Pro Bowl 2011: 2011 Pro Bowl Roster

Pro Bowl 2011 and 2011 Pro Bowl Roster: The National Football League has announced on Tuesday three chiefs for 2011 Pro Bowl Season.

WR Dwayne Bowe, RB Jamaal Charles, and G Brian Waters are Kansas City Chiefs for AFC-NFC Pro Bowl season. The Pro Bowl will play in Honolulu at Aloha Stadium in Hawaii on Sunday, January 30, 2011. This AFC-NFC Pro Bowl season will make Brian Waters fifth Pro Bowl invitation, whereas Jamaal Charles, Dwayne Bowe are selected for first time. Michael Vick and Tom Brady are the stunning players in the NFL for this Season made big impression. Vick has been selected by coaches, NFL players, and fans in league wide vote.

The AFC has been leading with Quarterback Tom Brady league’s top passer and other six Pro Bowlers. Dallas, Green Bay, and Baltimore also had five players voted on Tuesday. Eagles had four players who had selected. Pittsburgh player selected center Maurkice Pouncey made AFC squad. Ravens team selected as the AFC Pro Bowl team in 2010.

Tony Gonzales is selected for the 12th time for the NFL 2011 Pro Bowl; he defeated Jason Witten of the Dallas Cowboys, Vernon Davis of the San Francisco for the first place in the Pro Bowl.

Chris Johnson snubbed from Pro Bowl roster, Maurkice Pouncey in

Kansas City Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles (R) is congratulated by Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson after the Chiefs' win in their NFL football game in Kansas City, Missouri December 26, 2010. REUTERS/Dave Kaup

Last season, Chris Johnson was a viable NFL MVP candidate. This season, he is a candidon’t.

Fans snubbed Orlando native and Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson from the 2011 Pro Bowl voting. So far this season, Johnson collected 1,325 yards on 296 carries and 11 touchdowns. Johnson, who is in his third NFL season, became just the sixth man in NFL history to rush for over 2,000 yards last season joining Eric Dickerson, Jamal Lewis, Barry Sanders, Terrell Davis and O.J. Simpson.

Chris Johnson was also voted the Associated Press Offensive player of the year over Super Bowl champion quarterback Drew Brees last season.

AFC running backs who did make the cut include Jacksonville Jaguars’ Maurice Jones-Drew, Houston Texans’ Arian Foster and Kansas City’s Jamaal Charles.

Other Pro Bowl roster picks with Central Florida ties: Pittsburgh Steelers and former Florida Gators center Maurkice Pouncey and former UCF and current Philadelphia Eagles defensive back Asante Samuel.

Statistically speaking, Chris Johnson had a slightly better rushing year than Maurice Jones-Drew. He is currently the third leading rusher in the NFL behind Foster and Charles and has six more touchdowns this season than Jones-Drew. However, Jones-Drew was more of a double threat netting 317 receiving yards to Johnson’s 194.

Chris Johnson made a pretty bold statement earlier this year saying he wanted to break Eric Dickerson’s single season rushing record. He still had a good, not historic season in 2010, but did his words perhaps hurt him in the Pro Bowl voting?

Pro Bowl Rosters: Aaron Rodgers, Matt Cassel the Biggest Offensive Omissions

Every year the Pro Bowl rosters come out and every year we absolutely love to complain about the players that didn't make it and should have.

All in all, the rosters are quite good this year. Some players, like Peyton Manning, made the cut solely on reputation and not based on their performance, but overall the choices are quite good.

That is not to say that they are without any glaring omissions.

Aaron Rodgers, for example, should absolutely be on the team, but he isn't.

Four More Raiders Could Make Pro Bowl Roster

There was reason for rejoicing across Raider Nation Tuesday. NFL Pro Bowl rosters were announced, and three Oakland Raiders were named to the AFC roster.

There was reason for bitching and complaining across Raider Nation Tuesday, too. Darren McFadden didn’t make it despite more than 1,600 yards rushing and receiving, Sebastian Janikowski didn’t make it despite tying the Raiders single-season scoring record, and Jacoby Ford didn’t make it despite breaking the Raiders single-season kickoff returns for a touchdown record.

But four of those wrongs can still be righted. Raiders.com announced that McFadden, Janikowski, defensive tackle Tommy Kelly, and tight end Zach Miller were announced as Pro Bowl alternates. Each of them could still make the Pro Bowl roster if one of the primary roster players is injured or withdraws.

With the Super Bowl being played the week before the Super Bowl again this season, larger numbers of players should be expected to withdraw.

Joe Kukura is a freelance writer who is now officially rooting for Baltimore to make the Super Bowl because then three Raiders (McFadden, Janikowski, and Kelly) would be automatically added via Baltimore withdrawals.