Recording Perna's Curse Wheel Results

Category: Failed Curse

This team beat the curse… for now

  • Week 11, 2025

    Who did the Curse Wheel curse?

    • San Francisco 49ers (#14)
    • Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, Pittsburg Steelers (#12; combined)

    Did the Curse Wheel curse succeed?

    • NO; the 49ers defeated the Arizona Cardinals 41-22
    • NO; the Packers defeated the New York Giants 27-20
    • NO; the Bears defeated the Minnesota Vikings 19-17
    • NO; the Steelers defeated the Cincinatti Bengals 34-12

    How Bad Was the Curse?

    • The curse was bad, as in it’s Devil Magic was simply spread out too thin to do any damage. At best it was a minor inconvience for every team.
    • The Packers might have “suffered” the most in its game, with the Giants managing to keep a lead over the Packers through a lot of the game. The Giants might have won if it weren’t for the fact that the Giants’ own curse of blowing a 4th Quarter lead was still going strong (between a 20-19 lead at first, then getting intercepted in the end zone when trying to tie it up).
    • The Vikings managed to earn a leading Touchdown against the Bears with 50 seconds left in the 4th Quarter (making it 17-16), only for Bears WR Devin Duvernay to get a 56 yard punt return to put the Bears into field goal range to put it away.
    • The 49ers and the Steelers maintained a commanding lead in their games, and victory was rarely in doubt.
    • On the other hand, Aaron Rodgers suffered a wrist injury.

  • Week 8, 2025

    Who did the Curse Wheel curse?

    • Denver Broncos (#6… or #666?)

    Did the Curse Wheel curse succeed?

    • NO; the Broncos defeated the Dallas Cowboys 44-24

    How Bad Was the Curse?

    • The Broncos utterly destroyed the Cowboys, so it managed to resist the wheel’s curse powers this time.
    • That said, TECHNICALLY the Curse Wheel cursed the team at #6, but Perna placed the Broncos at #666, which has its own slot on the wheel. So it might be that the wheel cursed no team this week.
    • Also because only one 6 was cursed versus the full 666, maybe the curse was only at 1/3rd power and thus only took Patrick Surtain II out for 4-6 weeks.

  • Week 2, 2025

    Who did the Curse Wheel curse?

    • Philadelphia Eagles (#7)

    Did the Curse Wheel curse succeed?

    • NO; the Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 20-17

    How Bad Was the Curse?

    • It doesn’t appear there were any residual curses on the Eagles this week. The Eagles escaped. That said, this clearly pissed off the Curse Wheel because it has been accurate for at least four weeks afterwards.
    • And no, Saquon Barkley poor stats this season was the Madden Curse, totally different curse.

  • Week 1, 2025

    Who did the Curse Wheel curse?

    • Cincinnati Bengals (#16)

    Did the Curse Wheel curse succeed?

    • NO; the Bengals defeated the Cleveland Browns 17-16

    How Bad Was the Curse?

    • It was actually a very close match, with the Bengals down 14-16 in the 4th Quarter
    • HOWEVER: Joe Burrow also suffered a potential season-ending turf toe injury on Week 2, meaning maybe the curse was delayed. Perna considers this to be a successful curse.