Pro Bowl honors

Congratulations to Rams defensive linemen Robert Quinn and Aaron Donald for their selection to the 2015 Pro Bowl. Teams will be selected by captains Michael Irvin and Cris Carter on January 21st for the game on January 25th.

What a dreadful uniform!
(Wikipedia)

Quinn will play in his 2nd Pro Bowl even though he's going to fall pretty short of his numbers from last year:

2014 (15 games) 45 tackles, 10.5 sacks, 6 passes defended, 5 forced fumbles.

2013 - 57 tackles, 19 sacks, 1 pass defended, 7 forced fumbles, 2 fumble recoveries, 1 TD.

Quinn's not in the top ten in sacks among all players, but he is tied for fifth among 4-3 DEs (with Jason Pierre-Paul, who was not selected for the Pro Bowl).

New York Post

Aaron Donald became the first Rams rookie in 22 years (Jerome Bettis, 1993) to be named to a Pro Bowl. He has 40 tackles, 8 sacks, a forced fumble and a pass defense in 15 weeks. He's also been the #1 defensive tackle most of the season according to Pro Football Focus. That's all tackles, not just rookies, because of Donald's excellent run defense.

Congratulations to both players. I frankly wasn't expecting any Ram to make the Pro Bowl on the first crack. I thought the Rams' best chance would be Johnny Hekker, who isn't making the game this year. Both punters selected beat him in both net and gross punting yards, so at least he didn't get ripped off.

Two other Rams are Pro Bowl alternates. One is Tavon Austin, I assume as the punt returner. Devin Hester and Darren Sproles were picked for the game. The other alternate is proof something is seriously wrong with Pro Bowl voting:

Janoris Jenkins?

Seriously? Janoris Jenkins has a chance to play in a Pro Bowl? Who voted for him, besides all the league receivers?

I'm sitting here wishing Jenkins weren't in the Rams secondary half the time, so I have no idea.

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