Published 12/17/2008
by Shashwat Baxi
at Bleacher Report - NFL
The National Football League announced the rosters for the National Football Conference and the American Football Conference teams in the 2008 Pro Bowl.
Besides the players that earn a salary bonus for being selected to the team, does anyone really care about what happens after the Super bowl?
Does it matter that Peyton and Eli are the first quarterbacking brothers to be elected to the same pro bowl?
Does anyone care that the New York Jets and the New York Giants are sending 13 players between them?
Are Packers fans crying because Brett Favre is playing for the AFC team, representing the J-E-T-S in Hawaii?
If your favorite team doesn't make the playoffs, do you even care that one of the players makes the pro bowl?
Does anyone even know when the game is actually played?
Most fans probably channel-surf through other programming on a cold, Sunday afternoon and just happen upon the Pro Bowl.
Unlike the NBA, NHL, and MLB, the NFL decides to have it's "all-star" game be ...
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