Pro Bowl 2007: An All Class Affair
** The NFL has pulled all videos of this game from YouTube claiming copyright infringement. That’s right, the game they couldn’t get anyone to watch to begin with. As a result, I have replaced the defunct video with what I consider to be a more than adequate and equally suspenseful Techmo Super Bowl dramatization **
Brian Moorman, the Bills perennial Pro Bowl punter, got jacked up by Redskins free safety and all-around class act Sean Taylor during a fake punt attempt in last weekends Pro Bowl game. Apparently Taylor missed the memo that this was an exhibition game. The fake punt call, made by none other than AFC coach Bill Belichik, was the obvious call to make on a fourth and long, when you’re up by 7 late in the 3rd quarter of a game devoid of any regular season implications. I can only hope that this call inspires future Pro Bowl coaches to ask specialty players to go above and beyond their typical role for the sake of the team. I personally think that Tom Brady going over the middle on Brian Urlacher would be the perfect trick play call in next years scrimmage.
Belichik was later heard saying that he had seen retired linebacker Ted Johnson (who, incidentally, has 75lbs on Moorman) take harder hits. Big Bill’s comments come in the wake of Johnson’s recent public announcement that he now suffers from brain damage. An injury resulting from the string of concussions he suffered while playing under Belichik in New England. Thanks coach.
