daquixers_is_back Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Sorry if this was already mentioned ... I looked around but couldn't find a thread on it. If so, then bash me appropriately. How in the WORLD! did Vince Young make alternate for the pro bowl? Is this the same Vince Young who has one more INT than TD? Is this the same Young that has a mid 60's QB rating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyBall4Buffalo Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 The pro bowl is nothing more then a popularity contest. Who have you heard about lately, who's made it before, who's the hot rookie of the moment. It's stupid but it's just how it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Brady Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 The pro bowl has sucked ever since they allowed the fans to vote..... I never watch the pro bowl...... Only the players and coaches should be allowed to vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daquixers_is_back Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 The pro bowl has sucked ever since they allowed the fans to vote..... I never watch the pro bowl...... Only the players and coaches should be allowed to vote. 872927[/snapback] Agreed ... or have the fans vote only count for about 5%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zulu Cthulhu Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Agreed ... or have the fans vote only count for about 5%. 872930[/snapback] Young and Romo... both have only played around half a seaon... both made it (I believe Romo is a starter)... the pro bowl is a farce... ahh well nobody watches anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scraps Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Sorry if this was already mentioned ... I looked around but couldn't find a thread on it. If so, then bash me appropriately. How in the WORLD! did Vince Young make alternate for the pro bowl? Is this the same Vince Young who has one more INT than TD? Is this the same Young that has a mid 60's QB rating? 872919[/snapback] He beat USC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 ahh well nobody watches anyways. 872931[/snapback] Not true. I watch it every year. To me the Pro Bowl is the Cinemax of porn at the end of a XXX season. You know it's not hard core, but you also know it's the last shred of porn you're going to see for a while. I especially like watching the them kick extra points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marauderswr80 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Popularity contest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACor58 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Apparently you don't watch ESPN. The turnovers and two defensive TDs didn't beat the Jags last week, Vince Young beat the Jags last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Wow this is making the idea of JP Losman being in the Pro Bowl sound sane. Oh well, let Young have his Pro Bowl selection, it will just make it so much sweeter when JP shows him up on Sunday and Tennessee is eliminated from playoff contention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pBills Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 He made it for the same reason Reuben Brown made it all of those years. Popularity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganesh Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Wow this is making the idea of JP Losman being in the Pro Bowl sound sane. Oh well, let Young have his Pro Bowl selection, it will just make it so much sweeter when JP shows him up on Sunday and Tennessee is eliminated from playoff contention 873009[/snapback] Actually Losman is on ESPNs list of 6 AFC QBs that you can vote should have gone to the pro bowl. Of course the last I checked he was at 2%.....But the fact that he is in the same list along with Manning, Palmer, Rivers, Brady shows his improvement is getting visibility in the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanbuoy Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Sorry if this was already mentioned ... I looked around but couldn't find a thread on it. If so, then bash me appropriately. How in the WORLD! did Vince Young make alternate for the pro bowl? Is this the same Vince Young who has one more INT than TD? Is this the same Young that has a mid 60's QB rating? 872919[/snapback] Where did you read that Vince is an alternate because this is the first I've heard of it. Being that I'm a regular on the Titans site gotitans.com you'd think I'd have heard something. As far as I know, no Titans had been named to the Pro Bowl. I checked NFL.com and nowhere do they list Young as being a named. Honestly considering Brady and McNair are still out there, as much as a like Vince I can't imagine him leap frogging those two for a place in Hawaii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDH Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Where did you read that Vince is an alternate because this is the first I've heard of it. Being that I'm a regular on the Titans site gotitans.com you'd think I'd have heard something. As far as I know, no Titans had been named to the Pro Bowl. I checked NFL.com and nowhere do they list Young as being a named. Honestly considering Brady and McNair are still out there, as much as a like Vince I can't imagine him leap frogging those two for a place in Hawaii. 873074[/snapback] http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2702584 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanbuoy Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2702584 873077[/snapback] Thanks for the linkage . Wow. Even as a VY fan I'm pretty shocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Vince shouldn't have been an alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bungee Jumper Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Agreed ... or have the fans vote only count for about 5%. 872930[/snapback] Or split them entirely: coaches and players (and maybe sportswriters) vote on the Pro-Bowl. Fans vote on the All-Fan Team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Or split them entirely: coaches and players (and maybe sportswriters) vote on the Pro-Bowl. Fans vote on the All-Fan Team. 873100[/snapback] You know what would be fun? Split the Pro-bowl up into two squads kinda based upon what you said above: Coaches and Players team vs Sportswriters/Fans team I wonder if that would make ESPN STFU then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDH Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 You know what would be fun? Split the Pro-bowl up into two squads kinda based upon what you said above: Coaches and Players team vs Sportswriters/Fans team I wonder if that would make ESPN STFU then. 873115[/snapback] I really don't think players and coaches know that much more about the entire league. They certainly know a hell of a lot more about the players on the teams they play but they really don't have much time to concentrate on the league as a whole. I'd guess most of them only see, at most, one game on TV a week. The way the Pro-Bowl is done now is fine. Sure I don't agree with all of the selections but I don't think I would no matter how they were done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 I really don't think players and coaches know that much more about the entire league. They certainly know a hell of a lot more about the players on the teams they play but they really don't have much time to concentrate on the league as a whole. I'd guess most of them only see, at most, one game on TV a week. 873124[/snapback] I could buy that argument in college, were most teams don't play the other teams, but given the player movement in free agency and the amount that teams play other teams in their division (and other teams quite often), I'm not sure its true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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