Congrats to the four of them. And it wouldn't shock me if Schaub joins them, particularly if Manning goes to the Super Bowl.
If I read correctly, the Pro Bowl is going through some major changes this year. It is being played the week *before* the Super Bowl instead of the week after which means players participating in the Super Bowl will probably opt out and players participating in the conference championship games will likely sit too because they won't be in the mood to play a meaningless exhibition just after such an important game.
The Pro Bowl is also going to be held in Florida this year instead of Hawaii, which could lead to more defections. The dirty little secret is that more players would choose not to go to the Pro Bowl were it not for wives/girlfriends reading them the riot act if they even *think* about passing up a paid vacation in Hawaii for *her*. Florida in January won't carry the same pizzazz. Apparently, the NFL is trying this to fill the void during the off week leading up to the Super Bowl and to somehow make the game more relevant (which it won't).
At least Goodell isn't doing something stupid like making the winner of the Pro Bowl the home team for the Super Bowl.
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