Your Pro Bowl roster

spiralism

Figured this was worthy of its own thread...

if it was up to any of you, what would your pro bowl roster (or rosters) be from the games played this season? AFC, NFC or both. just out of interest

spiralism

no takers? heres my AFC

AFC
QB: Rivers, Brady, Manning (Orton 1st alternate in the likely event one doesnt go)
RB: Foster, CJ, MoJo
WR: Brandon Lloyd, Wayne, Andre Johnson, TO
TE: Gates
T: Joe Thomas, Ferguson
G: Brian Waters, Brandon Moore
C: Saturday

DE: Mario Williams, Ngata, Freeney
DT: Seymour, Ahtyba Rubin
OLB: Harrison, Shaun Phillips, Cameron Wake
MLB: Mayo, Timmons/Lewis
SS: Polamalu
FS: Reed
CB: Asomugha, Bailey, Brandon Flowers (massively underrated cb)

KR/PR: Marc Mariani (dude is a beast and cribbs has been injured a lot)
P: Lechler
K: Cundiff

tommyboyle

Would Vick make your NFC after Rodgers and Brees? I know his body of work is limited but incredible. No ints, great pocket presence, and he can run a little.

spiralism

tommyboyle wrote: »

Would Vick make your NFC after Rodgers and Brees? I know his body of work is limited but incredible. No ints, great pocket presence, and he can run a little.

without a doubt, hes been brilliant this year

tommyboyle

for running back Im thinking of bradshaw and peterson. Im missing a third.
receivers nicks, jackson, and of course roddy white

davyjose

tommyboyle wrote: »

Would Vick make your NFC after Rodgers and Brees? I know his body of work is limited but incredible. No ints, great pocket presence, and he can run a little.

He'd be ahead of either of those, IMO

tommyboyle

I could see the nod over brees this season. Don't get me wrong I love Vick. I go to two games a year and bleed green. But Rodgers has been amazing. I hope your right and also the eagles resign him right now. That said rodgers has been as good as anyone in the league

eagle eye

tommyboyle wrote: »

for running back Im thinking of bradshaw and peterson. Im missing a third.
receivers nicks, jackson, and of course roddy white

Have to agree about the receivers but I don't think Bradshaw should be there ahead of Turner. I know Turner has a lower ypc but Bradshaw has 6 fumbles which is not good.

eagle eye

tommyboyle wrote: »

I could see the nod over brees this season. Don't get me wrong I love Vick. I go to two games a year and bleed green. But Rodgers has been amazing. I hope your right and also the eagles resign him right now. That said rodgers has been as good as anyone in the league

Both Vick and Rodgers have been amazing. I think I'd take Vick too though, but only just.

I'm not so sure about Brees even getting the no.3 spot. I think Matt Ryan has to be in contention for it.

Royal Seahawk

Mike Williams, Seattle Seahawks.

D3PO

nice thread will add my roster later.

evil_seed

Who I'm voting for

AFC
QB: Rivers, Brady, Sanchez
RB: Foster, Johnson, Charles
WR: Llyod, Owens, Johnson, Bowe
TE: Gates, Lewis

DE: Ngata
DT: Seymour
OLB: Harrison, Wake
MLB: RL52
SS: Polamalu
FS: Reed
CB: Hall, Haden

K: Cundiff, Carpenter

NFC
QB: Rodgers, Vick, Ryan
RB: Peterson, Gore, Jackson
WR: White, Megatron, Jennings, Colston
TE: Olsen

DE: Tuck, Osi
DT: Suh
OLB: Matthews
MLB: Ruud, Fletcher
SS: Landry
FS: Rhodes
CB: Samuel, Hall, Talib

K: Bryant

D3PO

just one point albeit pedantic

nobody has actually posted a proper pro bowl roster with the right number of selections at each position

themont85

evil_seed wrote: »

Who I'm voting for

AFC
QB: Rivers, Brady, Sanchez
RB: Foster, Johnson, Charles
WR: Llyod, Owens, Johnson, Bowe
TE: Gates, Lewis

DE: Ngata
DT: Seymour
OLB: Harrison, Wake
MLB: RL52
SS: Polamalu
FS: Reed
CB: Hall, Haden

K: Cundiff, Carpenter

NFC
QB: Rodgers, Vick, Ryan
RB: Peterson, Gore, Jackson
WR: White, Megatron, Jennings, Colston
TE: Olsen

DE: Tuck, Osi
DT: Suh
OLB: Matthews
MLB: Ruud, Fletcher
SS: Landry
FS: Rhodes
CB: Samuel, Hall, Talib

K: Bryant

Kick returners? Hester has to be the NFC one.

