Super Bowl XLIV MVP QB Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints will grace the cover of NFL Madden 2011. Will the so called cover jinx of the popular football video game continue ? Dating back to 2000 cover featuring the Minnesota Viking QB Dante Culpepper who led his team to the postseason the previous season, then experience 5-11 season and 23 interceptions. St. Louis RB Marshall Faulk appeared on 2003 cover, then saw his yards per carry decline and also had reconstructive knee surgery prior to 2005 his final NFL season. 2004 Atlanta Falcons QB Michael Vick broke his leg in the preseason missed 12 games and Atlanta finished 5-11. 2005 MLB Ray Lewis of Baltimore suffered a rest injury late during the season which cut his season short. 2006 QB Donovan McNabb of Philadelphia tore his ACL. 2007 Seattle Seahawks RB and NFL MVP Shaun Alexander had a foot injury and was never the same since. 2008 Tennessee Titans QB Vince Young appeared on the cover and was eventually benched during season and replaced by Kerry Collins. 2009 Brett Favre appeared on cover in Packers uniform during his only season with the Jets, New York went 9-7 and missed the playoffs. 2010 co Madden cover boy Troy Polamalu SS Pittsburgh Steelers hurt his MCL came back then hurt his PCL. We'll see how Brees holds up throughout the 2010-11 NFL season
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