Pro Bowl Snubs Cook, Hunter, Smith Yog Qhov Tseem Ceeb Rau Cov Caij Nyoog Rau Vikings

Pro Bowl yog tsis muaj dab tsi tshwm sim hauv NFL, thiab tau muaj ntau xyoo. Thaum lwm cov koom haum kis las tshaj lij tau hloov lawv All-Star Games rau hauv cov xwm txheej loj - tshwj xeeb tshaj yog Major League Baseball - NFL paub tias nws kho tsis tau Pro Bowl.

Lawv tau sim kom tus thawj coj xaiv pawg thiab tig mus rau hauv kev ua si ncaws pob, tab sis tsis muaj dab tsi ua haujlwm. Txawm li cas los xij, lub npe rau Pro Bowl tseem yog qhov tseem ceeb. Tsis txhob hnov ​​​​qab txog daim ntawv cog lus ntxiv uas ntau tus neeg ua si tau txais rau Pro Bowl raws li txoj cai. Tsuas yog lees paub los ntawm ib tus phooj ywg, cov kws qhia thiab cov kiv cua tseem yog qhov tseem ceeb.

Minnesota Vikings tau tuav lub npe NFC North thiab tau muaj ib lub caij nco txog ntawm txhua pab pawg hauv pab koomtes. Lawv cov ntaub ntawv 11-3 yuav qhia tias lawv muaj pab pawg neeg tseem ceeb, tab sis lawv qhov ntxiv-2 qhov sib txawv qhia txog ntau yam sib txawv, ib yam li lawv qhov qeb duas 32 hauv yards tso cai.

Kev tiv thaiv yog muab 399.2 yards rau ib qho kev ua si, uas yog ntau dua 113 yards phem dua rau ib qho kev ua si tshaj li qhov zoo tshaj plaws hauv San Francisco 49ers. Yog li, tsis muaj leej twg paub tseeb tias Vikings zoo npaum li cas nrog lub caij ze nws qhov kawg.

Tsib Vikings tau raug xaiv rau Pro Bowl lub lim tiam no, tab sis tsuas yog ib qho yog qhov tsis muaj hlwb. Justin Jefferson tuaj yeem yog tus neeg txais txiaj ntsig zoo tshaj plaws hauv NFL, tau ua rau lub caij zoo tshaj plaws hauv qhov tsis tuaj yeem rov qab los yeej dhau ntawm Buffalo Bills thiab muab tso ua ke ua yeeb yam ci ntsa iab tsis tu ncua. Jefferson muaj 111-1,623-7 stat kab, thiab thaum lub caij ua tiav, nws tuaj yeem dhau los ua NFL tus thawj coj txhua lub sijhawm ib zaug tau txais yardage. Tus tuav ntaub ntawv yog Jerry Rice, uas muaj 1,848 tau txais yards hauv 1995, thiab tsis muaj kev sib tw raws li NFL tus txais txiaj ntsig zoo tshaj plaws.

Quarterback Kirk Cousins ​​tau ua nws plaub Pro Bowl, tab sis qhov no tsis tau kos npe rau lub caij nyoog rau Vikings quarterback. Cov kwv tij tau ua tiav 355 ntawm 544 kis rau 3,818 yards nrog 24 TDs thiab 11 kev cuam tshuam. Lub quarterback tau muaj feem pua ​​​​ua tiav ntau dua thiab muaj kev cuam tshuam tsawg dua hauv lub caij dhau los, tab sis Vikings tau yeej nrog qhov tsis tu ncua hauv 2022, thiab qhov no feem ntau yog vim li cas nws tau raug xaiv tsa.

Tight kawg TJ Hockenson tau ua nws, tab sis nws tau tsim ntau yam ntawm nws lub koob npe nrov raws li tus neeg txais kev pom zoo nrog Detroit Lions. Nws tau muaj kev cuam tshuam zoo rau Vikings, tab sis nws tau ua pov thawj nws tus kheej nrog Lions ua ntej tuaj rau Vikings.

