In the argument of which division is the worst in the NFL, we've got a pretty clear argument that the NFC South is the worst of the worst. When the Pro Bowl rosters were announced, not one player from an NFC South team was honored. Hey, the NFC West may be bad, but it did place eight players in the Pro Bowl. The NFL effectively announced today that the NFC South is devoid of stars.It's hard to really argue that any Falcon was "snubbed." With a season this disastrous no one deserves to be honored. Alge Crumpler has been a frequent Pro Bowler in the past, but he really didn't deserve a spot this year. DeAngelo Hall's meltdown against the Panthers probably ensured that he would get the chance to stay home and Roddy White might have had a breakout season, but it's tough to make the Pro Bowl in the NFC at wide receiver.
In fact that really is one of the cool things about the Pro Bowl. While other all-star games (like baseball's) force a member of every team onto the roster, whether they deserve it or not, the Pro Bowl is all about who deserves to go--so if your team stinks, you have to wear the shame of no Pro Bowlers like a scarlett letter.



















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12-18-2007 @ 11:48PM
Desides said...
It's also worth noting that out of the entire state of Florida, only one player--Jason Taylor--was selected to the Pro Bowl.
Jacksonville fans (all six of them) have got to be pretty angry right now. It's a shame the Jaguars don't play the Patriots next week; Fred Taylor would take it out on them.
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12-19-2007 @ 1:03AM
tdbrought said...
Correction: The Pro Bowl (like MLB and NBA's all star games) are not about who deserves to go. It's about who is most popular.
Jacksonville didn't get a single player on the Pro Bowl either. Is it because their "team stinks?" Or is it because the fans don't vote for Jacksonville players? Perhaps if the NFL sent a player from every team, we might see one Jaguar instead of the endless parade of Cowboys and Steelers the fans vote in every year.
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