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April 26, 2012The Relief of the Arrival of Draft Day
April 26, 2012I honestly don’t know anyone who watches the Pro Bowl. I mean like really watches it. According to Chris Mortenson (by way of PFT,) the Pro Bowl gets good TV ratings and makes money, but it could be all over.
The idea for getting rid of the Pro Bowl entirely has picked up steam in recent years, and Chris Mortensen reported on ESPN Radio this morning that there’s talk of suspending the Pro Bowl as soon as this year: There might not be a Pro Bowl at all at the end of this season.
Obviously it won’t be missed by too many people. It will probably most be missed by guys like Derek Anderson and Browns center Alex Mack. With no actual game, there won’t be guys bowing out to avoid injuries. Without Pro Bowl alternates we never would have had to hear arguments for Derek Anderson that included mention of his Pro Bowl (when he filled in for the real Pro Bowler, Tom Brady.)
The only downside is that we won’t get any more Alex Mack touchdown scampers either.
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good move by nfl; good points made by craig.
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I’m guessing they could make just as much money and get just as many if not more people to attend and watch on TV if they replaced the Pro Bowl with some type of awards show (i.e. Grammys, Golden Globes, etc.). Get all the best players in the NFL to show up and see who “wins” the All-Pro selection for their position. Anyone who was nominated for their position is considered a “Pro Bowler”. Give out the MVP, Coach of the Year, Comeback POTY, etc. They could even do this in the days after the SB in the SB city as a capping of the season since everyone is there anyways.
Also…I imagine all of the agents are going to be pissed if they don’t have this one additional incentive $$ to throw into everyone’s contract.
It would be cool I think to do a skills competition, and possibly some sort of flag or touch game hahaha
What is this Pro Bowl you speak of?
Just name the teams and don’t play the game lol
I would be on board with a flag football game. I think it would be fun to watch the guys goof around in a no-pads setting. It would definitely be more intimate, no real fear of injury, and we wouldn’t have to pretend it is a game. They’re basically playing two hand touch anyways.
exhibition tackle football is just a silly idea
if a tree falls in the forest and …
I like this idea. Nominate the top 3 at each position…use fan, player, and coach votes to determine the finalists and the winner. Have an awards show where the players can goof off and have fun with it.
Intimate? Whoa. Hang on. Really missing the lingerie football league, are we?
I’m just looking for a reason to turn the lights down low, crack open a bottle of wine, and watch some football. Is that too much to ask?
I don’t normally “lol,” primarily because I can’t stand interweb/texting language, but I do often laugh out loud. I LITERALLY laughed out loud at this. Best internet comment of the last millenium. (The stuff before is going to be hard to beat.)
And no, it’s not too much to ask. You go ahead and turn up the bass and play that Barry White.
… the Vikings forget to make their pick . . .
I like where you’re going with this. Even if you had no idea where you were going with it was more draft talk.
They should have a skills competiton or something I mean if they can do three hours on the release of the upcoming schedule I’m sure they could do a skills competition.
Shows how much I care about the Pro Bowl…. I had no idea Alex Mack scored, let alone who won. I like the awards show idea above. I think that could be entertaining at times, although watching guards, punters, and long snappers make acceptance speeches? That could get boring. Maybe they do it like the Oscars and do the boring one’s first before the on-air portion.
ah, yes, the stale stench of blown draft clocks … Marty rubbing his hands gleefully when the Oilers choke, permitting us to move up and grab wash-out Clifford Charleton, while all they end up with is productive Lorenzo White … good times, tinted in sepia.
I thought they already did this last year.
I remember watching the Pro Bowl as a kid and it seemed like they we at least somewhat playing a football game. At least the linemen weren’t standing around talking about cheerleaders and trading stock tips. The devoltion to a costume party was a gradual process. Does anyone know when the last time the teams actually played?