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Chargers, Bears lead Pro Bowl rosters: Quote:
NEW YORK -- The San Diego Chargers and Chicago Bears lead the NFL in wins -- and Pro Bowlers.
The Chargers placed nine players on the AFC squad Tuesday and the Bears had seven on the NFC team, which also includes a quarterback -- Dallas' Tony Romo -- who wasn't a starter when the season began.
San Diego's contingent includes record-setting running back LaDainian Tomlinson and quarterback Philip Rivers, who sat on the bench for his first two seasons behind Drew Brees. The former Chargers quarterback signed as a free agent with New Orleans in the offseason and will start for the NFC.
Also among the players representing the Chargers is linebacker Shawne Merriman, last year's defensive rookie of the year, who made it despite missing four games for flunking a steroid test.
"I'm very proud of our team and players," said general manager A.J. Smith of the Chargers, who like the Bears are 12-2. "We have a special group of players. These individuals are being recognized, but this is also a positive reflection on their teammates and the overall strength and depth of the entire roster."
Chicago's representatives demonstrate how the Bears won: with defense and special teams.
Three of the seven Bears, led by linebacker Brian Urlacher, are on defense and three are on special teams -- kicker Robbie Gould, specialist Brendon Ayanbadejo and rookie return man Devin Hester, who has shattered records with six returns for touchdowns on three punts, two kickoffs and a missed field goal.
Center Olin Kreutz, a perennial at his position, is the only Bears Pro Bowler on offense.
The NFC team also includes the Barber twins -- running back Tiki of the New York Giants and Ronde of Tampa Bay. The first twins to make it together, they now become the second set of brothers to make the Pro Bowl for three straight seasons -- Shannon and Sterling Sharpe from 1993-95 are the others.
"With this being my final season in the NFL and the final time my brother Ronde and I will be teammates, the honor carries even more significance than in previous years," said Tiki, who described himself as "emotional" and "ecstatic."
In a year of outstanding rookies, Hester is the only one to make it, although Tennessee quarterback Vince Young is an alternate.
And Romo is almost a rookie. Until this season, he hadn't thrown a pass in three seasons with Dallas, mostly as a third-stringer.
But he is 6-2 as a starter since taking over from Drew Bledsoe at halftime of a loss to the Giants, leading the team to a playoff berth and control of the NFC East. When his potential selection to the Pro Bowl came up after his fourth start, coach Bill Parcells called it "ludicrous."
Like Kreutz, Urlacher and the Barbers, many of the Pro Bowlers are perennials although Ray Lewis of the Ravens didn't make it -- beaten out at inside linebacker on the AFC roster by Al Wilson of Denver and Zach Thomas of Miami.
One non-perennial is Reggie Wayne of the Colts, one of the league's best receivers for the past few years but always in the shadow of Marvin Harrison and never before a Pro Bowler.
"I really didn't think he would make it, not that he didn't deserve it," Colts coach Tony Dungy said. "But it's a tough perception to overcome -- that your No. 2 receiver is better than 28 other receivers in the league."
Harrison also made it, although he is a backup to the two Johnsons who will start at wide receiver -- Chad of Cincinnati and Andre of Houston.
Buffalo linebacker Aaron Schobel and Pittsburgh running back Willie Parker are two of the nine first-time selections on the AFC squad, including Rivers and Wayne.
"From this day on, I guess I'll always be remembered as a Pro Bowler," Schobel said. "That's something nobody can take away from me."
Arizona safety Adrian Wilson joined 12 others -- including Romo, Hester, Gould, San Francisco running back Frank Gore and St. Louis running back Steven Jackson -- as first-timers on the NFC team.
Wilson said he got a phone call from Cardinals vice president Michael Bidwill on Tuesday afternoon.
"I had to go in the closet because I didn't want to scare my son," Wilson said. "I was pretty ecstatic."
The position with the most repeaters is traditionally the offensive line.
Guard Will Shields of Kansas City will go for the 12th time, tying a mark held by former Viking Randall McDaniel, also a guard. Another guard, Pittsburgh's Alan Faneca, will represent the AFC for the sixth straight time.
