Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley didn't make the Pro Bowl this year. He's listed as a second alternate, but won't get to play in the game tonight. But that doesn't mean he's not going to go to Hawaii anyway to participate in the event.
↵Since Cooley failed to live up to his promise to create a "Nancy Kerrigan incident" against Tony Gonzalez and Jason Witten, he has instead been serving as a correspondent for the NFL Network.
↵We all think that Cooley has a great future in broadcasting when he finishes his football career. But as a broadcaster, he'll sometimes have to take on assignments that don't appeal to him. Like when the NFL Network sent him to cover a deep sea fishing trip with Brian Orakpo, Calvin Johnson, and Darrelle Revis this week.
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Cooley elected not ride on the boat with the others. Why?
↵↵↵"I'm deathly afraid of the ocean. I'm not really afraid of marlins. I'll wrestle a marlin, no questions asked. But I do not like the waves."
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That sounds like a challenge to me. Any Marlins out there will to accept?