Tuesday, December 16, 2008

NFC Pro Bowl Roster

The NFC brings many more possibilities to the skill positions this year than the AFC. There are legitimately 6 RB's that could claim the 3 spots. Which QB is left out? The NFL will answer these questions at 4 pm EST today, but I am here to tell you who it should be. And the winners are.....

NFC
Offense
QB: *Drew Brees (Saints), Eli Manning (Giants), Kurt Warner (Cardinals)
RB: *Adrian Peterson (Vikings), Michael Turner (Falcons), Clinton Portis (Redskins)
FB: *Brad Hoover (Panthers)
WR: *Larry Fitzgerald (Cardinals), *Anquan Boldin (Cardinals), Steve Smith (Panthers), Roddy White (Falcons)
TE: *Jason Witten (Cowboys), Chris Cooley (Redskins)
OT: *Jamaal Brown (Saints), *David Diehl (Giants), Jordan Gross (Panthers)
OG: *Steve Hutchinson (Vikings), *Chris Snee (Giants), Leonard Davis (Cowboys)
C: *Matt Birk (Vikings), Olin Kreutz (Bears)

Defense
DE: *Jared Allen (Vikings), *Justin Tuck (Giants), John Abraham (Falcons)
DT: *Kevin Williams (Vikings), *Darnell Dockett (Cardinals), Jay Ratliff (Cowboys)
OLB: *Demarcus Ware (Cowboys), *Lance Briggs (Bears), Karlos Dansby (Cardinals)
MLB: *Jon Beason (Panthers), Patrick Willis (49ers)
CB: *Charles Woodson (Packers), *Ronde Barber (Buccaners), Charles Tillman (Bears)
S: *Brian Dawkins (Eagles), *Adrian Wilson (Cardinals), Nick Collins (Packers)

Special Teams
K: John Carney (Giants)
P: Donnie Jones (Rams)
KR: Allen Rossum(49ers)
ST: Chase Blackburn (Giants)

(*represents starters)

The Giants and Cardinals tied for the most with 6 Pro Bowlers. The Seahawks (thanks to Walter Jones's surgery) and Lions were the only 2 teams without a Pro Bowler. I am sure some of you will be offended with the exclusion of Tony Romo, DeAngelo Williams, Brian Westbrook, etc. Lets hear the arguments for them!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

How can you leave off Romo? He is better than Eli in almost every statistical category and he's done so in 3 less games. Not to mention that he is the 2nd highest rated QB in the entire NFL. You're better than this Sports Chef

The Sports Chef said...

I had to go back and forth between Eli and Romo. I looked at the Cowboys record of 9-2 and the stats and thought he is better. But, when you throw in Eli won the Super Bowl last year and his team started out 11-1 (when the voting took place) it just seemed that he was the guy. If the voting took place after the regular season is completed, then I would bet Romo would have made it over him.