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Pro Bowl carries weight for Eric Ebron, Quenton Nelson: 'Now you've got to respect my name'

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INDIANAPOLIS — A Pro Bowl berth still matters.

Players might drop out of the game in droves due to injury or playing in the Super Bowl, the game might not be played at full tilt and it might not draw record viewership; but the recognition matters.

The Pro Bowl mattered to Quenton Nelson, the no-nonsense, football-only rookie guard who set a trip to Orlando among his individual goals and realized those goals on Tuesday.