The 2010 Pro Bowl Honors Are Useless

This year, because the Pro Bowl is BEFORE the Superbowl and not after, many more selections than normal will get Pro Bowl honors. Thus, many players who did not have that good of a year (a la Chad Ochocinco) look like they have a better career than they do. The Pro Bowl is more than a game- it's a manifestation of greatness. But when you treat the Pro Bowl like it's only a game and overlook the honors part of it, the honor becomes meaningless.

This year, 14 players from both the Colts and Saints have been replaced because, well, no need to state the obvious. Add to that the 17 players that have "injuries" and that fact that Brad Childress sent home Vikings lineman Bryan McKinnie (hmmmm), that mean that 32 players are now considered Pro Bowlers due to original starters not playing. Now some of these players deserved to be Pro Bowlers (a la Vincent Jackson, Matt Schaub), but did all 32!? Think about this- Donovan McNabb and David Garrard are also Pro Bowlers.

And to pour salt on the wounds, the 14 players from both the Superbowl bound teams still NEED to show up. What!? These players are about to play in one of the most crucial games of their lives (still important for most Colts players) and they are forced to still be on the sidelines which also screws over their team. Colts head coach Jim Caldwell says he has to rearrange his practice schedule to fit around the Pro Bowl for his players.

It makes sense that there are so many players from the Superbowl bound team that are also Pro Bowlers. The Colts and Saints were by far the top two teams in the regular season so it's no surprise that they had so many Pro Bowlers and also are going to the Superbowl. It was clearly foreseeable that having the Pro Bowl the week before the Superbowl would cause a lot of replacements, like has clearly happened.

Moral of the story: Roger Goddell is absolutely fucking retarded by breaking something even worse that before.