where is the pro bowl game thread?

[MJZiggy]

Is that an actual rule, or just a 'gentleman's agreement'?

What counts as a blitz? DL not allowed to cross the line of scrimmage?

I'm pretty sure it's a PB rule. They go over the differences before the game. There were a few of them (like you also can't bunch the receivers on one side of the line.

[Pugger]

And we love the commercial with the dogs. What the hell is it for?

VW?

[Pugger]

Rodgers looked fine. Jennings looks like his old self. Clay got an INT that Peppers literally gave away. Woody broke up a pass. It isn't great football by any stretch but it is nice to see our guys doing well.

[mraynrand]

People still watch the Loserbowl?

[Harlan Huckleby]

That opening play where Rogers handed-off the ball was sureal. The running back barely jogged with the ball, and the defenders just hugged him playfully after a couple yards. Fans erupted in chorus of boos. If Mike Curtis was out there, he would have clothes-lined the prancing RB. (Thank god they don't let 65-year-old former players onto the field)

I really don't mind that the players are just goofing off. What is the alternative? If you go 3/4 speed, somebody gets banged good, and pretty soon you got a real football game with people getting hurt. So they go 1/10 speed.

They got the D-list broadcast team. I guess it is embarassing to have to call such a silly affair.

I think the players should play in shorts and sneakers, or bare feet on a beach. Have a keg of beer, female refs in bikinis, rope-pull contest at halftime. Combine it with Hawaiian Luau.

[Upnorth]

That opening play where Rogers handed-off the ball was sureal. The running back barely jogged with the ball, and the defenders just hugged him playfully after a couple yards. Fans erupted in chorus of boos. If Mike Curtis was out there, he would have clothes-lined the prancing RB. (Thank god they don't let 65-year-old former players onto the field)

I really don't mind that the players are just goofing off. What is the alternative? If you go 3/4 speed, somebody gets banged good, and pretty soon you got a real football game with people getting hurt. So they go 1/10 speed.

They got the D-list broadcast team. I guess it is embarassing to have to call such a silly affair.

I think the players should play in shorts and sneakers, or bare feet on a beach. Have a keg of beer, female refs in bikinis, rope-pull contest at halftime. Combine it with Hawaiian Luau.

It sounds like a college pickup game your trying to organize. I'm in!.

[Pugger]

It's a shame they won't let the guys actually play football in that exhibition last night...

[Harlan Huckleby]

It's a shame they won't let the guys actually play football in that exhibition last night...

Its not the rules, it's the guys themselves who don't want to play seriously, and can you blame them?

Can you imagine asking top-level boxers to fight for free? You can't expect high-paid athletes in dangerous sports to risk careers for nothing.

[Joemailman]

People who don't like it need to turn the game off. If there's one thing that will cause the league to turn it into something resembling a football game again, it's lousy TV ratings.

Harlan, it's not just the players. There were reports this week that the practices were a joke too. At the very least, the coaches were involved as well.

[Harlan Huckleby]

what specificly do you want?

IT really has to be one way or the other. You can't play 1/2 speed or 3/4 speed. It has to be a real football game or an unserious game for fun.

I think the players are unwilling to play hard, and the coaches are just respecting reality. I do not blame players in a very violent sport for being unwilling to risk their livelihood. They can cancel the pro-bowl game, or continue the silly bowl. I say make the game even more informal, better choice than canceling in my opinion. I don't take football so seriously anyway.

[Joemailman]

what specificly do you want?

IT really has to be one way or the other. You can't play 1/2 speed or 3/4 speed. It has to be a real football game or an unserious game for fun.

Nonsense. The Pro Bowl has always been less intense than an actual game. What we saw last night though wasn't even tackle football.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Nonsense. The Pro Bowl has always been less intense than an actual game. What we saw last night though wasn't even tackle football.

OK. so you want the players to play hard like they used to in past decades. They aren't going to play hard.


I say play flag football. I'm serious. No pads, maybe helmets, maybe not. No - leather helmets!
Make it into a fun day for players and families, with a flag football game for fun.

[pbmax]

Nostalgia run amok. The Pro Bowl has never been as contested as people remember it. Unless you name is Pete Rose, each sport treats it the same way. Offensive showcase, minimum defense trying to decapitate the offense.

[Bossman641]

I actually agree with HH. The players don't take it seriously..and you can't expect them to. They should play flag football or turn it into a 7 on 7 drill. Not sure what they would do about the linemen though, considering they will still want to be voted into pro bowls in order to trigger bonuses.

[Freak Out]

I think it should be the NFL Allstars vs the Lingerie Bowl Allstars.....wait...fuck it. Let's just watch the women play beach volleyball instead.