The NFL should be embarrassed about the Pro Bowl still…

The NFL should be embarrassed about the Pro Bowl still being a thing

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The NFL had some huge news on Tuesday and no, I’m not talking about Sean Payton becoming the next head coach of the Denver Broncos, which is kind of a blah place for him to land.

I’m talking about some much bigger news than that. News that surprised everybody. News that had, well, everyone scratching their heads.

The AFC Pro Bowl roster got an update at QB with two players being named as fill-ins. Who are the two new awesome signal-callers heading to this very important event?

Baltimore’s Tyler Huntley, who threw for two touchdowns this season, is now in. And yes, everyone laughed at that announcement.

Las Vegas’ Derek Carr, who was benched at the end of the season, is now in. And yes, everyone laughed at that announcement as well.

I have a simple question for the NFL: What are we even doing here? Why is this Pro Bowl thing still an event? Isn’t this proof that we don’t really need to be doing this anymore?

I’m pretty sure the world would be fine without it!

Oh, and remember – the Pro Bowl really isn’t a football game anymore, it’s a bunch of little games (including a long drive competition) with points that add up to help decide a winner and a flag football game at the end of the whole thing.

So yeah, we can all totally pass on this going forward.

Speaking of passing on the Pro Bowl, Bills QB Josh Allen did just that due to an injury. You know what he’s going to be doing instead this weekend? Playing in the PGA Tour’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am. That is absolutely the right call by Allen and I can’t support his decision enough.

Hey NFL – let’s just stop doing this thing and donate all the money you spend on it to charities that could use the cash.

Because we definitely don’t need it.