Pittsburgh Steelers Troy Polamalu is one of two athletes on the cover of Madden NFL 10. In yesterday’s game against the Titans, the Samoan American suffered a MCL (medial collateral ligament) sprain in his left knee and will be out 3-6 weeks. When you’re on the cover of a Madden game, something happens to you. In the past few years, the Madden curse struck Vince Young, Shaun Alexander, and Donovan McNabb.

You can still play as Troy Polamalu in Madden NFL 10 on XBox or PS3.

Madden Curse strikes Troy Polamalu

Before Troy got injured, he made a one handed interception