2012 Pro Bowl Voting Update: Green Bay Packers Dominating The NFC Vote

The NFL released early Pro Bowl voting results and the Packers, along with the Patriots, Ravens and Steelers, are dominating the vote.

by Joel Thorman

Nov 17, 2011, 2:13 PM UTC

The NFL has released the early results of the 2012 Pro Bowl voting and the Green Bay Packers are dominating. In the NFC voting, a Packers player leads the voting at 10 of 19 positions, including every spot on the offensive line. Aaron Rodgers and Greg Jennings are also in the top six of the overall vote-getters.

In the AFC, the New England Patriots, Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers are dominating the voting. The Patriots have four guys on the offensive side of the ball while the Ravens and Steelers combine for six players on defense and special teams. The Oakland Raiders are sweeping the specialists with K Sebastian Janikowski and P Shane Lechler leading their respective positions.

Rodgers is the overall leader in voting followed by Tom Brady, Calvin Johnson, Adrian Peterson, Wes Welker, Greg Jennings, Drew Brees, Fred Jackson, Mike Wallace and Matt Forte.

Here’s a look at who’s leading at each position in both the AFC and NFC.

AFC LEADING VOTE-GETTERS BY POSITION

Pos.	Name, Team	Votes	Pos.	Name, Team	Votes
QB	Tom Brady, Patriots	537,780	DE	Dwight Freeney, Colts	223,840
RB	Fred Jackson, Bills	384,771	DT	Haloti Ngata, Ravens	240,675
FB	Jacob Hester, Chargers	66,986	OLB	LaMarr Woodley, Steelers	203,794
WR	Wes Welker, Patriots	430,945	ILB	Ray Lewis, Ravens	195,131
TE	Rob Gronkowski, Patriots	334,909	CB	Darrelle Revis, Jets	248,734
T	Michael Oher, Ravens	120,961	SS	Troy Polamalu, Steelers	92,630
G	Logan Mankins, Patriots	130,982	FS	Ed Reed, Ravens	78,802
C	Maurkice Pouncey, Steelers	142,930	P	Shane Lechler, Raiders	87,554
K	Sebastian Janikowski, Raiders	89,925	ST	Brendon Ayanbadejo, Ravens	39,866
KR	Joe McKnight, Jets	59,961

NFC LEADING VOTE-GETTERS BY POSITION

Pos.	Name, Team	Votes	Pos.	Name, Team	Votes
QB	Aaron Rodgers, Packers	589,801	DE	Jared Allen, Vikings	314,173
RB	Adrian Peterson, Vikings	469,117	DT	Ndamukong Suh, Lions	269,506
FB	John Kuhn, Packers	104,024	OLB	DeMarcus Ware, Cowboys	219,065
WR	Calvin Johnson, Lions	487,547	ILB	Desmond Bishop, Packers	157,403
TE	Jimmy Graham, Saints	279,674	CB	Charles Woodson, Packers	298,376
T	Chad Clifton, Packers	152,501	SS	Roman Harper, Saints	49,042
G	T.J. Lang, Packers	120,249	FS	Morgan Burnett, Packers	95,342
C	Scott Wells, Packers	163,718	P	Andy Lee, 49ers	62,488
K	Mason Crosby, Packers	81,306	ST	Jarrett Bush, Packers	49,909
KR	Devin Hester, Bears	101,932