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2012 NFL Pro Bowl Live Thread

The NFL's 2012 Pro Bowl takes center stage tonight, as Super Bowl week officially kicks off with the league's annual all star exhibition. After a week of practices, interviews, and surfing lessons, the AFC will take on the NFC tonight, with the game televised on NBC.

In this year's game, Miami Dolphins fans will get to see wide receiver Brandon Marshall and nose tackle Paul Soliai on the field. Left tackle Jake Long was also selected for the team, but had to withdraw due to injury (torn bicep).

The game gets ridiculed every year, because it usually is a very uninspired contest, with defenses limited in what they can do, and offenses not clicking after just a week of practices. However, the game keeps drawing decent ratings (last year, it drew more than Game 1 of the World Series).

This game could be interesting for another reason. This year, there will be two computer stations setup on the sidelines, allowing players to tweet during the game. We'll see how many players actually use the stations, and what they are saying during the game. (There's a Twitter list below the jump)

So, despite the criticism, and the game not counting for anything, it continues to be played year-after-year, and it's not going away. And, it's at least another week of football as the 2011-2012 season draws to a close.

Enjoy the game. After tonight, there's only one football game left until August.

Star-divide

Here are the players who are participating in tonight's game, and have a Twitter account. We'll see if any of them tweet during the game from these stations.


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August is a lonnnng time away.
Too far away
At least it's not next year any-longer!
i personally love watching it

nice to see the players just chilling

Pro bowl

Always makes me think of Sean Taylor freight training the bills punter

Rogers Blah blah blah!
Love the music can we here it again!
who the hell is this kid preforming ? suckville !

this shit is embarrassing to watch, the NFL tries wayyyyyyyyy to hard to upkeep this family atmosphere…..its really creepy. The nfl is trying its ass off to be the WWE

What are you complaining about?

Lol

If you are watching, the fans in the seats look soo bored!

the most awkward part of any nfl performance are the people they make act as concert spectators on the field. It is so cheeeeesy

Watching spurs vs mavs

Pro bowl is boring. Football is not an all-star game friendly sport.

Thank you post up in fan shots,....
hay champ you up fro next week congratz!
Puts you in the "hall of fame game" also!
not sure about that but I'll be at the announcement of the next HOF class of 2012
Yeah canton is a block or two from your doorsteeps!
Hey congratulations bud!

Just saw the post. Awesome and well-deserved

jarrod allen, culinary academy???
marshall dropped it lol
And this surprises who?
he's not in time wit the qb!
That was a wierd dog commercial
Stupidest I've ever seen
Turn ot up in the game..?
Gramma put your teeth back in!
So we can understand you, LOL
Awe.. a hug tackle....
At least Fitz is actually trying.
Against hug tackles...
can't hurt the players!
wow , an onside kick lol
Hahahahahaha, an on-side....
... and just like that it's 14-0
Blowout a comming!
hey 88 did you get the bear e- mail
Yeah, Damn that was big!
Arte yiou enjoying the pics?
Are you, Spellcheck FAIL!
oh yes , thanks buddy .
never wassthat!
You never emailed me LOL
oh damn , the afc sucks , lol
What the Hell was that?
not sure , playground plays , lol...... you are the bottle cap, run wide around the dumpster and try to get open !
and just like that it's a one score game , lol
Wait. We're keeping score?
Onside kick is points!
They are just being polite !
If you stop a team force punt = points!
It's just for fun, don't expect any real football lol.

No... really?

Gotta teach you kids everything, LOL!
head hunting is fun but check it at the stadium gate
2/3 done in ther first quarter!
don't worrie i know a guy!
he has someone to throw him the ball ... finally....
woo hoooo , brandon caught one !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Marshall TD!!!!!!!
Marshall gets a TD and Revis gets beat for a TD. Good game so far
Gotta go, Work very early.

Enjoy!

Rivers is a joke $ player 4years 2 playoff games!
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

On the flip guys!

later beave
I'm back see that catch!
awesome catch, dolphin's representing !!
Jesus afc has cum to play!

man i had to turn it off i am sorry but this is just a half assed game. i understand dont get hurt.. but they are barely even playing.. this is kinda like a walkthur before a real game lol.. there has just got to be something better on.. maybe pigs mating!!! now there is an engrosing show ;op

Yo, what quarter is it?
marshal again1 t.d. 2nd quarter, about half done
2 t.d's I meant to say
see that ... all we need to make him better is a franchise QB...

He will be the guy we wanted him to be if we can just get someone to throw him the ball…

Brandon Marshall gets another TD. He is really trying to win MVP
all we need is to get a QB that can get him the ball....

See where a good QB throws him the ball? not once did they put the ball on his hands … it is always in his body…. tell me he isn’t a #1 WR…

he said he has talked to Flynn, which makes me think that he is the QB he wants. And why not, he is perfect for our offense
Agreed

But philphin should decide he knows him best

I don't think Brandon Marshall is done either ...

He is going to get another TD… as long as they don’t pull him..

