If you get fifteen wins or more in the regular season, you won't be able to win the Super Bowl?
This is one of the most widely circulated Super Bowl winning spells in the NFL. After the league was restructured in 1978, only two teams have ever accomplished such a feat, the San Francisco 49ers in the 1984 season and the Chicago Bears in the 1985 season. No team has broken such a curse in 27 years since then.
It is worth mentioning that the 1984 San Francisco 49ers were also one of the strongest teams in history. They only lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers by a free kick in the sixth week of the regular season, finishing with 15 wins and one loss. Excellent record and entered the playoffs, easily defeated the New York Giants "21:10" in the divisional round, defeated the Chicago Bears "23:0" in the conference finals, and beat the Miami Dolphins "38:16" in the Super Bowl. That was Joe Montana's second championship ring.
The following year, the Chicago Bears were even more brutal. They shut out the New York Giants in the divisional round, shut out the Los Angeles Rams in the conference finals, and defeated the New England Patriots with the largest margin of victory in Super Bowl history. They deserved their reputation as the strongest defensive team in history. An interesting indirect connection is that the 1985 Super Bowl was held at the Louisiana Superdome.
The Louisiana Superdome, now the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, will be the venue for the 2012 Super Bowl. Is this... reincarnation?
Now the question is, can the San Francisco 49ers break the curse in the 2012 season? Joe Montana reached the top in the 1984 season, but that was already twenty-eight years ago. What kind of performance will this San Francisco 49ers perform in the face of such a long curse that spans centuries? What will be the outcome?
This will undoubtedly be another highlight of this year's Super Bowl.
In addition to the curse of victory, the league also has a very, very wonderful curse, which is even known as a curse: the MVP curse.
Simply put, the regular season MVP winner will definitely not win the Super Bowl.
In the 2009 season, regular season MVP Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts lost to the New Orleans Saints in the Super Bowl.
In the 2007 season, New England Patriots Tom Brady, the regular season MVP, lost to the New York Giants in the Super Bowl.
In the 2002 season, regular season MVP Rich Gannon of the Oakland Raiders lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Super Bowl.
In the 2001 season, regular season MVP Kurt Warner of the St. Louis Rams lost to the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl.
In short, since the beginning of the new century, no player has been able to break such a curse. Except for the above three seasons, the regular season MVPs in other seasons have not even been able to make it to the Super Bowl stage. This is definitely not a curse. , but a curse!
Logically speaking, the regular season MVP is the best summary of the entire season. It is not only the individual performance of the players, but also the performance of the entire team. Otherwise, if a team loses consecutively, only one player will win. Flash, this can't make people feel how powerful this player is. It can be simply considered that the regular season MVP is a comprehensive consideration of players and teams.
But now, all the teams to which the regular season MVP belongs for twelve consecutive seasons have lost the Super Bowl? This is really... weird.
The last time such a curse was broken was in the 1999 season, when regular season MVP Kurt Warner of the St. Louis Rams defeated the Tennessee Titans in the Super Bowl, creating the Cinderella myth of an undrafted rookie!
Wait, it feels a little strange.
Kurt Warner, Lu Ke.
Lu Ke, Kurt Warner.
The experiences of these two undrafted quarterbacks are so similar. No one cared about them in the draft, but then they successfully completed a strong counterattack and created their own glory. During last year's rookie season, all aspects of Lu Ke were compared with Kurt. Many people believed that Lu Ke was replicating Kurt's miracle. Although Lu Ke failed to enter the Super Bowl in his rookie season, all aspects of Lu Ke's performance were compared with Kurt's. The trajectory of the situation is still extremely close.
Now... the curse of a perfect season was broken by the San Francisco 49ers; the curse of regular season MVP was also broken by the former undrafted quarterback Kurt. Then it was Lu Ke's turn. Is this implying something?
In fact, the regular season MVP curse only appeared after the millennium, and its historical origins are far less profound than the victory curse.
In the last century, the curse of regular season MVP did not exist at all. Every player who won such an honor was bound to be the most outstanding and powerful figure in the year. They were also the corresponding favorites in the playoffs because Super The single-game format of the Bowl has indeed seen many games in which regular season MVPs regretfully lost, but conversely, there are also many games in which regular season MVPs have won the Super Bowl——
Denver Broncos running back Terrell Davis and Green Bay Packers Brett Favre have both won regular season MVPs and then reached the Super Bowl; and San Francisco 49ers' two famous players Joe -Montana and Steve Young also accomplished such a feat in the 1989 and 1994 seasons respectively.
But after entering the 21st century, things changed suddenly. Peyton Manning won the regular season MVP award four times, Tom Brady won the regular season MVP award twice, and Aaron Rodgers also won the regular season MVP award in the 2011 season. Competition MVP, but these three elite quarterbacks all failed in the playoffs in the season when they won the regular season MVP. This is really puzzling.
