In his first year since putting on NFL jersey, the Minnesota Vikings rookie wide receiver Percy Harvin made it to his first Pro Bowl game, and he himself becomes the Vikings’ second kick returner to make the Pro Bowl NFC team, joining Koren Robinson, who played as kick returner in NFC in 2005.
Harvin was added to the NFC roster on Monday by the NFL, and his joining made the Vikings stretch a league-high total of Pro Bowl players to nine. Harvin was added later than other Pro Bowl players because the position was taken previously by the Philadelphia Eagles DeSean Jackson, who occupied bother wide receiver and kick returner in the NFC team before the league made a decision on who could fill the spot.
Jackson received the least voting points for the kick returner spot, and the league used his team at the spot and planned to find a best player to fill the void. The player turned out to be Harvin, who returned two kickoffs for touchdowns and finished fourth in the NFL with an average of 27.5 yards per return as well as set Minnesota’s single-season franchise record for all-purpose yardage.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Regretful or not, not one represent Bengals in Pro Bowl AFC team
Three of the four AFC division champions each have more than one representative in AFC team to play the Pro Bowl game. Only the AFC North champion, the Cincinnati Bengals, has no player picked for the all-star game, for the second straight year, joining the 3-12 Kansas City Chiefs to be the only AFC teams not represented this season.
“I don’t even know what to think about it,” said running back Cedric Benson, representing most of those in Bengals jersey. “That was a bit surprising. There’s been a lot of great plays made, a lot of guys have played consistent for us to be where we are, winning our division. So I don’t know. I can’t put my finger on it. I know sometimes it tends to be the known names in the league get in that thing. That’s all right. We still have a chance to get to the Super Bowl.”
The Bengals originally thought someone from their defense, like cornerbacks Johnathan Joseph and Leon Hall, would get chosen as the team has given up the fifth-fewest points in the league and ranks fourth in yards allowed. All got disappointed.
“I don’t even know what to think about it,” said running back Cedric Benson, representing most of those in Bengals jersey. “That was a bit surprising. There’s been a lot of great plays made, a lot of guys have played consistent for us to be where we are, winning our division. So I don’t know. I can’t put my finger on it. I know sometimes it tends to be the known names in the league get in that thing. That’s all right. We still have a chance to get to the Super Bowl.”
The Bengals originally thought someone from their defense, like cornerbacks Johnathan Joseph and Leon Hall, would get chosen as the team has given up the fifth-fewest points in the league and ranks fourth in yards allowed. All got disappointed.
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