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Patriots & Pro Bowl

Email|Link|Comments (7) Posted by Mike Reiss, Globe Staff December 3, 2008 08:00 AM

A look at Patriots players who are in the top 5 of their respective positions in fan voting for the Pro Bowl at this time (fan voting accounts for one-third of the process; coaches and players are the other two-thirds):

WR Randy Moss (3rd, 307,183)
Top 5: Brandon Marshall, Reggie Wayne, Moss, Andre Johnson, Hines Ward

FB Heath Evans (5th, 61,973)
Top 5: LeRon McClain, Tony Richardson, Ahmard Hall, Carey Davis, Evans

G Logan Mankins (5th, 92,258)
Top 5: Alan Faneca, Eugene Amano, Jake Scott, Chris Kemoeatu, Mankins

LT Matt Light (3rd, 124,631)
Top 5: Jake Long, D'Brickashaw Ferguson, Light, Joe Thomas, Michael Roos

ILB Tedy Bruschi (4th, 71, 967) and ILB Jerod Mayo (5th, 64,457)
Top 5: Ray Lewis, James Farrior, Larry Foote, Bruschi, Mayo

Special teamer Larry Izzo (3rd, 65,249)
Top 5: Anthony Madison, Brendon Ayanbadejo, Izzo, Patrick Cobbs, Donnie Nickey

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7 comments so far...

Matt Light a Pro Ball player hahaha

Posted by ryan December 3, 08 08:36 AM

Tedy Bruschi being 4th is a crime against the world. He has not been a good NFL Middle LB for 3 years.

Posted by Ryan December 3, 08 09:47 AM

The fan voting thing is useless! I mean, I'm all for getting the fans involved, but it just becomes a popularity contest. In soccer, FIFA decided to let the fans vote on the best player ever - Maradonna won in a landslide. Unhappy with letting a washed out drug user earn the award, and genuinely unhappy that Pele wasn't going to win, they had to create another award - the "real" player of the century.

Davo

Posted by david December 3, 08 10:06 AM

Mayo and maybe Izzo are the only deserving ones on there.

Posted by Mike December 3, 08 12:52 PM

PRO BOWL - your talkin PRO BOWL are you kidding me PRO BOWL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~>

Posted by Jim Mora December 3, 08 02:51 PM

There should not even be a pro bowl. Most of the better players don't want to go and risk injury, the game is boring, the rules are designed for girl scouts not football players, and its more a popularity contest than real deserving players getting the votes.

I am sure that if I rookie gets selected it is a good thing for him, but never forget Robert Edwards and what happened to him. IMO, it's just not worth the risk.

Posted by Mike Allen December 3, 08 08:56 PM

This is a joke, right? Bruschi and Mankins in the top 5? Give me a break...

Posted by Classless December 4, 08 01:33 AM

DO NOT HIT THE SUBMIT BUTTON MORE THAN ONCE!

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