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Madden Curse Strikes Vince Young
NASHVILLE--When Titans quarterback Vince Young was selected by EA Sports to appear on the cover of Madden 2008, fans were concerned that he would fall victim to the infamous “Madden Curse” and suffer a season ending injury. Instead, it appears that the curse has struck Young in a totally unexpected way: by forcing him to play an entire season at full health with an incredibly sh**ty wide receiving corps.
Reporters who observed the team’s offseason workouts expressed sympathy for Young’s plight.
“Wow, talk about a curse,” said Ron Krieger of WZTV Nashville. “This is so much worse than breaking your foot or tearing a hamstring or something. This guy has to play next year with a bunch of wide receivers nobody’s ever heard of. Roydell Williams? Courtney Roby? Brandon Jones? Who the hell are these people? Do they have prior experience in the field of wide receiving? One of them actually got a pass wedged into his face mask, then ran around in circles screaming that he couldn’t see. And that guy was the captain.”
One receiver, Courtney Roby, dropped every pass that was thrown to him during minicamp, but still remained optimistic that he would learn how to catch in time for the start of the season.
“This is kind of like on the job training,” Roby told reporters afterward. “I didn’t make any catches this week but I definitely made some strides. For instance, I’m much better at running routes now. I’m no longer just running straight down the field into the tunnel. I’m doing hook patterns and slants and curls and everything else. By the time the season starts, I’ll be able to catch the ball too, or my name isn’t Courtney…what is it again? Roby? Jesus, can’t we have one receiver on this team that’s not totally anonymous?”
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Reporters who observed the team’s offseason workouts expressed sympathy for Young’s plight.
“Wow, talk about a curse,” said Ron Krieger of WZTV Nashville. “This is so much worse than breaking your foot or tearing a hamstring or something. This guy has to play next year with a bunch of wide receivers nobody’s ever heard of. Roydell Williams? Courtney Roby? Brandon Jones? Who the hell are these people? Do they have prior experience in the field of wide receiving? One of them actually got a pass wedged into his face mask, then ran around in circles screaming that he couldn’t see. And that guy was the captain.”
One receiver, Courtney Roby, dropped every pass that was thrown to him during minicamp, but still remained optimistic that he would learn how to catch in time for the start of the season.
“This is kind of like on the job training,” Roby told reporters afterward. “I didn’t make any catches this week but I definitely made some strides. For instance, I’m much better at running routes now. I’m no longer just running straight down the field into the tunnel. I’m doing hook patterns and slants and curls and everything else. By the time the season starts, I’ll be able to catch the ball too, or my name isn’t Courtney…what is it again? Roby? Jesus, can’t we have one receiver on this team that’s not totally anonymous?”
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