Jason Peters skipping Pro Bowl

by RabidBuffalo on Jan 21, 2009 9:08 AM EST Comment 38 comments

The source isn't great but according to this short article, Peters will skip the Pro Bowl and is being replaced by Jake Long of the Dolphins.

Many of us didn't believe that Peters deserved to go to the Pro Bowl anyway, but skipping it hurts anyway. He was the only person we had there and it would have been nice to see him there. Oh well.

Hopefully this doesn't have anything to do with his contract and really is about an injury. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't he miss last years too?

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BB.com covered this too. That’s probably a more reliable source. :)

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by Brian Galliford on Jan 21, 2009 9:25 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I’m pretty sure he did miss last year as well.

I don’t think this has anything to do with his wanting an extension, it’s not like playing in this game would benefit the Bills in any way.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Jan 21, 2009 9:26 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Last year it was the groin

This year they’re saying he had knee surgery.

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by MattRichWarren on Jan 21, 2009 10:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

But but but but but..... THIS is why they play the game!!!

How DARE he skip out on it, the bum!!!! /sarcasm

Now if only this gopher could play DE, we would be doing better, I mean, who couldn't play better than the corpse brothers Kelsay and Denney?

by WABillsfan on Jan 22, 2009 3:27 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, he skipped last year because of the injury.

And I can’t imagine anyone ever skipping the Pro Bowl because of a contract dispute. Hell, I doubt the Bills even want him there.

by twoeightnine on Jan 21, 2009 10:22 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

the pro bowl is a joke anyways.........

no need to have an “all-star” game for football……name em ALL-PRO’s give a handy dandy lil award and tell em to hit up the golf course.

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by norcaliangelsfan on Jan 21, 2009 10:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Think a lot of them skip the Pro Bowl now?

wait until they move it to Florida!

"The Bills have no playoff aspirations"

by Joe P. on Jan 21, 2009 4:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

When is that happening? I was under the assumption that the NFL was playing the Pro Bowl in the Super Bowl city of the year the week prior to the big game starting in 2010, when both games will be played in Miami.

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by Brian Galliford on Jan 21, 2009 4:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Miami is in Florida :-)

I guess you thought I meant permanently?

"The Bills have no playoff aspirations"

by Joe P. on Jan 21, 2009 5:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

PFT did a write up on it a while back. I think Florio was on to something when he wrote that the league is likely using it as a bargining chip for the new collective bargining agreement. Basically, the league is ‘taking away’ something the players like (paid trip to Hawaii) and will require the players to cave on some point in the negotiations to ‘get it back’. As it was formulated, the game will be the week before the Super Bowl which means quite a few players named to it won’t be able to attend. (Catch-22: Are the teams in the Super Bowl because they have so many Pro Bowlers or do they have so many Pro Bowlers because their teams did well enough—and got so much national exposure—to get to the Super Bowl?)

by Ron From NM on Jan 21, 2009 7:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for the info

I wondered what was behind that decision.

"The Bills have no playoff aspirations"

by Joe P. on Jan 21, 2009 9:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I thought you meant permanently.

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by Brian Galliford on Jan 22, 2009 6:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Can we all agree the guy is injury-prone? This will fuel the same approach by the organization as last off-season. If he feels his unhealthy enough to participate in the game, i’m sure they’ll want to have clear access to his off-season rehab. You know he’ll still be in Hawaii for the week of the game though.

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by TheAfghanTwilight on Jan 21, 2009 10:32 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Players use a hangnail as an excuse to skip the Pro Bowl.

by twoeightnine on Jan 21, 2009 10:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Peters has missed 4 games in 4 years. He’s hardly injury prone. Everybody skips the Pro Bowl, it’s no big deal at all.

by kaisertown on Jan 21, 2009 10:51 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It’s a big deal to Peters. It’s the greatest accomplishment a player can have, according to him.

