Official 2010 Pro Bowl Thread

[Pugger]

CM3's game is rushing the passer and I don't know if the Pro-Bowl rules allow LBs to blitz? Clay wasn't the only defender to play passively in most of the game. Rodgers actually looked very good. Romo was average at best - which was surprising seeing he was running his scheme - and McNabb looked horrid! :P

[KYPack]

CM3's game is rushing the passer and I don't know if the Pro-Bowl rules allow LBs to blitz? Clay wasn't the only defender to play passively in most of the game. Rodgers actually looked very good. Romo was average at best - which was surprising seeing he was running his scheme - and McNabb looked horrid! :P

Yeah, CMIII played OK. The Pro Bowl rules strip that game from a lot of the stuff I like to watch.

Woodley and James Harrison were quite pissed that they weren't allowed to pass rush. I saw Harrison take some quick steps toward the QB and then pull up, as if to say, "cudda gotcha".

Our guy, ARod is also clearly one of the boys and a respected player. The guys were listening to him and respecting his leadership. I watched about a third of the game and seemed to see the stuff I wanted to see whenever I tuned in.

[pbmax]

Maurice Jones Drew is on the radio and he said since the game was close and $45,000 (versus $20,000) was on the line, the hitting actually got serious late. And that was when Vincent Jackson popped CMIII.

[swede]

What a boring game, though. If that's the best they can do I say let the game go the way of the dinosaur. What's the point of having defensive players if they don't play defense? Clay Matthews doesn't even try to tackle a running back going right by him into the end zone?

In their All-Star game the NBA plays no defense and the stars take turns splashing threes, making five step drives to the basket, and throwing down thunderous dunks. As an exhibition it works. As a game it doesn't.*

The NFL began their All-Star efforts with the champions playing the college all-stars. That idea was bad enough to fail eventually. The current format has never been much good as either an exhibition or a game. The NFL should have the courage to let a bad idea go away. The All-Star game is not Bear Stearns; it's not too big to fail. I'd rather see the players' wives playing beach volleyball for Jello-shots in Honolulu between the division championships and the Super Bowl. You've got to decide if it's going to be a good exhibition or a good game. You can't fake football.

*(edit: Sorry. That IS an NBA game, isn't it.)

[mraynrand]

The pro bowl selection process didn't surround Aaron Rodgers with the talent he needed to win.

[Freak Out]

What.....no pad level comments?

[KYPack]

You've also got to have the guys from both Super Bowl teams play in the game.

The classic, vintage Pro Bowls are the ones right after the merger. '70 - 74 had some slammin' goin' on. That also lead to Pro Bowl QB's starting to "opt out" of the Pro Bowl. I've been hearing and reading about nobody wanting to play in that game forever.

In '75, the MVP of the Pro Bowl was James Harris, a so-so QB for the LA Rams. The other QB for the NFC was Mike Boryla, a ham 'n egger QB for the Eagles. No top QB wanted to get his teeth rattled in a post-season exhibition game.

There has to be a way to structure this thing, but nobody has figured it out yet.

[Kiwon]

What a boring game, though. If that's the best they can do I say let the game go the way of the dinosaur. What's the point of having defensive players if they don't play defense? Clay Matthews doesn't even try to tackle a running back going right by him into the end zone?

In their All-Star game the NBA plays no defense and the stars take turns splashing threes, making five step drives to the basket, and throwing down thunderous dunks. As an exhibition it works. As a game it doesn't.*

You are so cruel.....you mean all those Harlem Globetrotter games versus the New Jersey Generals I went to weren't a serious basketball game?

What next swede, are you going to tell me that there is no Santa Claus either? If not, who ate the milk and cookies we left out every year, huh?

[esoxx]

Ted Hendricks got all over CC in the shower.

Take it to the GC KY.

[Freak Out]

You've also got to have the guys from both Super Bowl teams play in the game.

The classic, vintage Pro Bowls are the ones right after the merger. '70 - 74 had some slammin' goin' on. That also lead to Pro Bowl QB's starting to "opt out" of the Pro Bowl. I've been hearing and reading about nobody wanting to play in that game forever.

In '75, the MVP of the Pro Bowl was James Harris, a so-so QB for the LA Rams. The other QB for the NFC was Mike Boryla, a ham 'n egger QB for the Eagles. No top QB wanted to get his teeth rattled in a post-season exhibition game.

There has to be a way to structure this thing, but nobody has figured it out yet.

Do you remember the 75 game? Awesome stuff...."ham 'n egger"...lol.