Is not getting a player voted into the Pro Bowl an extra incentive now?
CP: “No, no. This team’s not playing for Pro Bowls. We’re playing for one bowl, and it’s not the Pro Bowl. I know a lot of guys would love to make it and love the opportunity because it’s a great honor, but we’re hoping to not be able to play in the game anyway.” Q: Do you see this game being flexed to a national spot as a reward for you, or more just because the pressure is on them? CP: “This game’s on national TV because it’s the Jets, it’s not because it’s the Bengals.” Q: Is that one of the negatives about coming to this place, that you don’t get the exposure? Or do you like being under the radar? CP: “I don’t. As a football player you always want to play on Monday Night Football and Sunday Night Football and Thursday Night Football. I don’t think there’s a guy in our locker room that doesn’t want to do that. It’s just one of the negatives of playing here. It’s a smaller market, there’s a negative outlook on us, and you just don’t get those nationally televised games year-in and ye
