HuskersGJ
Special Teams Player
i got something i need to rant about and here is as good a place as any...I believe the official announcement on Pro Bowlers is Wednesday. Last I'd seen, KVB was second or so in AFC DE voting.
FWIW, Demorrio Williams was #1 in voting at the OLB position.
Also, Will Shields is near-automatic for the Pro Bowl every year and as this may very well his last season, he'll probably make it this year too.
apparently fan voting doesn't mean a dang thing for the Pro Bowl- and neither do stats apparently.
Vanden Bosch & DWilliams = NO PRO BOWL. But Mike Brown :thumbs :thumbs and (of course) Will Shields made it.
My main beef is that Freeney from Indy was given a spot over KVB. He has 33 tackles to KVBs 60 and has only 10 sacks to KVBs 12.5.
Not to mention, Freeney plays for a much better team (Colts) and a better defensive "supporting cast" arround him than Vanden Bosch has.
The Titans also had another deserving player who was screwed so i think the "better team" factor actually worked against VB here.
KVB was given the consolation prize of "pro bowl alternate" though. :steam
also, Demorrio has more tackles AND sacks than the three guys in there at OLB. the other Falcons OLB made the roster so i wondered if maybe they didn't want two LBs from the same team.... except that Chicago has two LBs in there (Urlacher and Briggs).
again, congrats to Mike Brown on making his first Pro Bowl though, that was a pleasant surprise. but I'm more annoyed by the snubs.
:throw