The Pro Bowl the week before the Super Bowl just doesn't feel right. I get the idea, the world will be focused on Miami for the Super Bowl, why not point everyone there a week earlier. I'm sure the city of Miami is loving this. Not only does their local economy get a major boost from the Super Bowl, they get an extra week of visitors the week before.
While the Colts and Saints players try to prepare for the biggest game of the year, Pro Bowl players are going to have a distraction. Now these men are professionals, I'm sure they can handle it, but it can't help Super Bowl preparations. What do the coaches who are trying to prepare for next week think about their star players being taken away this weekend? The Colts players being honored this weekend will fly to Miami when they were supposed to have the weekend off. The Colts president Bill Polian was quoted on an Indianapolis radio show describing the events as 'stupid'. At least they won't actually participate in the game. With Peyton manning and Drew Brees both starters for the AFC and NFC respectively, can you imagine the uproar if they actually took a snap and got injured? That would make for an interesting week. I suppose they are only honorary starters since they have a much more important game the next weekend. Both Super Bowl teams have seven players each in the Pro Bowl.
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