Voting for the NFL Pro Bowl tops on Tuesday at noon. So, I hunted to go online and election, not so much to get my voice heard, but because I sought to get a glance of the practice. What did I find? The voting is completely fraudulent.
Why? Let’s take a look:
-First and primary, the statement that fans get to poll is an unmitigated prank. Football is #1 for me, that’s what I grasp the close. And I trail the NFL as close or faster than 99% of America. That said, am I truly certified to election on what AFC defense is having the best spell? And if I’m not fit to evaluator, is Joe Average Fan? Of course not. So what happens then? I’ll tell you what happens, people poll for the names they know and not who is having the best spice. So making the Pro Bowl has more to do with what player had their stomach circled by John Madden while he talks about how much failure they can eat at Thanksgiving, and minus to do with who burden the best job.
It’s one thing for a fan to be able to look and see the Atlanta Falcons WR Roddy White is important the NFC in getting yards, but it’s another to speculate what right tackle has been the most dominant. You are either guessing or regurgitating what a NFL poet or chatting head has stated.
And another write on fans: how many are departures to just ballot for the players on their favorite teams? Lots, that’s how many. I promise the Detroit Lions G Gosder Cherilus gets some votes from the hometown fans despite the detail that he’s been benched this year (then again, I suspect any Lions fans are paying notice at this advantage).
-They don’t put any stats next to the names. There aren’t any stats for nasty line technician as it is (save they want to contain sacking given up, but that doesn’t tell the total hearsay) so that part of the voting is even more of a farce. I had juuuust enough head vigor to know that I should score NFL as a revision to see who burden what on the stat leaf (there are forever some eyeopeners). Will the ordinary fan? Probably not. There is no rationale not to have some information next to somebody’s name besides rank and band. If you don’t think to repress some stats and don’t live in the Bay Area, you don’t know how good Raiders LB Kirk Morrison is.
-Even if they did have stats, stats are misleading. When voting for a customer, it’s painless to go for who has the record net. Does that take into account the fact that the players stinks and the consumer always has his feet on his own 20-yard line and just goes bombs away? Nope. How about a consumer like Jeff Feagles, who is on a phenomenal team? He’s smoothly asked to pooch the ball in the “casket bend,” which is going to hurt his net. Does the NFL custody about this? Apparently not.
-The players you can election for on kick profits is not accurate. I hunted to choose for Bills draftee Leodis McKelvin as the AFC’s kick returner. I said kick returner, not punt returner. NFL jerseys makes no distinction between the two. My only selection was to choose for Roscoe Parrish, who I dearest, but is the Bills punt returner. McKelvin was not even an option to vote for. Guess who won’t be making the Pro Bowl this year despite being towards the top in number of profits and support in yards-per-gain (Jericho Cotchery is first, but has only one yield, which disqualifies him as far as I – and everybody else that has half a mind – am afraid)?
And it’s a good thing I didn’t want to vote for Eagles security Quinton Demps as a Pro Bowl kick returner. I couldn’t have if I wanted to because they only file DeSean Jackson as a kick returner. Jackson doesn’t benefit kicks for the Eagles, he income punts.
-Here is my conclusion: Take voting away from the fans and give it to people who are educated on the subject. You could have scouts, broad managers or other NFL executives cast their votes. They know the apportion. They are paid to know the exchange (unless you work in Cincinnati). These people study covering as part of their jobs.
Like I said, I follow the NFL intensely, but I still have not watched satiated brave cassette and breakdowns of Cleveland Browns tackle Joe Thomas. I haven’t done in-depth study on the amusement situations for San Diego Chargers P Mike Scifres. I, then, should not get a vote and help to resolve who goes to the Pro Bowl and gets a good bump in negotiations for their next develop.
Hopefully, the NFL will amputate their heads from their rear ends and put the voting in the hands of those who are licensed to do so. Oh, and if you want to vote before Tuesday’s noon deadline, log onto NFL jersey.
Micah Warren is the sports writer from New York and the founder of Blast's sports split and the Off the Record sports blog.
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