2009 Pro Bowl: Redskins vs AFC - Page 2

aNYtitan · 11-18-2008, 09:04 PM

Ummm, how can a player on the ballot be leading the next highest candidate by 143% of the vote?

skinzzfan25 · 11-18-2008, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by VoodooMonkey

Didn't say he was. It's just the first thing that comes to mind when I see those letters. Sadly.

Ahh lol, check this out then :D

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...82douche1.html

Burns336 · 11-18-2008, 09:07 PM

I don't think fan voting is only 1/3.

I know that is what the league says, but explain how Roy Williams continuously got in and probably would have got in this year as well if his name was on the ballot.

I think if the fans overwhelmingly choose someone, they will bring that player in no matter what the coaches and players say.

CashmoneyDrew · 11-18-2008, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Burns336

I don't think fan voting is only 1/3.

I know that is what the league says, but explain how Roy Williams continuously got in and probably would have got in this year as well if his name was on the ballot.

I think if the fans overwhelmingly choose someone, they will bring that player in no matter what the coaches and players say.

Fan voting is only 1/3 of the voting in the NFL. Name recognition mainly got Roy Williams in.

TimD · 11-18-2008, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by skinzzfan25

Fan voting is only a 3rd of the total vote.

LOL @ all the mad people. The pro bowl is a total joke anyway.

no where near as bad as the NHL voting.

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Forwards Alex Kovalev, Saku Koivu and Alex Tanguay, defencemen Andrei Markov and Mike Komisarek and goalie Carey Price are not merely leading every other player in their Eastern Conference categories. They are ahead by ridiculous margins, their monstrous numbers fuelled by computer-vote programs written to carpet-bomb, around the clock, for all six at once.

As of Sunday early afternoon, four days into balloting, Kovalev, Koivu and Tanguay had vote totals in the 190,000 range. The next closest forward, Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby, was approaching 84,000.

http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=965374

GB12 · 11-18-2008, 09:20 PM

Holy **** that's ridiculous. I know fan votes are only 1/3, but any Redskin votes shouldn't count at all. That's a ******* joke.

The one thing I did find funny was that Korey Hall is 5th for fullbacks. He's not even the best FB on his own team.

LonghornsLegend · 11-18-2008, 09:33 PM

What!?!? Nonsense!!! Only Cowboy fans vote in herds for their players

Burns336 · 11-18-2008, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by VoodooMonkey

Fan voting is only 1/3 of the voting in the NFL. Name recognition mainly got Roy Williams in.

So you're tellin me that the other 2/3 (players and coaches) were also voting Roy in on name recognition?

I stand by my theory that this 1/3 stuff is crap. 13 players on the most hated team in the league would not make it in if it was evenly divided.

d34ng3l021 · 11-18-2008, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Burns336

So you're tellin me that the other 2/3 (players and coaches) were also voting Roy in on name recognition?

I stand by my theory that this 1/3 stuff is crap. 13 players on the most hated team in the league would not make it in if it was evenly divided.

Most hated team? Serious?

Menardo75 · 11-18-2008, 10:41 PM

Wow pathetic is what that is.

mqtirishfan · 11-18-2008, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by aNYtitan

Ummm, how can a player on the ballot be leading the next highest candidate by 143% of the vote?

It's simple. He more than doubles the total of the closest person.

regoob2 · 11-18-2008, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Thigamahjigee

Oh, so now only sacks against probowl OT count? And it's 3 sacks left junior.

Anyway, this is amusing to say the least.

What's amusing that your a homer or that Abraham chokes against anything other than the worst in the league.

CashmoneyDrew · 11-18-2008, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Burns336

13 players on the most hated team in the league would not make it in if it was evenly divided.

Uhhh, what? Most hated? I'd say if they aren't the top team they are definitely top 3.

d34ng3l021 · 11-18-2008, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by regoob2

What's amusing that your a homer or that Abraham chokes against anything other than the worst in the league.

Drew Brees had been sacked 7 times before the Falcons game. Abraham sacked him and abused Jamaal Brown the whole game.

He also had a sack against Chad Clifton.

Sacks are lame statistics anyway. I would rather go by pressures.

CashmoneyDrew · 11-18-2008, 11:35 PM

Sacks aren't lame. They just shouldn't be the end all/be all when it comes to how you view production of a d-lineman.

regoob2 · 11-18-2008, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by d34ng3l021

Drew Brees had been sacked 7 times before the Falcons game. Abraham sacked him and abused Jamaal Brown the whole game.

He also had a sack against Chad Clifton.

Sacks are lame statistics anyway. I would rather go by pressures.

I watched Abraham get dominated all game by John ******* St Clair. Abraham is overrated and needs to be more consistent to even be considered for the pro bowl.

Burns336 · 11-18-2008, 11:58 PM

Please dont argue with me over whether or not the Cowboys are the most hated team in the league. If not, I'd love to hear who is.

regoob2 · 11-19-2008, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Burns336

Please dont argue with me over whether or not the Cowboys are the most hated team in the league. If not, I'd love to hear who is.

Patriots???

Vox Populi · 11-19-2008, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Burns336

Please dont argue with me over whether or not the Cowboys are the most hated team in the league. If not, I'd love to hear who is.

Its not like they can anti-vote your players... There are way more Cowboy fans out there than any other team so they get more of a turn out for pro bowl voting. Im pretty sure when voting for the pro bowl not every person thinks, hmmm... hes awesome, but hes a cowboy, **** that guy ***** dude... Im voting for that random ass dude on the Lions!! Suck it Dallas!!

It probably does happen, but not every person does it...

M.O.T.H. · 11-19-2008, 12:06 AM

Just like the Yankees...the Cowboys are both the most loved and hated team in their respective sport...and ESPN knows this.

BlindSite · 11-19-2008, 02:26 AM

Everyone calls the probowl a joke, but in 10 years time when these guys are retired and trying to get into the HOF they'll need these probowls and all pro selections to make up their Resume.

Peppers, Beason, Gamble all deserve it and down the stretch Steve Smith will likely be making a lot of noise, though with Arizona, Atlanta and GB all having good WRs and him getting a late start I doubt he makes it.

This pisses me right off.

SeanTaylorRIP · 11-19-2008, 08:43 AM

Everybody needs to calm down Portis, Cooley, and Sellers will be the only skins to make the pro bowl. The league will do what it do.

Jughead10 · 11-19-2008, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by SeanTaylorRIP

Everybody needs to calm down Portis, Cooley, and Sellers will be the only skins to make the pro bowl. The league will do what it do.

Sellers actually might not. Many consider Hedgecock the best FB in football. Sellers might just because he catches TDs, but Hedgecock is probably the better lead blocker and paves the way for the best rushing attack in the NFL. Regardless, I'm just happy the Giants will have more than one pro bowler this year. I think we may only have one player on our team right now to ever make it. Pierce and he was an alternate.

SeanTaylorRIP · 11-19-2008, 09:47 AM

Well if fan voting is 1/3 and Sellers leads all FB's by over 130,000 votes, if you combine that from the general perception of the league they must rate him in the top 5, than I think it makes him the favor. BTW I think Sammy Knight has made a pro bowl.

bigbluedefense · 11-19-2008, 09:52 AM

I think the Cowboys beat them to the punch to be honest with you.