Looking at the entire roster, the biggest surprises to me, in no particular order, are:

Matt Schaub (Seems like a big dropoff from Brady and Archie's son)
Wade Smith (good for him)
Robert Mathis (I thought he died years ago)
Antonio Cromartie (sympathy pick for Revis, I guess)
Eric Berry (hey....congratulations, Eric. I guess the Polamalu era has ended.)
Laron Landry (I guess I don't keep up on safeties very well)
Dustin Colquitt (I think he's great, but the competition is brutal at this position)
Jason Witten (Huh? I thought he was on the downhill side.)
Russell Okung (For some reason I thought he was a mild disappointment.)
Trent Williams (I haven't heard his name since he was drafted.)
Max Unger (Must be a good year in Seattle)
Henry Melton (The recognition is more of a surprise than the performance. He's good.)
Gerald McCoy (Wait, isn't he a bust? And he makes it over Suh? That's funny.)
Clay Matthews (I thought he was hurt much of the year.)
Dashon Goldson (Fights for a starting job and then makes the pro bowl.)
Donte Whitner (I guess I really don't know safeties.)
Leon Washington (Good for him. I've always liked this guy.)

He and Flowers were both rocks for us. Hopefully their time will come when Geno picks up the offense next year and we win the Super Bowl.

Five. FIVE of our Chiefs made the Pro Bowl. What does that tell you? All we need is a QB.

already have a pro bowl qb on the roster

How did Flowers and Houston not make the pro bowl but Berry and Hali did?

**** you.

Can't believe Richard Sherman and Roddy White got snubbed.

They should have gone over Victor Cruz and Patrick Peterson.

Didn't they pop Sherman dirty
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Finally!!! Colquitt makes the probowl!!!!

that would be awesome.

Justin Houston>Tamba Hali

Yeah, they got him and Brandon Browner for using Adderall. Sherman appealed and won but Browner is suspended 4 games I think..

But Sherman just had his best game of the season without the PEDs. The guy is amazing.

Surprised Janoris Jenkins didn't make the CB position. He's way better than Champ Bailey. He's had 4 TDs by himself and 4 INT. It's laughable.

Cassell got robbed

So did Quinn

when did he win?
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this just makes his price tag go up in a few seasons.

His price tag was already up. He's making top 3 safety money already.

They're in different conferences.

Well I guess he hasn't 'won' yet as they're still resolving the issue, but Sherman himself said the NFL didn't follow proper procedure so it looks pretty good for him.

I have no idea what's up with Browner's case.

QB's have an 81 QB Rating when targeting Jenkins.

QB's have a 68 QB Rating when targeting Champ, that's #4 in the NFL for CB's who have played at least 75% of the defensive snaps.

This is laughable...Colquitt and Charles, sure. Anyone on defense ESPECIALLY Berry? Lol

Not that I'm defending the selections, but football is a team sport while the Pro Bowl is recognition for individual performance. The defense as a whole has been shit, but we have talented individual players, some of whom have played very well (namely Flowers, Houston and DJ).

Hell, look at the offense's production despite Charles' monster season. You can't really gauge individual success based off numbers resulting from the play of 10 other people.

I think the NFL just felt bad for us and gave us something to look forward to...

None of those defensive guys deserve a pro bowl this year

where's Mccluster?

I think DJ is worthy. It didn't seem like he had as good a year as last year, but it was still very good.

Cupboard's not bare, prospective GM and HC candidates!!

This.

this was a joke people
got neg repped back to the stone age for that

If it makes you feel better it gave me a good chuckle. You are a n00b though so be very selective and good with your jokes. Anything that can be taken as a positive about Castle is just askin for it.

We better lock Berry up in a few. Dude hasn't even reached his potential yet. He's gonna be a great one.

Anyone think Succop couldve made it? I mean Im more than happy with 5 players, but Succop has been very consistent.

He had a down year IMO. Just doing his part for Geno though, I'm sure.

Statistically he hasnt had a down year.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/...31/ryan-succop

Welp, just got taken to school.

Nah, just a friendly correction :D

I didnt know the Rams were in the AFC

I really thought this was a joke. A 2-14 team gets 5 pro-bowlers. This should NEVER happen.

It's too soon.

Appropriate waiting times are as follows:

Maimed stranger - 3 minutes
Maimed child stranger - 30 minutes
Chiefs loss - 8 hours
Linebacker murder-suicide - 2 days
Chiefs playoff loss - 2 years
Matt Cassel - 5 years
Lin Elliott - Half-life of uranium isotope

Noted.

