Pro Bowl rosters set; snubs all around
It wouldn’t seem right, having the Pro Bowl teams announced without more than a few players getting the cold shoulder, so it goes without saying that this year was no different than the previous ones in that regard.
There were plenty of no brainer picks to go along with all the snubs delivered this evening, and while it’s impossible to invite everyone who deserves it to the dance, the NFL once again left a multitude of players scratching their heads and wondering just what the hell they have to do to don their conference’s colors in February.
With that in mind, here’s how the roster turned out this season… we’ll break down all the players that deserved to get in and didn’t, along with those that did get an invite but don’t belong in a follow up tomorrow.
Feel free to chime in with your own thoughts in the comments thread!
Starters at each position are in bold
| AFC | NFC | ||||
| Player | Position | Team | Player | Position | Team |
| Peyton Manning | QB | Indianapolis | Drew Brees |
QB | New Orleans |
| Philip Rivers | QB | San Diego | Brett Favre | QB | Minnesota |
| Tom Brady | QB | New England | Aaron Rodgers | QB | Green Bay |
| Chris Johnson | RB | Tennessee | Adrian Peterson |
RB | Minnesota |
| Maurice Jones-Drew | RB | Jacksonville | Steven Jackson | RB | St. Louis |
| Ray Rice | RB | Baltimore | DeAngelo Williams | RB | Carolina |
| Le’Ron McClain | FB | Baltimore | Leonard Weaver | FB | Philadelphia |
| Andre Johnson | WR | Houston | Larry Fitzgerald |
WR | Arizona |
| Reggie Wayne |
WR | Indianapolis | DeSean Jackson |
WR | Philadelphia |
| Wes Welker | WR | New England | Miles Austin | WR | Dallas |
| Brandon Marshall | WR | Denver | Sidney Rice | WR | Minnesota |
| Dallas Clark | TE | Indianapolis | Vernon Davis |
TE | San Francisco |
| Antonio Gates | TE | San Diego | Jason Witten | TE | Dallas |
| Nick Mangold | C | New York Jets | Andre Gurode |
C | Dallas |
| Jeff Saturday | C | Indianapolis | Shaun O’Hara | C | New York Giants |
| Alan Faneca | G | New York Jets | Jahri Evans |
G | New Orleans |
| Logan Mankins |
G | New England | Steve Hutchinson |
G | Minnesota |
| Kris Dielman | G | San Diego | Leonard Davis | G | Dallas |
| Ryan Clady |
T | Denver | Bryant McKinnie | T | Minnesota |
| Jake Long |
T | Miami | Jason Peters |
T | Philadelphia |
| Joe Thomas | T | Cleveland | Jon Stinchcomb | T | New Orleans |
| Dwight Freeney |
DE | Indianapolis | Jared Allen |
DE | Minnesota |
| Robert Mathis |
DE | Indianapolis | Julius Peppers |
DE | Carolina |
| Mario Williams | DE | Houston | Trent Cole | DE | Philadelphia |
| Haloti Ngata |
DT | Baltimore | Darnell Dockett |
DT | Arizona |
| Vince Wilfork |
DT | New England | Kevin Williams | DT | Minnesota |
| Casey Hampton | DT | Pittsburgh | Jay Ratliff | DT | Dallas |
| Ray Lewis |
ILB | Baltimore | Patrick Willis | ILB | San Francisco |
| DeMeco Ryans | ILB | Houston | Jonathan Vilma | ILB | New Orleans |
| James Harrison |
OLB | Pittsburgh | Lance Briggs |
OLB | Chicago |
| Elvis Dumervil | OLB | Denver | DeMarcus Ware |
OLB | Dallas |
| Brian Cushing | OLB | Houston | Brian Orakpo | OLB | Washington |
| Nnamdi Asomugha |
CB | Oakland | Asante Samuel |
CB | Philadelphia |
| Darrelle Revis |
CB | New York Jets | Charles Woodson |
CB | Green Bay |
| Champ Bailey | CB | Denver | Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie | CB | Arizona |
| Brian Dawkins | SS | Denver | Adrian Wilson |
SS | Arizona |
| Ed Reed | FS | Baltimore | Darren Sharper |
FS | New Orleans |
| Jairus Byrd | FS | Buffalo | Nick Collins | FS | Green Bay |
| Shane Lechler | P | Oakland | Andy Lee |
P | San Francisco |
| Nate Kaeding |
K | San Diego | David Akers |
K | Philadelphia |
| Joshua Cribbs |
KR | Cleveland | DeSean Jackson |
KR | Philadelphia |
| Kassim Osgood |
ST | San Diego | Heath Farwell | ST | Minnesota |
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