The Weaker Ender

Must echo the Fan IQ blog here, that claims that Jessica Diaz of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is the biggest Pro Bowl snub of the season.

Who wants to argue that?

Enjoy your last Pro Bowl. Sure, the Pro Bowl is moving to Miami next year the week before the Super Bowl. That should allow for some decent access to players who can give unconvincing picks for the Super Bowl and whore themselves out on NFL Network. That also should allow plenty of writers to get alcohol poisoning, too, along with 20 extra pounds.

This has to be Roger Goodell's worst idea, and that's saying something.

Ray Lewis came out this week and said that he won't play in the Pro Bowl anymore if it's not in Hawaii. And some people took offense to that. To them, I say, shut up. Nobody cares enough about the Pro Bowl to even get upset if Lewis is going to be there or not. Lewis, though, is spot on.

Sure you have some guys such as Brett Favre, Tom Brady and some of the other too-cool-for-school guys who would rather beer deer hunting or doing errands for their super model fiancee girl friend. There are still a large number of players who still show up. Gomer manages to go ever year, though me might be contractually obligated because of his endorsements. Lewis goes every year. Tony Gonzalez. Just to name a few. Even the Kurt Warner Machine, Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin made it after losing the Super Bowl, and that never happens.

Look, all-star games blow. Even baseball's is terrible now that there is interleague play. So why even bother to make it cool? By trying so hard, the NFL is going to make the game worse.

AND FINALLY
The Celtics swept the season series with the Lakers and then went on to the NBA Finals. The Lakers completed the sweep last night (without Andrew Bynum), so what's next for them?

Maybe Boston shouldn't have spent so much energy winning all of those games in November. Too bad it won't be around to lose in the Finals this year, because Cleveland is going to win the East.