Once per day, yours truly does a Google news search of “profootballtalk” to see whether any members of the “real” media are calling us bad names. (Roughly three times per week, the answer is “yes.”)
Over the past couple of days we’ve seen in different formats an article from Tony Moss of The Sports Network, in which he lists a few things that the NFL should change.
Though we’re not big on ideas conjured by folks other than, you know, us, we really like Moss’s offering for the improvement of the Pro Bowl experience.
Moss thinks that the league should “form a Pro Bowl selection committee of no more than five people who cover the league nationally but have no discernable agenda, including but not limited to Peter King (Sports Illustrated), John Clayton or Len Pasquarelli (ESPN), Mike Florio (profootballtalk.com, The Sporting News), Adam Schefter (NFL Network) and someone from FOX or CBS or NBC who knows what they’re doing, to make the picks.”
Tony, I don’t know you, but I already love you. Not that way. (Not that there would be anything wrong with it if I did. Except for the fact that I’m married.)
Anyway, we like the idea on the surface, especially since it would give yours truly a seat at the grown-ups’ table. Then again, it would actually require me to expend effort, so maybe it’s not such a good idea, after all.
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May 15th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
John Clayton is tops amongst all of them. I dont know how the hell adam shefter is up there he like the money/agent/contract type guy I dont even think he watches alot of football.
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May 16th, 2008 at 7:41 am
Who googles themselves daily? Do you send yourself birthday cards too?
We would never see a Bronco at the pro bowl whether it is Champ Bailey, John Lynch or anyone else.
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May 16th, 2008 at 8:11 am
Joking aside Florio, it’s been really amazing to watch how you’ve taken PFT to its current level of credibility over the past few years. As someone who’s been reading all that time, let me say congrats. Again. And don’t forget the little guys who sent you fifty-dollar contributions back in the day, when the lights of the big city come shinin’. God help us if you turn into Pasquarelli ten years from now.
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May 16th, 2008 at 8:14 am
Yeah, Peter King has no agenda. If by “no agenda”, you mean shamelessly promoting and flaunting everything having to do with the Patriots. Please. That clown is the most biased writer in the history of journalism.
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May 16th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Why not just scrap the Pro-Bowl selection process altogether and instead have the All-Pro players (picked by all the AP writers nationally) play in the all expense paid Hawaii vacation formerly known as the Pro Bowl?
There was only one good player EVER in ANY Pro Bowl … Sean Taylor’s hit on Brian Moorman (and is only really worth watching again on the youtube video with the Japanese play-by-play for the audio).
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May 16th, 2008 at 9:28 am
It would be a fantastic idea but it has one fatal flaw: finding 5 people who know football and have no discernable agenda is an impossible task. Other than Florio, none of the jerkwads listed fit the bill.
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May 16th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Is this guy serious? Florio’s All-Pro team would consist of at least 22 New England Patriots. Florio is about as objective as the 28% who approve of George Bush’s Presidency.
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May 16th, 2008 at 10:48 am
@Super Florio - I never actually said Art Monk doesn’t deserve to be in the HOF. I said it was idiotic to put him in at the expense of more deserving players like Carter or Dent. Monk was a very good WR, but if you actually think he was anywhere near as good as Cris Carter, then you just haven’t watched them play. Monk is a borderline hall of famer, Carter is a clear cut first ballot guy. The fact that he didn’t make it in to make room for Monk is ridiculous. The more extreme case is Dean going in over Dent. Dean was a 1 dimensional pass rush specialist while Dent was a complete DE. Not to mention Dent’s stats dwarf Dean’s in virtually every category (including sacks which was Dean’s specialty) and Dent was a super bowl MVP. The HOF selection committee is a joke and they proved it beyond any doubt with the most recent class.
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May 16th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
I don’t doubt that Carter will inducted into the HOF, but Monk was possibly the greatest possession receiver of all time. He held the single season reception mark for almost 10 years and was the first player to accumulate 900 receptions. I admit his TDs weren’t earth shattering, but his play on the field (finally) dictated his ballot into the HOF.
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