Jamaal Charles has defeated very popular Denver Broncos QB Tim Tebow in the first round voting for the next Madden NFL cover athlete.

Charles defeated Tebow by receiving 64% of the vote to Tebow’s 36%.

The Chiefs RB now moves on to the “Sweet 16″ and things aren’t getting any easier. The 6th seeded Charles will go up against another of the games top RB’s in 3 seeded Maurice Jones-Drew.

Head here to vote in the second round. If you don’t fear the Madden Curse, then by all means vote for Charles.

As far as I am concerned, Charles already won by beating Tebow. JC is king in the AFC West!

Two years ago, fans of the Kansas City Chiefs cringed when QB Matt Cassel was a finalist to make the cover of Madden NFL 10. Thankfully, Cassel avoided landing on the cover of the world’s most popular only NFL football video game, escaping the dreaded Madden curse.

Then again, considering how the 2009 Kansas City Chiefs’ season went, perhaps Cassel caught a touch of the curse simply for being nominated. It is a horror just to be nominated after all.

Two years later, the Chiefs are developing starts and now RB Jamaal Charles is a candidate to grace the cover of Madden. This year, EA Sports is doing a NCAA Tournament style voting process to select a winner. Fans will vote in a series of one on one matchups until only one player remains. The players are even broken up into seeds, just like in the real NCAA Tournament. Charles is currently ranked as a 6 seed in his region and he will be going up against none other than…

Tim Tebow of the Denver Broncos.

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