NFL running back Garrison Hearst about the unfortunate luck that has stricken the cover athletes over the years.

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[Music] the sports curse the NFL has had a few we got exercise that curse some Jinx the game’s greatest Stars I ain’t going to jinx something like that he on my fantasy team Others Stop a Dynasty before it begins will do you remember the cheerleaders that the Bears had back in the 80s the honey bears oh yeah yeah George how wanted to compete with the Cowboys George how passed away and Mrs masy got rid of the honey bears and that’s the curse the Bears have not won a championship since I’m cursed yeah I’m a 100% cursed that’s a big thing in New Orleans VooDoo and curses and sure enough they Gerard Street Cemetery they exume 20,000 bodies and built a subdome right there we’ been 33 years and hadn’t won a playoff game is that a probably probably something to it they even had a voodoo priest they call came in one day with the did the ritual right yeah the boy constrictor around her neck and she had a bottle of Jin I’m not sure if the snake drank the Jin or she drank the Jin or what but that day the Saints did beat the Rams in a playoff game drop the ball drops the ball he to do all State football there is a God after all I can’t believe but there’s one curse that rises above all the rest this man there’s the ging the end of the game John mad goes on the shoulders of his players how is John Madden the coach with the highest winning percentage in the modern era that is a great stiff arm and then the minute it’s over you got to pull the pants up responsible for the worst curse in NFL history hello everyone and welcome to Madden NFL 97 it all starts with the video game that bears his name how come you got into American football actually the video game Madden so play no kidding the Madden video game got you into NFL football unbel with over 130 million copies sold since it first burst on the market in 1988 Madden is one of the top video game franchises of all time they’re already hitting each other now this is what the game of football is all about they didn’t grow up playing catch man up playing Madden for the game’s first nine editions the coach graced the cover then in January of 1999 EA Sports released its first cover to feature a current player a running back from the University of Georgia with joystick like moves Garrison Hurst Garrison when Sandy from EA Sports brings you into his little cubicle and says we’re going to put you on the cover you remember kind of being honored or I mean think an exciting thing I was actually Terell Owens was not far from me in my locker room and he was like how’d he get on the cover Garrison was Off to the Races 71 yd touchdown run sweeping to the right and what a run again by Garrison Hy he sure to bring them Lo That season he ran over the Colts and everyone else on his way to a franchise record 1, 1570 yard rushing we can keep running that every time tell man with 128 more in a wild card win over the Packers right around that time the Madden video game bearing His Image was released in Europe and with that the Madden Curse was born all right San Francisco up at the 20yd line it’s a hand off to Hurst on first down he breaks a tackle and slides out to the 27 yd line and we have a injury right off the bat on Hurst oh my first play of the game and Atlanta was a slant defense team their defensive line was going to slint coming down right and it opened up backside on the first play I’m like oh wow and safety’s there and he’s over plated I’m going to spin out to the house and everything moved but my left foot so everything twisted my foot stayed forward oh twisted his ankle bad his left ankle sort of caught on the turf as Chuck Smith took him down and really twisted it and I don’t know how serious it is I think he’s finished that is too bad and could you tell right away I knew it right away hit the ground it was I had ACL before so I know that kind of pain you don’t it doesn’t just go away you like let’s go next play right yeah I knew something was bad your bone died right is kind of how they phrased it that’s how they phrased it basically a vascular necrosis of the Tais is there like a funeral for the bone I mean do they is there a ceremony or just I guess they should have um it was for me Dr Dillingham called me and was like we going to have to do some more surgeries there’s a quarter size spot on your Tais bone where it’s dying there’s no blood flow like what it’s kind of like the Bo Jackson thing8 years earlier Bo Jackson suffered vascular necrosis of the hip after this awkward tackle B sort of Twisted and as he went down in the grasp of Walker B has gotten up slow and he has gone back down oh boy Bo would never play another down a professional football again no one ever speaks of a techmo b curse touch but in the Years following Garrison’s injury a disturbing pattern emerged from whomever landed on the Madden cover Adrien Peterson is is rising