Pro Bowl Roster - Fan Vote

Hazys

4 days left in the Fan Voting, here are the leading vote-getters by position :

AFC
Patriots QB Brady
Texans running back Arian Foster
Ravens fullback Le’Ron McClain
Texans receiver Andre Johnson
Chargers tight end Antonio Gates
Bengals tackle Andrew Whitworth
Browns guard Eric Steinbach
Colts center Jeff Saturday

Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney
Ravens defensive tackle Haloti Ngata
Steelers outside linebacker James Harrison
Ravens inside linebacker Ray Lewis
Raiders cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha
Steelers strong safety Troy Polamalu
Ravens free safety Ed Reed

Raiders punter Shane Lechler
Steelers special-teamer Keyaron Fox
Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski
Browns kick returner Joshua Cribbs


NFC
Eagles QB Vick
Vikings running back Adrian Peterson
Saints fullback Heath Evans
Falcons receiver Roddy White
Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez
Packers tackle Chad Clifton
Vikings guard Steve Hutchinson
Giants center Shaun O’Hara

Bears defensive end Julius Peppers
Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh
Packers outside linebacker Clay Matthews
Bears inside linebacker Brian Urlacher
Packers cornerback Charles Woodson
Redskins strong safety LaRon Landry
Giants free safety Antrel Rolle

Cardinals punter Ben Graham
Vikings special-teamer Heath Farwell
Eagles kicker David Akers
Bears kick returner Devin Hester


Some ridiculous choices in there, but hey its the fan vote. So who do you think is unfairly left out?


For me, it's Patriots Linebacker Mayo and Patiots Corner McCourty. I think Patriots Tackle Wilfork should go as second team.

spiralism

Hazys wrote: »

4 days left in the Fan Voting, here are the leading vote-getters by position :

AFC
Patriots QB Brady
Texans running back Arian Foster
Ravens fullback Le’Ron McClain
Texans receiver Andre Johnson
Chargers tight end Antonio Gates
Bengals tackle Andrew Whitworth
Browns guard Eric Steinbach
Colts center Jeff Saturday

Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney
Ravens defensive tackle Haloti Ngata
Steelers outside linebacker James Harrison
Ravens inside linebacker Ray Lewis
Raiders cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha
Steelers strong safety Troy Polamalu
Ravens free safety Ed Reed

Raiders punter Shane Lechler
Steelers special-teamer Keyaron Fox
Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski
Browns kick returner Joshua Cribbs


NFC
Eagles QB Vick
Vikings running back Adrian Peterson
Saints fullback Heath Evans
Falcons receiver Roddy White
Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez
Packers tackle Chad Clifton
Vikings guard Steve Hutchinson
Giants center Shaun O’Hara

Bears defensive end Julius Peppers
Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh
Packers outside linebacker Clay Matthews
Bears inside linebacker Brian Urlacher
Packers cornerback Charles Woodson
Redskins strong safety LaRon Landry
Giants free safety Antrel Rolle

Cardinals punter Ben Graham
Vikings special-teamer Heath Farwell
Eagles kicker David Akers
Bears kick returner Devin Hester


Some ridiculous choices in there, but hey its the fan vote. So who do you think is unfairly left out?


For me, it's Patriots Linebacker Mayo and Patiots Corner McCourty. I think Patriots Tackle Wilfork should go as second team.

Some of those are a joke, Andre is there as a big name when two recievers in the AFC have had better years (Wayne and Lloyd), Whitworth over Joe Thomas or Jake long seems a bit mad, Harrison is only picked as a big name when Cameron Wake, Shaun Phillips and Tamba Hali all have more sacks, while Cribbs is lunacy as he has done NOTHING whatsoever this year.

