They should replace the Pro Bowl with a skills competition

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I remember when they had the skills competition at the pro bowl, and guys like Strahan and Sapp would dominate that shyt. Was the only watchable part of the Pro Bowl week
 

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You could make it after 10 games, put it in the middle of the season, put a bye week around it so players can rest and play. I think a big part of why it's not popular is b/c the season is already over, the other major sports have all star games in the middle of the season & have much more entertaining all star game contests...and if folks are scared they might get hurt they should just cancel it all together

Disagree the Pro Bowl is a popularity contest but you need the entire season to judge if a player is at the best at his position. I actually think it should be played later after the Superbowl like late Feb early march.
 

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Disagree the Pro Bowl is a popularity contest but you need the entire season to judge if a player is at the best at his position. I actually think it should be played later after the Superbowl like late Feb early march.

I disagree...remember most of this is a popularity contest so the Peyton Manning's & Adrian Petersen's will always get top billing. With coaches picking the reserves they would do a great job picking b/c their scouting players & the league 24/7. I know it sounds far fetched but it could work
 

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I disagree...remember most of this is a popularity contest so the Peyton Manning's & Adrian Petersen's will always get top billing. With coaches picking the reserves they would do a great job picking b/c their scouting players & the league 24/7. I know it sounds far fetched but it could work

Yea but a lot of players started out good and fell off by the last 3rd of the season and the cream rises to the top.
 

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Im saying tho brehs...

Everybody is asking for it
on message boards
on the radio
on interviews

WTF Goodell
I know it isn't going to bring in an extra 10million
but its what we(the fans) want

To add to it

I think the senior bowl should be in Hawaii too
play it on Saturday
It would be good for the college players to get to spend a week around pro bowlers
it will bring more people around
the stadium will actually be packed

Skills comp for college Friday evening on espn
Skills comp midday Saturday for NFL on NBC
Senior bowl following skills comp
Pro Bowl Sunday
:blessed:


fukk
I need a front office job


 

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They should make it a skills competition, play flag football like shock n jock back when MTV actually showed music and invite a bunch of models and famous people to play.

3 man o-line. 2 d-lineman. All man to man. All shotgun (So no QB breaks an ankle because someone stepped on his foot). The final score could be 99-103 and everyone would watch. Just don't play on the beach because that's how knees get demolished.
 

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You could make it after 10 games, put it in the middle of the season, put a bye week around it so players can rest and play. I think a big part of why it's not popular is b/c the season is already over, the other major sports have all star games in the middle of the season & have much more entertaining all star game contests...and if folks are scared they might get hurt they should just cancel it all together
injuries are a big deal in football. its the reason no one really watches the pro bowl...football half assed is not good.
 

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Not replace it but ads it to the event. Have a skills competition on a Saturday and the game on a Sunday
 

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Chad Johnson was a beast at the skills competition
Great hands

Anyways to spice up the pro bowl
They should make it
Blacks vs whites
 

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the shyt is retarded all around. The reason it works for baseball and basketball is because you don't can't really go half ass in football like you can in baseball cause it looks obvious. You can't joke around and have fun because you're on a field in helmets. And if you go all out dudes get hurt like yesterday.

I wouldn't call baseball a half ass All Star game. Pitchers and batters are still playing it the same way.
 

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:remembers the QB skills competitions and the obstacle courses and the catch drills and 40 yd dash races: :ahh: Unlike the dunk contest you had the top guys out there too. :wow: Not sure why they ever stopped that shyt.

:wtf: :comeon: :stopitslime: at the pro bowl being in the middle of the season. nikkas already don't wanna play now and it's after the season, :usure: players (or coaches or teams for that matter) are gonna want to play a meaningless yet potentially dangerous exhibition in the middle of season? Football is not like other sports.
 

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Maybe I'm on my own island with this, but there's something Larry Holmes Gardenish about the skills competition:yeshrug:
 
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