Cam Newton has all the charisma in the world but he didn’t earn enough votes to land the 2013 Madden Cover vote. Instead it was Calvin Johnson who won the honor.

Did Cam really think he could beat Megatron?

Now it’s time to see if he’ll be the lucky S.O.B. to break the Madden curse. Whether he does or doesn’t, he signed that $132 million contract just in time.