Countless experts and coaches have worked hard to study the specific reasons, but in the end they can only figure out an outline.
First, the regular season MVP has chosen running back or quarterback for 26 consecutive years. This also means that the team's excellent record in the regular season depends largely on the performance of the MVP himself, and entering the postseason After the game and even the Super Bowl, they will inevitably become the target of public criticism. Either their performance drops slightly under pressure, or their opponents complete their deployment in a targeted manner, so losing becomes inevitable.
In the 2002 season, Oakland Raiders quarterback Rich Cannon led the team to the Super Bowl. However, facing the best defensive team in the history of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cannon, who only had ten interceptions in sixteen games during the regular season, failed. He threw five interceptions in a single game in the Super Bowl, directly ruining the team's chance of winning the championship.
In the 2003 season, Steve McNair of the Tennessee Titans and Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts both won the regular season MVP. However, the former was intercepted three times by the Baltimore Ravens in the wild card game, while the latter was intercepted three times in the NFC Finals. He was sacked four times and intercepted four times by the New England Patriots' targeted defense, both of which were defeated.
The regular season MVP can be said to be the focus of everyone's attention, but it is also the target of public criticism. There is no defensive coach who will not conduct in-depth research and target defense.
Second, the regular season MVP award takes into account the team's overall record and status, but it is still an individual award after all. On the Super Bowl stage, if the MVP's teammates perform abnormally, then he alone will be unable to do anything.
The most typical case is the 2006 season, when running back LaDainian-Tomlinson led the San Diego Chargers to an excellent record of 14 wins and two losses, and won a complete victory at home, earning the top seed in the American League. In the divisional round, the New England Patriots face the challenge at home.
In this game, Tomlinson carried the ball 23 times and ran for 123 yards and two touchdowns, as well as 64 yards receiving. At the same time, the defense also produced three interceptions and one fumble by Brady. But... this is still not enough. Because last season, Drew Brees left the New Orleans Saints in frustration, while Philip Rivers debuted as the main quarterback for the first time in his career.
Facing the first playoff game in his life, Rivers repeatedly tightened up at critical moments and wasted opportunities. After the defensive team intercepted Brady three times, Rivers dropped the ball once and hesitated twice in third gear. Uncertainty and inability to take action resulted in a sack, and all the ball possession transitions resulting from three interceptions were wasted.
"21:24", the San Diego Chargers lost to the New England Patriots at such a slight disadvantage and were eliminated from the divisional round.
The San Diego Chargers, who have yet to win a Super Bowl, missed what may be the best opportunity in franchise history. Tomlinson also regretfully said after the game that if the team had not let go of Drew Brees, they might have won the championship that year.
Third, it is bad luck. You perform normally, but your opponent performs unfavorably, and the result can only be a sigh.
The regular season MVP of the 2010 season was Tom Brady. The New England Patriots faced the New York Jets defense led by "Island King" Darrelle Revis in the divisional round.
This pair of rivals in the same division knew everything about them, and there were no surprises at all. However, in that divisional game, the Jets defense broke out in full force and completely locked Brady down; even more incredible was that second-year quarterback Mark - Sanchez had a solid record of three touchdowns at Gillette Stadium, and even he couldn't believe it after the game.
Only a month ago in the regular season, the Patriots beat the Jets 45:3, but in the playoffs the winning-losing relationship was completely reversed. It can only be said that the New York Jets cheated. The regular season MVP is also helpless.
Due to various reasons, both subjective and objective exist. Even the league's most famous "Madden Game Cover Curse" has had exceptions, but the "Regular Season MVP Curse" has always remained the same, even for those who do not believe in evil. General, it is inevitable to sigh.
Madden (Madden-NFL) is a sports game that simulates American football. It is equivalent to FIFA Online for football. This game officially cooperates with the NFL and is famous for its authenticity and data integrity. It has always occupied the North American market in sports games. At the top of the list of games, every year Madden announces the cover character of next season’s game during the offseason.
But since 2000, when players with outstanding performance in the previous season began to be used as covers, a curse has been born: as long as they are selected as cover characters, the following season will inevitably start to be unlucky, either their performance will drop significantly compared with the previous season, or their performance will drop significantly. The injury cost him the entire season.
In 2003, Marshall Faulk ended his season early due to injury; in 2005, Ray Lewis ended his season early due to injury, and so on. However, there are exceptions to this curse. In 2012, Calvin Johnson set a new historical record for a league wide receiver in a single season with 1,964 receiving yards.
In other words, even the "Madden Curse" has exceptions, but the "Regular Season MVP Curse" has remained the same for thirteen years. What should I do?
