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Summing Up the Pro Bowl on 29/1/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
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The crowd is booing the lack of effort at the Pro Bowl. That's like booing the stock photos that come in picture frames. FireJoeMorgan's Ken Tremendous(via Twitter)

MORE: "Let's be honest: The Pro Bowl is embarrassing as an NFL product. It's gotten to that point in terms of players effort and authenticity." (SI.com's Don Banks)

AND: "Thank God the Pro Bowl isn't a flag football game. Someone could get hurt." (ESPN's Don Van Natta)
Pro Bowl Fact of the Weekend on 28/1/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
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Good work if you can get it: Players on winning Pro-Bowl team earn $50,000, players on losing Pro-Bowl team earn $25,000. ESPN's Adam Schefter(via Twitter)
"Hidden" Pro Bowlers on 28/12/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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We'd like to present this list more as the guys we think should be on there with the understanding that a ball of excellence at certain positions and the politics of popularity will have things going another way. Doug Farrar(via Yahoo Sports) , leading off with QBs Matt Stafford and Cam Newton. (See Farrar's defensive picks here.)
NFL Pro Bowl Rosters Announced on 27/12/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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That one player's inclusion/exclusion is clearly a stain on the integrity of the Pro Bowl, and represents the league's obvious bias for/against that team. Barry Petchesky(via Deadspin) , pretty much summing up everything that will be said about the Pro Bowl rosters -- aside from "What?! No Tebow?!" (Soon enough, folks. That first "alternate" roster adjustment at QB will pull Tebow into the mix.) Click on the blurb above to see full rosters from NFL.com.

UPDATE: The Late Show's Eric Stangel tweeted it best: "Don't worry about Pro Bowl snubs. Enough guys will pull out that everyone will get in."
Today in Tebow: Top 3 Pro Bowl Finish on 21/12/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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The top 3 vote-getters among AFC QBs: Brady, Big Ben, Tebow. It is all but assured Tebow will be playing for the AFC in Hawaii.
The Pro Bowl Killed The Pro Bowl on 31/1/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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The funny thing is, I think those high ratings might lead to the end of the Pro Bowl as we know it. Too many people saw it. To many people saw just how pointless and awful it is. Joe Posnanski(via SI.com)
Who's Laughing (At the Pro Bowl) Now? on 31/1/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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13.4 million of you watched last nite's Pro Bowl- the most-watched all-star game of any sport since 2009 NFL's Brian McCarthy(via Twitter) , which makes this from earlier this morning all the more relevant.
Pro Bowl: Let's Get Real on 31/1/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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That terrible Pro Bowl got great ratings. The NFL is unstoppable even when it's unwatchable. ProFootballTalk's Michael David Smith(via Twitter) For all the Pro Bowl jokes, this is why the NFL is king.
Pro Bowl: Last Word on 31/1/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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if you want a sneak preview of what Roger Goodell's NFL will look like with an 18-game schedule and all the hitting taken out, this was it. Barry Petchesky(via Deadspin)
Pro Bowl: "MVP?" on 31/1/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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Of course DeAngelo Hall won the Pro Bowl MVP. It's the most DeAngelo Hall award imaginable. It will be on his epitaph. KSK's Jack Kogod(via Twitter) Last night's Pro Bowl feels like the kind of thing that should avoid an "MVP" award, because it only leads to more mockery. (The game's real MVP was Twitter, which made it nearly tolerable.)

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