

Here's hoping the Curse won't rear its ugly head this year.

by giving quarterback Josh Allen a tough task with their zone defense. But Allen's arm strength is more than just putting air underneath the football. Latest on Buffalo Bills linebacker Dorian Williams including news, stats, videos. His numbers dipped a bit that year and he did miss a game while on the COVID list, but that's nothing compared to what the Curse was capable of in its heyday (just ask Michael Vick, Adrian Peterson and Vince Young, among many others).Īllen has avoided any major injuries during his five years in the NFL and his production has been consistently excellent since his breakthrough season in 2020. Allen has the fifth-longest completion in the Next Gen Stats era (dating back to 2016) at 63.9 yards. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and then-Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady shared the cover prior to the 2021 season, and both ranked among the top four in passing yards that season (Brady first with a career-high 5,316 and Mahomes fourth with 4,839, which was his career high at the time).īaltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson was the league MVP in 2019, then graced the Madden cover ahead of the following season. Obviously, last year doesn't count since EA gave the game's namesake, Hall of Fame coach and legendary broadcaster John Madden, the cover less than a year after his death on Dec. OK, so the Curse really hasn't been much of a thing lately. Now he faces what might be the most daunting foe of his career - the so-called Madden Curse. NFL Draft Coverage Draft Tracker: Pick-by-Pick Mock Drafts Prospect Rankings 10 wildest NFL stats through five weeks: Josh Allen better than 25 offenses, Nick Chubb matching Jim Brown Here.

"A childhood dream come true," tweeted Allen, who's from Firebaugh, Calif. At the end we learned that Allen will grace the cover, making him the first Bills player to grace the main cover. Quickly compare stats, fantasy rankings and points to find out which player is a better option in your fantasy football league. The iconic EA Sports video game premiered the trailer for this year's edition, "Madden NFL 24," on Wednesday morning. View a side-by-side comparison of Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson.
