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Thursday, December 14
 
No Donovan? No Urlacher? No Emmitt?

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Glad to see a player finally got recognized? Mad to see someone get snubbed? Users voiced their opinions on this year's Pro Bowl selections. The best responses are posted below.


Jeff Garcia
San Francisco quarterback Jeff Garcia certainly had statistics worthy of the Pro Bowl.
Are you kidding me? Donovan McNabb is the leading candidate for the MVP of the league and he gets snubbed out of the Pro Bowl! Would Chad Lewis be going to Hawaii if Donovan wasn't getting him the ball? I think not.
Josh Hoopes
Philadelphia, Pa.


Garcia over McNabb? No way! San Francisco is 5-11 with or without him. The Eagles are 11-5 because of McNabb, maybe 5-11 without him.
David Toll
Atlanta, Ga.


McNabb being overlooked this year is like not inviting Steven Spielberg to the Oscars.
Ray Wilson
Philadelphia, Pa.


I'm a Bucs fan, but there is no way Mike Alstott should have made the Pro Bowl. He's been injured for half the season and before his injury had a reduced role.
Jon
Palm Harbor, Fla.


NO CURTIS MARTIN! NO DONOVAN MCNABB! Who voted for this team? I guess they all must live in a cave.
Scott Wagner
New York, N.Y.


McNabb's Day will come. It's nice to make the Pro Bowl, but it's not important. What's important is that Donovan McNabb has established himself as one of the premier offensive players in the league. He's showing everyone in Philly why they drafted him.
John Huhtala
Norwich, N.Y.


I know coming from Chicago that this is going to sound biased, but Brian Urlacher not making the Pro Bowl is a freaking disgrace. They picked that dude from Philly over him and I think that is a crock of (crap). ... That is highway robbery.
John Scimone
Chicago, Ill.


Where is Brian Urlacher? Among NFC linebackers, he is among the leaders in tackles, is second with six sacks, and is second with two interceptions. The comical Bears defense has actually attained some respect with Brian's leadership this year.
Tony Serio Chicago, Ill.


The NFL dropped the ball again! Brian Urlacher was cheated out of a spot in the Pro Bowl. This kid played his tail off, yet lost in the voting. I squarely place the blame on the NFL for this. I know as well as you do that the NFL does not make the selections for the Pro Bowl -- the fans, coaches and players vote to establish that. However, the NFL must change its policy concerning names on the Pro Bowl ballot. If you are not listed as the opening day starter by your prospective team, your name will not appear on the ballot. Brian Urlacher played hard and won the starting job after the second game of the season, yet he was not put on the ballot.
Jason Hebert
Montgomery, Ala.


Finally!!! Although he won't start the game on the field, Honolulu will finally be blessed by the presence of Robert Griffith, the hardest hitting player in the league. It's about time.
Brandon Macrafic
Rochester, Minn.


I am extremely glad Champ Bailey made the Pro Bowl and not Deion Sanders. By the way, I am surprised no Redskins kickers made the team. What a shocker.
Barrett Evans
Ashburn, Va.


I realize he plays on one of the worst teams in the NFC, but Ronald McKinnon was second in the league in tackles with 139 and also had three sacks. What does he have to do to gain some respect as far as the Pro Bowl is concerned?
Joey Holley
Troy, Ala.


Ryan Longwell was the best kicker this year in the NFC. He is the most accurate kicker in NFL history and has to kick in some of the worst weather up in Green Bay. He should have been a lock to make the Pro Bowl.
David Makiya
Wauwatosa, Wis.

Jevon Kearse over Rob Burnett? What has everyone been watching all year? Burnett is one of the reasons the Ravens are No. 1 in defense. What a travesty! This is worse than the major league baseball ballot!!!
David Randall
Baltimore, Md.


I think it is an absolute crime that Anthony Simmons of Seattle was left off of the AFC squad for the Pro Bowl. The outside linebacker for the Seahawks has 130 tackles this year, to go along with four sacks and two interceptions. He was the second leading tackler in the league this year, and he doesn't get in? Mo Lewis has a measly 74 tackles and Jason Gildon only has 68 (even though he does have 10 sacks).
Drew Cloninger
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.


Emmitt Smith is the best running back in the league. How can you justify Charlie Garner who has less yards than Emmitt going ahead of a legend. I wonder if Carmen Policy had a hand in that as well.
Jeff
St Petersburg, Fla.


I think just on pure principle the entire offensive line of the Denver Broncos should be on the Pro Bowl squad. For four straight years they have led three different 1,000-yard rushers, including this year in which a rookie-nobody, Mike Anderson, runs for over 1,300 yards.
Eli Grant
New York, N.Y.


I think that it is outrageous that Luther Elliss made the Pro Bowl over Keith Hamilton of the Giants. No one other than perhaps Warren Sapp has been playing better against the run all year and the numbers show it. Also, Hamilton has recorded eight sacks. Needless to say, he got jipped big time.
Mike Ostrowski
Wayne, N.J.


The Chiefs got ripped off, big time! You can't tell me that Elvis Grbac and Derrick Alexander aren't Pro Bowl players this year. And that John Tait hasn't been better than Tony Boselli, who got in purely on reputation (as did Alstott).
Joe Bourne
Falmouth, Maine


Although Dennis Green was looked at as an idiot after letting go Jeff Christy and Randall McDaniel, having Matt Birk selected as the second center after his first year at the position really proves that Denny knows what he is doing. The same goes for Daunte Culpepper, who many thought would never make it and now he's the starting quarterback for the NFC.
Andrew Gillund
Fargo, N.D.


The worst choice for the Pro Bowl was Terrell Owens from the Niners. What were they thinking?
Scott Rainwater
Ruston, La.






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