Cursed? Kansas City Chiefs add Peyton Hillis in free agency

About a year ago, Chiefs fans were thinking that they dodged a bullet. Jamaal Charles had just lost to Peyton Hillis in the fan voting for the 2012 cover of the Madden football game. Charles was supposed to avoid the curse. It would be Hillis’ to bear.

Then Charles went down with a season-ending knee injury in the second game, and Hillis limped through the year (thanks to a case of strep throat and a bum hamstring), playing only 10 games and rushing for a career low 3.6 yards per attempt. Their fates came together again yesterday when the Chiefs signed Hillis to a reported one-year contract for $3 million.