Updated Jan. 27, 2026, 12:44 p.m. ET
You can refer to the Pro Bowl as just a showcase exhibition game, a contest that lacks significant meaning. In this context, Monday’s selection of Shedeur Sanders to the Pro Bowl makes some sense. No matter what you think of the Cleveland Browns‘ rookie, you’ve got to admit that he gets people talking.
Love him or hate him, Deion Sanders’ son certainly moves the needle.
If you believe the Pro Bowl is an actual All-Star game, well, sorry, but that ship seems to be sailing away now.
It’s not an All-Star game if Shedeur, who actually turned down the opportunity to join the Ravens, before later making his NFL debut against them is in it. The Browns’ rookie placed 40th out of 42 NFL quarterbacks in QBR, and 41st of 42 in passer rating.
His Pro Bowl berth is basically no more notable than a participation trophy.
However, this isn’t new. The Pro Bowl has made quite a few “questionable” selections here and there over the years. Current Baltimore Ravens backup quarterback Tyler “Snoop” Huntley is considered by many to have had the most undeserving Pro Bowl selection of all-time, back in 2022.
But now you can debate who is/was more undeserving- Huntley or Sanders? Snoop Huntley went 2-2, filling in for an injured Lamar Jackson, but he only accounted for three touchdowns (two passing, one rushing) over that span. He had more interceptions (3) than TD passes, with a passer rating of 77.2
According to the Sporting News, he’s the second-worst Pro Bowl selection of all-time, with Sanders ranked #3. So who gets the “top spot”
Mike Boryla, who quarterbacked the 1975 Philadelphia Eagles to a 4-10 record. This team also finished an NFL-worst 30th in passing yards, so it’s insane to think of their QB as an “All-Star.”
Boryla completed just 52% of his passes, tossing six TDs against 12 interceptions, so we really have no idea what was going on with that selection. And while Huntley and Sanders are questionable selections in their own right, this is still nothing new when it comes to the Pro Bowl.
