Since we're no longer talking Shedeur, I'd add that I don't think 75% of the people I graduated public high school with would have been able to go back, as 18 year olds with a public H.S. diploma, and pass 8th grade in the Catholic school I attended.
There has to be more to this story, I am a Shadeur defender, but they had to have asked a ton of other guys who declined. Shadeur was considerably worse than JJ McCarthy.
Is this for ratings and publicity or did every AFC QB except Justin Fields or Geno Smith say no?
A bunch of guys are hurt.
Saying any of those guys were deserving is probably a stretch, more deserving then Sanders, but nowhere close to what should be an all-star level standard.
Saying any of those guys were deserving is probably a stretch, more deserving then Sanders, but nowhere close to what should be an all-star level standard.
One note I saw said that due to Maye being in the SB and opt outs due to injury and rest it was down to guys like Geno Smith, Justin Fields, Riley Leonard or Sanders for the #3 spot. So from a publicity standpoint it makes sense to toss Shadeur in there just because people may actually pay a little bit of attention the the farce that the pro bowl is.
They were smart to get rid of the actual game and move to a skills competition and flag football to at least get some guys interested in showing up. But I can totally understand why a ton of players would have zero interest in something like the pro bowl at the end of a grueling season.
For the players, being selected to the All Pro team is way more important then being selected for the pro bowl.
They even asked me. I turned it down.
Story I saw says Herbert might opt out as well due to injury so you may get another opportunity.
I only used those folks because they are clearly not Pro Bowlers and even they deserved it more than Shadeur. They were all better than Sanders in every single category (completion percentage, TD:Int, YPA, etc.). Shadeur was legitimately bad this year. Hell, Dillon Gabriel's numbers were better than Shadeur's.Saying any of those guys were deserving is probably a stretch, more deserving then Sanders, but nowhere close to what should be an all-star level standard.
One note I saw said that due to Maye being in the SB and opt outs due to injury and rest it was down to guys like Geno Smith, Justin Fields, Riley Leonard or Sanders for the #3 spot. So from a publicity standpoint it makes sense to toss Shadeur in there just because people may actually pay a little bit of attention the the farce that the pro bowl is.
They were smart to get rid of the actual game and move to a skills competition and flag football to at least get some guys interested in showing up. But I can totally understand why a ton of players would have zero interest in something like the pro bowl at the end of a grueling season.
For the players, being selected to the All Pro team is way more important then being selected for the pro bowl.
Gotta think they asked Rivers before Sanders and he almost certainly turned it down.
Yep....but as evidenced by this thread, the twitter reaction and the other stories popping up about it.....people will pay attention to this choice whereas most of the others would get a fraction of the attention.
We can whine about it, but all on this board would be elated to ride the pine in a pro-bowl. I remember running into a I guy I competed against in Highschool. He showed me his Superbowl ring. It didn't seem to bother him one bit that he rode the pine. I am sure he had fun telling his children/ grandchildren all about it.
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