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Antoine Winfield was named to his 2nd consecutive Pro Bowl
Today the NFL announced that Antoine Winfield was selected to the Pro Bowl after an injury to a player in front of him. This is the second straight year that Winfield was selected to the NFL’s all star game, and after the late addition of Percy Harvin, it makes Winfield the 10th Viking selected.
The Vikings that were selected to this year’s Pro Bowl are:
Brett Favre
Adrian Peterson
Sidney Rice
Steve Hutchinson
Bryant McKinnie
Jared Allen
Kevin Williams
Heath Farwell
Percy Harvin
Antoine Winfield
The Vikings lead the NFL in the number of Pro Bowlers, but the big problem with all of this is that the NFL has moved the game to the week before the Super Bowl this year. I’m sure the NFL is thinking football interest is at an all time high right before the big game, so they’re hoping that the ratings for the game go up, but the Vikings are still in the running to play for the championship this year. If they beat the Saints this coming Sunday, the NFL will lose 10 players from a 46-man team. That’s almost 25% of the players that are supposed to be playing on a Pro Bowl team that won’t be able to play.
In my opinion, that really takes away from the impact of the game.
Can you imagine watching a Pro Bowl this year that doesn’t include Adrian Peterson, Brett Favre, Sidney Rice, Jared Allen, or Percy Harvin?
What if the Colts make it to the Super Bowl, too. No Payton Manning, Reggie Wayne, Dallas Clark, or Dwight Freeney?
In my opinion the NFL dropped the ball when they planned this one.
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