No Kansas City players on the oline either? Really now?? Their offensive line has been a revelation this year

Mccourty maybe as second team, Asomugha is deservedly top CB again, he just erases recievers from existence when he covers them... also think Champ Bailey should go as the other corner with Mccourty and Aso, Champ has done very well again on a horrible team. guarantee one misses out to a revis that has been well below average for a lot of the year though

mikemac

I'd actually agree with the Whitworth pick

Sebastian Janikowski is a joke pick to me, seems to be done on name recognition.
I seem to remember him missing three kicks in one game including a gamewinner earlier in the season
And Billy Cundiff is on course to break the NFL touchback record.

I wouldn't agree with Ed Reed either, he was on PUP for first six weeks of the season and still gets into the probowl?

However, even though he's been injured, I do agree with Redskins strong safety LaRon Landry , been a beast for most of the season and realy impressed me despite the Redskins torrid season

Dohnny Jepp

I think the fact that brady is there is a joke. Rivers has been better than both brady and manning. But those two are more popular than him.

spiralism

feelingstressed wrote: »

I'd actually agree with the Whitworth pick

Sebastian Janikowski is a joke pick to me, seems to be done on name recognition.
I seem to remember him missing three kicks in one game including a gamewinner earlier in the season
And Billy Cundiff is on course to break the NFL touchback record.

I wouldn't agree with Ed Reed either, he was on PUP for first six weeks of the season and still gets into the probowl?

However, even though he's been injured, I do agree with Redskins strong safety LaRon Landry , been a beast for most of the season and realy impressed me despite the Redskins torrid season

Janikowski is another one yeah, id pick cundiff or scobee for kicker definitely. And like i said, when your team is no. 1 in running and gives up few sacks (kansas city), you deserve someone on the pro bowl oline.

Landry has been good, though he was torched embarassingly by vick and djax a few weeks back

spiralism

Dohnny Jepp wrote: »

I think the fact that brady is there is a joke. Rivers has been better than both brady and manning. But those two are more popular than him.

Not in recent weeks, but he's without a doubt the clear no.2

Chucky the tree

James harrison definetly deserves to be number one, DPOY I think.

Harrison: 79 tkls, 10 sacks, 6pdf, 2 ints, 6 forced fumbles

Wake: 49 tkls, 14 sacks, 5pdf, 0 ints, 3 forced fumbles

Matthews: 59 tkls, 12.5 sacks, 5pdf, 1 ints, 1 forced fumbles

Hali: 43 tkls, 11 sacks, 0 pdf, 0 ints, 4 forced fumbles

Lirange

Dohnny Jepp wrote: »

I think the fact that brady is there is a joke. Rivers has been better than both brady and manning. But those two are more popular than him.

You're wrong. Statistically Brady had the highest passer rating in the league, the most TDs, and the best TD-INT ratio by a good margin through Week 14. He has been the MVP of the league thus far.

Bironas should be in there ahead of Seb.

kev_s88

Lirange wrote: »

You're wrong. Statistically Brady had the highest passer rating in the league, the most TDs, and the best TD-INT ratio by a good margin through Week 14. He has been the MVP of the league thus far.

Bironas should be in there ahead of Seb.

what has Bironas done that is any way special? if anyone deserves to be in there its Josh Scobee. no other AFC kicker has been so clutch.

theres a good few people in that list that i wouldnt have. i know Arian Foster has had a great season, but id pick Maurice Jones-Drew ahead of him. MJD has had what can only be described as a monster season. hes almost single handedly dragged the Jags to the cusp of their first AFC South title. Foster has been a great individual, but has managed to get his team nowhere. specially since the texans have such other high profile stars, id take MJD.

as returners go, Josh Cribbs hasnt done a huge amount. hes still living off his name from his last few seasons. as is Janikowski. i also think theres been more notable special teams than the Steelers, so they shouldnt have a rep there

Leslie91

1 thing I realised ages ago is that the Pro Bowl ain't worth a damn when it comes to getting the right players recognised. Useless waste of time game.

Lirange

kev_s88 wrote: »

what has Bironas done that is any way special?

