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John Madden Hates Vince Young

At first glance I thought it kind of strange that Vince Young was chosen to be on the cover of Madden NFL 2008. Normally the marketing gurus at EA Sports pick some established veteran with a proven track record to represent their flagship game, not a second-year player who is still developing. But then the more I thought about it the more sense it made: The company is either tired of taking heat for ruining the season/career of veteran players, or they just couldn’t find an NFL veteran willing to take the risk.

Yes, the 2007 Rookie of the Year is about to follow in the footsteps of Dante Culpepper (knee), Michael Vick (broken leg), Donovan McNabb (sports hernia/Terrell Owens), and Shaun Alexander (foot), which means he’ll surely be visited by some horrible injury or have an otherwise terrible season. But since he’s still so early in his career, Young should be able to bounce back from this experience and have plenty of years left to reach his potential.

Still, I hope you didn’t make any sizable bet at the end of last season on the Titans making the playoffs or Young setting any records as quarterback this year.

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