Vikings' LT Bryant McKinnie Kicked Off Pro Bowl Team

Players pulling out of the Pro Bowl with dubious injuries is nothing new. It’s how we end up with, let’s say, less than scintillating game rosters.

But Vikings’ left tackle Bryant McKinnie has blazed a new path for Pro Bowl players not participating in the actual game: he has been kicked off the NFC team. SB Nation’s The Daily Norseman explains:

[McKinnie was kicked off after he] had been tweeting about clubbing when he should have been practicing with his NFC counterparts. Not that there’s anything wrong with enjoying oneself after a tough week, but the puzzling part is why McKinnie didn’t provide earlier notice that he was physically unable to play.

McKinnie has taken to tweeting his side of the story, saying that while he certainly was enjoying the night life on South Beach, he was also hurt and had informed the NFC trainer as of much.

While the NFL league office has expressed its displeasure at McKinnie for making the Pro Bowl to appear to be even more farcical than it already is, I think there’s a simpler explanation. McKinnie probably thought he was excused from the game like everyone else playing in the Super Bowl…Oh wait, that’s right. Never mind.