Say No Eli

Rumor has it that Eli is getting recruited to be the next Madden Cover Boy. Now for those that don't know its huge exposure. But it also comes with a price. If you've never heard of the Madden curse. Pretty crazy stats that all but two players on the true covers suffered from a bad injury that year or just poor performance. And one of the two had a terrible year the next year.

Now its also something to be taken with a grain of salt. Of the cover boys all but one have been either a run first quarterback (at least prior to injury) or a running back. Well running backs have the shortest average career because of the likelihood for injuries when you get hit like they do. So when you pick a position that is so much more likely to get hurt the stats are going to converge. The one guy who defied the curse completely? Plays linebacker. So Eli would probably be alright.

But then I'm what some would call, "crazy superstitious." You'd think more than one of those running backs would have sneaked through. There's a reason LaDainian Tomlinson won't do it. And seriously now that Eli's making the Gatorade bucks does he really need it.