It’s an off-day for the Eagles, and it’s a heat wave in Philly in early June, so what better time to pose the question of what to do with the Pro Bowl…
The Pro Bowl as it stands is an honor to be chosen for, but an absolute joke to have to play for… What rational professional would go all out to win for his conference at the expense of a career-ending injury? Sorry, but for a $25,000 appearance fee, it just is not worth it…
The NFL just announced there will be yet another Pro Bowl in 2013 in Hawaii… the trip to Hawaii is nice, but all I ask is please don’t play the game…
As it stands now, there is an unwritten rule understood among Pro Bowl players that hard contact is to be faked at worst, avoided at best. But that’s not football—it’s pro wrassling.
Here’s my idea— since it’s a glorified rough-touch football game already, take the pads and the helmets off these guys, and make it a 4-quarter 32-minute flag football game…
Without the pads and helmets, the TV audience gets to relate to these guys in a whole new personal way… It could be fun…and with the extra TV time due to the abbreviated clock, throw in a bunch of extra-curricular contests taped the day before, such as weight-lifting contests among the linemen, and sprint contests among the receivers and D-backs, and Punt-Pass-and-Kick contests among the QB’s and kickers…
I’m hoping you as members of the Bored representing Eagles tradition may have some better ideas to save or improve the Pro Bowl. As I have admitted to Brizer and JB99 on many occasions, I’ve got nothing else….
ELI makes 31st best player in NFLN Poll…
Well, maybe Eli Manning is that damn good… but I have a hard time accepting that he is a better QB than Mike Vick or Joe Flacco, both of whom finished way behind Eli in the player’s poll…
Reigning offensive rookie of the year Cam Newton was ranked the league’s 40th-best player by his peers, an awfully lofty honor for an NFL freshman.
Reigning Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning checked in at 31st, which seems a bit low for a guy who’s won that honor twice in the past five seasons … though it’s a huge jump given Manning didn’t even crack the The Top 100 Players of 2011.
MORE TOP 100: 100-91 | 90-81 | 80-71 | 70-61 | 60-51 | 50-41
Sunbutts (aka “Mr. Warmth”) will have a field day with this one, and perhaps justifiably so. After all, Eli does have two (2) rings… But I’m just not feeling him as a “Top 40” player…
But I’m equally hesitant of putting Cam Newton up that high, too.
Newton certainly raised eyebrows by becoming the first rookie to pass for more than 4,000 yards while rushing for 14 TDs, breaking the single-season mark for all quarterbacks.
“Cam is like a bigger Michael Vick,” said Atlanta Falcons DT Jonathan Babineaux. “You better wrap your whole arms around him, or he’s gonna make you look silly.”
However one of Newton’s Carolina Panthers teammates, WR Steve Smith (who was ranked 35th on the list himself), is leery of doling out too many accolades just yet.
“So many people want to put so much on Cam. And being just kind of the big brother, he isn’t there yet,” Smith said. “It’s not that I don’t want to talk about him because I’m tired of talking about him — I don’t want to sell him short.
“It’s one year, and look what he’s done. To talk about he’s a Top 100 (player), seeing him every day, I think he has the ability to change the game completely. … I’ll give you the top player in three years — Cam Newton.”
You could argue Eli Manning is the top player now given his role as the face of the league’s best franchise last season.
“(It) may not be the prettiest way to do it, but he’s won two Super Bowls now,” Philadelphia Eagles WR Jeremy Maclin said of Manning. “Can’t really knock that.”
But did you know, statheads: Eli Manning’s 4,933 passing yards in 2011 were 233 more than Peyton’s career best?
In other curious Top 100 developments, New Orleans Saints G Jahri Evans came in at No. 32 and will stick as the top-ranked offensive lineman in the league. New York Jets Pro Bowl C Nick Mangold will not make a list light on blockers.
Here’s the list of players ranked 31-40:
- 31. Eli Manning, QB, Giants
- 32. Jahri Evans, G, Saints
- 33. Matt Forte, RB, Bears
- 34. Tamba Hali, OLB, Chiefs
- 35. Steve Smith, WR, Panthers
- 36. Charles Woodson, CB, Packers
- 37. Steven Jackson, RB, Rams
- 38. Ndamukong Suh, DT, Lions
- 39. Victor Cruz, WR, Giants
- 40. Cam Newton, QB, Panthers
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