in pain it might be Richard Sherman kind of holding on now it’s Beckham on the cart clutching that left ankle area when did you first hear the term Madden Curse and and did you laugh at it did you scoff at it first heard him like that’s not real and you start looking back and like each one of them got hurt after they were on the cover Sean Alexander sea Alexander must have rolled up his ankle Michael Vic broke his fibula the week of the announcement just the nightmare situation as Mike VI continues to be worked on Ray Lewis never never injured what he hurt he got hurt you all right I broke it BR what I didn’t mind Ray getting hurt I mean I want him to come back but you know don’t play against us yeah Donan McNab I remember that and McNab is shaking up gets injured and next thing you know he’s throwing up in the middle of a game oh not it it thank you Madden it throw huh do you think John Madden was mad they were taking his face off the cover and put hexes on the rest of these players that are going to take my spot you can just blame Madden right we could I I don’t know if it’s going to work yeah he’s going to laugh all the way to the back of course with turkey in his hand but yeah turducken turducken absolutely this is a turducken right here the debone duck stuffed in a debone chicken stuffed in a debone turkey dir duck in yeah I mean the history and and the facts are here in my hands would you do it different if you could do it all over again you know uh yeah going to ride with the curse but I still show that to my [Laughter] kids and why not not many of us can say we graced the cover of a video game or made a comeback from a career-threatening injury I had some doubts in the one injured season I had about am I going to be able to play again did you know all along I can I can do this I I had doubts for sure I mean who wouldn’t I missed two full seasons two full seasons with that same with that same I had six surgeries I think the hardest part was proving to the organization that I could still do it good job cuz it went through a few points where I almost got released Garrison H with a move reminiscent of some of that remarkable run in the opening day four years ago is Garrison heard something here’s a guy that you know went through ankle operations missed two years so far he’s gained over a th000 yards and he’s gone from a good story to a pro bowl running back and you know what he still has a good time doing it another day another hard dollar dog so Peyton do you play video games uh I saw the movie Tron once so I don’t know if that counts Eli and I used to compare ourselves to the Mario Brothers but much less Italian in them and we were bad at Plumbing so you want to go play a little I mean you know you don’t play I don’t play so this we should be about even this ought to be great theat get ready for Madden NFL 99 Garrison how am I doing you think haven’t pressed start yet it’s a title oh I have to actually hit start yeah you got to hit something over there try to X see if that works so like how do I go into the rosters and cut Tom Brady that’s what I want to do Brady’s not even in the league yet oh it’s 99 yeah bich is’s not even coaching for the Patriots God what a great era that was I’m the ners you’re the Colts let’s give a shot I can see why Madden didn’t want his face on this game I mean the graphics doesn’t even look like me I have way more pixels than that you’re taking me out I will tell you the truth I’m just hitting X on everything oh delay of game on Manning yeah is that the ref with the big arms Ed hockey I think so hockey Le thinks this game should be called hocky Le so I know there’s only one of three plays you’re running have three choices not one run play this is really just like you yeah this it’s accurate from that standpoint wow this is back when you allowed to tackle quarterbacks man I don’t like it I hate it I knew I hated this game o audible maybe there is an alaha come on Peyton throw the ball it’s another interception by the rookie quarterback Manning well on his way to 28 put the nail on it a bad season well I know what I’m going with 90 you got to find it is it on there I have three plays to choose from like in the mad now they have like the entire Andy Reed playb Andy Reid’s playing chess you’re playing checkers right now I want to run 90 for 96 there you are look at Hurst score don’t fumble oh I mean tapping you look just like you look now though you look the same yeah old Steve Young I guess I’m going to have to throw but yeah I just don’t know how to throw left-handed ter to dang the bodysuit he he’s wearing it right now look how tight he is where’s the Sharpie oh this is before the Sharpie and before the popcorn hey look like this don’t get your popcorn ready come on now this is not going well I fell down and take a safet I think having to play this game might be the real magic curse another day another hard dollar dog good job all right I’m bored with this let’s go play Street Fighter 2 I’ll be Jung Lee