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Living Legend
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Pacifica, CA
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New low for NFL Pro Bowl
A lot of players in the NFL have this kind of attitude, while there are others (Fletcher) who are appreciative of being selected after being overlooked for years. It's sad.
McKinnie gets booted off NFC Pro Bowl roster - Shutdown Corner - NFL Blog - Yahoo! Sports
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Washington, DC
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Re: New low for NFL Pro Bowl
The pro-bowl has always been a joke, but like your thread title suggests, it's at an all time low. There's been at least a half dozen guys selected for the pro-bowl this year who are suddenly "injured" and can't play. Then you get another half a dozen from the Super Bowl teams who need to be replaced. Now this thing with McKinnie (Julius Peppers also missed a practice unexcused).
I mean, I'm sure these guys are happy to be named Pro-bowlers, but NO ONE gives a sh*t about playing in the game. Let's be honest, the only reason participation by selected players has been so high in the past in because the games has always been in Hawaii. I'm going to the movies tonight with my fiancee. I have zero desire to watch the game. Edit: I just read that 31 players originally selected will not play because of the Super Bowl and injuries. 31!!! What a joke. It's like the JV pro-bowl.
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Re: New low for NFL Pro Bowl
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Good call GM, your fiancee is a lucky woman. Could never see why folks would want to watch such a meaningless game either. The NFL should just do like the NCAA does, just name All Americans and let them meet the president or something. The honor itself is what matters. Give the players a ring. Having themelves get beat up for another 60 minutes isn't much of a reward. |
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Richmond, VA
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Re: New low for NFL Pro Bowl
For some odd reason, I thought the changes to have it one week before the superbowl was a good idea. I never watched it because after the superbowl, football is done for me. I wish they would open it up to make it more competitive though.
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Waldorf, MD
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Re: New low for NFL Pro Bowl
Looks like a spot just opened up for Heyer!
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Re: New low for NFL Pro Bowl
Do we really care? The Pro Bowl is a joke. In most cases they are trying to protect the players from getting hurt so certain plays are off limits. Certain blocks are off limits. The big supprise was when Taylor decleated the punter. Otherwise its practically two hand touch.
Where the big stink should come from is Minn. The whole team should be embarrassed cause one of their own couldn't live up to the hype. |
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Re: New low for NFL Pro Bowl
Perhaps the Pro Bowl should be played in the preseason or in mid-season like the MLB All-star game.
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pre-season is kind of interesting, it skews the voting and everything though.. too many off-season changes unless you vote RIGHT before it. due to free agency, cap cuts, etc |
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Re: New low for NFL Pro Bowl
Someone on the radio suggested that the Pro Bowl be played the week after the super bowl, and that it should be played overseas instead of a team losing a home game.
This, in turn, would have players excited for the the pro bowl (new city, bigger buzz about the game for ex-pats overseas/football fans, etc.) I think this is a great idea. I hate teams losing a home game overseas, and this makes the pro bowl interesting. Even the best players want a free trip overseas.
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Dude, they might as well just go back to Hawaii. It is overseas and is an absolute paradise. Nothing, I mean nothing compares to it!!!!! If you can't get players to go to Hawaii with their gf, wife or kids, nothing is going to motivate them to go. Europe is cold as hell in February. Africa is just a dump, along with most of Central and South America. Uruguay and Argentina are nice, but Hawaii beats them hands down. Belize is nice, but I am not sure they have a decent stadium. |
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I'm sure people would take hawaii over london any day though.. not to mention it's still domestic, guys don't have to do as much travel-wise to prepare for it.. oh and the weather and relaxation are great after a long hard season that ends in winter.. who wants to play in rain when it's absolutely brutal outside in europe or something? |
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