2012 Pro Bowl: Matthew Stafford Not Tabbed As Replacement For Eli Manning

But Romo???

I mean he threw 5000+ yards and 41 TD’s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pretty subjective selection, and those two other guys had pretty damn good years too, not to mention a lot more positive press coverage than Staff.

I hate to say this, but if players want Pro Bowl recognition, you have to play really well when you are on national TV [Thanksgiving]. If you look at the Lions three games in 2011, Matthew put up some good numbers, but lost two out of three and did not look like the dominant passer he was for most of the season, in those three games.

Personally, I am hoping he misses the Pro Bowl next year too…..because we are still playing.

but Newton or Romo is a joke. Not a big deal though I also think the Pro Bowl is a joke. It’s really nothing important.

I might flip passed it check it out for a second but I’d rather be doing something else. Never really have watched it even when I was a kid. I get that having fans vote, as with all the pro sports that have these all star games, is to get fans involved so we think that the league actually cares about us and not just about our money.

However, the league really cares about pro bowls, as do some fans, when they want to relate stats regarding possible HOF status. Which is very sad, considering the fact that you can tell that it is a joke sometimes with the snubs. The majority of players on the pro bowl roster do deserve to be there but then there are always the snubs.

You just have to keep in mind it’s not a real football game. I think if you can see it for what it is, it’s pretty enjoyable.

It’s like a cocktail party without the cocktails (depending). I see it as sort of an awards show where we can look back at the year of NFL awesomeness. You just got a bunch of NFL stars hangin’ out sayin’ what’s up to one another and oh yeah, there’s a game they play.

It’s like watching Barry Sanders do those flag football games, you’re not watching to see amazing football moves. You’re watching to vicariously “hang out” with those guys. To catch a different side of them.

Regarding the snub- Newton had an amazing year I admit. I don’t think it was better than Stafford’s, but I can understand why he might be voted in ahead of Stafford. The Romo thing however, is ridiculous. Romo single-handedly lost the game for Dallas when we played them, and that wasn’t the only time he did that this year. I would put an injured Cutler in before Romo. I would put Alex Smith in before Romo.

Daunte Culpepper could’ve led the Cowboys to the playoffs this year.

I don’t want Staff playing in a game that can’t give us a W anyway. The accolade I want from him is the one that matters; ALL PRO. And if they keep the right weapons around him I suspect he is only a year or two away.

…but I have not watched more then 30 seconds of any probowl in the last 20 years. I didn’t even watch when Barry was playing. It is the worst All-Star game of any of the major sports, and that is saying a lot.

But to be fair I wouldn’t have watched it anyway.

Nothing more.

And its a shame that Stafford isn’t going. It’s even worse that he’s behind Romo….. I’m happy that Newton made it but Stafford deserves to be there

I’m not making an excuse for Newton, and especially not for Romo, but K. Seifert pointed out that the voting closed when Staff had a little over 800 yards before he reached the 5000 mark. That being said, besides the couple games he had to wear the glove, Staff had a great, consistent year and, IMO, should have been third or first alternate.

is the implicit rejection of Stafford as a top 5 QB in the conference, let alone the league.

It is out of respect for Matthew Stafford and the fact that all the other Lions players got snubbed as well, other than Calvin. Let them have that glorified scrimmage. I have more exciting things to do, like tests to study for or papers to write.

Belive me if this the Jets’ Sanchez you know damn well he’d be in there. Even if Newton and Romo were to miss the game. If i were Stafford I’d tell them to go Fok themself, tell em’ he’s on vacation..Nobody throws for 5000 plus yards and another 40 plus TD’s and misses the pro-bowl. This just tells you that the Lions are still disrespected and will have to TAKE what they want and MAKE the rest of the NFL bend to their will.