Been close to perfect, hitting 21 of 22 FG's including 9 for 9 from beyond 40 yards. He's proven throughout his career that he's clutch when he's needed. He has been in my mind the best FG in the NFL the last few years and that's included game winning field goals in clutch situations. Scobee's kick against Indy in week 3 was great but looking at it from both from the standpoint of production this year and talent I have to go with Bironas.

bobby wade

Leslie91 wrote: »

1 thing I realised ages ago is that the Pro Bowl ain't worth a damn when it comes to getting the right players recognised. Useless waste of time game.

well said. take the special teamer no fans know anything about these players outside their own team. Its definitely a name recognition vote

eagle eye

Dohnny Jepp wrote: »

I think the fact that brady is there is a joke. Rivers has been better than both brady and manning. But those two are more popular than him.

Brady has a 109.9 QB rating, the best in the league. He has been breaking records this year. This week if he doesn't throw a pick he is almost certain to take the record for most completions without an interception. You are joking I hope?

eagle eye

spiralism wrote: »

Some of those are a joke, Andre is there as a big name when two recievers in the AFC have had better years (Wayne and Lloyd), Whitworth over Joe Thomas or Jake long seems a bit mad, Harrison is only picked as a big name when Cameron Wake, Shaun Phillips and Tamba Hali all have more sacks, while Cribbs is lunacy as he has done NOTHING whatsoever this year.

No Kansas City players on the oline either? Really now?? Their offensive line has been a revelation this year

Mccourty maybe as second team, Asomugha is deservedly top CB again, he just erases recievers from existence when he covers them... also think Champ Bailey should go as the other corner with Mccourty and Aso, Champ has done very well again on a horrible team. guarantee one misses out to a revis that has been well below average for a lot of the year though

I'm shocked by the ones you highlighted.

How about Ed Reed who missed a bunch of games, Antonio Gates too. And Ray Lewis getting in there is a joke.

Peyton Manning

eagle eye wrote: »

I'm shocked by the ones you highlighted.

How about Ed Reed who missed a bunch of games, Antonio Gates too. And Ray Lewis getting in there is a joke.

Antonio Gates has been head and shoulders above any TE in the league despite missing 4 games. He's an automatic pick.

eagle eye

Tom_Brady wrote: »

Antonio Gates has been head and shoulders above any TE in the league despite missing 4 games. He's an automatic pick.

Well for me Mercedes Lewis is the best tight end in the AFC this year and by some distance. He is a great receiver but also a great blocker. Gates cannot block to save his life, he is just a receiver/H-back really.

Stev_o

Anyone saying that Andre Johnson doesn't deserve to be there needs to take some medication!

spiralism

Stev_o wrote: »

Anyone saying that Andre Johnson doesn't deserve to be there needs to take some medication!

he deserves to be there, just not as a starting choice, which should belong to reggie wayne/brandon lloyd as their numbers have been better

eagle eye

spiralism wrote: »

he deserves to be there, just not as a starting choice, which should belong to reggie wayne/brandon lloyd as their numbers have been better

Andre Johnson has more receptions than Brandon Lloyd. There is nothing between them in yardage. I agree that Reggie Wayne should be no.1 though.

spiralism

eagle eye wrote: »

Andre Johnson has more receptions than Brandon Lloyd. There is nothing between them in yardage. I agree that Reggie Wayne should be no.1 though.

yeah, which is actually why i think Lloyd has the edge, same yardage more or less and more TDs off fewer receptions. way better ypc too obviously

eagle eye

spiralism wrote: »

yeah, which is actually why i think Lloyd has the edge, same yardage more or less and more TDs off fewer receptions. way better ypc too obviously

You see you can look at that two ways. We all know that Johnson can run the outside routes, but he is more involved in his offense running short and medium routes, cutting and diving etc.

spiralism

eagle eye wrote: »

You see you can look at that two ways. We all know that Johnson can run the outside routes, but he is more involved in his offense running short and medium routes, cutting and diving etc.

but on the other hand, lloyd is establishing himself as the biggest downfield threat in the game, despite the crap team hes on.

interesting stat - he leads the league in catches for 1st downs

spiralism

So anyways... pro bowl selection is announced tonight, round 12 or so...