Yeah it's not football but they don't claim it is either. Hell, the refs were blowing the whistle on first contact with a defender. It's flag football without the flags and with full contact gear on.
Yeah the pro bowl is tailor made for Carrot's entire idea of football. Winning is far back on the list, well behind having fun, nyuk-nyuk and "innovations" like having your own star RB in there playing defensive tackle.
We look forward every season regardless. Always been that way. Hope springs eternal even on this date in 1989, when we were looking at 1-15 and didn't realize the coach we had yet. There were very few people then, who expected anything good coming.
Maybe it's Carrot bumped up to GM or some other FO job and Payton's coming in to be HC? Jerruh loves his pet Carrot too much to fire him, I'm convinced.