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| Thursday, December 14 SportsTicker | |||
| NEW YORK -- Wide receiver Randy Moss and quarterback
Daunte Culpepper of the Minnesota Vikings are clearly the
people's choice.
Moss and Culpepper finished as the top two vote-getters in the
Pro Bowl fan balloting, the NFL announced Monday. Moss received
210,493 votes and Culpepper, who is in his first year as a
starter, collected 207,011 votes for the NFC squad.
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning led all AFC
players with 187,412 votes. He was the highest vote-getter in
fan balloting for the 2000 Pro Bowl with 124,346.
Fan balloting counts for one-third of the final vote in
determining the Pro Bowl rosters that will be announced on
Thursday.
NFL players and coaches each count for one-third of the final
vote and must cast their ballots by Tuesday. The NFL is the
only league that combines voting by fans, players and coaches to
determine its all-star teams.
The fans' portion of the voting will be used to break ties in
case of deadlocks.
The Tennessee Titans topped all AFC teams with six players --
running back Eddie George, fullback Lorenzo Neal, guard Bruce
Matthews, defensive end Jevon Kearse, safety Blaine Bishop and
kick returner Derrick Mason.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers finished atop NFC fan balloting with
six players -- defensive tackle Warren Sapp, linebacker Derrick
Brooks, safety John Lynch, fullback Mike Alstott, guard Randall
McDaniel and center Jeff Christy.
The defending champion St. Louis Rams had four representatives
-- running back Marshall Faulk, tackle Orlando Pace, inside
linebacker London Fletcher and special teams standout Az-Zahir
Hakim -- and the Washington Redskins placed three -- defensive
end Bruce Smith, cornerback Champ Bailey and safety Mark Carrier
-- on the NFC team.
Tight end Wesley Walls of the Carolina Panthers, kicker Gary
Anderson and punter Mitch Berger of the Vikings and kick
returner Desmond Howard of the Detroit Lions also were named to
the NFC team in fan balloting.
Wide receiver Marvin Harrison and kicker Mike Vanderjagt of the
Colts joined teammate Manning on the AFC team.
Defensive tackle Darrell Russell and cornerback Charles Woodson
of the Oakland Raiders, inside linebacker Zach Thomas and
special teams standout Larry Izzo of the Miami Dolphins,
linebacker Junior Seau of the San Diego Chargers, safety Rod
Woodson of the Baltimore Ravens, tight end Tony Gonzalez of the
Kansas City Chiefs, tackle Tony Boselli of the Jacksonville
Jaguars and center Dermontti Dawson of the Pittsburgh Steelers
were also voted to the AFC team in fan balloting.
The Pro Bowl will be held February 4 at Honolulu.
| ALSO SEE
AthletesDirect: Eddie George's official Web siteAthletesDirect: Emmitt Smith's official Web site AthletesDirect: Peyton Manning's official Web site AthletesDirect: Curtis Martin's official Web site AthletesDirect: Edgerrin James' official Web site | ||