Is it me or does something smell about the results of the NFC’s Pro Bowl squad? In particular, why were Michael Vick and T.O. left off? And replaced by Romo? Boldin? DRIVER? Yes. Donald Driver??? Is it just a mere coincidence that these two had some PR issues this year and lost their tickets to “less” deserving players? I’m going to try and state my case as to why I think some people need to tear up there invitations and “Do the Right Thing”.

Let me start with Michael Vick. Sure. Romo is 6-3 as a starter. The Cowboys are at the top of their division(at least before the voting was completed). He has a QB rating of 98%. And he may be dating Jessica Simpson. Yada, Yada, Yada. This doesn’t really impress me. Here are the stats:

Tony Romo:
CMP ATT YDS CMP% YPA LNG TD INT SACK RAT
183 276 2440 66.3 8.84 53 16 10 14 98.4

Michael Vick:
CMP ATT YDS CMP% YPA LNG TD INT SACK RAT
187 354 2284 52.8 6.45 55 19 11 39 77.9

Sure Vick doesn’t have the impressive QB rating. But he also doesn’t have the hands of T.O. and the very underrated Terry Glenn to catch his passes. Hell, Vick could even use Patrick Crayton. Lelie, Roddy White and Michael Jenkins. Doesn’t really give many DBs nightmares before game day. Have you watched an Atlanta game this year? I saw this one-armed orangutan at the fair that can probably catch better than them.

With that said, there numbers are very similar. TDs Romo(16), Vick(19). Yards Romo(2440), Vick(2284). Ints Romo(10), Vick(11). Compare their games which resulted in a 90+% QB rating. Romo(Tampa Bay, Washington, Arizona, Atlanta), Vick(Carolina, Pittsburgh, Cincy, Washington, Dallas). That’s 2 playoff caliber teams for Romo and 3 playoff caliber teams for Vick.

Here is a stat that no one mentions. Vick has been sacked 39 times compared to 24 for Romo. Given the common knowledge of Vick’s mobility, this speaks volumes of how poor Atlanta’s pass blocking has been this year. And certainly plays a role in some of Vick’s passing deficiencies.

Lastly, and most importantly, Vick is having a historical season. He broke a 34 year old record for rushing yards by a QB. And he will likely end up with 1000+ yards when the season is over. This accomplishment still makes headlines in College football even though it seems that someone does it every other season. Vick will have a 2500+ yard passing and 1000+ yard rushing season and that doesn’t warrant being in the Pro Bowl? Seriously? He is averaging 8.5 yards a carry. 8.5 yards!!! That is almost a first down!!! Romo can’t even dream of having those kind of stats.

CAR YDS AVG TD
116 990 8.5 2

Unless you have lived under a rock the past few weeks, you have heard a bazillion times about Ladanian Tomlinson’s TD record. While I am certainly impressed, I was equally impressed when it was set…LAST YEAR!! I mean, come on. This record has been broken 5 times in the past 11 years. ‘95(Emmitt Smith-25), ‘00(Marshall Faulk-26), ‘03(Priest Holmes-27), ‘05(Shaun Alexander-28) and ‘06(LT). Now, I am not saying Vick deserves the MVP, but he breaks a 34 year old record of this proportion and he can’t even get a ticket to Hawaii? I think he would be very deserving of a trip and I am sure that the guys in Canton will be calling for a pair of his shoes to commemorate such a remarkable, “Feet”.

Next time I will state my case for Terrell Owens. Donald Driver? You’ve got to be kidding me.