Darrelle Revis and Joe McKnight Preliminary Pro Bowl Ballot Winners

by Bro Namath on Dec 21, 2011 11:25 PM EST

LANDOVER, MD - DECEMBER 04: Darrelle Revis #24 of the New York Jets walks to the field before the start of the Jets game against the Washington Redskins at FedExField on December 4, 2011 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)

Although it will not be official until next Tuesday at 7 p.m., and player and coach voting could still entirely undo it, The NFL released top fan vote winning players today. The top ten vote-getters were pretty much the usual suspects:

1. Aaron Rodgers. 2.Tom Brady 3. Drew Brees 4. Calvin Johnson 5. Wes Welker 6. LeSean McCoy 7. Rob Gronkowski 8. Ben "Level 3" Roethlisberger, 9. Adrian Peterson and 10. Mike Wallace of the Steelers (who just torpedoed one of my fantasy teams).

Beyond that, two names we know and love were the top vote winners at their positions in the AFC; Darrelle Revis (big surprise) at CB and Joe McKnight at KR (legitimate surprise but not shocking). Revis pulled down 561,898 votes, second only to DT Haltoli Ngata of the Ravens in the AFC. Charles Woodson pulled down over 760k for the NFC at the CB position. Joe McKnight got 140,926 votes. Only the AFC and NFC ST fan nominees got less votes out of the position winners.

Revis is guaranteed to go to Hawaii barring injury/Super Bowl run/lack of interest. McKnight could be filibustered by NFL players and coaches. Nothing against Joe, he earned his spot, but he's up there due to lack of a standout candidate in the conference. Not counting ball security and catching, any Jets returner was deserving of the arbitrary pro bowl nod.

Defense and special teams (and luck) are the reason we're still in it. Good to see a couple of our guys get the nod.

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Apparently Nick Bellore was the 5th most ranked AFC ST member as well

And the home of the .... JETS!!!
Now lets get a G-D snack!!!
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by Noble_Lance on Dec 21, 2011 11:50 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

Bellore should have been in.

His tackles and hustle on ST have been phenomenal.
Joe has been great and leads the NFL in KR average and close in yards… This whole process is rigged anyways.

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by Max Strauss on Dec 21, 2011 11:59 PM EST reply actions

always has been, its a popularity contest for the fans.

However, that being said the Ravens getting that many people is at least impressive, better than the BS last year with the Pats getting so many in on defense.

And the home of the .... JETS!!!
Now lets get a G-D snack!!!
"You might not like that. You might be very cynical about that. Well, f**k it, I don't care what you think."-Roy McDonald

by Noble_Lance on Dec 22, 2011 12:41 AM EST up reply actions