The NFL released its first batch of Pro Bowl voting totals Monday, and one New England Patriots player sits atop his respective position group.
Matthew Judon led all AFC outside linebackers in fan votes with 61,617, with Micah Parsons pacing the NFC with 63,612.
Judon’s prominent place in those rankings is no surprise. A Pro Bowler in each of the last three seasons, he’s in the midst of a career year, already setting a career high in sacks with 13 with six games still to play. The 30-year-old leads the NFL in that category — Parsons is second with 12 — and ranks third in quarterback hits (23), tied for eighth in tackles for loss (11) and fifth in total pressures (50), as tallied by Pro Football Focus.