McClain is a no-brainer in my opinion. No fullback in the AFC is as versatile as he is, between lead-blocking, pass-blocking, recieving, and toting the rock. Man is a beast.

Reed, while not having his characteristic game-changing impact quite as much as in past seasons, was still having a pretty solid year in terms of interceptions before the injuries started piling up. One could certainly make an argument for Jairus Byrd of Buffalo, who happens to lead the league with 9 ints, but then again its pretty tough to garner enough fan-support for prow-bowl honors as a rookie free-safety.

Lewis is the really interesting one to me. As one of the many Ravens fans who have been lucky enough to witness the entire career of one of the best, if not the best football player ever, this year in particular seems to be one in which his age is really beginning to show. Watching the games, I have noted countless plays where Ray was in position to make a stop but just lacked the explosion at the last moment to catch the ball carrier. These are all plays that the Ray Lewis of five years ago would have absolutely blown up. Interestingly enough though, Lewis is still second in the AFC in total tackles, and is first among inside linebackers, according to NFL.com. That, combined with solid sack and pass-defenced numbers validates him, once again, as a legit pro-bowl candidate. Its crazy how what seems like a down year for him relative to the majority of his career is still good enough to be among the leagues statistical leaders.

wow… are there enough vikings on there? I also don’t agree with Troy Polamalu. I think he is one of the best SS (if not the best) in the game, but he’s barely played this year, other people should deserve it who actually played. Asante Samuel of the Eagles shouldn’t be the leader, but that’s just me. I think Charles Woodson should be blowing him out of the water. One thing I’m glad to see though is the lack of Redskins on here. It seems like every year there are a million Redskins leading the public vote, even if they are having a terrible season… Last year they had 7 after the fan voting… That is just wrong. Other Ravens I think deserve to be on there, Haloti Ngata is a very iffy call considering his injury and lack of stats, but watching him he just owns and takes up so many blockers. Ray Rice is a given and he should be a back up. I believe that Hauschka should be leading the vote for kickers though… just kidding, I really like him as a person but he just doesn’t have it all together yet to be a full time kicker in the NFL.

LOL. Cal Ripken and all those rings he brought us. I’d take Manny Alexander if it meant more playoff appearances.

What’s Cheeto Martinez up to these days?

Who had the better gimmick Cheeto and the Cheetos or Tettleton and the Froot Loops?

“I love Mickey, Mickey Who? Mickey You!” ARRRGH. Orioles marketing makes me want to vomit.

66 Recs, 815 yards, and 11 TDs
75 Recs, 788 yards, and 5 TDs

Pretty comparable in recs and yards, but Vernon smothers him in touchdowns. Name recognition is surely trumping him.

Anyone know the NFL record for TDs by a TE? He has to be near it.