Urlacher should be MLB, he has had a great comeback year and the Bears D is up there with the Giants D in the NFC, himself and Peppers are the difference makers there.

Chris Long is also having a hell of a year for the Rams.

God I wouldn't be surprised if Des Bryant made it if he keeps playing like he is, incredible player.

evil_seed

D3PO wrote: »

just one point albeit pedantic

nobody has actually posted a proper pro bowl roster with the right number of selections at each position

I said who I'm voting for. I couldn't be arsed picking line men as I honestly don't know

themont85 wrote: »

Kick returners? Hester has to be the NFC one.

Urlacher should be MLB, he has had a great comeback year and the Bears D is up there with the Giants D in the NFC, himself and Peppers are the difference makers there.

Chris Long is also having a hell of a year for the Rams.

God I wouldn't be surprised if Des Bryant made it if he keeps playing like he is, incredible player.

All good shouts. But Urlacher wouldn't be as impressive this year if it wasn't for Peppers. Just my opinion

D3PO

evil_seed wrote: »

I said who I'm voting for. I couldn't be arsed picking line men as I honestly don't know

For shame you gotta give the guys in the trenches their Kudos. Some exceptional performances by linemen this year. The big guys need some love :D

will post my selection when i get home but of the big guys Rookie Maurkice Pouncey has been phenominal and I never thought Id say this after how bad he was last year, but Flozzell Adams has had a pro bowl year !!! :eek::eek::eek:

Max Power1

Is this a contest to guess the roster, or post up our ideal one?

The answers will be different IMO, the pro bowl will be, as always, a popularity contest.

D3PO

Max Power1 wrote: »

Is this a contest to guess the roster, or post up our ideal one?

The answers will be different IMO, the pro bowl will be, as always, a popularity contest.

post your own but try and be objective rather than a populist

spiralism

Max Power1 wrote: »

Is this a contest to guess the roster, or post up our ideal one?

The answers will be different IMO, the pro bowl will be, as always, a popularity contest.

your own ideal pro bowl but with objectivity obviously

Dohnny Jepp

Does anyone think Hillis deserves a spot this year? And also steve johnson?

D3PO

Dohnny Jepp wrote: »

Does anyone think Hillis deserves a spot this year? And also steve johnson?

Hillis yes (hes on my ballot ) to be published later Johnson no.

spiralism

Dohnny Jepp wrote: »

Does anyone think Hillis deserves a spot this year? And also steve johnson?

they're having very good years, but there's too many good players at those positions for them to get in, like at rb you have Foster and CJ as near certainties while MoJo, RunDMC and Jamaal Charles are all deserving of the last one

Same deal at WR, you have Lloyd, Wayne, TO, Andre, Bowe and Wallace all contending too, though Steve Johnson has been brilliant

D3PO

spiralism wrote: »

in, like at rb you have Foster and CJ as near certainties

CJ isnt on my ballot.

Both CJ & Hillis have 4.5 YPA this year. Difference is Titans have a semblence of a passing game, the browns dont, meaning the box can be stacked much more.

Hilis has also contributed a lot more in the Browns passing game than CJ, and has been a better pass blocker aswell.

In reality though Hilis hasnt a prayer of making the popularity contest team erm I mean pro bowl.

spiralism

D3PO wrote: »

CJ isnt on my ballot.

Both CJ & Hillis have 4.5 YPA this year. Difference is Titans have a semblence of a passing game, the browns dont, meaning the box can be stacked much more.

