5 Chiefs make probowl

[AussieChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by Capt Tasty Cheeks

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? wow

[Hootie]

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

[Rausch]

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

[Rausch]

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

[listopencil]

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

[CoMoChief]

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

[NWTF]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

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

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.

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by NWTF

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.

Lol, that is pathetic.

[AussieChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

Lol, that is pathetic.

[Rain Man]

Haha. Eric Weddle. Haha.

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

[Quesadilla Joe]

V.Miller on J.Charles, the only RB to go over 100 v. DEN since Wk 5: "He definitely got my first-team Pro Bowl vote. He's just that good."

https://twitter.com/CBSBroncos/statu...09416562917376

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by Cassel>Manning

https://twitter.com/CBSBroncos/statu...09416562917376

You bet your sweet ass he is

[Hootie]

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

[AussieChiefsFan]

[Mr. Flopnuts]

This team still has a ton of talent. The Pro Bowl selections solidifies that. This job is going to be very sought after on a GM, and HC level. The team has no discipline, and gave up early on. God bless them, what they've done is enabled to us get the final piece to make a real good run in the next year or two.

I'm to the point that I don't believe this is going to be a full on 3-4 year rebuild. The right coach, and GM to draft us more than just Geno could have this team contending for a division championship next year. We have some talent on both sides of the ball. Getting Bowe locked up, and drafting someone to replace Jonathon Bustwin will go a long ways.