Players going half speed, whistles blowing before ball carriers are on the ground. None of those are new revelations but most of us are still in regular-season mode. We're used to seeing the game played at full tilt.
With the game so watered down, does it still illustrate who the game's best really are?
The voting process is a third player votes, a third fan votes and another third by coaches. Does that fact that no Packers made the first cut mean the Packers are perceived as lacking playmakers?
Only one Green Bay Packers made the initial Pro Bowl vote: Defensive tackle Mike Daniels.