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The Pro Bowl is probably the least interesting game of the entire season, unless of course there were a Panthers-Bills matchup this year. In addition to it being a meaningless game with no benefits, other than the Cadillac SUV granted to the game's MVP, this year's game was unsurmountably less exciting than any other previous year. The NFC's slaughtering of the AFC, tells nothing of how the season went this year, because no one really tried.

On every play from scrimage, the defensive line performed the same motion, slowly getting out of their stance and jogging towards the general direction of the quarterback. In addition, the extra rules for the game, made passes of under ten yards almost undefended, as press coverage was against the rules. No blizting and the outlaw of bunch formations (three WR's on one side), as well added to the dull atmosphere in Honolulu. Not to mention that no one in Hawaii cares about football.

I truly think that the Pro Bowl should be played with additionally more intensity than a regular season game, as the game marks the end of the season for 30 nfl teams. The players don't want to injure themselves in a game that doesn't matter, but they all have 8 months of offseason to recover, I think they could manage.



Furthermore, the game doesn't even feature the league's most elite players, as participants of the Super Bowl now forgoe the game, as it is the week before the Bowl. This is completely reasonable, but it almost becomes a sign of disrespect, as people like Ben Roethlisberger, look as if they are too good for the Pro Bowl. Of course this is not the case, but it would be nice if they at least made an appearance.

Honestly, this edition of the annual all-star game wasn't even the best all-star game of the weekend. That award goes to the NHL All-Star game in Raleigh. Unlike the regular boring hockey game which features about the same amount of goals as soccer, this game had a combined 21 goals, which is enough for me. Any game that can score higher than baseball, and more times than football, can be considered truly American. And the way the teams were formed is even more intruiging. The two captains, picked by the fans, spent a night in the week before the game, participating in a fantasy draft to pick their teams. What resulted was a mixture of players from different teams unlike any all-star game ever. There were even players from the same team playing against eachother. Confusing, right? Well not if u don't follow hockey. To me it just seemed like a low scoring basketball game, which is an interesting twist to hockey. So thank you NHL, for finally being better than someone else in this country, besides the MLS ( I guarantee I will never mention soccer again, at least in a good way).
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