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1-29-2017 7:34 PM |
Sunday, January 29th
Pro Bowl
8:00 PM ET
AFC at NFC |
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Pavel Lebedev AFCs 20-13 win |
1-30-2017 05:07 AM |
http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2017/1/29/14435162/2017-nfl-pro-bowl-results-score-travis-kelce-michael-bennett
NFL Analyst
January 30, 2017
For years, fans, pundits and even the NFL have speculated wildly about how to "fix" the Pro Bowl—an annual snoozer where players sleepwalked through a slopfest that ended with a score that looked like the final of a game of Madden played by two 10-year-olds.
Ideas galore were both suggested and/or implemented, from ditching the AFC vs. NFC format in favor of a "fantasy style" draft to the notion of nixing the game altogether.
Nothing worked, and the Pro Bowl became a laughingstock.
Well, the conference format was back in 2017 for the game played in Orlando, Florida. And in the AFC's 20-13 win, a formula was discovered to make the game better. Make it watchable for fans. Make it a little enjoyable even.
The players actually put forth something resembling effort. And it showed.
Mind you, it still wasn't a crisply played affair. The run game, as it usually is in the Pro Bowl, was non-existent. The game's leading rusher with 21 yards was the Chicago Bears' Jordan Howard, who was the only tailback to average over three yards a carry.
And there were the usual lapses on defense. The Seattle Seahawks' Michael Bennett, who to his credit had two sacks, also jumped offsides so many times I lost count.
There was also the obligatory tomfoolery that goes with an exhibition, whether it was the latest from the dance repertoire of Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce in the end zone:
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