2008 Pro Bowl Results; Plus the top 6 snubs
December 18th, 2007 . by ChuckIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed to receive instant updates.
Before we get to the Pro Bowl squad, lets look at the snubs.
1. How in the hell did Troy Polamalu make the Pro Bowl? He hasn’t done much of anything this year due to injuries.
Should give his spot to:Sean Jones
2. Fred Taylor is having a great season, moving over 10,000 yards and still didn’t make it. He’s cursed. Also Jamal Lewis is a lock for Comeback Player Of The Year, snubbed big time.
Should get the spot instead of:Joseph Addai
3. Derek Anderson… just given the fact that he’s leading the CLEVELAND BROWNS to the playoffs is enough. He’s played great ball most of the year.
Should get the spot instead of:Big Ben
4. Kellen Winslow.. sensing a theme here with the Browns? Maybe they’ll get some spots next year.
Should get the spot instead of: Tony Gonzalez
5. Nnamdi Asomugha … yeah the Raiders suck, but he’s been playing lights out for most of the year. Opposing quarterbacks don’t often throw his way.
Should get the spot instead of:Champ Bailey, he’s been disappointing this year.
6. Michael Boley… 107 tackles, 3 sacks… but he plays for the Falcons so I understand how he was overlooked.
Should get the spot instead of: Lance Briggs. who has had a pretty good season, but appears to have made it off of his recognition more so than his performance.
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Below is the full squad if you haven’t gotten a chance to see it yet:
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AFC Quarterbacks:
Tom Brady
Peyton Manning
Ben Roethlisberger
AFC Running Backs
Ladanian Tomlinson
Joseph Addai
Willie Parker
AFC Fullback
Lorenzo Neal
AFC Wide Receivers
Randy Moss
Reggie Wayne
TJ Houshmandzadeh
Braylon Edwards
AFC Tight Ends
Antonio Gates
Tony Gonzalez
AFC Offensive Linemen
Jeff Saturday
Alan Faneca
Logan Mankins
Matt Light
Jason Peters
Jonathan Ogden
Kris Dielman
Dan Koppen
AFC D Linemen
Albert Haynesworth
Jared Allen
Kyle Vandenbosh
Vince Wilfork
Jason Taylor
Jamal Williams
AFC Linebackers
Mike Vrabel
DeMeco Ryans
James Harrison
Shawne Merriman
Ray Lewis
AFC Secondary
Asante Samuel
Bob Sanders
Ed Reed
Champ Bailey
Antonio Cromartie
Troy Polamalu
AFC Special Teams
Shane Lechler
Rob Bironas
Josh Cribbs
Kassim Osgood
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NFC Quarterbacks
Brett Favre
Matt Hasselbeck
Tony Romo
NFC Running Backs
Adrian Peterson
Marion Barber
Brian Westbrook
NFC Fullbacks
Tony Richardson
NFC Wide Receivers
Larry Fitzgerald
Terrell Owens
Donald Driver
Torry Holt
NFC Tight Ends
Jason Witten,
Chris Cooley
NFC Offensive Linemen
Flozell Adams
Walter Jones
Chris Samuels,
Leonard Davis
Steve Hutchinson
Shawn Andrews
Andre Gurode
Matt Birk
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NFC Defensive Linemen
Aaron Kampman
Patrick Kerney
Osi Umenyiora
Kevin Williams
Pat Williams
Tommie Harris
NFC Linebackers
Julian Peterson
DeMarcus Ware
Lance Briggs
Lofa Tatupu
Patrick Willis
NFC Secondary
Al Harris
Marcus Trufant
Terence Newman
Sean Taylor
Ken Hamlin
Darren Sharper
NFC Special Teams
Andy Lee
Nicholas Folk
Devin Hester
Brendon Ayanbadejo
As a Ravens fan, I’m a little embarassed Ogden made it.
No Jaguars and no Bucs- two playoff teams. Yet Miami sends a player, and a dead man makes it. This is worse than the BCS.
LOL.. you have a point about the Jags and Bucs. Taylor or Drew deserved a spot. Hell… i wouldnt have even been mad if David Garrard made it, he’s only thrown 2 interceptions all season long.
I can’t be mad at Sean Taylor though, he led the league in INT’s at the time of his death, so he most likely would have made it if the accident hadn’t happened.
Glaring omission. Nick Barnett, MLB for the Packers. He’s having a better year than Willis, Briggs, or Boley.
No NFC South team had a player to make it…the whole division blows.
Where’s Marques Colston and his 87 receptions, 1092 yards, and 9 touchdowns in all this? Torry Holt, and Donald Driver?. . . No disrespect to those guys, but I thought this was 2007, not 2001.
I agree with BMW, where’s Colston? Kellen Winslow? Wow. Great post.
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One question wheres mario williams—wtf kyle vanden bosch, i love taylor but super mario still had better stats
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EJ Henderson obviously should have made it
For Patsblow…”Kyle Vanden Bosch wtf?”…you obviously have never seen a Titans game.
Yeh, Troy Palomalu is Bullshit, Fred Taylor or Jamal Lewis over Willie Parker (but Willie is injured so one might make it), Ogden, Troy P, Driver, Holt, Briggs, R Lewis is a bunch of name recognition BS. Even though Tony G and Winslow had similar numbers…I woulda picked Winslow cuz his team is winning.
Troy and Ben not good enough, but Anderson and Winslow are? LOL
Palomalu is still recovering from his injury, so perhaps he “hasn’t done anything” since then - but hardly fair to say “all season.”
And have you even looked at Big Ben’s numbers this year?
Other than that, how are things in Cleveland?
BTW - one of the big snubs you didn’t mention is Hines Ward - the most unselfish receiver in the NFL.
You can’t seriously think Polamalu earned a pro bowl spot can you? Have you seen his stats this year? No interceptions, no sacks, only 58 tackles through 11 games.
You can find handfuls of defensive backs with equal or better numbers than that. Polamalu earned his spot through name recognition.
Roethlisberger had a great season, but I gave the nod to anderson because of his overall play, and lifting a crappy team to a possible playoff spot. You can’t pop up the week AFTER Anderson has his worst game of the season and erase all the good he’s done.
Where’s Nick Barnett? He had 131 tackles, 3.5 sacks, and 2 picks. He deserved a spot.
And same for Charles Woodson, CB for Green Bay, who, through 14 games, had 63 tackles and 4 int, 1 returned for a TD. He should have gone over Al Harris, who only had 37 tackles and 2 int.
You’re right about Barnett, but who should lose their spot for him?
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NNAMDI ASOMUGHA SHOULD OF MADE IT AND….maybe THOMAS HOWARD HE HAD 6 INTs BEING AN OUTSIDE LINEBACKER