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I'm not sure what that was, but it wasn't football

After watching what was called the Pro Bowl this past weekend, I will never watch it again.

I can understand that none of the very best players in the NFL want to get hurt playing in an exhibition game that means nothing to anyone’s record. An injury in a meaningless game could cost them money, contracts, their career.

But let’s be honest, they were in full pads and were basically doing a walk-through. I’ve seen more contact in a flag football game than there was in the “Pro Bowl”. I would much rather they lose the pads and actually play a flag football game. That would be more competitive than what they played last Sunday.

The skills competitions that they hold in the days leading up to the game are fun to watch, but the game itself has lost me.

I don’t know how any red-blooded football player could take part in the game that they played. I would be ashamed to be seen out there.

I’ve seen some comments online that “old school” players of the NFL feel the same way I do. Calling it a joke and a farce. Others have suggested that they lose the Pro Bowl game and have the two last-place teams play a game for the rights to the number one draft pick. That might be interesting. Or maybe have the college football Senior Bowl be a part of the week. College football’s best coming into the draft mingling with the best the NFL has to offer? At least that may be more interesting than seeing 22 guys on a field playing patty cake.

Bottom line, the NFL needs to go back to the drawing board on what to do for entertainment in the week before the Superbowl, because as far as I’m concerned, that wasn’t football.

 

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