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**Tribal Warfare** · 01-26-2013, 09:57 PM

Could this be the final Pro Bowl? Effort will be key
Effort will be key if game is to continue, and some want it to stay.

January 26
Star news services

The Pro Bowl might be coming to an end, but it’s not because of a sense of bewilderment about the 2-14 Chiefs landing six players on the AFC roster.

Effort has emerged as the top theme for this year’s Pro Bowl. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has made clear the game will be canceled if the AFC and NFC all-stars put on a second-rate football exhibition this year.

Houston Texans running back Arian Foster said players are going to step it up this time, but that it’s unrealistic to expect full effort from the NFL’s top athletes when they’re limited in the plays they’re able to run.

“This isn’t basketball — you can’t go play a pickup game of football,” Foster said.

Foster said if league officials are willing to scrap the Pro Bowl if they don’t see max effort, then this likely will be the last game.

“I think it’s an honor and a tradition,” Foster said, “but for you to expect the best athletes in the NFL to come out and play a game 100 percent when you can’t game plan, you can’t blitz, you can’t do all these things, it’s not going to be competitive like everybody wants it to be.”

Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning said losing the Pro Bowl would be a shame. The true value of the game over the years, he said, is for younger players to have interactions with older veterans, like Minnesota running back Adrian Peterson chatting with former Chargers great LaDainian Tomlinson.

“Don’t tell me there’s not great value in that conversation,” Manning said.

The AFC and NFC squads took team photos Friday at a resort on Oahu’s west side before practicing separately on a 50-yard field in front of family, friends and some fans.

AFC defenders played a little more defense than in two prior practices. During seven-on-seven drills, Chiefs safety Eric Berry picked off a Manning pass and Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie intercepted Houston’s Matt Schaub.

Berry is one of six Chiefs in Hawaii for the game, joining punter Dustin Colquitt, running back Jamaal Charles and linebackers Derrick Johnson, Tamba Hali and Justin Houston.

Former Mizzou players Justin Smith, a 49ers defensive lineman, and William Moore, a Falcons safety, were chosen to the NFC roster. Smith will not play as his team is in the Super Bowl.

Molitoth · 01-28-2013, 08:39 AM

The Pro Bowl needs moved to AFTER the super bowl.
I'm sick of alternates that suck being invited.

Dayze · 01-28-2013, 08:41 AM

pre-Super Bowl Pro Bowls rule. / Cassel.

**loochy** · 01-28-2013, 08:43 AM

when is the pro bowl?

**Easy 6** · 01-28-2013, 08:49 AM

No, Peterson and Tomlinsons conversation isnt worth putting on yet another worthless pro bowl over and this blowout proves it... if players wanna chat, pick up a phone.

Deberg_1990 · 01-28-2013, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by loochy

when is the pro bowl?

June 3rd

**loochy** · 01-28-2013, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

June 3rd

oh

dj56dt58 · 01-28-2013, 09:06 AM

Looks like DJ got a pick 6, Charles had 3 for 12

**Tribal Warfare** · 01-28-2013, 11:26 AM

http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/tv-r...er-super-bowl/

It’s less than a week to Super Bowl XLVII but there was no absence of football on television last night. The NFC pummeled the AFC on Sunday in the annual NFL All Star Pro Bowl (3.3/8) game on NBC on Sunday. With 62 points to the AFC’s 35, the NFC set a single-game Pro Bowl record in the Honolulu played game. However while the NFC set a high, in time zone metered-markets, the 7:30 PM to 11 PM broadcast dipped 8% from the 3.6/9 of last year’s January 29th game. The 7PM half hour Pro-Bowl Pre-Game (3.0/9) was down 23% from last year in fast naionals. Fast affiliate ratings are not time zone adjusted but expect to see them rise in the final numbers. The 2012 game rose from 3.6/9 to 4.3/11 in the final numbers. With 9.8876 million watching, NBC edged a victory over CBS’ audience of 9.670 million to win the night in overall viewers. NBC was number one n Sunday among Adults 18-49.

**loochy** · 01-28-2013, 01:06 PM

What's a Pro Bowl? Is that the place where you go and you choose what rice, noodles, veggies, and meat you want and the guy cooks it for you?

InChiefsHeaven · 01-28-2013, 01:16 PM

Pointless game. Just name a Pro Bowl team, have a banquet, have some punt pass kick crap, some other competitions that are really just for fun, and call it good.

Football is too tough a sport to just play some meaningless game at the end of a season and have the leagues best players take a chance on an injury.

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