Watched the Pro Bowl.. To See Something that Never Happened

Hi there, welcome to the inaugural version of StrikeDownAlley. I was very interested in making my first blog about the kicking prowess or lack thereof of Chad Ochocinco at the Pro Bowl. For me, that was maybe one of the only reasons to watch. I watched the entire game, and saw no kicks, so that leaves me to go into a simple recap with my own take on it.
The MVP of the game was decided by the midway point of the first quarter, and I knew that it was already decided after watching the Houston Texans trio of Matt Schaub, Andre Johnson, and Mario Williams dominate their parts of the game. Brandon Marshall enjoyed his vacation away from Josh McDaniels by catching the other beautiful long bomb that Schaub dropped into his hands for the second, and MVP clinching, touchdown pass. Schaub went on to lead another very pedestrian touchdown drive that was unmemorable like much of the rest of the game.
After Schaub, the good performers were Mario Williams with his two sacks, Aaron Rodgers with two touchdown passes of his own, one to my Giant Steve Smith, DeSean Jackson from my nemesis Eagles had two touchdown catches, one on an impressive Dallas-like bubble screen, and Roddy White had himself a nice little day with eight catches for eighty four yards. On the AFC side, Vincent Jackson put up a very nice one twenty two and a sweet crack back block on Clay Matthews, and MJD and Chris Johnson had a TD run apiece.
The bad performances began before kickoff with that horrendous rendition of the National Anthem by Honor Society. I wish that Disney owned ESPN could've ventured outside the company for better talent. This is after all, the third tier All-Star Game watched only by sports junkies like me. Sports junkies don't want to see Honor Society. Once the game did start, however, Donovan McNabb stunk the joint up by having as many passes almost intercepted as he actually completed. As bad as he was, one of my favorites, Vince Young was worse. He short hopped Ochocinco on a short pattern, and threw a pick of his own to Asante Samuel, which had to happen eventually since he kept throwing it to him.
The ugly was more of what I see as over strategizing the game by having Dan Carpenter kick the whole game. ESPN whetted my appetite for seeing a kicking performance of some sort by Chad Ochocinco. I saw clips of his performance against New England, the clips from Pro Bowl practice, and the interview of Bob Holtzman. I waited for him to boot at least an extra point, and Norv didn't deliver. Chad was asking when he caught a pass that was short of a first down, and Norvelle ran Carpenter out there to shank it anyway. I watched the game to see Chad kick, and I got Honor Society, McNabb trying to convince teams not to trade for him, and a bright spot in the Texans showing they are on their way. I drove my wife crazy by pausing the game on the DVR so I could make dinner, take notes, and watch Chad kick. Oh well, like the Stones say, "You can't always get what you want". Unfortunately, I didn't even get what I needed.
-Steven Jr.