Pro Bowl should be renamed Pop Bowl

This year they’ve decided to do something different with the Pro Bowl, play it a week before the Super Bowl. I think this is a great idea because having the Pro Bowl after the Super Bowl is very anti-climatic. It’s too bad the Pro Bowl is a joke now.

I checked out the people who were leading the balloting for the “all-star” game and everything was checking out fine. Drew Brees leads the voting, yea that makes sense. Peyton Manning is second, Adrian Peterson is third. So far so good. Brett Favre is fourth…..WTF?

It’s the same as last year when Favre got in. Favre may be having a good year but he’s nowhere near the best quarterback in the game anymore. You mean to tell me Favre has more votes than Brady?! Oh yea, it’s because they let the fans vote. That would explain why Larry Fitzgerald is fifth in voting, even though he’s not the best receiver so far this year.

Players with the most exposure get in, not the best players. So why even waste time with the Pro Bowl?. It’s a game that the fans set the lineups with their favorite players. It’s like when a little kid loves the home team because his dad does. So consequently the kid loves all the players on the team and thinks they’re all the best. So he gets online everyday and votes for those player multiple times.

If you want a real all-star game, let the coaches and players choose who gets in. Aren’t they the best judge of talent? I would say they probably watch a lot more game film that that little kid and his dad do.

Don’t get me wrong here. The fans are everything. I’m a fan. But I wouldn’t think my opinion of who the best players in the league are should hold more weight  than players and coaches.

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