The NFL, and whatnot
The NFL, and whatnot
At this point, I like Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl, though my mind may change in the 17 year period between the Conference Championships and the Super Bowl.
If I ran the NFL, I'd do one of two things. Make it just a week between Conference Championships and the Super Bowl, or I'd leave the two week break, and move the Pro Bowl to the weekend between.
Personally, I think the two week break kills momentum. I think that hurts Pittsburgh, coming off the highs of knocking the top three teams in the AFC on their asses. If the game were next week, I think Pittsburgh would get to keep some of that energy. Two weeks sucks it out of a team. So, my first choice would be just to cut the week break.
Failing that, I say play the Pro Bowl the Sunday Between. Excuse any players from teams who are in the Super Bowl, replace them with the multitudes of deserving players from your conference. I think you get higher rating for the Pro Bowl itself. Two weeks is a long time, and people are Hungry as Hell for football at this point. You can use it to work the fans into a frenzy for the upcoming championship. And you can use it as a last hurrah for those players not in the Super Bowl/Post Season.
I'd also move it out of Hawaii. Do it like baseball's All-Star Game. Different venues every year. Use it to create a huge fanfest, like baseball, and do it to thank the fans for another great season. Stop this shit where "we're congratulating the players on great seasons." They have millions of dollars congratulating them on great seasons.
And, honestly, who gives a shit about the Pro Bowl in its current incarnation?
I guess my problem is this: I'm, at best, a casual football fan. But I've been worked into the playoff frenzy, and after a couple of crappy games yesterday, I get to sit for two weeks and watch Sean Salisbury, Steven A. Smith, Tony Kornheiser, J.T. the Brick, Jim Rome and Chris Mortensen analyze these two teams to death. By the time the game's been played out on paper, I'll be so Steeler vs. Seahawked out, I won't care about the game itself.
Not that playing the Pro Bowl in between would lessen the talk, but it would give me something else to think about in the interim.
And isn't that what's truly important?
At this point, I like Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl, though my mind may change in the 17 year period between the Conference Championships and the Super Bowl.
If I ran the NFL, I'd do one of two things. Make it just a week between Conference Championships and the Super Bowl, or I'd leave the two week break, and move the Pro Bowl to the weekend between.
Personally, I think the two week break kills momentum. I think that hurts Pittsburgh, coming off the highs of knocking the top three teams in the AFC on their asses. If the game were next week, I think Pittsburgh would get to keep some of that energy. Two weeks sucks it out of a team. So, my first choice would be just to cut the week break.
Failing that, I say play the Pro Bowl the Sunday Between. Excuse any players from teams who are in the Super Bowl, replace them with the multitudes of deserving players from your conference. I think you get higher rating for the Pro Bowl itself. Two weeks is a long time, and people are Hungry as Hell for football at this point. You can use it to work the fans into a frenzy for the upcoming championship. And you can use it as a last hurrah for those players not in the Super Bowl/Post Season.
I'd also move it out of Hawaii. Do it like baseball's All-Star Game. Different venues every year. Use it to create a huge fanfest, like baseball, and do it to thank the fans for another great season. Stop this shit where "we're congratulating the players on great seasons." They have millions of dollars congratulating them on great seasons.
And, honestly, who gives a shit about the Pro Bowl in its current incarnation?
I guess my problem is this: I'm, at best, a casual football fan. But I've been worked into the playoff frenzy, and after a couple of crappy games yesterday, I get to sit for two weeks and watch Sean Salisbury, Steven A. Smith, Tony Kornheiser, J.T. the Brick, Jim Rome and Chris Mortensen analyze these two teams to death. By the time the game's been played out on paper, I'll be so Steeler vs. Seahawked out, I won't care about the game itself.
Not that playing the Pro Bowl in between would lessen the talk, but it would give me something else to think about in the interim.
And isn't that what's truly important?
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