# Pro Bowl before the Superbowl? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 25, 2010, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-bowl-before-the-superbowl/526340 "2010-01-25T06:47:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-bowl-before-the-superbowl/526340/21 "2010-01-26T03:57:41Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > It’s a great idea. Remind all the players and their fans that they **won’t** be playing in the Super Bowl, _in the same stadium_ as the Super Bowl, while all the Super Bowl participants are there getting ready for the real game. Brilliant! So? If they didn’t want to get all butt-hurt, maybe they should have played better. [apologies if your comment was _not_ sarcastic] ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-bowl-before-the-superbowl/526340/22 "2010-01-26T04:16:03Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > Personally, I think they should just play flag football instead. That would be a riot to watch. 😃 You may or may not remember, but they used to do this… then Pats RB Robert Edwards, coming off an 1100 yard rookie season, blew out his knee rather completely while playing flag football at the Pro Bowl, and effectively ended his career. As for the Pro Bowl itself, it’s a mockery for the NFL no matter where or when they do it, so they might as well save the money from doing a big week in Hawaii and just roll it in to the Super Bowl festivities. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-bowl-before-the-superbowl/526340/23 "2010-01-26T04:23:59Z")
> [@Kiros](#): > > You may or may not remember, but they used to do this… then Pats RB Robert Edwards, coming off an 1100 yard rookie season, blew out his knee rather completely while playing flag football at the Pro Bowl, and effectively ended his career. _Beach_ flag football to boot. In retrospect - and I never considered this before - maybe that was a bad idea. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-bowl-before-the-superbowl/526340/24 "2010-01-26T08:03:24Z")
> [@Lethal\_Babydoll](#): > > MLB and NBA all-stars appeared to be really trying. That is…if you don’t count defense. 😉 In the NBA, the West All Starts put up 149 points last year to win 149-119. EVERY All-Star game is a half-assed effort. Baseball’s effort to make it’s All-Star game count is pathetic and an absolute joke. World Series home field advantage to the winner of the All-Star game is absurd. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-bowl-before-the-superbowl/526340/25 "2010-01-26T18:04:07Z")
> [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](#): > > So? If they didn’t want to get all butt-hurt, maybe they should have played better. > > [apologies if your comment was _not_ sarcastic] Tell Chris Johnson he should have played better. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-bowl-before-the-superbowl/526340/26 "2010-01-26T18:10:45Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Tell Chris Johnson he should have played better. He was on my fantasy team, I wouldn’t have minded better. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-bowl-before-the-superbowl/526340.md?page=1)