Not to be confused with the NFL Pro Bowl roster, the All Pro team is chosen by fifty sports writers instead of votes from the fans,coaches and players.

Instead of splitting teams between the AFC and NFC the All-Pro team is comprised of the “first team” and “second team”, which is a nice way of saying “that other guy did better than you this year”.

I’m happy to see rookie Patrick Willis make the first team, but a little shocked to see Peyton Manning left off. Somehow, Troy Polamalu slithered his way onto this listing also. I don’t understand how he made this OR the pro bowl squad to be honest, he missed a bunch of games due to injury and had no sacks or INT’s all season and only managed to get 58 tackles. Granted, I’ve only seen about 5 Pittsburgh Steeler games all season, but I can’t recall Polamalu coming up big in any one of them.

Since Sportaphile readers have been particularly opinionated in the last two weeks, feel free to tell me why Polamalu deserved a spot in the comment section.

All-Pro First Team (Offense)

Quarterback – Tom Brady, New England
Running backs – LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego, Brian Westbrook, Philadelphia
Fullback – Lorenzo Neal, San Diego
Wide receivers – Terrell Owens, Dallas Randy Moss, New England
Tight end – Jason Witten, Dallas
Offensive tackles – Walter Jones, Seattle, Matt Light, New England
Offensive guards – Alan Faneca, Pittsburgh, Steve Hutchinson, Minnesota
Center – Jeff Saturday, Indianapolis
Kicker – Rob Bironas, Tennessee
Kick returner – Devin Hester, Chicago

All-Pro First Team (Defense)

Defensive ends – Jared Allen, Kansas City, Patrick Kerney, Seattle
Defensive tackles – Kevin Williams, Minnesota, Albert Haynesworth, Tennessee
Outside linebackers – DeMarcus Ware, Dallas, Mike Vrabel, New England
Inside linebackers – Patrick Willis, San Francisco, Lofa Tatupu, Seattle
Cornerbacks – Asante Samuel, New England, Antonio Cromartie, San Diego
Safeties – Ed Reed, Baltimore, Bob Sanders, Indianapolis
Punter – Andy Lee, San Francisco

All-Pro Second Team (Offense)

Quarterback – Brett Favre, Green Bay
Running backs – Adrian Peterson, Minnesota, Fred Taylor, Jacksonville
Fullback – Tony Richardson, Minnesota
Wide receivers – Reggie Wayne, Indianapolis, Braylon Edwards, Cleveland, Wes Welker, New England
Tight end – Tony Gonzalez, Kansas City
Offensive tackles – Flozell Adams, Dallas, Jason Peters, Buffalo
Offensive guards – Logan Mankins, New England, Leonard Davis, Dallas
Center – Dan Koppen, New England
Kicker – Phil Dawson, Cleveland
Kick returner – Josh Cribbs, Cleveland

All-Pro Second Team (Defense)

Defensive ends – Aaron Kampman, Green Bay, Mario Williams, Houston
Defensive tackles – Pat Williams, Minnesota, Vince Wilfork, New England
Outside linebackers – Shawne Merriman, San Diego, James Harrison, Pittsburgh
Inside linebackers – DeMeco Ryans, Houston, Nick Barnett, Green Bay
Cornerbacks – Champ Bailey, Denver, Al Harris, Green Bay
Safeties – Darren Sharper, Minnesota, Troy Polamalu, Pittsburgh, Sean Taylor, Washington
Punter - Shane Lechler, Oakland