I'd say Steve Smith. He's done more or less all he can. Who's ever going to gain over 1,000 receiving yards when David Carr's throwing to them for over a quarter of the season?! (A couple of expansive games and he still might sneak it, which would be a phenomenal effort given the state of the Panthers' season).

If his performance against the Texans was closer to the Pro Bowl vote cut off he'd probably have gone, that was one of the best performances by any WR this year. I've not seen a more impressive TD than the one where he escaped the bunch of tacklers on a short pass and went the whole way.

But the Pro Bowl votes go to players from winning teams first and foremost, so fair enough.

The pro bowl is too much of a popularity contest and TV has too much to do with it.  The greatest snub of all-time is that London Fletcher has never made it because he's never on TV.  He's one of the league leaders every season in tackles, and this year he compliments that with 12 PD, 3 INTs and 1 TD.  I don't know how Marion Barber got in.  He's a beast, but he's part time.

Oh!  You wanted me to talk about Panthers.  Well I think Jenkins should have made it, but maybe voters are making up for his appearance last year that was not earned, even though he was clearly better this year.  Beason won't always be overshadowed by Willis.  He surprised a lot of people, but Willis had a better season.  Willis started from the beginning.  Beason was a holdout who played part-time OLB until Morgan got hurt.  If he didn't hold out and started the season, he would have had 20 more tackles than Willis.  He had 13 tackles in the first three games.  Morgan got hurt and he's had 105 tackles in 11 games, about 10 tackles a game.  He's an incredible player and trading down to get him was the best draft move we've made in a couple years.  He and Richard Marshall are our best defenders on a consistent basis.  DeAngelo Williams would have made the Pro Bowl if he had 232 carries, which is what Foster has.  At 4.9 yards a carry (the same as Marion Barber), he would have had 1090 yards.  However, Foster has those carries for less than 900 yds.  We all know Smith is a dominant receiver.  Last year T.O. had a couple bad games and he remarked, "I'm not the one pulling the trigger."  The same is true about Smith.  We upgrade at QB (Jake and Moore next season) and we've got another dominant season out of Smith.  However, Moore to Smith is gonna look good in the next two weeks and people will remember how great he is.

I really don't understand how the Pro Bowl rosters are set with two weeks left.  I think Steven Jackson should have gone instead of Barber, and I think he'll prove it in the next two weeks.

The link you provided in this article is one by Jim Trotter that states one of the most idiotic things I've ever read.  He states that coaches love nothing more than when the Pro Bowl rosters come out so he can use the snubs to motivate players.  How absurd is that?  If a player needs that for motivation, he doesn't deserve to go.  If a coach needs that to motivate his players, I guarantee his team has a losing record.  Look at Jon Gruden.  No Bucs made it.  Obviously he's found other ways to motivate his team prior to this week.  

I think as a coach, it's easier to congratulate a player than to motivate him.  He also says Fred Taylor, David Garrard, Derek Anderson and Jeff Garcia should have gone in.  I can understand those arguments, but his motivation argument is dumb.

Speaking of post-season awards, does anyone know if Tim Tebow is going pro?  I don't see a reason for him to return to college.  If he does go pro and is available when we pick, should we take him in the draft?  I say definitely yes, and I would trade up to get him.  The past few games have demonstrated that we are talented enough to win games against decent teams.  Obviously we aren't too good without a top tier QB.  With Jake, I think our preseason predictions of 10-12 wins would've happened as we may still get 7-8 wins with subpar QB play.  Our current starter has NEVER thrown a TD in the pros.  We wouldn't need Tebow to play for a couple seasons as Jake is still young (compared to Favre and Vinny) and quite competent.  I think we have every other position figured out personnel wise, we just need more consistent play.  We could also get a good safety and OL in later rounds.  If we can't get Tebow, OL needs to be our first pick.  You know your season is over when you're talking about the draft before Christmas.

Wait a sec, we have the option of voting for DeShaun Foster as our 'got snubbed out of a pro bowl slot' choice, but we don't have Chris '8 forced fumbes' Harris as an option? He's my choice over everyone except possibly Jordan Gross. I don't remember seeing a play-maker on defense as motivated as him since Witherspoon left.

So I guess that, out of necessity, my vote belongs Gross, but I want you to know my heart belongs Harris.

I can't wait for this game, it's finally here!