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Vince Young will be making his second Pro Bowl appearance next week. If you're wondering how Young made the Pro Bowl in a season that he started only 10 games, threw for less than 2,000 yards and had a quarterback rating of 82.8 (18th best in the NFL), you might be catching up to the fact that there's very little less meaningful than earning a Pro Bowl quarterback spot once everyone else has begged out of the game.The NFL announced that Young will replace the "injured" Philip Rivers on the AFC roster. It's safe to say that Rivers would be playing this weekend if the Chargers had beaten the Jets. Matt Schaub has also replaced the "injured" Tom Brady on the roster. Brady was banged up, but like Rivers, he'd be playing if it was a game that mattered.
Young made the roster because Ben Roethlisberger and Carson Palmer, the second and third alternates, turned down the spot because of their own injuries. If Peyton Manning makes it to the Super Bowl, he'll be out too, which means that the AFC will be playing the eighth-best quarterback in a 16-team conference--being average earns a Pro Bowl spot.
And hey if Kyle Orton, Chad Henne, David Garrard turn down the honor, maybe we can see the JaMarcus Russell in the Pro Bowl--a fan can dream. There's not really that much the NFL can do--any quarterback who's played a full season can somewhat justifiably beg out of the Pro Bowl because of injuries. And quite clearly, NFL quarterbacks don't really care about playing in the Pro Bowl, so we'll keep seeing players add Pro Bowl to their resume, whether they were the best quarterback in the league or a little bit better than average.
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