One of the most impressive things about the fact that the Pittsburgh Steelers have sent eight players to the Pro Bowl this year after having 10 named the season before is the reality that three of those eight players are first-timers, which means that they have had 13 distinct Pro Bowlers over the course of the past two seasons.
That new blood is a group that is on the rise together, and in fact that came into the league together. Their three new Pro Bowlers all came from the 2017 NFL Draft class on the first two days of the draft.