Getty ImagesHad the Falcons advanced to the Super Bowl, Matt Ryan would have played.
This weekend’s Pro Bowl, not so much.
Falcons coach Mike Smith said Monday that his quarterback suffered a sprained AC joint in his left (non-throwing shoulder), according to D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Smith said the recovery time for the injury would be three to four weeks.
With Ryan out, the NFC is sending the B-team of passers to Hawaii, as Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III are already out of the game with injuries, having been replaced by Eli Manning and Drew Brees.
So while we debate whether certain quarterbacks are elite or not, you only have to be in the top 37.5 percent of your conference to call yourself an NFC Pro Bowler; or, technically speaking, not a Cardinal.
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Hypocrisy at it’s finest!
Russell Wilson as his replacement?
When did rodgers get hurt?
Seems like he’s being a sore loser.
I’ll take a “B-team” Drew Brees any day
Got two words for all the people hoping for the “new era” of running qb’s, wild cat. It will get figured out, it’s just a fad. If not for a fumbled snap and a receiver falling down on a rout the falcons would have won that game by at least 10.
The Pro Bowl is a joke anyway. Just search YouTube for “Best NFL Pro Bowl Play EVER!!!”
No one blocks, no one tackles, no one gives even 25% out there. It’s really just a vacation.
Any hobbled player could be out there and not be at risk for any type of injury, and I guess that’s the point.
Excuses! They lost and not because they never led, they lost because its that way! Shulda woulda coulda, think past the game itself, the ball is not completely round, i like it lol
Is that why they didnt throw a hailmary to end the game?
Why is Eli going to the pro bowl?? The guy had a horrible season. He Went weeks without throwing a td. What a joke
I thought this guy was considered elite after one playoff win? Weird.
Ryan/Julio in their Prime for the next 6+ seasons together should be fun to watch…..especially in Charlotte,Tampa and Nola.
Another reason to get rid of the Pro Bowl. The top players don’t even play in it anymore.
As a Cardinal fan (though, thankfully, not one of their QBs), this story made me smile.
Jim Hart. Neil Lomax. Kurt Warner. At this breathtaking rate, the Cards should deliver a Pro Bowl-caliber QB in 2035.
If I was an NFL player there is no way I would play in the pro bowl. It doesn’t pay much and playing football at any level risks a freak injury.
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Don’t be so delusional to think that the falcons “wouldve won by at least 10 points” If it wasn’t for a missed fg by akers and a fumble by crabtree on the 1 inch line it wouldve been a 17 point smack in the mouth by the 9ers!!!
Eventually, they will have a bunch of practice squad players in Hawaii playing the game. Actually, make that the reward for the practice squad players not on the Superbowl rosters and leave all the “stars” at home with no free trip.
Ryan was seeing feeling from angry crowd in Atlanta ahead of pitchforks and torches
That should be fleeing of course
Ha. Another “injured” player opting out of the Pro Bowl.