Seven Ravens Win Pro Bowl Voting
by Bruce Raffel on Dec 21, 2011 8:00 PM EST
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PrintVoting for the 2012 Pro Bowl ended at the conclusion of the recent Monday Night Football game between the victorious San Francisco 49ers and losing Pittsburgh Steelers. A record 100 million votes were cast at NFL.com, and after the dust settled, there were an AFC leading seven players on the Baltimore Ravens who were the top vote-getters at their respective positions. The Green Bay Packers led the NFC and entire league with nine players topping their positions.
The Ravens who led their positions included Ray Lewis (ILB), Terrell Suggs (OLB), Haloti Ngata (DT), Ed Reed (FS), Brendon Ayanbadejo (ST), Vonta Leach (FB) and Michael Oher (T).
Hopefully, Ravens fans will have to miss seeing these guys in the game, which is being played the week between the AFC Championship Game and Super Bowl 46, since the teams in the big game will not be sending players to the Pro Bowl, which will be played in Hawaii on January 29, 2012. You can read more on the 2012 Pro Bowl at NFL.com/ProBowl, and check out the full NFL Press Release after the 'Jump.'
Congrats to our Ravens for earning these top honors!
MORE THAN 100 MILLION PRO BOWL VOTES CAST BY FANS
RODGERS IS TOP VOTE-GETTER
Teams to be Announced on Pro Bowl Selection Show December 27 on NFL Network
Green Bay Packers quarterback AARON RODGERS received 1,581,982 fan votes to lead all NFL All-Stars in balloting for the 2012 Pro Bowl, NFL.com announced today. Fan voting ended on Monday, December 19. A record 100.64 million votes were cast by fans this year.
The AFC and NFC All-Star squads are based on the consensus votes of fans, players and coaches. Each group’s vote counts one-third toward determining the 43-man rosters that represent the American Football Conference and National Football Conference in the Pro Bowl. NFL players and coaches will cast their votes on December 21-22.
The teams will be announced at 7:00 pm (ET) Tuesday, December 27 on a special NFL Total Access 2012 Pro Bowl Selection Show on NFL Network.
New England Patriots quarterback TOM BRADY (1,454,311 votes) leads all AFC players and finished second overall, while New Orleans Saints quarterback DREW BREES (1,188,893 votes), Detroit Lions wide receiver CALVIN JOHNSON (1,180,777 votes) and New England Patriots wide receiver WES WELKER (1,133,787 votes) rounded out the top five.
The 2012 Pro Bowl will be played on Sunday, January 29, 2012 and televised live on NBC at 7:00 pm (ET) from Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. Fans may purchase tickets at NFL.com/probowl.
The NFL is the only sports league that combines voting by fans, coaches and players to determine its all-star teams. It was the first professional sports league to offer online all-star voting in 1995.
Listed below are the top 10 overall All-Star vote-getters and the players who finished with the most votes at each position:
NFL ALL-STAR TOP-TEN VOTE-GETTERS
Pos. |
Name, Team |
Votes |
QB |
Aaron Rodgers, Packers |
1,581,982 |
QB |
Tom Brady, Patriots |
1,454,311 |
QB |
Drew Brees, Saints |
1,188,893 |
WR |
Calvin Johnson, Lions |
1,180,777 |
WR |
Wes Welker, Patriots |
1,133,787 |
RB |
962,824 |
|
TE |
Rob Gronkowski, Patriots |
936,886 |
QB |
Ben Roethlisberger, Steelers |
935,535 |
RB |
Adrian Peterson, Vikings |
925,554 |
WR |
Mike Wallace, Steelers |
923,073 |
AFC LEADING VOTE-GETTERS BY POSITION
Pos. |
Name, Team |
Votes |
Pos. |
Name, Team |
Votes |
QB |
Tom Brady, Patriots |
1,454,311 |
DE |
Andre Carter, Patriots |
511,693 |
RB |
896,804 |
DT |
Haloti Ngata, Ravens |
592,603 |
|
FB |
Vonta Leach, Ravens |
149,801 |
OLB |
Terrell Suggs, Ravens |
546,851 |
WR |
Wes Welker, Patriots |
1,133,787 |
ILB |
Ray Lewis, Ravens |
413,222 |
TE |
Rob Gronkowski, Patriots |
936,886 |
CB |
561,986 |
|
T |
Michael Oher, Ravens |
327,644 |
SS |
Troy Polamalu, Steelers |
230,649 |
