[ward8668]

So, the fans booed (and rightfully so). These guys don't even want to tackle each other. This game gets more lame every year.

[ward8668]

Hell, in some ways, I think this is what the future of the NFL is going to look like. Very sad.

[BoonDr]

The NFC uniforms are hideous, AFC would be pretty bad except the NFC makes them look better than they are.

[ward8668]

BoonDr, on January 29 2012, 07:44 PM, said:

The NFC uniforms are hideous, AFC would be pretty bad except the NFC makes them look better than they are.

Meh, I could care less about the uniforms. I'd like to see a closer representation of the real game of football.

[ward8668]

So, I wonder how many times a QB has thrown an interception and a TD in the same possession? I know, Ben will jump in and correct me that it's technically not possible because the ball changed hands during the INT/fumble play.

[Cats]

glad that's over w/ no injury.

6 QBs played.....but apparently it is now cool for one of those 6 to face an actual pass rush in this bs exhibition.

[BG]

Reminded me of Antonio Freeman circa 2000.

[Birdman]

ward8668, on January 29 2012, 07:42 PM, said:

Hell, in some ways, I think this is what the future of the NFL is going to look like. Very sad.

Ha I knew I was going to see something like that in here.

Let's not get carried away here...

[fanofnobody]

This thread does not belong in an NFL related forum, can a mod please move this to the Entertainment forum?

[Ben6821]

fanofnobody, on January 30 2012, 06:57 AM, said:

This thread does not belong in an NFL related forum, can a mod please move this to the Entertainment forum?

right like it is any closer to entertainment than football,
Gotta go off topic..or maybe graphics


I think it was a mistake to move it before the SB...aside from the obvious absense of players from those two teams (and the last minute need to pull their replacements off the shelf) the bulk of the artificial appeal for the game was the post SB NFL withdrawals that left fans jonesing for one more hit. but now with one more dose of the real thing on the horizon...you dont even get that

[FourthStooge]

None of the all-star games does much justice to their respective sports. Baseball tricked theirs up with the league that wins getting home field in the World Series. Aside from just being stupid, it really hasn't done anything to make the game any more meaningful. Defense is non-existent in the Pro Bowl, NHL or NBA all-star games.

The NFL has the added disadvantage of playing the game after the season. If it were held between games 12 and 13, maybe it would get more interest but at the risk of impacting the results of the season if anybody twists, breaks or strains anything.

I watched none of it again this year, which is twice as much as I watched last year. In the years when it was after the Super Bowl, I'd catch a few minutes of it somewhere along the line when nothing else was on and I had nothing better to do. I've heard people suggest maybe it should be an "all or nothing" distribution, where players on the winning team get all $75k and those on the losing side get $0 (right now it is $50k vs. $25k), but given most of these guys are not exactly on the bottom end of the NFL pay scale, I doubt that would mean much. Especially for the skill players.

[Cats]

FourthStooge, on January 30 2012, 10:50 AM, said:

None of the all-star games does much justice to their respective sports. Baseball tricked theirs up with the league that wins getting home field in the World Series. Aside from just being stupid, it really hasn't done anything to make the game any more meaningful. Defense is non-existent in the Pro Bowl, NHL or NBA all-star games.

Except for a pass rush when rookie Cam Newton was in. AFC DL went full throttle for the majority of the late 3rd and early 4th Q.....against a non-chalent NFC OL.

I still can't get over that. Both NFC/AFC coaches should get kicks in the balls from Ron Rivera for letting that bullcrap go down. Actual sacks, hits, knockdowns, hurries against a QB in the gay ass Pro Bowl? I understand the AFC got mad over the ST plays but that is our franchise QB out there dumbasses.

Pro Bowl should never be played again. Yeah, Cam Newton is a physical freak therefore people don't care.....if a D did that to any QB in the Pro Bowl there would be media outrage.

[stigmata]

Still would love to see them turn it into a skills competition.

I can't decide which was worse... an NFL All-Star game with a final score of 59-41, or an NHL All-Star game with a final score of 12-9.

[Sideshow91]

stigmata, on January 30 2012, 11:31 AM, said:

Still would love to see them turn it into a skills competition.

I can't decide which was worse... an NFL All-Star game with a final score of 59-41, or an NHL All-Star game with a final score of 12-9.

I think it would be cool to even include skills that aren't related to football. Have a 3 point competition and a longest drive. I think the players would eat that up, and it would make for good tv, for at least the 1st time around. Add these to the old school obstacle course, the fastest man competition, QB accuracy competition, a bench press competition for the linemen, etc.

[GetoThunderFist]

I used to love the MLB All Star Game. It was cool to see the two leagues face off against each other when they were actually, you know, two separate leagues. Interleague, which I do love, has killed that. Otherwise these games aren't even games. They're just sort of...things...things where athletes get to wear just shitieous looking uniforms conceived by the Nike creative B-team after a three day Hookers and Blow Convention™ in Bakersfield, California.