“Making first-team All-Pro is a greater honor than making the Pro Bowl. Only 28 players make first-team All-Pro, while 86 players are chosen to the Pro Bowl even before late replacements are added. And All-Pro voters, while they don’t get it right every time, have fewer biases and personal connections to players than do the fans, players, and coaches who vote for the Pro Bowl,” Michael Smith, Pro Football Talk. Well, that was the reality for New Orleans Saints’ stud linebacker.
Therefore, making the All-Pro list, especially the first-team, means more than the Pro-Bowl. When a player makes the All-Pro team but not the Pro Bowl team, it’s the fans that miss out.