Super Bowl odds are set but for this week, the main focus is the Pro Bowl. For the first time, NFL Commissioner Roger Gooddell has changed the Pro Bowl from the week after the Super Bowl to the week prior to it and there has been plenty of grumbling.
For some silly reason, the NFL is forcing the players from the teams that are Super Bowl bound to show up at the Pro Bowl and make an appearance. It doesn’t make sense for them to be apart from their teams when they have such a big game coming up, but I digress.
For the actual matchup this year, you have to side with the NFC. They have won two straight contests and they will have the far better quarterback rotation this year.
The AFC will be without its top three starters as Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Philip Rivers will not be playing, which leaves Vince Young, David Garrard and Matt Schaub running the show. That’s not bad, but it’s not Aaron Rodgers, Tony Romo and Donovan McNabb.
Quarterbacking is basically the only way to handicap the Pro Bowl and when you look at the rotations, it’s simple that the NFC has the edge.
Of note, keep in mind that this game will be in Miami instead of Hawaii.
Sportsbettin.com Review Pick: NFC -2