Vikings Pro Bowl selections

[Vikergirl]

https://twitter.com/Vikings/status/12071...44258?s=19

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Let's see... Cousins has three more picks but otherwise better numbers across the board than Rodgers, but...  Whatever.... 

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And Kendricks is a tackling machine.  Diggs deserved it too.

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Popularity contest. Should NEVER be mentioned as a basis for HOF.

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@Caactorvike said:
And Kendricks is a tackling machine.  Diggs deserved it too.

Kendricks is definitely a snub...  I think he leads all LBs in pass break ups this season and has been playing at an elite level.  Best cover LB in the league.

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From the ESPN guys....

2. Eric Kendricks, LB, Minnesota Vikings. Minnesota's defense is enjoying yet another outstanding season under Mike Zimmer, but arguably its most impactful player missed the cut. Kendricks is 15th in the league in tackles and has made noise as both a pass-rusher (his nine pass rush wins are 13th-most among off-ball linebackers) and in coverage (his 12 passes defensed leads the position). Kendricks has also racked up a pair of forced fumbles and 4.5 tackles for loss while playing 97% of Minnesota's defensive snaps.

Jeremy Fowler, national NFL writer: Kirk Cousins is one of the league's most efficient quarterbacks, ranking second in the NFC in passer rating and completion percentage. He should have been in over Aaron Rodgers, whose numbers are inferior in several areas.

Kevin Seifert, national NFL writer: At the very least, I thought the word was out that Aaron Rodgers was having a season that was at best efficient but in no way accolade-worthy. I was wrong, and am reminded how reputation-based the Pro Bowl balloting system is. Rodgers' QBR ranks No. 17 in the NFL for a reason.

Seth Walder, sports analytics writer: The volume of undeserved reputational selections, such as Tyreek Hill, Jarvis Landry, Travis Frederick, Frank Clark, Geno Atkins, Darius Slay and Jalen Ramsey. But no pick stands out more than Aaron Rodgers, who has had middling production this season despite playing behind the league's best pass-blocking offensive line, making the NFC team over Prescott and Kirk Cousins.

Be nice to see Cousins (and the Vikings defense) prove to the world on Monday night why he should've been elected to the Pro Bowl over Rodgers.

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No Kendricks? 
No Cousins?

Shameful

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Kendricks and Cousins deserved it, Smith and Hunter do not, Smith has been invisible in pass coverage and Hunter has not shown up in big moments of the game, 1/3 of his stats are against Lions.

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@JR44 said:
Kendricks and Cousins deserved it, Smith and Hunter do not, Smith has been invisible in pass coverage and Hunter has not shown up in big moments of the game, 1/3 of his stats are against Lions.

Yeah, Hunter sucks. 

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That was a valid point folks. He's disappeared for entire halves. The caveat is that he's playing next to a replacement level player in Shamar.

The only Vikings Defender that has been impactful on a game by game basis is Kendricks.