Orakpo named to Pro Bowl

RedskinsFreak · Post by **RedskinsFreak** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:11 pm

Roster up at NFL.com:

http://www.nfl.com/probowl/story?id=090 ... nfirm=true

No mention yet of who might be alternates. This year, Super Bowl teams won't have their players in the Pro Bowl, which will bring more alternates into play in addition to the usual collection of sick-outs and beg-outs.

DEHog · Post by **DEHog** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:17 pm

Congrats well deserved!!

cleg · Post by **cleg** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:18 pm

No London Fletcher - what a shame or is it sham?

Hoss · Post by **Hoss** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:22 pm

Congrats Orak!

Irn-Bru · Post by **Irn-Bru** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:22 pm

cleg wrote:No London Fletcher - what a shame or is it sham?

The sham was the last 8 or so years when he didn't make it despite deserving it. Hard to make the case that he clearly belonged this year, even though he is nevertheless one of our team's most valuable players.

redskindave · Post by **redskindave** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:30 pm

Congrats Brian, Very well deserved, what a nice rookie season

Jake · Post by **Jake** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:20 pm

Brian definitely deserved this but London and Andre were screwed.

PulpExposure · Post by **PulpExposure** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:39 pm

Great to hear it! And that means that he got the coaches/players votes, since last time I checked he was way behind in the fan voting.

gibbsfan · Post by **gibbsfan** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 10:15 pm

congrats to rac for the pro bowl. where,s london.

oh well.

Redskin in Canada · Post by **Redskin in Canada** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 10:16 pm

Congratulations BUT ...

Carlos Rogers was ROBBED !!!

ROTFALMAO

Cappster · Post by **Cappster** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 10:38 pm

Congrats #98. He was the player I wanted to see succeed the most ever since I saw his piece on the espn special that they had before the draft.

PulpExposure · Post by **PulpExposure** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:04 pm

Just saw this:

Orakpo is the first Redskins rookie selected for the Pro Bowl in 31 years.

andyjens89 · Post by **andyjens89** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:50 pm

Congrats to Orakpo, maybe next year he can make it as a DEFENSIVE END

so.il.SKINSFAN · Post by **so.il.SKINSFAN** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:09 am

Well deserved & he's only gonna get better.

UK Skins Fan · Post by **UK Skins Fan** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 6:26 am

Well done to Orakpo, but the whole Pro Bowl thing is still a joke. Fletcher and Carter are just as deserving as Orakpo, in my opinion. And the absence of Haynesworth also suggests something smelly going on. I don't believe that his play has dropped off at all from his time with the Titans, and his impact on Carter and Orakpo's stats is obvious.

Suddenly, from being the best defensive tackle in the game, he isn't even one of the top three in the NFC?

SkinsJock · Post by **SkinsJock** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:41 am

Jake wrote:Brian definitely deserved this but London and Andre were screwed.

Big congrats to Brian but the Pro Bowl is a sham and IMO the media should be exposing the issues with a lot more force

For Brady to miss out in 2006 should have been the death knell for this BS - AND for London Fletcher to miss out on all those years when he truly should have been included just makes me mad

I really think that this group is just a great collection of NFL players but it has lost a lot if not all of it's credibility

I have not (since 2007) and will not watch this made for TV reality show using NFL athletes

USAFSkinFan · Post by **USAFSkinFan** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:29 am

I'm sorry, I love Orakpo, but he was voted in as a linebacker. He was not a top 3 linebacker in the NFC. Every play he made was as a DE not as a linebacker. I know they haven't figured out how to deal with these hybrid DE/LBs, but I could see where one of these OLBs with 100 tackles, a couple INTs, a couple FFs, and a couple sacks would be upset about Orakpo going as an OLB...

I'm happy for him, and I'm a homer like anybody, but when I think Redskin Pro Bowl Linebacker, I think Fletcher...

PAPDOG67 · Post by **PAPDOG67** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:54 am

The fact that Jason Witten made it at TE over the likes of Tony Gonzalez and Brent Celek shows that the pro bowl is a joke.

JansenFan · Post by **JansenFan** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 1:06 pm

Redskin in Canada wrote:Congratulations BUT ...

Carlos Rogers was ROBBED !!!

No, he wasn't robbed. He just dropped his wallet.

skinsfan#33 · Post by **skinsfan#33** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:58 pm

Jake wrote:Brian definitely deserved this but London and Andre were screwed.

Congrats to Orakpo!

Carter was definately screwed. #1 DE in the NFL in Tackles and #5 in Sacks! No DE had a better year than Carter.

Sorry but London didn't deserve to go to the Probowl. The players selected were beter.

skinsfan#33 · Post by **skinsfan#33** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:00 pm

Redskin in Canada wrote:Congratulations BUT ...

Carlos Rogers was ROBBED !!!

No. I heard they threw him an invite and he dropped it! They tossed him another, but he was burnt on a double move!

Countertrey · Post by **Countertrey** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:39 pm

skinsfan#33 wrote:
Redskin in Canada wrote:Congratulations BUT ...

Carlos Rogers was ROBBED !!!

No. I heard they threw him an invite and he dropped it! They tossed him another, but he was burnt on a double move!

That's not fair... he thought he had help deep.

Cappster · Post by **Cappster** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:51 pm

skinsfan#33 wrote:
Redskin in Canada wrote:Congratulations BUT ...

Carlos Rogers was ROBBED !!!

No. I heard they threw him an invite and he dropped it! They tossed him another, but he was burnt on a double move!

That is Hilarious

DEHog · Post by **DEHog** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 4:00 pm

And where is Frank with Jason' stats agruing he should have made the Pro Bowl :whistle: