By Rich Tandler
They played the Pro Bowl last night and in order to generate a little buzz about the game, the NFL decided to let players tweet during the game. They set up a tweeting station on each sideline and the players could log in and communicate with the fans.
Here are the interesting, funny, and insightful tweets from the Pro Bowlers:
Yeah, they failed. There was nothing worth going viral was generated from Hawaii las night. Here is a sampling of the fare offered by the NFL’s finest (minus, of course, those who dropped out due to injury and those participating in the Super Bowl).
Broncos LB Von Miller @MillerLite40 first series was great!!! it was an honor just to be on the field with all the guys!!!! #gigem #probowl
Bengals WR A. J. Green @ajgreen_18 first pro bowl TD!!! blessed!! #probowl
Packers WR Greg Jennings @GregJennings Having a blast out here... bout to go out on O to catch some more passes!!
Chargers S Eric Weddle Coming out next half hungry for some big plays #picsNhits
The most interesting series of tweets was generated by the Redskins’ own London Fletcher. Sometime in the first half, Fletcher put out a tweet, since deleted, asking his followers to predict the score and offering $500 in cash to whoever’s guess was the closest.
Apparently, someone from the NFL approached Fletcher and put the kibosh on the notion of a cash prize.
A short time later, Fletcher came up with an alternate giveaway:
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