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Top 6 Pro Bowl Snubs; Plus Full 2008 Roster

Found December 18, 2007 on sportaphile.com:
PLAYERS: Troy Polamalu
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Steelers

Check out who we think received big time snubs from the voting public this year. I'll tell you who SHOULDN'T have made it... Troy Polamalu. Talk about an early Christmas present...
Original Story: http://www.sportaphile.com/2007/12/18...
14 Comments:
  • nobody can say Champ Bailey doesn't deserve a Pro Bowl, he is great even though my Broncos are not that good this year. you can't deny a top 3 player in the league.
    by tcbailey24   December 18, 2007   Reply   Options   +1 Likes
  • You can deny him because he hasn't played well this year. Neither champ or Dre Bly have played up to their potential.

    Just because he's an amazing player doesnt mean every year will be his year. This clearly wasn't.
    by Sportaphile   December 18, 2007   Reply   Options   +1 Likes
  • The Pro Bowl voting is fan driven , so it's just a popularity contest. The real one is the All-Pro selections done by the players themselves. If a player is popular in a city, then he's going to get lots of votes even if he hasn't played that well or has been injured for a few games. It's aways been that way. Nothing new.
    by PhuckPhilly   December 18, 2007   Reply   Options   +1 Likes
  • How about Bryant McKinnie of the Vikings. Him and Steve Hutchinson are the main reasons Adrian Peterson is a Pro Bowler and Chester Taylor's been doing so well too. He and Hutch are the Walter Jones and Hutch that led Shaun Alexander to MVP.
    by whitejordan32   December 19, 2007   Reply   Options  
  • Adrian have have made it anyway. The guy is an animal that gets stronger as the game goes on. I had the pleasure of watching him at OU for 3 years. He can run behind any damn offensive line; even the Little Sisters of the Poor.
    by PhuckPhilly   December 19, 2007   Reply   Options  
  • I would send Matt Birk before McKinnie. He's a good guy, but he has had a less than spectacular year.
    by bzr034   December 19, 2007   Reply   Options   +1 Likes
  • How didn't WR Brandon Marshall of the Broncos not get a bid...T.J. Houshmandzadeh gets one and Marshall is the #7 receiver in the NFL right now in yards..T.J. as a background WR to ocho cinco gets one..and a 2nd year kid who replaced an injured javon walker gets nuthing..?...SNUB
    by fez9184   December 19, 2007   Reply   Options   +1 Likes
  • as a Broncos fan, i couldn't agree more. Marshall is having an outstanding season. i also like your pic of D-Will too, fez9184.
    by tcbailey24   December 19, 2007   Reply   Options  
  • The biggest snub is clearly Derek Anderson. He has made a playoff contender out of the Browns. What more does the guy need to do? Sure, Roethlisberger is have a pretty good year. But, Anderson is doing so much better on a team without the pedigree.
    by bzr034   December 19, 2007   Reply   Options  
  • If his fans would have supported him and filled out ballots , he would have had a chance. That's just the way it is with the Pro Bowl voting. Fans have too big a say, but it's fans' fun bowl, so that's the way the ball bounces.
    by PhuckPhilly   December 19, 2007   Reply   Options  
  • I voted for him plenty of times... So, don't go pointing the finger at me...
    by bzr034   December 20, 2007   Reply   Options  
  • Good for you.
    by PhuckPhilly   December 20, 2007   Reply   Options  
  • trent cole has to be in the top 5 on the snub list. he is undersized and is stil 3rd in the league in sacks.
    by Eat5sNutStrap   December 20, 2007   Reply   Options  
  • Hell, what about Mario Williams? They guy has like 13 or 14 sacks and has been an animal the last two months and didn't make it, not even as a reserve.
    by PhuckPhilly   December 20, 2007   Reply   Options  
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