Pro Bowl Vote: Fan Vote Updated

by Josh Kirkendall on Dec 15, 2010 11:49 AM EST in Awards

Last week news broke that Bengals offensive lineman Andrew Whitworth was leading all AFC tackles among the fan vote for this year's Pro Bowl by 31 thousand votes (Michael Oher). Terrell Owens was second among the fan vote at wide receiver.

The NFL updated the fan vote numbers on Wednesday and our boy Andrew Whitworth still leads all AFC tackles with 362,996 votes. Make sure to keep voting for Whitworth by going here.

Here's the leading vote-getters:

POS	Name	Votes
QB	Michael Vick	981,687
QB	Tom Brady	947,194
QB	Peyton Manning	806,025
RB	Adrian Peterson	736,603
QB	Aaron Rodgers	690,619
QB	Drew Brees	662,953
QB	Phillip Rivers	633,269
RB	Arian Foster	519,154
QB	Matt Ryan	484,949
QB	David Garrard	479,018

We updated every vote for every position last week. Here's the updated numbers.

	AFC
Pos	Name	Votes	Pos	Name, Team	Votes
QB	Tom Brady	947,194	DE	Dwight Freeney	377,338
RB	Arian Foster	519,154	DT	Haloti Ngata	249,980
FB	Le'Ron McClain	190,729	OLB	James Harrison	297,265
WR	Andre Johnson	433,206	ILB	Ray Lewis	304,087
TE	Antonio Gates	457,690	CB	Nnamdi Asomugha	243,816
T	Andrew Whitworth	362,996	SS	Troy Polamalu	383,928
G	Eric Steinbach	274,984	FS	Ed Reed	233,880
C	Jeff Saturday	253,624	P	Shane Lechler	130,279
K	Sebastian Janikowski	126,405	ST	Keyaron Fox	92,172
KR	Joshua Cribbs	154,575

	NFC
Pos	Name	Votes	Pos	Name, Team	Votes
QB	Michael Vick	981,687	DE	Julius Peppers	312,193
RB	Adrian Peterson	736,603	DT	Ndamukong Suh	300,680
FB	Heath Evans	162,597	OLB	Clay Matthews	353,981
WR	Roddy White	445,604	ILB	Brian Urlacher	226,693
TE	Tony Gonzalez	345,847	CB	Charles Woodson	292,047
T	Chad Clifton	136,532	SS	LaRon Landry	174,625
G	Steve Hutchinson	158,204	FS	Antrel Rolle	131,136
C	Shaun O'Hara	182,287	P	Ben Graham	143,893
K	David Akers	165,632	ST	Heath Farwell	136,108
KR	Devin Hester	190,591

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Am I the only one still COMPLETELY baffled by this?

I REALLY like Andrew Whitworth. He has definitely been one of, if not the best players on this offense in 2010. He’s as solid a LT as there is in the league, and I would even go so far as to say he’s bordering on elite status. And I also understand that Bengals fans, desperate to have something positve to cling to in this black hole of a season, would vote for Whit to go to the Pro-Bowl. maybe even in large numbers.

But how on earth is he SO HIGH on this list? Who else is, and more importantly HAS BEEN, voting for him all season? The team has been awful since the first snap of the year. While it certainly hasn’t been Whit’s fault, the running game has been bad and Carson has been getting knocked around in every game. The only primetime appearances we have been in have been humiliating. And I doubt many people outside of Cincinnati even know who Andrew Whitworth IS. How is he beating guys with name recognition and better records like Michael Oher or Joe Thomas? I kind of feel like this is like that year when the Redskins had a massive PR campaign to vote their players to the Pro Bowl and at one point something like 20 of the 22 starters on their very very bad team were all at the top of the voting until everyone caught on.

by eric nyc on Dec 15, 2010 1:52 PM EST reply actions

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If Whitworth makes it, it’ll actually be such an informed vote that I may once again have confidence in the Pro Bowl selection process again.

For what it’s worth, Whitworth is rated as the second best left tackle in the NFL this year by PFF.

While it certainly hasn’t been Whit’s fault, the running game has been bad

True. However, the Bengals have run the football 91 times from the left guard out and averaging 4.4 yards/rush.

Carson has been getting knocked around in every game

Whitworth has only allowed three QB sacks. Jake Long has allowed three and Joe Thomas has allowed five.

Consider also that Whitworth has played in 912 snaps this year. Only two other left tackles have as many snaps, so Whit’s sample is much larger and production is steady.

Like I said, it’s an informed vote that has Whitworth on top. Remember, this is about individual awards, not team based.

Managing Editor at CincyJungle.com -- SB Nation Cincinnati Bengals blog.

by Josh Kirkendall on Dec 15, 2010 2:45 PM EST up reply actions

I understand the reasoning and I agree with it.

It’s just that’s almost NEVER how these things actually play out and it’s really strange to see them play out that way for a relatively unknown offensive lineman on one of the league’s worst teams who can’t even point to a flourishing rushing or passing attack to take some credit for.

by eric nyc on Dec 15, 2010 3:15 PM EST up reply actions