Yeah Berry is ridiculous. Maybe he'll use it as motivation, and want to more than earn it in the future. Thing is, wasn't Pro Bowl voting over with by the time he even actually had a great game? He's come on pretty big in like the last 2 games, but would that have even helped him?

I agree Houston deserved it over Hali, but Hali had been snubbed before, and Houston will have an opportunity to shine in the future, especially if we get a DC that has him rush the passer like he should have been. Not to mention if we ever get a d-line that can help put some pressure on as well.

Also, Jason Cole is an idiot. I don't normally read his or Silver's articles on Yahoo as both have a propensity to spout off stupid shit. He said Colquitt was undeserving because of his net yards. He's top half in that and avg, while being second in punts inside the 20. Over half his punts have landed inside the 20 (only 2 punters including Colquitt managed that, the other guy got snubbed for a guy with a bit of extra net yards), and almost half of those have been inside the 10. He was actually almost 10 ahead of the 2nd guy like 2 weeks ago, so wow that he got passed. But that guy only had 2 more inside the 20 on 30 more punts than Colquitt. Holy shit, I'm actually defending a punter. The fact that I know his stats let alone am discussing them is the epitome of the Chiefs for, well about as long as Colquitt has been on the team.

I wrote a post that Pioli should have drafted zombie Derrick Thomas (among other clearly sarcastic things) and had people seriously ask if it was a joke. People around here are not so great in the thinking department. Then again, most of them you could say something that is clearly a joke, then in the very next sentence put a disclaimer saying it is, and they would not have even read that far before posting their response. Then years later they will claim that you seriously believed something based on them not understanding that it was a joke.

I thought this was a 2003 bump.

It was just brought to my attention that not One Charger made the Pro Bowl.

or raider.

So good LMAO

Hah .. did anyone catch 610 sports on the way in this morning? They were going on how now the Chiefs job is going to be a such a hot job because they have five pro bowlers!

Why do these guys get paid?

Terrance Copper was robbed.

Who did Eric Berry have to sleep with to make the Pro Bowl? Hali over Houston?

Oy Vey and Ay Caramba-NFL Pro Bowl is the joke of all pro sports

Congrats to JC, DJ, and Colquitt who all deserved it. Thought Flowers had an outside chance

I don't think Flowers will ever make a Pro Bowl unless he has some ridiculous season where he gets a ton of INT's...not to say he doesn't deserve it, he just doesn't have that name recognition and plays for a team in the midwest. Had he played for NE or NYJ...I'm sure he'd be a probowler by now.

I think he'll make it eventually. He's bound to have a big year if we start winning games again.

Did Carr get in?

People focus a lot on Succop's misses because we can't score TD's and we need every point we can get.

He's a solid kicker but when the offense can't score people sure do notice those missed 32 yard FG's......

How did Carson not make it. Look at all those yards/Reighters

Wow. This is surprising to say the least. Berry is very respected by other players around the league, apparently. Kind of pissed that Houston didn't get in...same with Flowers.

No. But to be fair, Clark's overflowing wallet didn't either.

well Berry has looked good the past two weeks...I still have high hopes for my guy Scary Berry!

As for the Succop nonsense...he's a league average kicker who seems to always have a timely miss. Janikowski didn't make the Pro Bowl and he was 31-34 and his shortest miss was 51...so please, don't try and say Succop was anywhere close to deserving, lol

janikowski didnt make it? :shake: wow

well Phil Dawson was 28-29

all kickers kick 80% now (except Mason Crosby, not sure how he has a job)

our kicker is extraordinarily average

I'm not saying I agree that Hali should definitely be a Pro Bowler, but what a flimsy argument. Yeah a team can't possibly have TWO good OLBs can they? Pricko...

Crybaby isn't a real position on any team except Sandy Eggo.

Not a flimsy argument at all. Justin Houston arguably deserved to go more than Hali.

Are you nuts? There's no way that a zombie Derrick Thomas would have any speed around the corner. Zombies are slow as molasses. Do you pay any attention to the combine results at all?

I'd ask how Berry made it but I'm familiar with the voting process...

Houston deserved it more than Hali. Berry did not deserve it, just a rash of injuries at the position. I would imagine Flowers will make the team after all the others turn it down or have their mystery injuries.

