The Tiger Report: 01/30/12

Monday, January 30, 2012

Brandon Marshall leads AFC team with MVP performance

Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on January 29, 2012, 11:29 PM EST

AFC wide receiver Brandon Marshall of the Miami Dolphins reacts after scoring a touchdown during the third quarter of the NFL Pro Bowl at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Reuters

Brandon Marshall caught six touchdowns during the regular season. He caught four on Sunday during the Pro Bowl.

Marshall’s six-catch, 176 yard-yard performance keyed AFC’s 59-41 win over the NFC in a game that was just as wacky as the score indicates. Still, Marshall’s highlight reel made it worth it.

We’re not sure there’s any way to make the Pro Bowl more competitive. But it’s pretty odd that players for the winning AFC team will make more money from the Pro Bowl ($50,000 each) than the losing team of the Super Bowl.

UPDATE 1/30/12 6:57 a.m. ET: Here are some highlights from the game. It’s a relative term.

Carolina Panthers update their logo

Posted by Michael David Smith on January 29, 2012, 8:32 PM EST

The Carolina Panthers are updating their logo.

The team announced today that it has changed its logo for the first time in the 18-year history of the franchise, with tweaks to the mouth and eye of the Panther to give it a more three-dimensional look, as well as a cleaner, easier-to-read typeface.

“We have one of the finest and most recognizable logos in the NFL and wanted to make it as modern as possible without losing the dramatic essence of the mark,” team president Danny Morrison said in a statement.

Personally, I’d like some NFL team to adopt one of the logo designs at gridiron-league.com, but I like the Panthers’ new logo, too. When LogoDesign.com polled 25 design experts on the best logos in the NFL, the Panthers’ original logo made the Top 10. The new look gives that logo an updated feel.