Gronk, Welker Named To All-Pro Team

[NEP4Life]

Highest honors!

BostonHerald.com - Blogs: Rap Sheet» Blog Archive » Two Patriots named to the NFL All-Pro team… bet you can guess ‘em

 

[JJDChE]

I think we all saw that coming.

What no Meriweather?

 

[Haley]

Very cool!

Does make you kind of feel for Hernandez, now living in the shadow of his former nemesis. Maybe next year...

 

[Rob0729]

Should have read this thread before I tweeted OchoCinco congratulating him for his All Pro Team berth.

 

[Fencer]

Congrats to them!!

And I've said in other threads, Brady it throwing to two of the top receivers in the game, plus a third guy that had a number of commentators saying he should be a Pro Bowler. The competitors for #4 receiver include two guys who have been very good receivers in the past.

Also, all five of the Pats' putative when-healthy OL starters have gotten Pro Bowl or All-Pro recognition at some point in their careers, most of them pretty recently.

I'd guess there aren't a lot of teams in the league that can match the Pats for overall non-QB offensive talent.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

Also, Logan Mankins(!) and Vince Wilfork were named to the All-Pro Second Team.

 

[celticboy04]

Greetings,
Congrats to them both, I think Brian Waters should have at least made the second team All-Pro. In my opinion he had a better year than Mankins.

Celticboy04

 

[ctpatsfan77]

Mankins got 10 votes . . . Waters got 5.

Welker got 23(!) of 50 votes, second behind Calvin Johnson's 49.

GRONK got 44.5; Jimmy Graham got the other 5.5. Those six voters should watch out for GRONK spikes.

 

[brdmaverick]

GRONK got 44.5; Jimmy Graham got the other 5.5. Those six voters should watch out for GRONK spikes.

While I agree with the outcome I am still surprised by it. I figured Graham would have gathered more national recognition.

 

[NEP4Life]

After further investigation, I've learned that the All-Pro team is voted on exclusively by mediots.

Isn't there some kind of NFL all-pro team voted on solely by players and coaches?

 

[ctpatsfan77]

After further investigation, I've learned that the All-Pro team is voted on exclusively by mediots.

Isn't there some kind of NFL all-pro team voted on solely by players and coaches?

The closest you'll get is the Sporting News team, voted on by coaches and NFL execs.