Most Inventations Declined in Pro Bowl History

According to Geoff Hobson of the Bengals’ official website, Green tied Chad Johnson as the only Cincinnati skill players to ever make it to five straight Pro Bowls. Obviously, multi-million dollar athletes are not going to risk injury over a game that means absolutely nothing and does not hold any outcome on a season which has already ended. Football isn’t a non-contact sport. You have to remember that some of the guys who will be playing in Sunday night’s game are from teams who didn’t get into the playoffs.

The week between Conference Championship weekend and Super Bowl Sunday has always been one that is pretty vague when it comes to sporting events. His name is Russell Wilson. For anyone who has ever actually sat on an airplane for 8-10 hours, however, going to the Pro Bowl is not as much fun as it may seem. Eli Manning. Yep, that guy.

Almost every quarterback was replaced, including Carson Palmer, Aaron Rodgers, Ben Roethlisberger and Tom Brady, along with Super Bowl-bound Cam Newton. Most of these guys reference some sort of ailment that was more important to recover, which is fine. Previously, the record for number of players officially voted into the Pro Bowl was 119, but as of Tuesday, the number for the league this season was at 133.

Red Raider royalty reunited Wednesday on North Shore as Kahuku was celebrated as part of the NFL Super Bowl Honor Roll Initiative, which recognizes the alma mater of NFL players and coaches who have appeared on an active Super Bowl rosters. They still didn’t want to go.

Really, the experience has become only for young players or players who just have nothing better to do. The concept of throwing away an All-Star game in any sport makes me uncomfortable, but I honestly don’t think I would care if the event went away. I like seeing the athletes play in the Pro Bowl because they’re showing their talents off while having a good time doing it. They will face off on January 31 in Honolulu, Hawaii, at Aloha Stadium.

If you REALLY care about the Pro Bowl, here are the rosters they drafted.

Tampa Bay Bucaneers’ quarterback Jameis Winston, named the replacement quarterback for this years Pro Bowl Monday, was the eighth quarterback to be announced to the Pro Bowl.