Alfred Morris Snubbed

Alright, I'm a Redskins fan. Die-hard. I love the team more than I like any other sports team, period. If I were a player in any sport, I wouldn't love my team as much as I love the Redskins. But anyone who has ever had a single discussion with me about football, knows I can keep it real about the NFL as much as anyone.

All homerism aside. Alfred Morris was easily the biggest snub in this year's NFL Pro Bowl. Don't get me wrong, there are some other big snubs, even Dez Bryant, who easily could have been named in place of Victor Cruz. This, once again, proves that the Pro Bowl is just a popularity contest. But to my point...

Alfred "Alf" Morris ranks among running backs as follows:

(NFL; NFC; Rookies)

Attempts - 302: 3rd; 2nd; 1st

Yards - 1,413: 4th; 3rd; 1st

Yards Per Carry - 4.7: 4th; 3rd; 1st

Yards Per Game - 94.2: 4th; 3rd; 1st

Touchdowns - 10: T-5th; T-3rd; T-2nd

First Downs - 71: 4th; 2nd; 1st

20+ Yard Runs - 7: T-8th; T-4th; 2nd

I'm not crazy, right? Look at where he ranks, league-wide, in 7 of the most major categories. He ranks way ahead of Frank Gore (who was selected) in almost every single category. Gore takes an edge in receiving, but it's nowhere near what Gore has done in years past. Many fans will say Gore's contributions have helped solidify his team to more wins; but I'll point them in the direction of Alfred Morris' best games (within his own division, for wins) whereas the 49ers have been less than spectacular within the NFC West.

A little off topic (not really, but sort of), I went on a rant on Twitter yesterday after reading that the NFL and Roger Goodell feel as though the level of play in the Pro Bowl isn't up to par with NFL games. First of all, the Pro Bowls of late have been scoring machines, especially by the offenses. Everything the NFL and Roger Goodell and the competition committee have done over the last 8 or 9 seasons have been to get the game to be played exactly like the Pro Bowls are. Limited contact. High scoring. It's their dream. So what's the problem? But I have a theory as to why the Pro Bowl isn't everything it's cracked up to be on paper; the players put in aren't always the most deserving. It's all about namesake. If the NFL wants to make the Pro Bowl a little more respectable, they'll start sending the All-NFC and All-AFC teams out, and then whoever is left on the All-Pro 2nd & 3rd Teams, and then perhaps a few alternates based on who barely missed making those lists.

I know it's fun for fans, players, and coaches to vote on the Pro Bowl but in reality, it hasn't worked in sending the best rosters to Hawaii. It's time to make a change, so that the clearly more deserving guys like Alfred Morris, don't get snubbed on a well-deserved trip and recognition.

Tattoos And The Idiots Who Have Them

More and more in recent weeks, I’ve found myself entirely too devoted to bashing tattoos. I’ve got no problems with people getting tattoos, so long as they actually have some kind of meaning to the person other than “I paid for it” or “it’s on me now so that’s what it means to me” or “it looked awesome”. More and more I see people tattooing the most random things to their body, most people covering their body with the nonsense… and more and more, I’ve found myself entirely too devoted to bashing tattoos. Thank a friend via Twitter recently for showing me a picture of some idiot tattooing stars up and down the side of his face. This began my rant against face tattoos. If you’re in a profession or religion where it’s deemed appropriate, fine… tribal tattoos don’t necessarily cause this reaction for me. I also would never have the balls to call Mike Tyson a fool for tattooing his face. But if you’re just a run-of-the-mill Joe… you shouldn’t be tattooing your face with anything.

Mock Royal Rumble 2017

I do not have any insider knowledge about surprise entrants into the Royal Rumble. As of me writing this, I believe there are only 22 confirmed participants for the Rumble. I also do not have any insider information about the order of the entrants, or the winner. I am just putting together a mock I think makes sense + what I would personally like to see accomplished in the match. 1. Sami Zayn - Zayn will be the Iron Man in this year's Rumble, building onto his Daniel Bryan-esque push of late with Stephanie making his life more difficult than it has to be for no apparent reason. 2. Chris Jericho - Iron Man #2. I expect both of these guys to go the distance in this year's Rumble, and Jericho's as good as any for spurts of offense in a long match. 3. Big E - We have to add some size early to immediately slow down Zayn & Jericho. In recent years, the first 10 spots in the Rumble have entered and been eliminated quickly, and we haven't seen the ring fill up unt

Top 10 Wrestling Matches of 2016

Before we begin, these are strictly my opinion for what entertains me. I would love to hear anyone's opinion on my list, along with what their list is for the 2016 calendar year. I am not focusing strictly on the WWE, and this list will not be strictly singles matches. I also have not watched every match from every company, so if I'm missing something you believe is clear cut, there may be a chance that I did not see the match. Top 10 Wrestling Matches of 2016 2016 was a very incredible year for professional wrestling, in mainstream promotions like WWE and New Japan Pro Wrestling, to independent promotions like EVOLVE and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. British professional wrestling promotions Revolution Pro Wrestling and newly formed What Culture Pro Wrestling have been a refreshing spark in the European scene and have since seen prominence in WWE's Cruiserweight Classic (CWC) and upcoming United Kingdom Championship Tournament. See the list after the break.

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