There are now five members of the Minnesota Vikings that will be taking part in the 2016 Pro Bowl in Honolulu, Hawai'i on Saturday. Thanks to yesterday's draft, they've been split up between the two teams.
Thanks to a change adopted a couple of years ago, the Pro Bowl is no longer NFC vs AFC. All of the players that are participating are now selected by the two honorary captains for each team. In this case, those captains are former NFL wide receivers Michael Irvin and Jerry Rice.
Rice wound up with two members of the Vikings on his team, as he selected running back Adrian Peterson and defensive end Everson Griffen during the draft process. The other three Vikings in the game. . .linebacker Anthony Barr, quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, and safety Harrison Smith. . .all wound up on Team Irvin.
The 2016 Pro Bowl will take place on Sunday, 31 January, at 6:00 PM Central time. The game will be shown on ESPN.
Here, for your viewing pleasure, are the final rosters for both teams.
Team Rice | Team Irvin | |
Eli Manning
Derek Carr
Tyrod Taylor
|
QB |
Russell Wilson
Jameis Winston
Teddy Bridgewater
|
Adrian Peterson
Doug Martin
Chris Ivory
|
RB |
Devonta Freeman
Todd Gurley
Latavius Murray
|
Odell Beckham, Jr.
Jarvis Landry
Amari Cooper
T.Y. Hilton
|
WR |
Julio Jones
AJ Green
DeAndre Hopkins
Allen Robinson
|
Travis Kelce
Gary Barnidge
|
TE |
Tyler Eifert
Delanie Walker
|
John Kuhn | FB | Patrick DiMarco |
Kyle Long
Joe Staley
Joe Thomas
|
T |
Branden Albert
Tyron Smith
Andrew Whitworth
|
Richie Incognito
Logan Mankins
Josh Sutton
|
G |
David DeCastro
Zack Martin
Marshal Yanda
|
Nick Mangold
Eric Wood
|
C |
Travis Frederick
Alex Mack
|
Khalil Mack
Everson Griffen
Cameron Jordan
|
DE |
Ezekiel Ansah
Michael Bennett
Carlos Dunlap
|
Aaron Donald
Fletcher Cox
Gerlad McCoy
|
DT |
Geno Atkins
Calais Campbell
Jurrell Casey
|
Tamba Hali
Elvis Dumervil
|
OLB |
Anthony Barr
Sean Lee
|
Julius Pepper
Clay Matthews
Bobby Wagner
|
LB |
Lavonte David
NaVorro Bowman
Derrick Johnson
|
Marcus Peters
Vontae Davis
Brent Grimes
Jason Verrett
|
CB |
Richard Sherman
Desmond Trufant
Adam Jones
Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie
|
Eric Berry
Mike Adams
Charles Woodson
|
S |
Reshad Jones
Malcolm Jenkins
Harrison Smith
|
Josh Brown | K | Dan Bailey |
Johnny Hekker | P | Sam Koch |
Tyler Lockett | KR | Darren Sproles |
Cedric Peerman | ST | Justin Bethel |