Today is the final day for fans to vote for the Pro Bowl, with the players officially being announced on Tuesday, December 23 on NFL Network. You can vote on the league’s website.
Below are the top 10 overall vote-getters as of last Wednesday (courtesy of NFL.com):
1. Peyton Manning, QB, Denver Broncos: 789,608
2. Aaron Rodgers, QB, Green Bay Packers: 760,130
3. Tom Brady, QB, New England Patriots: 659,677
4. Andrew Luck, QB, Indianapolis Colts: 653,305
5. DeMarco Murray, RB, Dallas Cowboys: 624,196
6. Le’Veon Bell, RB, Pittsburgh Steelers: 518,872
7. Antonio Brown, WR, Pittsburgh Steelers: 491, 301
8. Jordy Nelson, WR, Green Bay Packers: 485,614
9. Marshawn Lynch, RB, Seattle Seahawks: 480,528
10. Rob Gronkowski, TE, New England Patriots: 446,000
You can also see who are the top 10 vote-getters at both each offensive and defensive positions. As for the game, which will be played on January 25, 2015 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, the site of the Super Bowl, the league will experiment with changing the width of space between the goalposts, something they haven’t changed in over 90 years, according to Fox NFL Insider Jay Glazer (h/t to Yahoo! Sports’ Jay Busbee).
Fans expressed their thoughts on the news.
https://twitter.com/packfansince89/status/544182653822701568
https://twitter.com/RandallHandle/status/544571820352237568
https://twitter.com/samm_cacciatore/status/544182229698899968
Last February, New York Jets kicker Nick Folk suggested making extra points harder by having two goalposts only 9 feet apart, but keeping the uprights the same (via CBSSport.com’s John Breech). While the NFL has always tried to look at changing the game in whatever way possible to make it more exciting, this may be a tough sell to both players and fans, as field goals still play a big part between a team winning and losing a game, cutting more than a quarter of the space between the goalposts could be a drastic change.
Along with watching the best players in the league compete against each other, seeing how this new wrinkle effects game plans and kickers is also something to watch in this year’s Pro Bowl.
