In short, I do.
First, some housecleaning. There will likely be some changes at M&D. We don’t quite know what, but we will be experimenting with various formats and such during the off-season. We may ever start a sister-site focused on baseball. WE JUST DON’T KNOW! This website is all about fun, for both the reader and the writer, and lately it’s gotten too big and unwieldy to stay that way. We are gonna try to find some ways to trim down the fat.
So what was I talking about the Pro Bowl? Yeah…We all broke down and watched it last night. Dave and Kyle watched pretty much the entire game. I came in about halfway through the second quarter. We were all losers.
We all agreed that the Pro Bowl is probably the worst of all the “All-Star Games.” All the other big sports turn their games out in the middle of the season, something that is impractical in the NFL. The elephant in the room, the one that nobody in the NFL wants to talk about, is the fact players just don’t care about playing in the Pro Bowl. In today’s NFL, players aren’t going to risk their multimillion dollar bodies in what amounts to a publicity stunt. Personally, I think the new format actually HELPS interest. Play the game the week before the Super Bowl, and market the hell out of it. Eventually, people might start to give a shit. (UPDATE: Looks like the NFL already moved it back for next year. Guess this all was a one year thing. I knew they were moving it back to Hawaii, but I had missed the date)
If people still don’t watch, then the NFL should take solace in history. Has the Pro Bowl ever been exciting for adults? Maybe the NFL just needs to cut the pretense and market the game for kids. I seem to remember watching a game when I was 8 or 9 years old, and being absolutely amazed at how awesome the concept was. I watched quarterbacks Jeff Blake and Steve Bono give the ball to AFC luminaries Kimble Anders and Yancey Thigpen . It was a different time! These were the absolute best of the best, and their accomplishments stood the test of time.
Something to think about when you remember the legacy of David Gerrard and Yeremiah Bell.
Marsh & Dave Vs. The Coin 