Dallas Clark finally makes a Pro Bowl

Colts get selected for the pro bowl….they won’t play.

They’ll be busy getting ready for the game a week later, right?

If a hypothetical CB had 0 INTs, 0 PD and 0 Tackles, but the receiver he was covering never caught a pass all season, he’d be an all-pro corner. Those stats would be a bit better if the number of times they were the target in pass coverage was included.

The case against Asomugha is that the Raiders have been shredded by #1 WRs despite a pass rush that isn’t half bad.

http://www.indystar.com/article/20091230/SPORTS03/912300360/Fuming-fans-give-Colts-president-an-earful

Alright, Dallas along with Mathis are probably my two favorite Colts not named Peyton. But it’s really hard to say that he deserved to make the pro bowl more than Gonzalez or Gates. I’ve watched him his entire career and almost had a seizure when he fractured his fibula his rookie season. And he definitely is one of the most exciting and trustworthy receivers in the league in my opinion. But the only season where you could honestly say he had a better season than the other two was last year’s. And Gates was playing injured pretty much the entire season. That’s pretty impressive. And Gonzalez being the only threat in the passing game for KC until Bowe got there is more a supporting argument for him than against him.

Dallas had a slightly better season than Owen Daniels. Daniels edged him on yards, but Dallas had 4 more TDs and 7 more receptions. But on the flipside, Gates had 2 more TDs than Dallas. In my opinion, receptions are a fluff stat as well. If that’s considered, Gates is having almost as good a year this season as Dallas as well. Dallas with 3 more TDs, Gates with about 100 more yards.

He honestly hasn’t been erroneously snubbed or anything. He just happened to be in the same conference as the best receiving TE in history and a sure first ballot HoFer in Gonzalez, and another TE who may be one of only a couple TEs that could challenge his stands and a probable HoFer in Gates too. It’d be kind of like Brees and Peyton both being in the AFC doing what they’re doing now season after season and the pro bowl only having two spots.

And like I said, I’m a HUGE Dallas fan. But I can’t take away from someone else just because a dude rocks my socks. Besides, Dallas will be a Pro Bowl staple from now on probably. Not to mention that he may never eclipse Gonzalez’s yards, but I think he’ll probably end up with the most TDs by a TE. The position is changing though. Not going to see the Ben Coates and Marcus Pollard’s of the world being considered insaneo receivers anymore.

http://espn.go.com/blog/afcwest/post/_/id/2902/gates-injury-plagued-08-a-blessing

I know you’re pro-Cushing, and so was I until I saw him play. I’m not sure if you saw significantly more games than I did, and being that you guys probably get more AFC South games you probably did, but when I did see him play I was shocked by how much he was playing like a rookie. I saw him get straight punked more than once by Chris Johnson. At one point Johnson literally went “You and Me, let’s go” and Cushing got ran over like he was a DB not a LB. I also witnessed more than one extremely stupid penalties by him. Maybe it was just the couple games I saw, but what I did see wasn’t as impressive as the stats were. Besides, even though he got ran over and was laying flat on his back while Johnson dragged him for 4 yards until breaking free, he probably got an assist on the tackle or something.

.. and that is a bit sad as a good tight end needs to be able to block as well as catch. There are a lot of stats here on catches. That is the flashy and easy thing to see. But what about the other phases of the game a tight end needs to do? How do gates and gonzalez compare there? I think in the TE debate that needs to be considered too… I still think Dilger was one of the best, and he was more of a blocker who could catch when needed. Unfortunately is the catching and TD’s that will always attract the attention

it goes by past records for every one.

LT did not get voted in this year. Even with 12 rushing TDs

this should just be an honorary thing with a vacation included, but the game itself is just stupid.

I think he’s having a better year. He only leads the NFL in Passing Yards. Sure Brady has more TDs but if you take out the 6 TD game against the Titans and the 4 TD game last week, then he has 18 TDs in 13 games.

at least one dallas is doin good

what metric you were using to say that DC has been better than TG and AG for years. I assume that you are not a big believer of efficiency stats for tight ends (e.g., Football Outsiders). It matters, since yards and catches depend on number of throws and other variables that the player can’t control.
According TE efficiency (and the cumulative DYAR stat), 2009 shows AG and DC neck and neck at 1 & 2 (TG at 6). Raw stats are mixed. Yards and YPC favor Gates; TDs and catches favor Clark.
2008, Clark well above AG, but below TG. Don’t know about Clark’s health, but Gates was recovering from a fairly serious toe issue.
2007, AG ranked 1st, TG at #3 and Clark at #10. Raw stats favor Gates and Gonzalez as well. Similar for 2006, TG at #1, Gates at #3, and DC at #5 (DC played only 11 games before injuring his knee, but his efficiency was already way lower than TG and similar to AG)
I agree that Dallas Clark deserves the pro bowl nod in 2009. Raw and efficiency stats back it up. But the stats don’t exactly suggest that he has been better than Tony Gonzalez and Antonio Gates for years. You can argue that Gates and Clark have similar production over the last few seasons, but TG especially before 2009 has had consistently better efficiency stats.