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Orakpo named to Pro Bowl
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:11 pm
by RedskinsFreak
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.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:17 pm
by DEHog
Congrats well deserved!!
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:18 pm
by cleg
No London Fletcher - what a shame or is it sham?
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:22 pm
by Hoss
Congrats Orak!
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:22 pm
by Irn-Bru
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.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:30 pm
by redskindave
Congrats Brian, Very well deserved, what a nice rookie season
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:20 pm
by Jake
Brian definitely deserved this but London and Andre were screwed.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:39 pm
by PulpExposure
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.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 10:15 pm
by gibbsfan
congrats to rac for the pro bowl. where,s london.
oh well.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 10:16 pm
by Redskin in Canada
Congratulations BUT ...
Carlos Rogers was ROBBED !!!
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 10:38 pm
by Cappster
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.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:04 pm
by PulpExposure
Just saw
this:
Orakpo is the first Redskins rookie selected for the Pro Bowl in 31 years.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:50 pm
by andyjens89
Congrats to Orakpo, maybe next year he can make it as a DEFENSIVE END
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:09 am
by so.il.SKINSFAN
Well deserved & he's only gonna get better.
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 6:26 am
by UK Skins Fan
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?
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:41 am
by SkinsJock
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
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:29 am
by USAFSkinFan
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...
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:54 am
by PAPDOG67
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 1:06 pm
by JansenFan
Redskin in Canada wrote:Congratulations BUT ...
Carlos Rogers was ROBBED !!!
No, he wasn't robbed. He just dropped his wallet.
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:58 pm
by skinsfan#33
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:00 pm
by skinsfan#33
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!
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:39 pm
by Countertrey
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:51 pm
by Cappster
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
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 4:00 pm
by DEHog
And where is Frank with Jason' stats agruing he should have made the Pro Bowl
