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13 New York Players Make Pro Bowl

Even if New York is not represented at all in the Super Bowl this year, it certainly will be in the Pro Bowl. Talk about a downer.

13 total players from both the Giants and Jets have been selected to the meaningless post-Super Bowl scrimmage in Hawaii.

The Giants sent only one Pro Bowler last year in their Super Bowl season; this year they are sending six.

Offensive linemen Chris Snee and Shaun O'Hara will be there. Snee will start at guard, while O'Hara will be a reserve center.

Eli Manning made it to his first pro bowl as a backup quarterback. It marks the first time that both Eli and Peyton Manning will square off in the Pro Bowl, but if you ask both, they would rather square off in the Super Bowl.

Justin Tuck who has had a monster season at defensive end in place of Michael Strahan and Osi Umienyora, will be there as well. Punter Jeff Feagles and kicker John Carney will lead the NFC's special teams.

As for the Jets, they didn't send a single player to Hawaii last year, deservingly so since they went 4-12 last year. This year, the Jets are sending seven players to the game. This is the most Pro-Bowlers from a single team this season. That is pretty good for a team that may not even sniff the playoffs!

Brett Favre will be there. No suprise since the fans voted him in as soon as he annoucned his return in August. Even leading the NFL in interceptions was not enough to keep him from going to the Bowl.

Thomas Jones and Leon Washington will both go the Pro Bowl. Both players are deserving. Jones is leading the AFC in rushing and Washington is the best player on the Jets entire roster. Center Nick Mangold will finally make a Pro-Bowl appeareance.

Kris Jenkins makes it as the starting defensive tackle. He deserves it after a good first half. Joining Jenkins and Co. will be guard Alan Faneca and cornerback Darrell Revis.

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As for the other Pro Bowl representatives: Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner will start for the NFC. Warner has helped resurrect a once-shameful franchise and led them to the NFC West title. Vikings running back Adrian Peterson makes it to his second straight Pro Bowl after leading the NFL in rushing in 2008.

As for the AFC defense, nine of the 17 defensive players are from the top three defenses in the league. The Steelers, Ravens and Titans are placing three players each into the defensive lineup.

The dreadful game will be aired the week after the Super Bowl, on Februray 8; if you are bored and don't know what to do with yourself, watch it. It will be broadcast on NBC.
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