Published 12/18/2008
by Football Maniaxs
at Bleacher Report - NFL
By Derek Lofland.
This is the most popular debate when it comes to Pro Bowl rosters.
Who is on the team that shouldn’t be?
Who got snubbed? Find out which teams had the most defensive selections.
Which NFL's "first" took place, which rookies made it, who holds the record for most Pro Bowls appearances and more!
Let's start with the Snubs. Here are five players I thought should have been selected.
Philip Rivers
The voters just got this one wrong. His conference ranks are as follows: sixth in completions, sixth in attempts, sixth in completion percentage, third in passing yards, first in yards per attempt, first in touchdown passes, and first in QB rating.
He has done that with LaDainian Tomlinson having his worst NFL season in his career. If you are tied for the league lead in touchdown passes, you should be in the Pro Bowl. The player that shouldn’t be on the roster is Brett Favre. It isn’t that Favre doesn’t deserve to go..
It is that Rivers ...
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