Arizona crowd boos introduction of Seahawks Pro Bowlers during game

Eric Edholm
Arizona crowd boos introduction of Seahawks Pro Bowlers during game

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Seattle Seahawks are not participating the in the Pro Bowl because, well, they are taking part in a bigger bowl next Sunday.

But midway through the first quarter, after Team Irvin took a 3-0 lead, the five Seahawks players — safety Kam Chancellor, running back Marshawn Lynch, cornerback Richard Sherman, safety Earl Thomas and linebacker Bobby Wagner — who were elected to the game were announced to the crowd.

And they were booed.

Yes, the pro-Arizona Cardinals crowd wanted nothing to do with NFL Network's Willie McGinest interviewing the Seahawks quintet during a break in the action. And here we thought the New England Patriots were the most hated team in town!

The Patriots will not land in Arizona until Monday, so we were not afforded a true lithmus test.

But it's a good guess that division rivalries trump any national sentiments this week.

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