the new Pro Bowl

[madmadworld]

"I hope they never ever switch it off this island or stop playing it," Tony Gonzalez, said. "This doesn't ever stop being fun."

(For the record, Peterson, the Cardinals star, said if he's matched up against Arizona teammate and Team Rice wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, "I will definitely tackle him. I'm not going to take his knee out, but I have to tackle him.")

http://www.nfl.com/probowl/story/0a...-format-produces-deliciously-awkward-matchups
Pro Bowl, 7:30 PM est - NBC

 

[dfergie]

I think Goodel has totally screwed the Pro Bowl up, don't think I'll watch.

 

[Jimbo]

I definitely WON'T be watching ...

I haven't watched the Pro Bowl in about 25 years, why start now.

Players don't want to play in it, they are typically out of shape, many haven't played in over a month now.

I say, go ahead and vote for the Pro Bowl players and send them and thier families on a trip to Hawaii and call it a deal ...

No game required.

 

[Teehar]

Hey,it's football,I'll be watching,dvr'd of course.

 

[Don in CT]

The Pro bowl is about as useless as pre season football.

 

[satjay]

Stopped watching a while ago, no new reason to watch

 

[TNGTony]

I haven't made an effort to watch the probowl since the 1980s. I used to catch it here and there until it was moved from after the Super Bowl to before. It is a pointless game. Unlike the baseball all star game, it just doesn't have any life. Moving the game before the Super Bowl was idiotic. It means that players from the two best teams in the NFL that year will not be available making this game even less relevant. And now having the teams picked out with no conference lines makes it even more pointless!

 

[Don in CT]

I haven't made an effort to watch the probowl since the 1980s. I used to catch it here and there until it was moved from after the Super Bowl to before. It is a pointless game. Unlike the baseball all star game, it just doesn't have any life. Moving the game before the Super Bowl was idiotic. It means that players from the two best teams in the NFL that year will not be available making this game even less relevant. And now having the teams picked out with no conference lines makes it even more pointless!

Moving the game before the Super Bowl made sense, the last game should be the biggest game of the year not a pointless exhibition.

 

[JerryDowning]

The Pro bowl is about as useless as pre season football.

I'll watch or even go to a preseason football game if someone offers me tickets, but the Pro Bowl has gotten worse for the last twenty years. Now if someone would offer me a trip to Hawaii, I would attend just to make an appearance, but then I would head right back to the beach. Pro Bowl = Pro Wrestling.

 

[TNGTony]

Moving the game before the Super Bowl made sense, the last game should be the biggest game of the year not a pointless exhibition.

To have an exhibition of what is supposed to be the best of the NFL and not include players from the two top teams in the NFL that year is even MORE pointless!

 

[dfergie]

I'm with Tony on having the game after the Super Bowl, some of the all pros don't get to play because of that fact...

 

[Peter Parker]

Moving the game before the Super Bowl made sense, the last game should be the biggest game of the year not a pointless exhibition.

The Super Bowl is the championship game. The Pro bowl has no bearing on it whatsoever whether it is played before or after.

 

[Don in CT]

I'm with Tony on having the game after the Super Bowl, some of the all pros don't get to play because of that fact...

A lot of the pros skip out on the game all together, Brady hasn't gone in over 7 years.

 

[Jimbo]

The Pro bowl is about as useless as pre season football.

At least with Pre Season you can watch the rookies develop.

 

[Jimbo]

Moving the game before the Super Bowl made sense, the last game should be the biggest game of the year not a pointless exhibition.

Except the Pro bowl regardless of when it's played is just that ... a Pointless Exhibition.

 

[Paul Wozniak]

I definitely WON'T be watching ...

I haven't watched the Pro Bowl in about 25 years, why start now.

Players don't want to play in it, they are typically out of shape, many haven't played in over a month now.

I say, go ahead and vote for the Pro Bowl players and send them and thier families on a trip to Hawaii and call it a deal ...

No game required.

I'm with you Jimbo, the game is a bad joke. I'll bet the pick shows on ESPN will get better ratings than the actual game will.

 

[Don in CT]

I'm with you Jimbo, the game is a bad joke. I'll bet the pick shows on ESPN will get better ratings than the actual game will.

Plus it's up against the Grammys tonight.

 

[Teehar]

And yet it continues to get decent enough ratings to keep broadcasting it,obviously someone is watching.What's the difference between it and the NBA or MLB all star games?It's an exhibition of the top talent each league has to offer.Goodell threatened to kill it,but he just couldn't do it due to the revenue it brings the league.Personally I'm looking forward to watching some of these first timers such as Nick Foles,to see how they perform.

 

[tigerfan33]

No blocking, no tackling, no thank you!!!

 

[satjay]

Plus it's up against the Grammys tonight.

Plus it's up against Watching Paint Dry as well