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Sunday open thread; Are you a fan of the new Pro Bowl format?

Related Topics: Pro Bowl, Josh Jacobs

Let’s face it: you are probably going to watch the Pro Bowl.

Maybe not you, the personal you, but the rhetorical “you” will. In spite of all the bellyaching about the changes to the Pro Bowl, the cheapening of the title, and all those nasty things, the Pro Bowl still outperforms other sporting events in ratings and viewership. It’s the sort of thing that if you were a fan of the NBA you’d probably lose your mind.

This year has brought new changes, and not everyone is a fan. Josh Jacobs of the Las Vegas Raiders made the astute observation: “This s&%# is stupid.