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Question from an outsider: is this just a matter of Boston being more of a baseball town than a football town as far as overall fan dedication level? I know the TV ratings are obviously higher for the Pats than the Sox, but it seems like the overall passion towards the team is in the Red Sox favor. Case in point this voting, Brady is off to the hottest start of any NFL quarterback ever, and the fan base doesn't have him tops at his position? This is the same city that had Nomar out in front in the 04 AllStar voting over Jeter (who I'd say is just as national a figure as Manning or Favre) and that was when Nomar hadn't played a game, let alone played flawlessly.
Frankly the fanbase has nothing to do with it. Pats fans don't have enough say alone to get him the number one spot. Other teams fans have to vote for him as well.
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Question from an outsider: is this just a matter of Boston being more of a baseball town than a football town as far as overall fan dedication level? I know the TV ratings are obviously higher for the Pats than the Sox, but it seems like the overall passion towards the team is in the Red Sox favor. Case in point this voting, Brady is off to the hottest start of any NFL quarterback ever, and the fan base doesn't have him tops at his position? This is the same city that had Nomar out in front in the 04 AllStar voting over Jeter (who I'd say is just as national a figure as Manning or Favre) and that was when Nomar hadn't played a game, let alone played flawlessly.
I think you're looking at it a bit off.
Though the fanaticism of a team's fanbase has some effect on probowl voting, they're still just one out of 32 potential fanbases. No matter how passionate Patriots fans may be, they're still not going to account for more than 5% of the voting population.
The other 95% of votes will come from the fans of the other 31 teams, so it's to them that we must look for why Brady is 3rd, behind Manning and Favre.
The answer seems pretty obvious to me: for matters not entirely passing understanding, the Patriots are not particularly beloved right now. Apparently, enough people have been sufficiently turned off by recent events to leave Brady off their pro bowl ballots.
Question from an outsider: is this just a matter of Boston being more of a baseball town than a football town as far as overall fan dedication level? I know the TV ratings are obviously higher for the Pats than the Sox, but it seems like the overall passion towards the team is in the Red Sox favor. Case in point this voting, Brady is off to the hottest start of any NFL quarterback ever, and the fan base doesn't have him tops at his position? This is the same city that had Nomar out in front in the 04 AllStar voting over Jeter (who I'd say is just as national a figure as Manning or Favre) and that was when Nomar hadn't played a game, let alone played flawlessly.
I don't either, but it is a nice little plum and players might have a shot once in their career.
Don't put yourself out, though.
Actually, I'd be more inclined to vote on players if there was no game. That would help in making it more legit. The voting process will always be flawed with the fans voting as is indicated by the leading vote getters.
It's not about Pro-bowls for Tom Brady, Never has been. It's all about the Super Bowls.
Tom ain't going even if voted in. Give it to Peyton. It's his kind of game!!
If Tom doesn't want to go, he'll decline, but at least he'll be voted in. Also, no Mankins, Koppen, Vrabel, and even Samuel is sort of discouraging. They'll probably still get in with the other 2/3 votes if they keep playing well.
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Question. If a player is voted to the Pro Bowl but declines to go will he still be credited as a pro bowl selction for that year?
Also if a player is voted in as an alternate due to an injury (Brady was last year actually I think, but declined himself) does he get credited as being a Pro Bowl player that year?
When I mean credited, I mean among their all-time stats it would add to the number of Pro Bowls category.
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Re: Pro Bowl voting: Brady 3rd? lol
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