The website Pro Football Focus named their midseason all star teams for each division. Despite being a fairly pointless thing to do, it's a fairly fun thing to do. Pro Football Focus is a very interesting site. Their main endeavor is to numerically grade every player in the league. Even offensive linemen. This is a pretty incredible undertaking. Their only real handicap is that they have no way of knowing the responsibility of each player on each play. Pro Football Focus does a great job with what they have to work with.
Here's the All-NFC North Team as graded by Pro Football Focus:
Offense
QB Aaron Rodgers Packers
RB Adrian Peterson Vikings
FB Jerome Felton Vikings
TE Kyle Rudolph Vikings
WR Percy Harvin Vikings
Brandon Marshall Bears
T Matt Kalil Vikings
Phil Loadholt Vikings
G Rob Sims Lions
Josh Sitton Packers
C John Sullivan Vikings
Defense
DE Jared Allen Vikings
Brian Robison Vikings
DT Henry Melton Bears
Kevin Williams Vikings
LB Clay Matthews Packers
AJ Hawk Packers
Lance Briggs Bears
CB Charles Tillman Bears
Casey Hayward Packers
S Major Wright Bears
Morgan Burnett Packers
Special Teams
K Blair Walsh Vikings
P Tim Masthay Packers
KR Percy Harvin Vikings
ST Everson Griffen Vikings
You'd think that the Minnesota Vikings were running away with the division. Just goes to show how important steady quarterback play is to team success. Besides the very nice representation of the Vikings on this very prestigious team, the selection that really jumps out at me is the Packers' Casey Hayward as one of the corners. He's only a rookie. I haven't seen a lot of the Packers' games but whenever I tune in Hayward is making plays. Half way through his first NFL season and Hayward already looks like the real deal. Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway should be on this team.
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