The beast of the afc east

Probowl MVP

And all the talk around the site is that we should trade Marshall for a shot at drafting a QB.
Insane

Why trade your playmaker

You wouldn't trade Marshall for chance to get a young franchise QB?
Who does the young franchise QB throw the ball to

Once we draft him?

Bess, Hartline, Gates (maybe), FA like a Colston, Manningham, or a Dwayne Bowe.

We could also pick up someone like Dwayne Allen from Clemson someone who could be a threat at TE.

He could sit his first year and let Matt Moore start 2013.

I think that franchise QB is way more valuable than a receiver like B Marshall. He is not an elite, franchise receiver, he is just a good one.

The worst thing for a rookie QB is to be paired with Brandon Marshall I think.

He has 3 td in the probowl right now

3 catches 150 yards 3 touchdowns,

But he's not elite
You do realize this is the probowl?

Elite players do not drop more touchdowns than they catch……

He is good, just not elite

So if Marshall is "good"

What are Hartline and Bess?

Apples and oranges with Bess. Davone is a slot guy. He is a great one at that. If you switched Wes Welker with Bess, Bess would be putting up huge numbers with the Pats.

Hartline is mediocre and replaceable.

But, you just said if we got rid of Marshall

Bess and Hartline would be the WRs the new QB would throw to.

Do you want a young QB throwing to a mediocreWR as his primary target?

No

That is why I mentioned signing a Free Agent like Colsten or Manningham. Much cheaper option to. Hopefully Clyde Gates will also make some strides in year 2 as well.

Start Matt Moore and let the young QB sit and learn.

You could also add another element at TE like a Ladarious Green in round 3-4. Trade up into the 2nd and get Dwayne Allen.

So, we are back to a receiving corps just like what it was before the Marshall trade.

When everyone was demanding we trade for Marshall to get a #1 WR.

And, you aren’t going to be able to get Allen. The trade to get a QB will involve our 2nd round pick as well. How do you get Allen? Every time someone talks about trading to get a QB, they then talk about what we could get in the 2nd round. You can’t have both.

Ok, get a Ladarious Green in 3rd then, or trade up to the 2nd to get Allen like we did last year with Thomas

This is all irrelevant because Marshall is not tradable because of his salary

You could sign a cheaper option like a Colston, Manningham, etc. who are pretty good. You would not have to pay him 10 mil a year.

The point is a franchise QB is WAY more important than a good receiver like Brandon Marshall

No you keep your good players

Put all your eggs in one basket, and if that player gets injured, or is a bust you set your franchise back years

I missed the Marshall TD.
The first was better

75 yards
Second was awesome too

I saw 2... but for some reason NFL.com only has one on gamecenter...

More Dolphins hate…. it never ends…

speaking of which ....

Does it have Philip Rivers with 2 receptions for 34 yards? lol … they are taking these stats really seriously I see…

NFL.com

Trolling themselves since 2002

Lets go AFC

Easy pick on the -2.5 spread next week right?

betting on the Pro Bowl?

Are you kidding me? You realize you care more about the game than any player playing .. right?

He said next week

aka Super Bowl

How goes the game?
just got a little more fun
What's with on-side kicks?
Loving the fact that Marshall went off in this game.
it's getting ugly out there , booing at thr pro bowl , lol
Marshell
Brandon Marshall

Bow just bow

brandon is coming to life, get that man a QB !
Brandon Marshall is a BEAST. period. lol
So, do the Dolphins have the Pro Bowl MVP on their roster?
I can answer that question with 3 letters

YES

Wow What a Catch..

This has shown that he is still elite just needs a qb that trusts him and gives him a chance

Wangchung what a catch!
I'm really beginning to think the AFC does not like Newton.
you might be right
AFC is picking it up a little , they might be pissed about the onside kicks , lol
Marshall

3 TDs with 3 QBs. Can he go 4 for 4 ???

Marshall has tied the Pro Bowl record for most TDs in a game.
And then they show it on TV right as I type it.
Fitsgerald with Marshall on the same offence!
For some reason this Pro Bowl is really getting me excited for next year. Hopefully Marshall keeps this up next year
He owns Revis every where!
TD was right under the goal posts during that XP.
B. Marsh

A lock for the MVP?

Did Vontaw Leach pretend to chop firewood when he got that td

What was he doing?

AFC hans down winner tonite!
Just got back from the NHL All Star game, what did I miss?
3 TDs from Marshall

including one laying on his back

but first bouncing off of his leg
and after two defenders had a chance to intercept!
I didn't believe you, sorry, had to look it up

Wow……

For anyone that might care, the NHL Allstar Game was pretty good.......
were looking for greatness!
BMarsh should pick Rodgers' and Driver's brains after the game about Philbin
No need. He'll be indoctrinated soon enough.

I wonder of Flynn though….

Supposedly he already called Flynn and promoted the Dolphins

I imagine they talked Philbin too

Bm is the next Jerry Rice in ther west coast offence!
Hmmmm, interesting....
Alpha one coast to the other!
Exactly... should be exciting....
april then augest can't get here fast enuff!

KeEp throwing too 19 ginger rifle

TD!! Fucking Marshall again!!
new probowl record
wow , just wow , BM
A fade to Brandon Marshall, what a strange concept
why cant marshall do that during the regular season
because his QBs suck
o yeah, because he doesnt have pro bowlers throwing to him
Self answer... lol
Get Marshall a QB. And Sparano or Daboll never called a fade route, obviously Marshall can get a TD off of it.

that would have solved our red zone problem

Shiz he couldn't even finish getting the oline fixed say-la-vhe!
Also somewhere in Miami Philbin is smiling
And Flynn

is making up his mind

marshall has 66% of td's today than he had all season, lol
This is why we need mutiple good WR's look at what BM can do when not double teamed

constantly and a franchise QB wouldn’t hurt

Pro-bowl MVP for sure!

Hey i know it’s a meaningless exhibition game. But for a head-case like Marshall, this will be good for his psyche going into next year.

Please get him a QB Philphin I'm begging you

Btw Cam is getting killed

lets trade brandon marshall, um no
last part of this sentance was said best!
marshall blaming the qbs in miami lol
well its true
Except for those 5 dropped TDs...
a franchise QB knows not to throw the pass to a big guy in the hands...

You throw it at his body… it goes against everything you were taught since you were little about catching the ball with your hands not your body… but when you are going to get hit… it is the safest way to make the catch… Michael Irving was saying that was his problem… He knows .. he was a big WR too … and he was pretty good as I recall….

In 4 of those 5 Marshall wasn't going to get hit because he was beyond the defender. One was when he was behind everyone on the field.
How many TDs did he drop today?

You gotta put the ball in the right place…

Clank the first pass!
I missed that one ...

He did drag in 4 today… that 74yd TD he made happen…

Seriously? If the man drops the ball when it hits him right in the hands on a perfect lead throw, then the man drops the ball no matter where you throw it..

Hoping this is a sign of things to come in 2012.

A reciever should know....
Brandon Marshall just needs a good QB.
Marshall at the mike

Saying the right things

GOOOOOOOO AFC !! lol
hurray for the afc
I think Marshall just hinted that he needs a better QB. He said that the reason why he is getting so many TDs was because the QBs are making it easy for him
This from a guy that had his QBs put 5 TDs right in his hands and he dropped them all.
they werent spiraley enough
What is he Goldilocks now? Henne threw them too hard. Moore threw them too soft. But these guys throw them just right.
thats why they are in the pro bowl and henne and moore are watching at home
Both Henne and Moore would've played better than Newton did, but he's NFC so it doesn't matter. Bottom line is that they weren't better than the 3 QBs involved. Marshall still dropped much easier passes than the ones he caught today.
I'm blessed

My favorite NHL team, the New York Rangers and Marian Gaborik won the NHL All-Star MVP
My favorite NFL team, the Miami Dolphins and B. Marsh wins the Pro Bowl MVP

Ha those are my favorite teams as well

Rangers are kicking ass this year, unbelievable. Hopefully both New Yawk teams will win championships, one next Sunday, the other in June (And I don’t mean the Knicks or Islanders lol)

Islanders? They’re among the worst teams in all of sports right about now. They’ll be golfing come June

I think they already started, or at least ice fishing
The only player who could slow down Brandon Marshall right now is Chad Henne
Yep

Because he was tearing it up with Matt Moore.

Good kick
Mr. drop-kick!
Funniest thing a sideline reporter has ever said
I haft to redeam myself!
the drop kick is the most obscure play left in the rulebook

how can he redeem himself?

By buying some girl scout cookies
He was talking to Doug Fluity!
Marshall MVP

19 The Beast

well it feels good to have a dolphin as probowl mvp
We haven't won a playoff game

Since Lincoln was president. It feels good to see one of our Dolphins win anything

game over?

Guessing Marshall won, if only he had a good qb throwing to him. Philbin is probably very happy

Brandon Marshall Pro Bowl 2012 MVP!!!
Now that is a highlight reel
Flynn and Marshall

The most dominant QB-WR duo of all time. I can see it now

well montana to rice!
They will pale in comparison

To Flynn-Marshall

Manning to Marshall....TD!!!!!

How awesome would that be?

Only problem is

Eli plays for the Giants and I don’t think either side wants to part ways

Td was creeping behind Marshall
Saw that
shaving cream in the nostrels!
Marshall joins Garo Yepremian and Ricky Williams as Dolphins who won Pro Bowl MVP. Great Game BMarsh.
So this is what Marshall looks like with an elite QB passing to him..
Andy Dalton = Elite??
Ginger rifle

F.T.W

he is in the pro bowl, so he is pretty good
Pretty good is not Elite.
he has really good accuracy though
better than any QB on the Dolphins ...
I knew I was gonna get that lol..maybe not yet but on his way

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