Re: Maybe I missed it, Pro Bowl snubs
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 12:06 am
Reaser wrote:and 1st-team AP All-Pro now, too. shocking ...NWebster wrote:On Pouncey, I agree that he has a series of undeserving trips to Hawaii, but this was actually a pretty good season for him and I don't think he was a reach this year - though I wouldn't pound my fist on the table for him.
Never seen such a manufactured probable Hall of Famer. As if someone just predetermined before his rookie year that he was an automatic selection every year ... If he plays another five years - without injury - it's practically a lock that five years from now he'll be a 9-time Pro Bowler and have nine seasons of All-Pro honors. For a player who it could be argued has never been even top-5 at his position in his career (at best he's had maybe one "top 5" season) ... Outstanding.
edit to add: Always conscience of going too far in the other direction to make a point, so hopefully it doesn't read as if I'm saying he's a terrible player. I'm merely meaning to point out that he's not the Jim Brown equivalent at his position.
I think Patrick Peterson will fall in this category as well in a few years as well, some guys cannot seem to play badly enough not to make All Pro.