Matt Schaub as MVP of the Pro Bowl is as about as pointless an achievement as being high scorer in a Harlem Globetrotters game.
The game should be called the "Not Good Enough To Make It To The Super" Bowl.
It's the "Thanks For The Free Trip" Bowl.
Unlike the All-Star Game, the season for these guys is over. Done. They're the ones who couldn't get out of playing because of injury.
It's the Jury Duty of the NFL. The fans and press love them, and they have to show up or get smacked by the league.
Nobody in their right mind is giving it 100%. Otherwise, there'd be injuries from players who have already shut down from the season and trying to give one last effort.
You don't hear of anyone scratched for training too hard for the Pro Bowl, right?
Right.
Those who excel in the Pro Bowl tend to stick out like a sore thumb.
It's an exhibition game. A half-speed practice session.
And the dork apparently went all-out. Because he didn't give it his all during the season, so he had plenty of gas left in the tank to show off on a Sunday way, way too late to make a difference.
Wonderful. (vomit)
Unless that jackass playing in the post-season with a Texans uniform on, it doesn't mean a thing.
About the passing yards achievement, well, that can be explained, too.
When your running game is near-dead and you fail to score in the red zone time and time again, you can rack up some serious yardage.
Plus, the 17 20+ and 40+ yard strikes are more of a testament to the receiver's post-catch runs.
Tack on to that the fact that you have a backup quarterback who's the seasoned achiever of an 0-16 season and another who's the worst Chicago quarterback since Bob Avellini, the guy's going to take snaps until they strap him to a backboard and carry him off in a golf cart.
Those aren't backups. Those are job security for the starter.
And finally, Manning was put in neutral for the last two weeks. 195 and 95 yards? Manning was averaging 300 otherwise. He'd have blown past Schaub easily if he hadn't have been shelved for playoffs. (You know, the real purpose of the season. Which Manning got the MVP for. And may get the MVP for the final game, too.)
Whatever. Richard Justice has his pom-poms and skirt again.
Once again...
(vomit)