Well, if it wasn’t before this season, it has officially entered that category now. The National Football League Pro Bowl is a joke.
So let me first start by saying this is my opinion, and you can disagree, but you will be fighting a losing battle.
Many have already thought that the Pro Bowl was a joke, but after the recent news on Monday, it has officially become that in my book.
No Hate
It is what it is, but making the Pro Bowl used to mean something, it no longer stands for that.
It meant that you had a great season, and it was not given out like a participation trophy.
Drake Maye will be playing the Super Bowl, and with Josh Allen and Justin Herbert banged up after the playoffs, they had to find someone to replace Maye.
Guess who that player was? Just take a wild guess, please.
Somehow, Shedeur Sanders actually got named to the Pro Bowl…. He started 7 games where the Browns went 3-4, averaged less than 200 yards passing per game, threw for 10 interceptions and 7 touchdowns and his QBR was a solid 18.9!
I mean come on guys, what are we doing here? There is nothing you can do to justify trying to make the case for Sanders to make the Pro Bowl.
If you don’t like what I say about it, current Giants tackle Jermaine Eluemunor called the Pro Bowl a “joke” after Sanders made the team.
Not only Eluemunor, but Dan Patrick, who is a well-known sports guy, said it perfectly. The only reason why the NFL did this is for the railings!
What he means by that is that they know how poor this has become over the years, and guess what, they want more fans to turn it on and watch it before the Super Bowl takes place.
If Sanders is there and on the screen, they know we will turn it on in hopes that he looks awful so we can talk about it. The league was not going to do well enough without him.
Remember when it used to be real and after the Super Bowl, and it was so much fun to watch the best of the best play against each other from the NFC and AFC?
The 2026 Pro Bowl Games, held in San Francisco, CA, will feature a mix of skill-based competitions and a 7-on-7 flag football game between AFC and NFC players taking place Feb 1–3, 2026.
Key events include Passing the Test, Dodgeball, Relay Race, and the final flag game, showcasing player talent in a fan-friendly format.
Look, I am just not a fan, and honestly, the only thing that matters for real now is if you are a All-Pro or not, and that only has a limited number of spots and not nearly as many as the Pro Bowl.
Here is my solution to fix it, make it just like the top 100 list. Eliminate fan voting and only allow the players to vote for who makes it.
At this point, we know it is not about that though, it is getting people to watch and people are going to tune in to see Sanders play and hope that he fails. I have no skin in the fight, but he shouldn’t even have made it over Cam Ward, it has just flat out become a joke.
Let’s see how this goes, but it has gotten exactly what they wanted out of it, and it is for random people like me to talk about it, but at the end the day, we all know that Sanders is not a Pro Bowler at all.
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