G |
Logan Mankins, Patriots |
337,844 |
FS |
Ed Reed, Ravens |
198,075 |
C |
Maurkice Pouncey, Steelers |
376,457 |
P |
228,782 |
|
K |
Sebastian Janikowski, Raiders |
244,512 |
ST |
Brendon Ayanbadejo, Ravens |
106,515 |
KR |
Joe McKnight, Jets |
140,926 |
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NFC LEADING VOTE-GETTERS BY POSITION
Pos. |
Name, Team |
Votes |
Pos. |
Name, Team |
Votes |
QB |
Aaron Rodgers, Packers |
1,581,982 |
DE |
Jared Allen, Vikings |
784,527 |
RB |
LeSean McCoy, Eagles |
962,824 |
DT |
Justin Smith, 49ers |
525,578 |
FB |
John Kuhn, Packers |
322,260 |
OLB |
581,554 |
|
WR |
Calvin Johnson, Lions |
1,180,777 |
ILB |
Patrick Willis, 49ers |
417,923 |
TE |
Jimmy Graham, Saints |
725,612 |
CB |
Charles Woodson, Packers |
763,198 |
T |
Chad Clifton, Packers |
392,106 |
SS |
Roman Harper, Saints |
147,542 |
G |
T.J. Lang, Packers |
327,740 |
FS |
Morgan Burnett, Packers |
223,292 |
C |
Scott Wells, Packers |
436,693 |
P |
Andy Lee, 49ers |
161,812 |
K |
Mason Crosby, Packers |
184,665 |
ST |
Jarrett Bush, Packers |
134,696 |
KR |
268,293 |
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This is awesome to see, but is definitely proof of how much of popularity contest this is. Ray, Ed and Oher have not had pro bowl type seasons. Really happy to see Leach there though. He definitely deserves it.
On Ed Reed:
"I’ve told him to his face many times, ‘You’re the greatest safety ever to play the game,’"
"We all learn from each other, but we all learn most from him."
- Troy Polamalu
I wouldn’t say fantastic. He’s been good, but has had some up and downs and keep in mind he lead all OT’s, both left and Right. I have a tough time believing Oher is playing better than all the OT’s in the AFC including Joe Thomas and Jake Long who are arguably the top two LT’s in the league.
On Ed Reed:
"I’ve told him to his face many times, ‘You’re the greatest safety ever to play the game,’"
"We all learn from each other, but we all learn most from him."
- Troy Polamalu
I thought it was just RT
With that known,I don’t think he is the best overall tackle but you could argue top RT
Lol, I was going to say that, but you know…
Only about Lewis, Reed, and Oher.
Suggs, Ngata, Leach…no doubt about it, and I’m actually surprised Ngata got it (not because he’s not good, I just didn’t think enough people knew about him)
Don’t really know enough about Ay pendejo
As far as pro bowl voting, I honestly thought Yao Ming or Brett Favre would have been the top vote getters.
Must say, I’m shocked Ben has that many votes. I thought he was universally despised.
Boy, I'm three generations deep, in gangstadom
Ayanbadejo is getting votes because he's first alphabetically.
not they only reason, but it is a big one.
Oher leading vote getter at Tackle? I can probably name 10 OT’s that are much better than him.
Flacco has to trust his receivers to make catches, but shouldn’t throw towards coverage. He needs to attack deep more often, but shouldn’t hold onto the ball so long. He needs to show more awareness in the pocket and move to extend plays, but nothing good comes of him leaving the pocket. He should run with the ball if nobody’s open, but he definitely can’t run with the ball.
Flacco should have the awareness of Roethlisberger, the elusiveness of Vick, the control of the offense of Manning, the leadership of Brady, the accuracy of Brees, and the arm strength of … Flacco? - Ampallang
While I agree . . .
that Oher is not the best OT, I would be interested to see how much he improves when he finally gets to play the same position 2-3 years in a row. Keep in mind that as a rookie he played RT, 2nd year LT, and then 3rd year back to RT. He has had to relearn his position at the NFL level each year he has been in the league. I think we should cut him just a little slack . . .
Michael Oher is so fast off the ball that he only appears to be off-sides.
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