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4 months ago: HONOLULU, HI - JANUARY 29: Patrick Peterson #21 of the Arizona Cardinals intercepts a pass meant for A.J. Green #18 of the Cincinnati Bengals during the 2012 NFL Pro Bowl between the AFC and NFC at Aloha Stadium on January 29, 2012 in Honolulu, Hawaii. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
It's the last Monday before the 2011-2012 NFL season is officially over. We saw four Bengals players in the Pro Bowl game yesterday, with great performances by Andy Dalton and A.J. Green. What did you think of the game?
It's also the kickoff to Super Bowl week in Indianapolis. Got a prediction on the game? Have you placed any bets? Talk about it.
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I think the ProBowl
should be an actual game and not.
“Players People Voted 4 Playing Half Assed Football”
or the PPV4PHAF for short.
or we need to rename or just cancel it. if no one wants to get hurt they should not attend.
I want to see it actually mean something. worst All-Star game of any sport.
Bengalsfan024 - January 30, 2012
it will never happen
players are investments, and the franchises don’t want their investments getting hurt. because of this, they need to either end the thing or people need to accept that it will never be more than a friendly scrimmage.
dqniel - January 30, 2012
I'd like to see them combine the pro bowl
With the senior so we can see some of these prospects go up against talent. Winner still get 50K, you know the college kids would at least be trying. AND before you have say it, I KNOW ITS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN:)
biggie22 - January 30, 2012
that’s a different & fun idea
Joe Goodberry - January 30, 2012 via Android app
Thanks Joe
I like your idea as well
biggie22 - January 30, 2012
My Pro Bowl fix
1) Scrap the Pro Bowl/Hawaii idea
2) Have a Rookies vs 2nd Year Players Game. Call it a Young Stars Game like the NBA has.
3) Have this game in the same city as the Super Bowl on the Sunday before.
4) Have an awards show (like they currently are starting this year), for the Yearly awards and All-Pro teams. Invite the Young Stars and both Super Bowl teams. Red Carpet for the wives.
5) Winners get $75,000 & losers get $25,000. (Current is $50k vs $25k)
6) Offensive & Defensive MVPs get Under Armor or Nike sponsorship for the year worth $500,000.
7) Every team must have one representative.
All of these changes should improve the intensity and value of the game. The younger players already play harder and they need the money and exposure more than the veterans.
Joe Goodberry - January 30, 2012 via Android app
Also a skills competition such as a QB accuracy toss or a d-lineman hit a dummy with a G-shock patch by sports science and see who hits hardest.
DTFCPDX - January 30, 2012
What happened to the Skills Competition?
Hell with the game those were the best thing about the pro bowl. I remember Palmer winning the long throw and Chad winning the hands competition. It was cool to watch the QB’s throw at targets hooked to golf carts and linemen putting up 225lbs 30 times. Ahhh the good ol’days lol.
Bigcatdaddy - January 30, 2012 via Android app
wondering the same thing
ticalcaldwell - January 30, 2012
Yep, those are the best to watch.
It just keeps getting worse.
Ben-GAL - January 31, 2012
What about the worst NFL team playing the BCS champ?
Never happen but you talk about some broken egos. I think Bama could play with the Colts. OSU could’ve beaten the Colts.
Bigcatdaddy - January 30, 2012 via Android app
lol
that would be hilarious…thats good..
ticalcaldwell - January 30, 2012
OSU could not be the colts
Diesel2405 - January 31, 2012
Oklahoma State
I think they could. Opinion;-) never know
Bigcatdaddy - January 31, 2012 via Android app
No but seriously. They could not beat the colts.
Diesel2405 - January 31, 2012
You don't know that anymore than I know they could.
You a Colts fan?
Bigcatdaddy - January 31, 2012 via Android app
hell yeah +1
I like it Joe…..I think you pointed out a great point as well. The younger guys play harder and are still trying to prove themselves..I know this wont make it perfect but I would like to see a lot of the great rookies we have in the NFL…
ticalcaldwell - January 30, 2012
lol wait? they still get money if they lose?
