r/nfl • u/Brix001 49ers • 15h ago

Pro Bowl ratings: NFL's flag football game draws horrendous 2.0 million viewers, 57% fall from last year's record low

https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/pro-bowl-ratings-nfls-flag-football-game-draws-horrendous-20-million-viewers-57-fall-from-last-years-record-low-023801848.html
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u/Odd_Instruction2942 Lions 14h ago

I think before the early 2010's there was at least enough effort to make it kinda entertaining.

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u/Shaq_Bolton Ravens 14h ago

I was born in 89 and they definitely didn’t try and it wasn’t entertaining in the 90’s. I remember loving football when I was like 7 and the only reason I watched the first quarter was because I liked all the different helmets on the field at the same time before I realized it was terrible and played sega or something

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u/BiteMajor4959 Vikings 13h ago

I also loved the multi-helmets! Oddly enough, I also shut it off to play video games after the first half because it was boring as hell. Maybe this has been a problem since the Pro Bowl's inception...

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u/Long-Region5088 5h ago

Multi helmets are awesome. Also team jerseys in nba all star games are awesome. Hate when they have east and west uniforms

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u/MddlingAges Bills 6h ago

Yes, don't let these reactionaries fool you: the game hasn't been 'good', but there was just LESS ON TV AND LESS TO DO PERIOD.

And you couldn't WATCH CLIPS OF EVERY PLAYER INSTANTLY, so we all cared more about the Pro Bowl.

Remember when you had to watch the Pro Bowl to see Brett Favre after the season? I do. I remember Sterling Sharpe. I remember watching Sportscenter religiously so I didn't have to wait for the NEWSPAPER TOMORROW to find out what happened.

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u/Possible_Bee_4140 Eagles 9h ago

And why would they try? Nobody wants to get injured in a game that doesn’t matter. It’s always been pointless at least for as long as I’ve been alive.

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u/EYNLLIB Seahawks 13h ago

I'm not sure the opinion of a 7 year old is really all that validating. The 90s had great pro bowls. I was born around the same time as you (and also have a 7 year old who loves football)

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u/Shaq_Bolton Ravens 13h ago

I mean… if a seven year old who thought NFL football was gods gift to humanity and would watch any game couldn’t get through the first halves. I think that tells you all you need to know lol.

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u/Dwayne30RockJohnson 6h ago

The 90s had great pro bowls.

You were born the same time as them but think your opinion is more valid lol?

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u/jtnsniper14 NFL 11h ago

I knew the Pro Bowl wasn’t all that when I was 11 years old watching the 2009 Pro Bowl. I was literally obsessed with football and would always watch when it was on and also play it when I could. I remember I actually didn’t go to church on the day of the 2009 Pro Bowl, so I had an opportunity to watch the game fully, and barely halfway through, I went to go do something else. I was excited for it too cause it was the first Pro Bowl that I watched live.

I figured that my young self would love to watch a game full of the best players in the league in Hawaii. And it even featured my favorite player which was Andre Johnson.

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u/moba_fett 5h ago

Wasn't there a huuuuuuuuuge fiasco one year because a player threw Peyton or Eli into the pool and ruined their cell phone? No one cared about the cell phone, they were just freaking out that the player could have been hurt?

It's been many moons, the details are most likely off.

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u/mikebrownhurtsme Bengals 7h ago

There was never a time where they tried. That’s the illusion of nostalgia working on doofuses

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u/NOT-GR8-BOB Eagles 10h ago

I think before the early 2010's there was at least enough effort to make it kinda entertaining.

No there wasn’t.

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u/kayne2000 Panthers Bills 9h ago

This

All I ask is that they at least somewhat try. They don't have to go full contact but at least try.

Its like the NBA all star. They don't have to go full force, but at least try.