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Patriots & Pro Bowl voting

Posted by Mike Reiss, Globe Staff November 18, 2008 03:20 PM

A look at Patriots within the top five of their respective position groups in AFC fan voting for the Pro Bowl (fan voting accounts for one-third of the process, with coaches and players the other two-thirds):

  • WR Randy Moss -- fourth (188,138)
    Top 5: Brandon Marshall (232,234), Reggie Wayne (223,583), Andre Johnson (198,106), Moss, Hines Ward (175,818)

  • LT Matt Light -- third (80,270)
    Top 5: Jake Long (108,943), D'Brickashaw Ferguson (95,675), Light, Joe Thomas (73,241), Michael Roos (70,068)

  • ILB Tedy Bruschi -- fourth (49,780)
    Top 5: Ray Lewis (168,566), James Farrior (102,515), Larry Foote (65,078), Bruschi, DeMeco Ryans (41,536)

  • Special teams player Larry Izzo -- second (43,462)
    Top 5: Anthony Madison (47,147), Izzo, Patrick Cobbs (41,895), Brendon Ayanbadejo (38,982), Kassim Osgood (38,573)

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    1. none of them deserve it. give welker a spot thats it.

      Posted by Alex November 18, 08 03:37 PM

    1. The fans are idiots. Reading this just makes me wish they would take the fans out of the voting altogether.

      Posted by JJCRUISER November 18, 08 03:38 PM

    1. Mayo is the MVP of the defense and Bruschi is the one getting the votes. Too bad fan voting is such a farce.

      Posted by Will November 18, 08 03:46 PM

    1. Matt Light hahahaha

      Posted by Ryan November 18, 08 04:08 PM

    1. Welkers name has to be included or its a farce

      Posted by sonny o November 18, 08 04:30 PM

    1. I agree JJCruiser. Someone on PFT suggested that everyone vote for Tom Brady to show how ridiculous the fan voting thing is. I plan to vote for TB.

      Posted by ampats November 18, 08 05:03 PM

    1. I cannot beleive that Wes Welker and Steven Gostkowski are not in the top five.
      Especially when you consider Welker's having the record for catches per game.
      For a quiet, little guy, he makes a tremendous impact on the team's offense.
      Come on folks, put these two over the top.

      Posted by leeryonemore November 18, 08 05:15 PM

    1. Izzo, Light & Moss???????? are you kidding me? Welker and Gostkowski should be there

      Posted by hornets November 18, 08 05:48 PM

    1. Mike, it would be good to note that this is for the AFC specifically.

      Posted by Andy M November 18, 08 05:50 PM

    1. Moss is your offense, he is the reason welker has so many catches. Alex, wake up!

      Posted by Brent November 18, 08 05:55 PM

    1. Frankly the AFC is so bad this year I could see Cassel being in contention for a Pro Bowl slot. I can see the argument for Moss based on the intangible he brings to the table.

      My picks:
      Welker, Mayo, Wilfork, Seymour & Mankins.

      Posted by Sonny_Corlione November 18, 08 08:16 PM

    1. Welker???? Mayo??? when the coaches and the players vote those two will be up alot higher

      Posted by john November 18, 08 09:39 PM

    1. Gostkowski deserves to be on the team.

      Posted by t November 18, 08 09:39 PM

    1. My picks: Wilfork and Mayo should be top 3. I am okay with Light and Welker being top 5. Remember people, there are only 16 LT's in the AFC, not like WRs and LBs, so I think Light can scratch the top 5.

      Moss is better than Welker overall but since Cassel doesn't like to throw deep, and Moss has had some drops, Welker is clearly having the better year.

      Posted by Me November 18, 08 10:12 PM

    1. If Mayo and Mankins dont make it, or at least become a coaches fill in, then something is wrong. Oh wait, something IS wrong, people are idiots.

      Posted by Mike Allen November 18, 08 11:18 PM

    1. ok so.. welker, mayo, and wilfork definetely need to be on that list in front of izzo, bruschi, and light. Light , bruschi and izzo have extremely underproduced this season. But thats the way of the pro bowl, all about the favorites.

      Posted by Coltan Zektro November 19, 08 12:22 AM

    1. Bruschi and Light? Maybe in 2004..

      Posted by Classless November 19, 08 12:44 AM

    1. Are Steeler fans packing the ballot box or what? Anthony Madison leading the Special Teamers? Had to look him up on nfl.com

      Posted by BurkieInBoston November 19, 08 09:13 AM

    1. What about Logan Mankins? He's the best pulling guard in the league? Dominant!!

      Posted by Sai Thao November 25, 08 06:33 PM
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