Though the NFL Pro Bowl is notorious for unenthused tackling that’s more on the flag football side than what we’re used to seeing on Sundays, this year’s game did have a fair amount of defense in it. Jimmy Graham thought just a tad too much.
In a close game late in the 4th quarter, the Seahawks TE went off on LB Lorenzo Alexander of the Bills for tackling him to aggressively.
Jimmy Graham didn’t like getting hit hard from Lorenzo Alexander. #ProBowl pic.twitter.com/zUAuUw2QsK
— Renato Mazariegos (@RPMSports18) January 30, 2017
Graham went on to drop a crucial pass later in the same possession that ended up in the hands of an AFC defender, sealing the game.
An extra $30,000 on the line for each member of the winning team likely explains Alexander’s hit, who got the last laugh when it was all said and done.