Hilis has also contributed a lot more in the Browns passing game than CJ, and has been a better pass blocker aswell.

In reality though Hilis hasnt a prayer of making the popularity contest team erm I mean pro bowl.

CJ is still 3rd in rushing and the titans passing game is actually worse than the cleveland one atm

still though, even if you say that CJ isnt deserving, are you saying hillis is more deserving than RunDMC or Jamaal "6.1 ypc" Charles?

Dohnny Jepp

tommyboyle wrote: »

for running back Im thinking of bradshaw and peterson. Im missing a third.
receivers nicks, jackson, and of course roddy white

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81c603e6/article/giants-elevate-jacobs-to-starting-rb-over-bradshaw?module=HP_headlines

Bradshaw has been dropped as starter apparently

Chucky the tree

The three running backs should be Foster, RunDMC and Charles. All 3 have over 5.0 yards per carry, and have over 9.0 avg in the passing game. CJ has only 4 yards in the air. Hillis is 4th choice, despite having a lot more TD's with more fumbles and less YPC I've a hard time picking him over the other 3.

AS for WR, I wouldn't have AJ or Wayne. Both have been fairly average. The 4 WR's I'd go with would be Lloyd, Steve Johnson, Dwayne Bowe and Mike Wallace. All, except LLoyd have twice as many TD's as AJ and Wayne. TO just misses out.

D3PO

spiralism wrote: »

CJ is still 3rd in rushing and the titans passing game is actually worse than the cleveland one atm

still though, even if you say that CJ isnt deserving, are you saying hillis is more deserving than RunDMC or Jamaal "6.1 ypc" Charles?

like I said you need to look beyond stats if you want to select a truly objective pro bowl team.

Stats wont tell you how good somebody is at a blitz pickup, or how good their running is with an average O Line and no passing game etc.

If we were to just go on stats then what would the point be in having a ballot ? Just pick the top rushers, recievers, sacks leaders etc and be done with it.

Oat23

Who I'm voting for (NFC with 1 or 2 AFC players thrown in)

Offense:

Quarterbacks:
Matt Ryan, Mike Vick, Aaron Rodgers.
Running Backs:
Adrian Peterson, LeSean McCoy, Ahmad Bradshaw.
Wide Receivers:
Roddy White, Marques Colston, Santana Moss, Johnny Knox(stfu :pac:).
Tight Ends:
Tony Gonzalez(<3), Chris Cooley.

Defense:

Defensive Ends:
Julius Peppers, Osi Umenyiora, Trent Cole.
Defensive Tackles:
Ndamukong Suh, Richard Seymour.
Outside Linebacker:
Clay Matthews, Lance Briggs, DeMarcus Ware.
Inside Linebacker:
Brian Urlacher, Patrick Willis.
Cornerbacks:
DeAngelo Hall, Asante Samuel.
Strong/Free Safety:
LaRon Landry, Louis Delmas.

Special Teams:
Kicker: Robbie Gould.
Punter: John Ryan(Not a bad punter, and because of that big hit he took from Earl Bennett v the Bears when he tried to cut off Hester on his punt return TD. The man deserves my vote.)
Return Man: Devin Hester.

D3PO

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Running Backs:
, Ahmad Bradshaw.
.

Really ? Has what 6 fumbles or something this year, that totally erodes his body of work :eek::eek:

Oat23

D3PO wrote: »

Really ? Has what 6 fumbles or something this year, that totally erodes his body of work :eek::eek:

He's from Marshall though . Some of my votes are biased. I voted in Seymour for punching Roethlisberger :pac:.

Dodge

spiralism wrote: »

still though, even if you say that CJ isnt deserving, are you saying hillis is more deserving than RunDMC or Jamaal "6.1 ypc" Charles?

Yes, Wouldn't have mcfadden near it.

Offensive skill players who's most impressed me

QBs
Vick, P Manning, Rivers, Rogers, (Brees and Brady have had very poor games)

RBs
Foster, Hillis, Petersen, C Johnson

WRs
White, D Jackson, S Jackson, B Lloyd, Owens

TEs
Lewis, Z Miller