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by TheAfghanTwilight on Jan 21, 2009 11:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe making the Pro Bowl is an accomplishment, but playing in it isn’t really a big deal. Peters will probably be in Hawaii partying around with the other players, but nobody actually wants to go out and play in a stupid fake game where nobody really tries their hardest.

by kaisertown on Jan 21, 2009 11:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe Marvin Harrison will also be there to assault some more fans.

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by TheAfghanTwilight on Jan 21, 2009 11:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, exactly. As long as “Pro Bowl” appears on his resume, he’s cool.

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by Brian Galliford on Jan 21, 2009 12:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed.

It doesn’t matter who plays in the Pro Bowl. It’s the vote in that counts for things like recognition, ego, contract leverage, Hall of Fame consideration (unfortunately), etc.

Great plays don't make great players; great players make great plays.

by Fort Worth on Jan 21, 2009 1:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It counts towards “holdout-ability” too!

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by TheAfghanTwilight on Jan 21, 2009 1:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

scrap the Pro Bowl in favor of

a skills contest weekend. This would be fun for the players and the fans. Every receiver that gets in should compete in a bunch of awesome skills drills where they can gain bragging rights for jumping the highest, having the best hands, etc. And do it at every position. That would much better than a fake game.

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by poz on Jan 21, 2009 12:01 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

You mean like the Skills Challenge that they already hold...

and already no one watches?

by twoeightnine on Jan 21, 2009 12:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Hey, I watched it once. It was terrible.

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by Brian Galliford on Jan 21, 2009 12:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I watched Moorman compete...

on tape delay. And then I gave him a hard time about it. The only thing the players care about are the sprint and the kickers contest. Everything else they kinda just go through the motions.

by twoeightnine on Jan 21, 2009 12:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Don't forget the bench press...

they can be named teh NFL’s strongest man

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by MattRichWarren on Jan 21, 2009 2:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

no better

the Skills Challenge they hold is plain silly. You know they can improve on that thing

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by poz on Jan 21, 2009 1:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Horse or a tug of war comp?

Now if only this gopher could play DE, we would be doing better, I mean, who couldn't play better than the corpse brothers Kelsay and Denney?

by WABillsfan on Jan 22, 2009 3:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Basketball game
Beer Pong Tourney (1 defender and 1 offensive player from each team)
Keg Toss
Tug o War
Horse
High Jump
Golf

Any other ideas?

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by poz on Jan 24, 2009 12:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Any of the Worlds Strongest Man competiton events would be cool. I would love to see who could drag a Bus further Brian Urlacher or Steve Hutchinson.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Jan 24, 2009 1:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I actually would watch something like that. Anything that really puts the players pride on the line, something that really causes them to compete their hardest (like they do in the sprint) would we something worth watching.

by kaisertown on Jan 24, 2009 2:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed, if they stole a bunch of stuff from Strongest Man

I would watch in a heartbeat, I mean if my 62 year old mom loves watching World’s Strongest Man, can you imagine the number of people who would tune in to watch their favorite NFL players do it? It would do very well in the ratings, and I think alot of the players would do it because it would be fun.

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by WABillsfan on Jan 24, 2009 5:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

And the odds of the NFLPA or teams signing off on any of these?

Holy hell, if teams put clauses into their contracts that say players can’t play basketball could you imagine what they would say to puling a bus or tossing a weight or stone?

by twoeightnine on Jan 24, 2009 5:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah the NFLPA would never go for it.

But it would be great to watch,… but then it would be cool to see them wrestle bears too.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Jan 25, 2009 8:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It's the NFL circus of the stars.

I want to see Jason on the flying trapeze and not as the catcher.

everything goes better with a BIG MACK

by keuka121 on Jan 22, 2009 9:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I say they move the game to Alaska, and play it outdoors!

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by TheAfghanTwilight on Jan 21, 2009 1:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

No Surprise

that Peters is skipping the Pro Bowl. I too think that they should be given a bonus and told to hit the golf course. AMEN. No injuries. Tell me what business likes to put their clients at risk for something totally meaningless?

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by Cutter3636 on Jan 22, 2009 1:07 AM EST reply actions 0 recs