The AFC quarterbacks in addition to Rivers are the Colts' Peyton Manning, who'll start, and the Bengals' Carson Palmer.
The Rams' Marc Bulger joins Brees and Romo as the NFC's quarterbacks.
The game will be played in Honolulu on Feb. 10.
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AFCNFCI was a little surprised that Terrell Owens, who led the NFL in receiving TD's, didn't make it, while Tony Romo, who started just nine games this year, did. Otherwise, pretty typical stuff.
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i wasnt surprised by that
TO: asshole
Romo: not asshole( but give him more time)
pretty basic to me...
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Didn't stop him from getting into the Pro Bowl those first five times.
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yeah but thats cause everybody thought he could change...now they realize there is no hope.
big_pimp_tim-made it cool to roll in the first damn place! Mon Jun 11 2007 09:27 PM- harley finally rolled with me "I'm working with him...he's young but, there is much potential. He can apprentice with me and then he's yours for final training. He will remember the face of his father... Some day, Knutreturns just may be the greatest of us all...."-THE bastard
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That's a really lame argument, dude.
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I didn't think TO had a Pro Bowl type year on the field.
Glad to see Carson Palmer got another nod. Let's hope this time he's able to play in the Pro Bowl.
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Among NFC wide receivers Owens is currently first in touchdowns, fifth in receiving yards, and tied for third in receptions.
He has more yards, receptions and touchdowns than Anquan Boldin, who made it. He averages more yards per catch than Torry Holt, who made it.
I'm pretty sure that if his name wasn't Terrell Owens, he'd be going to the Pro Bowl. He's on pace to finish the season with 88 catches, 1189 yards and 13 TD's. It might not be his best year, but the Pro Bowl shouldn't be about how a player did relative to his career.
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Does anybody care about the Pro Bowl?
And so what if T.O. didn't get the votes cause he's a jerk? I mean, he is a fucking jerk. No way I'd want him on my team.
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Thank you for another lesson in "things Jim Jackson doesn't care about but takes time to post on anyway".
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Does anybody care about the Pro Bowl?
And so what if T.O. didn't get the votes cause he's a jerk? I mean, he is a fucking jerk. No way I'd want him on my team.
yup. remember its also voted on by the players and the coaches too. im pretty sure they all agree with jim.
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Thank you for another lesson in "things Jim Jackson doesn't care about but takes time to post on anyway".
im also sure that your an asshole too.(hey maybe thats why you like TO)
big_pimp_tim-made it cool to roll in the first damn place! Mon Jun 11 2007 09:27 PM- harley finally rolled with me "I'm working with him...he's young but, there is much potential. He can apprentice with me and then he's yours for final training. He will remember the face of his father... Some day, Knutreturns just may be the greatest of us all...."-THE bastard
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yup. remember its also voted on by the players and the coaches too. im pretty sure they all agree with jim.
I'm pretty sure most people agree TO's a jerk. That just has absolutely nothing to do with his deserving to be in the Pro Bowl.
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im also sure that your an asshole too.
I don't think Jim's an asshole. He just has a tendency to go out of his way to tell you he "doesn't care" about certain things. Sometimes he does it several times in the same thread.
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(hey maybe thats why you like TO)
You know what they say about an assumption. They make an ass out of you and umption
I've never liked Terrell Owens. Not since this, at least. I think he's a self-promoting arrogant jackass, and I didn't want him on my favorite team. I was pretty unhappy when they signed him, actually.
That being said, the guy can play. I think Chad Johnson is a self-promoting arrogant jackass, too, but he can also play, and this year he, unlike Owens, was rewarded for his play. Hell, there are plenty of assholes on every All-Star team. Even golf has jerks.
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Just for reference, the last time a wide receiver led the league in receiving TD's and didn't make the Pro Bowl as in 1985, when Daryl Turner was left out.
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Didn't I say I was glad to see Carson Palmer got named to the team?
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that u did jim...that u did...
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