I think the bengals organization should let the league know that doesn’t work.
AMAS85 - January 30, 2012
Since its only rookies vs sophs
What about making the coaching staffs the current stars of the game? fans vote for the players that coach each team. Just a thought.
EPK1979 - January 30, 2012 via mobile
That would be cool. Or I’d watch retired players coach.
Joe Goodberry - January 31, 2012 via Android app
Ok, as Tim Ryan says on Sirius Radio,
I’ll talk about it.
Giants by 14.
No bets.
The Pro Bowl was an eye sore. I watched the first 4 snaps and turned it off.
BENGALS69 - January 30, 2012
Pro Bowl
Dalton looked like the better Rookie of Year candidate.
Agreed, the game was really uninteresting, and had there not been Bengals playing I would not have been watching.
cdhess - January 30, 2012
+1
It is going to be tough to watch the entertainer and icon receiving ROY….yeah I wouldnt have watched either if it wasnt for our guys
ticalcaldwell - January 31, 2012
However the AFC D did make it interesting
after thaey felt the onside kicks were “a slap in the face” (source: Geno Atkins).
Oregonbengalsfan - January 30, 2012
Pro Bowl
Everybody would feel different about the pro bowl if we had seen one of our four players getting carted off the field. I vote the game not even be played
bnglsfan - January 30, 2012 via mobile
I agree with you on that
if any of our guys got injured…I would be cursing the entire state of Hawaii
ticalcaldwell - January 31, 2012
The should take the word "Pro" out of the title
and call it “techmo bowl” because their is nothing professional about it!
AMAS85 - January 30, 2012
Its crazy though
They said 12.5 million watched it though..Shows the power of football
ticalcaldwell - January 30, 2012
I thought it was fun. Of course they’re not playing hard.
miniglik - January 30, 2012 via mobile
Pats by 15
It hurts to say that, I’m rooting for the little brother. But That’s what it feels like to me. 35-20
No bets. My feelings barely surpass 50% accuracy.
keithster - January 30, 2012
Add more money,winner takes all should at least make the Pro-Bowl look like football
Super Bowl
I think we are in for another tight game winning FG Pats 24-23
keithp - January 30, 2012
This is just a "Touch Football" game for the pros. A free trip to Hawii as a reward for
being either a popular of recgonised player. Nothing more. I is just a fun time for all involved if not for the serious football fan. Anyone who expects it to be real football needs to adjust their expectations. It isn’t meant to be fun for us, though it is marketed to be. I have no problem with it being what it is. The game is just an after thought and much more hype than substance – and that, IMO, is what it should be. Real football means potential injuries. Did anyone want either Dalton of Green to risk injury in an insignificant game. My apologies to the Bard but "it is strutting and fretting an hour on the stage , full of sound and flurry signifying nothing.
JUNGLEJOHN - January 30, 2012
+1
well said…The pro bowl is what it is…Hopefully it changes but for now…this is what we got…kinda like the college bowl system…obsolete and kinda pointless
ticalcaldwell - January 31, 2012
Full of sound and "fury"....
Just saying…
KentuckianaBrowncoat - January 30, 2012
I don't know
maybe flurry is more apt. I sure didn’t see a lot of fury. haha
Oregonbengalsfan - January 30, 2012
When I was a kid in the 80s, it seemed like players actually played hard in the pro bowl
Did things actually change, or am I just remembering it incorrectly?
To me, it seems the big $$ and fear of injury has surpassed the actual attempt to play a real game.
PeteRoseJr - January 31, 2012
This, coming from Pete Rose jr? lol
Joe Goodberry - January 31, 2012 via Android app
LOL!
TCfromDubVee - January 31, 2012
lol
ticalcaldwell - January 31, 2012
thought it spoke volumes about our city
ticalcaldwell - January 31, 2012
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