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? Thursday night’s game featured both players who grace the cover from the Madden NFL Overdrive Coins game, Steelers safety Troy Polamalu and Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald. What is likely to be an honor has often been termed as a jinx, similar to gracing the coverage of Sports Illustrated. Players that have made the cover in the popular gaming in recent years, for example Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb (2005) and Seahawks running back Shaun Alexander (2007), have gotten hurt or had subpar seasons. Last year, quarterback Brett Favre ended up being selected to the cover before he announced his retirement (the previous Packers star later came from his brief retirement and played with the Jets). When asked around the supposed Madden curse, Polamalu said: “I obtain that question lots. My response to them is always that if I stink, it’s because I stink – not because of an jinx.”
? The Steelers players were pleased to play an activity last night, only when because it offered different things. The Steelers ended up Buy Madden NFL Overdrive Coins being at training camp for merely two weeks before hosting the Arizona Cardinals within the preseason opener per team. “It’s always nice to acquire that first game here, because there after, camp is actually downhill,” defensive end Brett Keisel said. The days at camp are incredibly similar — and monotonous — they tend to blend together. “After 2 days here, I totally forget what day (it can be),” nose tackle Casey Hampton said. “I’ll call my mom, and she’ll text me back that she’s at church, and I’ll be similar to, ‘Oh, it’s Sunday?’ You don’t really know what day it really is.”