After all of the Pro Bowl ballots were counted, the Minnesota Vikings had modest representation in the annual all-star game.
Dalvin Cook, RB
Danielle Hunter, DE
Harrison Smith, S
There were some snubs. Linebacker Eric Kendricks and safety Anthony Harris were two of the most deserving players in the NFC. Receiver Stefon Diggs also played at a Pro Bowl level. It happens. Sometimes it takes 2-3 Pro Bowl-deserving seasons to make it the first time. Since the league moved the Pro Bowl from the Sunday after the Super Bowl to the Sunday before it, roster replacements have become routine. By the time the game is played, the teams that actually step on the field look nothing like the teams that were selected. Players playing in the Super Bowl obviously bow out of the Pro Bowl. Players still sore from losing a Conference Championship game sometimes bow out of playing in an extra exhibition game. Injuries might keep several more players from the game. All of that leaves a bunch of last minute replacement additions to the respective Pro Bowl rosters. The Vikings had an additional five players added to the NFC roster.
Kirk Cousins, QB
C.J. Ham, FB
Everson Griffen, DE
Eric Kendricks, LB
Xavier Rhodes, CB
Kirk Cousins is replacing Packers QB Aaron Rodgers
C.J. Ham is replacing 49ers FB Kyle Juszczyk
Everson Griffen is replacing 49ers DE Nick Bosa
Eric Kendricks is replacing Seahawks LB Bobby Wagner
Xavier Rhodes is replacing 49ers CB Richard Sherman
Kendricks and Cousins deserved to make it over the players that they are replacing. Griffen and Ham are deserving of replacing the players that they are replacing. If this were the 2017 Pro Bowl, Rhodes would be very deserving of a place on the roster. His play throughout the 2019 season was nowhere near Pro Bowl quality, or even Pro Bowl replacement quality. There are at least a dozen corners that are more deserving of replacing Sherman.
The Vikings now have 8 players in the Pro Bowl. Congratulations to the Vikings 8 Pro Bowl players. Anthony Harris and Stefon Diggs remain Pro Bowl snubs.
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