As you probably know, the Cowboys will send eleven players to the Pro Bowl this season, tying a franchise record set in 1993 and 1994. Here are the players:
Terrell Owens, WR
Flozell Adams, T
Jason Witten, TE
DeMarcus Ware, LB
Andre Gurode, C
Leonard Davis, G
Nick Folk, K
Tony Romo, QB
Marion Barber, RB
Ken Hamlin, S
Terence Newman, CB
First-Alternates:
Roy Williams, S
Greg Ellis, LB
Keith Davis, ST
Mat McBriar, P
In franchise history, the Cowboys have had ten or more players make the Pro Bowl following four other seasons, including 1967, 1993, 1994, and 1995. Below is a list of the total number of Pro Bowlers per season, according to my addition from pro-football-reference.com.
1960 – 1
1961 – 2
1962 – 5
1963 – 3
1964 – 2
1965 – 6
1966 – 9
1967 – 10
1968 – 8
1969 – 8
1970 – 3
1971 – 8
1972 – 7
1973 – 6
1974 – 7
1975 – 3
1976 – 8
1977 – 8
1978 – 9
1979 – 8
1980 – 4
1981 – 7
1982 – 7
1983 – 5
1984 – 3
1985 – 4
1986 – 0
1987 – 1
1988 – 1
1989 – 0
1990 – 1
1991 – 4
1992 – 6
1993 – 11
1994 – 11
1995 – 10
1996 – 9
1997 – 4
1998 – 6
1999 – 5
2000 – 1
2001 – 2
2002 – 1
2003 – 5
2004 – 5
2005 – 4
2006 – 7
2007 – 11
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Pigskin Pick’em
What an awful week on the Pigskin Pick’em front. I missed the Thursday and Saturday night picks, then decided that the favorites might fare pretty well. Instead, only five of the favorites that I picked covered, and the one underdog that I took (Buffalo) was shut out.
Week 15: 5/16
Season: 113/224
Average: 108.3/224
Best: 140/224
Beginning to the End?????
“Romo had the worst performance of his career last Sunday, as his new love interest Jessica Simpson watched with a Romo jersey on, at the stadium in person for the first time.
Owens stated that “Right now, Jessica Simpson is not a fan favorite – in this locker room or in Texas Stadium.”
I knew couldn’t go though an entire season without Drama.
11 Cowboys in the Pro Bowl and all they talk about is Jessica Simpson…
Tony Romo Fan! Chris
I was willing to give Owens a bit of slack last week with the comments about Keyshawn, given how good Owens has been this year, but now it’s becoming absurd again. Jessica Simpson had nothing to do with Owens dropping the ball, either in the Eagles game or in the Lions game.
You know by know that Owens was totally joking, right? The only thing absurd is the continued misleading media hype. As Spags says, “filter, filter, filter.”
Does your list include alternates who ended up getting into the Pro Bowl because of injury, or just the initial number voted in? With 4 first alternates, there’s a good chance of getting another guy in to make 12! I hope either Peterson or Briggs pulls out so Greg Ellis can get in.
I went by the number listed on pro-football-reference.com, and I don’t think that this includes alternates. I am also pulling for Ellis to make it.