Flowers should have made it and Berry/Hali shouldn't have...

Justin Houston is far and away the better natrual talent and probably the best player on the defense if you consider age, potential, current talent and what he could be in a couple years.

he's performing at a near ELITE level in only his 2nd year.

It took Tamba and DJ like 6 years to sniff that kind of production

Why the 2-13 Chiefs sent five players to the Pro Bowl
TJ Johnson Dec 27, 2012 4:00 PM

http://www.itsalloverfatman.com/bron...o-the-pro-bowl


Dustin Colquitt - Punter

This doesn't come as a complete shock, does it? If your team is completely average, your punter is going to have plenty of opportunities to get his leg into a few punts (as did the Broncos' own Britton Colquitt last year). According to Pro Football Focus, Dustin Colquitt has been the seventh highest-rated punter in the league.

He's also placed the second most balls inside the opponent's 20-yard line. Combine this with a respectible average of 46.2 yards per kick, and you have a punter who makes a decent case for getting to the Pro Bowl.

Jamaal Charles - Running Back

Let's face it, the Chiefs are terrible at the quarterback position (it's one of the places I'd honestly consider if I were Tim Tebow). So the Chiefs absolutely have to rely on their running game.

Jamaal Charles, by anyone's account, is one of the best backs in the league; further, he's faced so many seven- and eight-man fronts, it's almost shocking that his average is 5.4 yards per carry (second only to C.J. Spiller in the AFC).

And now that he's cracked the 750-carry threshold, Charles has far and away the highest per-carry-average in NFL history, with more than half a yard on Jim Brown, the prior record holder.

For a speed guy, he averages 2.3 yards after contact per carry. That ain't too shabby. Charles is certainly Pro Bowl worthy.

Derrick Johnson - Inside Linebacker

Again, here's a player whose Pro Bowl status is a reflection of the Chiefs' dog-vomit offense. Johnson has been nothing less than a tackling machine this year. He has registered 99 tackes and has a league-leading 68 stops.

Clearly, Johnson benefits from playing in a 3-4 defense, where your inside linebacker had better be tough, but the idea that Johnson isn't qualified for the Pro Bowl because of the Chiefs' record is a bit of a stretch.

Tamba Hali - Outside Linebacker

It's not a shock to me that an outside linebacker for the Chiefs made the Pro Bowl (similarly to Derrick Johnson, in the 3-4, all linebackers are going to get plenty of opportunities for tackles), it's that the wrong Chiefs outside linebacker was chosen. Justin Houston has been to the Chiefs what Wesley Woodyard has to the Broncos, although Houston was a third-round pick with a much higher grade (the guy smoked weed before the combine and was downgraded).

According to PFF, Houston is graded only behind Anthony Spencer and Clay Matthews as 3-4 OLBs and a full thirteen spots ahead of Hali. On tape, Houston's coverage skills are second to no other linebacker currently in the league.

Should Hali have made the Pro Bowl? Probably not. Does that mean the Chiefs should't have placed Houston? I don't think so.

Eric Berry - Safety

Here is where the disgust should begin and end. Berry's rookie year, versatility, and reputation got him the nod, and although Berry is one of the most talented safeties in the league, he didn't deserve entry to the Pro Bowl this year.

I could go on and on about how the Chiefs use Berry in every position (free and strong, man-to-man like a corner wide, in the slot, blitzing like a extra linebacker), but there's just two words I need to say: Eric Weddle. Weddle yesterday likened his own omission from the Pro Bowl to a "slap to the face." In the case of Eric Berry, I'd certainly agree.

http://www.itsalloverfatman.com/bron...o-the-pro-bowl

Is this the first time this many probowlers (5) have been selected on a 2-win team?

Haha. Eric Weddle. Haha.

Buy a ticket to the game, Eric. They're cheap.

Thought for sure putting that star on his helmet would make him a shoo in.

At least both teams actually have Pro Bowlers this year LMAO

so uh yeah...regarding Flowers...he won't be selected as a fill in or injury replacement because the mere thought of the Chiefs getting 6 Pro Bowlers would just be an absurdity

Yes, the previous worst team with 5 pro bowlers was the 6-10 Cowboys in 2010.

This is also the first time a team with 5 pro bowlers were swept by a team (Oakland) with 0 pro bowlers.

You bet your sweet ass he is

LMAO :clap: