Are you ready for some Football?!? (NFL)

[kenobi65]

As a Pats fan I won't bitch about it (only one selection, Seymour). Remember that New England is still the only Team. All the others are a bunch of I's.

Was reading an article on SI.com, suggesting that Vrabel should have gotten in.

Had Moroney not been splitting time with Dillon (and then gotten hurt), he might have had a better chance. First half of the season, he was the flavor of the day.

Watson also deserves some recognition, but playing in the same conference as Tony Gonzalez and Antonio Gates, he's always going to have a struggle there.

 

[DaveMage]

Jags' DT John Henderson should have made it.

 

[John Crichton]

I just can't get excited about the Pro Bowl or who did/didn't get selected for it.

Oh well.

 

[drothgery]

(And, Favre's an alternate??? Packer Nation stuffed the online ballot box on that one, for sure.)

Look at the other healthy NFC quarterbacks (and Favre's actual numbers) before you say that. He's pretty much been an average quarterback in a year where almost all the healthy above-average quarterbacks save Brees play in the AFC.

 

[Seonaid]

I just can't get excited about the Pro Bowl or who did/didn't get selected for it.

I never can either. I mean, it's a nice honor for the players who get in (and, I suppose, those who get nominated), but it's a meaningless game and a chance for good players to get hurt. Whoopie.

 

[kenobi65]

Look at the other healthy NFC quarterbacks (and Favre's actual numbers) before you say that. He's pretty much been an average quarterback in a year where almost all the healthy above-average quarterbacks save Brees play in the AFC.

Currently, Favre ranks 13th in NFC passer rating...those 15 INTs are killing him.

Who's above him? In order:
- Romo (Pro Bowl backup)
- Brees (Pro Bowl starter)
- McNabb (injured)
- Bulger (Pro Bowl backup)
- Brunell (benched)
- Delhomme (injured)
- E. Manning
- Hasselbeck (just returned from injury)
- Vick
- Grossman
- Smith
- Kitna

Yeah, it's a weak field, but the voters got the other selections right, pretty much, and Favre is just so far down the list, even if you discount the guys who are injured or not starting anymore. (Though, granted, there is very little difference in the ratings between Delhomme and Favre.)

 

[jonathan swift]

I'm suprised the Steelers did as well as they did.

Well the Steelers are actually playing great. Except turnovers they have been doing amazing all year. Secondly, the Pro Bowl is really just a popularity contest. And the Steelers are a very popular team.

 

[kenobi65]

Well, that was one fugly game. At least the Pack got a "W" out of it. Pack did their darndest to not win it, but in the end, they couldn't score few enough points.

 

[Gunslinger]

Last night's game was the first time I'd had a chance to watch a game on the NFL network, and I must say that Greg Gumbel sounds scarily like Kermit the frog.

 

[kenobi65]

I must say that Greg Gumbel sounds scarily like Kermit the frog.

Actually, that's not Greg; he's still on CBS.

That's Bryant Gumbel; Greg's younger brother, and former "Today Show" host, going back to his sports-broadcasting roots.