Greg Jennings On His First Trip To The Pro Bowl

by Brandon on Jan 26, 2012 8:57 PM CST in Green Bay Packers News

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Greg Jennings Quite a experience bein n Hawaii 4 my 1st Pro Bowl experience.Nothin like being n the SB,but many players dont get a chance 2c this.Thankful
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I hadn't really thought it that this is the first time Green Bay Packers WR Greg Jennings has actually played in a Pro Bowl. He made it last season, but he went onto play in the Super Bowl instead. Has he been overlooked in the past?

I think the short answer is: no. While he was good enough in 2007, he was the 3rd best WR in the NFC according to Football Outsiders, it's understandable that he was overlooked in his breakout season. He was on the bubble in 2008 and 2009. He was good, but his touchdown receptions dropped (12 in 2007, 13 in 2008 and 2009 combined) and that was probably enough to keep him home. His numbers dipped slightly in 2011, but he also missed 3 games.

Looking back over his past five seasons, they've actually been remarkably consistent. There's an argument to be made that he didn't deserve it this season, but he was ranked about the same in 2011 by Football Outsiders as he was in 2008 and 2009, so he was probably snubbed in one of those years. And in the end, what does it matter. It's just a good time for the players, and a headache for the teams because the players will now ask for more money according to Andrew Brandt.

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Jordy is more of a snub this year than Greg was in ’07

by LAL32 on Jan 26, 2012 10:57 PM CST reply actions

i agree

He was 3rd in the league in TD’s this year, how does he not get in?

by gunslinger on Jan 27, 2012 11:11 AM CST up reply actions

He caught 71% of the balls thrown towards him (only 5 other players had that catch rate: Hines, Welker, Colston, L. Moore, Harvin), 2nd most TDs as you said (1 behind #1 Megatron), had only 68 recs which was tied for 31st in the league, and still had 1263 yards (9th) which equates to 18.6 yards per reception (top 5).

by LAL32 on Jan 27, 2012 5:42 PM CST up reply actions

(2nd in TDs by WRs, 3rd overall)

by LAL32 on Jan 27, 2012 5:43 PM CST up reply actions

not all that shocking

I don’t get all the whining about Nelson. Honestly, the one that probably would have been out to put Nelson in would have been Jennings. Smith had a great season, Fitz is one of the premier WRs in the league.

Here are some reasons (IMO):
He was an unknown to most of the league going into the season.
He’s on a team filled with very good players.
No one knew if he was going be consistent all year (including me)…pro bowl voting wraps up well before the season is done.
He has to compete with names like Fitzgerald, Jennings, Smith, etc.

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by TrevorR on Jan 30, 2012 7:33 AM CST up reply actions

and the last reason is…who freakin cares. Its the pro bowl, its pointless. everyone knows its a joke.

The Green Bay Packers...Putting bad coaches out of their misery since 2010

by TrevorR on Jan 30, 2012 7:34 AM CST up reply actions

Players care about being named

Even if they don’t care about playing the game… Most have big bonus’s tied to Pro Bowl selections, beyond the money they get for participating and the free family vacation to Hawaii.

Its been 15-20 yrs since I bothered to pay attetion to the game itself.

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by Strohman on Jan 30, 2012 11:01 AM CST up reply actions

20 years

That’s about how long it’s been since I attended my only Pro Bowl.

February, 1991.
That was the season that Bo Jackson, a year removed from being the MVP of the MLB All-Star Game, finally got selected for the Pro Bowl and, more than anything else, that was what I was really looking forward to getting to see.
That, and seeing the Packers’ lone representative that year, Sterling Sharpe.

But, alas, that was also the year that Bo suffered his football career ending injury, in the playoffs a few weeks earlier.

On the other hand, it was, arguably, the most exciting game in the series.

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but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence."

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by NorthStarr on Jan 30, 2012 10:11 PM CST up reply actions

yeah I understand that point.

It is interesting to see how little turnover there was in players this year after what we saw when the Pro Bowl was in the same place as the Super Bowl (remember when Garrard made the pro blow a few years ago as like a 7th replacement player?)

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by TrevorR on Jan 31, 2012 12:34 PM CST up reply actions