The Pro Bowl is hardly the most accurate way to assess the years that players are having. Some names get in more based on reputation or market exposure than performance in the current season. Still it can present the big picture of the season and in this sense I thought it’d be interesting to look at the current ratings of Pro Bowl selected players in Madden 11 as well as the highest rated players who didn’t make it.
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When it comes to sports curses, aside from the Chicago Cubs, there’s no more active superstition than the Madden curse. Since 1999, almost every year something bad has happened to the cover athlete of Electronic Arts’ bestselling Madden NFL franchise. Cleveland Browns running back Peyton Hillis is the latest victim of this curse.
Damn, seeing LT in a red pro bowl jersey, but in a green jets jersey is heartbreaking. By the way, how the hell did Peyton Manning make it to the pro bowl after his disastrous performance this season?
leading the league in yards thrown, being third in tds thrown and nearly carrying his team (that had guys like blair white, jacob tamme and javarris james playing critical roles at long stretches of the season) to the playoffs helps his case. If you're referring to his un-Peyton like 17 interceptions, Drew Brees has 21.