Pre playoff Polian Show

Johnny O tells us what the boss said

*On the NFL’s decision to move the Pro Bowl a week before the Super Bowl:“The people who decided to have the Pro Bowl before the Super Bowl were league office people. It was discussed perfunctorily at an (NFL) Owners Meeting. I don’t think many people focused upon it. It was discussed with the Competition Committee. The Competition Committee explained to the league office that you would not have the Super Bowl players and that would take some luster from the game and that there was some likelihood that you would not have players from the championship games because they’re so disheartened by losing and virtually every player has an injury at this time of the year, so at least some of the players from the championship-game participants won’t play in it. I certainly was not in favor of it. I think there were very few football people who were. While the players will not participate we were told in a disturbing decision that they are expected to be in Miami a day before their teammates to be introduced at the Pro Bowl and interviewed on television. That came as a shock and if we’re fortunate enough to advance, we’ll deal with it at the time. That’s apparently how the league office has chosen to deal with the fact that the Super Bowl players will not play. But they will not play in the game – that’s for certain.”