Official Pro Bowl thread

[vince]

That's some serious snubbage. Hopefully he continues his torrid pace and takes it out on the Bears.

Rk Player Rate 
1 Tom Brady  109.8  
2 Philip Rivers  103.9  
3 Aaron Rodgers  101.9  
4 Michael Vick  100.2  
5 Matt Cassel  98.8  
6 Tony Romo  94.9  
7 Joe Flacco  94.6  
8 Ben Roethlisberger  94.3  
9 Josh Freeman  93.6  
10 Drew Brees  92.2  
11 Peyton Manning  91.4  
12 David Garrard  90.8  
13 Jay Cutler  90.6  
14 Matt Schaub  90.4
15 Matt Ryan 89.8

[vince]

Doug Farrar of Yahoo Sports has Rodgers, Sitton, Raji, Williams, and John Kuhn all identified as snubs.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/The-Shutdown-Corner-Pro-Bowl-Snubs-List-NFC-Ver?urn=nfl-301261

[Tarlam!]

Kuhn as a FB. Too bad he's listed as a RB.

[mraynrand]

Rodgers would have made the Pro Bowl if he had won close games.

[RashanGary]

Tough group to crack. He'll probably end up in just because one of those 3 will be in the superbowl. Next year, the Packers are going to have to be a top 2 team in the NFC if he wants to make it straight up.

[sheepshead]

Anyone else notice all the TV commercials and banner ads with Aaron Rodgers picture in the group?

[Little Whiskey]

That's some serious snubbage. Hopefully he continues his torrid pace and takes it out on the Bears.

Rk Player Rate 
1 Tom Brady  109.8  
2 Philip Rivers  103.9  
3 Aaron Rodgers  101.9  
4 Michael Vick  100.2  
5 Matt Cassel  98.8  
6 Tony Romo  94.9  
7 Joe Flacco  94.6  
8 Ben Roethlisberger  94.3  
9 Josh Freeman  93.6  
10 Drew Brees  92.2  
11 Peyton Manning  91.4  
12 David Garrard  90.8  
13 Jay Cutler  90.6  
14 Matt Schaub  90.4
15 Matt Ryan 89.8

lies, damn lies, and statistics.

According to this list, Romo is number 6.

[vince]

lies, damn lies, and statistics.

According to this list, Romo is number 6.

Are you saying that Romo sucked passing the ball this year?

[Little Whiskey]

I'm saying that he didn't pass the ball this year. .......well for most of it anyway, and doesn't belong in the same discussion as those other qbs this year.

[Smidgeon]

Tough group to crack. He'll probably end up in just because one of those 3 will be in the superbowl. Next year, the Packers are going to have to be a top 2 team in the NFC if he wants to make it straight up.

Why not the optimism that it won't matter that ARod didn't make it because he'll be in the Super Bowl?

[bobblehead]

BTW, Rodgers is on an epic roll. Since the first Minnesota game, he has 15 TDs and 1 interception. If Jennings hangs onto that ball (not to mention Jones this week), Rodgers would have 16 TDs and 0 interceptions in the last 7 games. Ridiculous!

QB rating in his last 6 games:
131.5
141.3
114.5
135.1
34.7
139.9

And again, if Jennings hangs onto the ball, his QB rating in the Lions game is over 100.

Yep, Early on I said it was going to take time to figure out how to score without Finley and Grant. Right now it looks like they have it figured out (knock on wood). I remember seeing a line once when Montana was in his prime. 21/31 for 308yds and 3TD's. I thought, "man, that is how you play QB". Seems like every week I see that line for Rodgers, then he completes a few more passes for more yards before the game is over.

Like Chan says, the league has (re)figured out how to defend vick. I thought they might since guys don't usually change the way they play after the age of 30. He is still a dangerous weapon, but not looking as unstoppable as he did early.

[MichiganPackerFan]

Doug Farrar of Yahoo Sports has Rodgers, Sitton, Raji, Williams, and John Kuhn all identified as snubs.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shu...urn=nfl-301261

Pretty good analysis. Sitton should have been there over Clifton, Kuhn should have got in on the Mike Alstott rules as a fullback. It's criminal that Raji and WIlliams weren't starters. I would debate that Raji has had a better season than CLay Matthews and Tramon has clearly outplayed almost every corner in the league. Not sure Woodson should be in.

All said, the pro bowl voting is a joke: it's a popularity contest and no more. We like to have the illusion that it represents the cream of the crop, but it simply does not.

[vince]

I have to say that I love the way Rodgers has publicly handled the snub. He's more concerned with the Super Bowl than the Pro Bowl.

[mraynrand]

If Rodgers were to beat some sort of drug addiction, dependency issue, conquer personal demons, etc. and publicize it properly, he might make the pro bowl next year.

[Joemailman]

If Rodgers were to beat some sort of drug addiction, dependency issue, conquer personal demons, etc. and publicize it properly, he might make the pro bowl next year.

Getting rid of "The Belt" might help.