
Following Season: Traded to Jets, hurt arm.

Following Season: Hurt quadricep. Marked the beginning of the mental meltdown.

Following Season: Broke left foot.

Following Season: Hernia. Surgery halfway through season.

Following Season: Torn hamstring.

Following Season: Fractured right fibula.

Following Season: Tormented by injured ankle all season.

Following Season: Hurt knee, missed 5 games.

Following Season: Various injuries, lowest rushing total of his career.

Following Season: Barry Sanders was supposed to be on the cover. He retires and EA Sports puts Madden on the cover instead. His finger wagging pose looks ominously like an evil, overweight wizard putting a curse on every player to follow.