The NFL Pro Bowl Is Trash, But Here's a Preview Anyway

The NFL Pro Bowl is easily the country's worst all-star game among the country's four major sports. Players do not want to play it and coaches do not want to coach it, according to NBC Sports. Despite this, fans still watch this trash for some reason, so here is a preview anyway.

With TV ratings still sizzling, the beat goes on, and many of the league's best players are down in Glendale, Arizona, ready to play in front of a national audience Sunday night, Jan. 25.

In case you are one of the poor souls who wants to check it out, we have created a primer to break down the contest.

Here is what you need to know:

• The game used to be divided by conference -- AFC and NFC -- but the league nixed that idea last year. Instead, two NFL legends are selected to choose teams from one universal pool of players. This year, Hall of Fame wide receivers Michael Irvin and Cris Carter selected the teams. Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck was the first choice in the draft, and he promptly gave an interview pretty much saying -- and we are paraphrasing here -- "I hate the Pro Bowl."
• J.J. Watt, perhaps the best player in the league, will be playing, but plenty of elite athletes -- including Aaron Rodgers and Peyton Manning -- are at home either nursing injuries or pretending they have prior commitments.
• Players from the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks will not be competing because they are focusing their energy and attention on Super Bowl XLIX, which will be played at the same venue, University of Phoenix Stadium, Sunday, Feb. 1.
• The footballs will -- probably -- be inflated correctly.
• Team Carter is favored by two points over Team Irvin, according to sports betting site Bovada. The over/under is 69 points.
• The jerseys are kind of ugly, but not as ugly as, you know, they could be.

The game kicks off at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN. Mike Tirico and Jon Gruden are the announcers.

Let us know how it goes down in the comments section.

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NFL, Arizona, Super Bowl XLIX