Nyob rau sab tiv thaiv, lawv qhov 32 qeb duas ntawm kev tiv thaiv yuav txwv tsis pub muaj ntau yam kev qhuas, tab sis OLB Za'Darius Smith tau ua nws thawj xyoo nrog Vikings. Hauv kev muaj tiag, nws tau yog lub caij nce-thiab-down rau ex-Packer lub hnub qub. Smith muaj qee tus lej zoo nrog 10 sackles, 15 tackles rau poob, 5 hla kev tiv thaiv, 1 yuam fumble thiab 1 fumble rov qab. Txawm li cas los xij, feem ntau ntawm nws qhov kev puas tsuaj tau ua tiav thaum ntxov hauv lub xyoo, vim nws tsuas muaj 1.5 lub hnab hauv xya qhov kev ua si dhau los.

Credit ntev snapper Andrew DePaola rau kev ua pab pawg thiab. Ntev snapping yog ib qho kev txawj ntse tshaj plaws hauv NFL, thiab DePaola yog qhov tsis tu ncua.

Tab sis cov neeg ua si uas ua tsis tau rau Pro Bowl yuav yog qhov tseem ceeb dua. Khiav rov qab Dalvin Cook, linebacker Danielle Hunter thiab kev nyab xeeb Harrison Smith tau snubbed. Cook thiab Hunter yog Pro Bowl alternates, tab sis qhov ntawd tsis muaj teeb meem tiag tiag.

Qhov kev xav nyob ib puag ncig NFL yog tias tag nrho peb qhov kev poob siab. Cook tuaj rau hauv lub caij lees paub tias yog ib qho ntawm peb qhov kev khiav rov qab hauv pab koomtes. Nws yeej muaj ob peb lub sijhawm tseem ceeb rau xyoo no - suav nrog 64-yard TD txais tos ntawm lub vijtsam dhau los uas tau tso cai rau Vikings khi cov qhab nia hauv lawv cov ntaub ntawv teev 39-36 rov qab los yeej dhau Indianapolis Colts - tab sis nws 1,045 rushing yards thiab 4.5 yards ib nqa tsis suav hais tias tsim nyog.

Hunter yog ib qho ntawm NFL qhov kev sib tw zoo tshaj plaws hauv 2018 thiab 2019 thaum nws muaj 14.5 hnab hauv txhua lub caij. Kev raug mob txwv tsis pub nws mus txuas ntxiv ntawm txoj kev ntawd xyoo 2020 thiab 2021, tab sis nws tau noj qab nyob zoo xyoo no. Nws tsis tau yog tus neeg uas ua ntawv nws yog, yam tsawg kawg ntawm kev tsim khoom. Hunter muaj 55 tackles, 8.5 sackles thiab 12 tackles rau poob, tab sis tsuas yog 2.5 sackles nyob rau hauv 5 qhov kev ua si kawg.

Tej zaum qhov laj thawj rau kev poob qis yog tus kws saib xyuas kev tiv thaiv Ed Donatell's vanilla scheme, tab sis qhov ntawd tsuas yog kev zam txim xwb. Hunter tsis yog tus neeg uas ua ntawv nws yog.

Smith tau plam 2 qhov kev ua si vim raug mob, tab sis nws tseem muaj 77 tackles, 10 hla kev tiv thaiv, 5 kev cuam tshuam thiab 1 yuam fumble. Txoj kev ntseeg ntawm no yog tias Smith yuav yog tus txhawb nqa yog tias Vikings tuaj yeem thim rov qab daim ntawv tiv thaiv hauv 3 qhov kev ua si zaum kawg ntawm lub caij tsis tu ncua thiab hauv kev ua si.

Tus neeg muaj hnub nyoog 33 xyoos tuaj yeem kuaj xyuas qhov kev tawm tsam kev ua txhaum cai li cas nrog rau kev nyab xeeb hauv NFL, thiab Donatell yuav tsum ua kom zoo dua.

Smith yuav tsis yog Pro Bowler hauv 2022 - lossis txawm tias lwm qhov - tab sis nws yuav yog tus yuam sij rau kev txhim kho kev tiv thaiv kev ua haujlwm ntxiv.