2017 NFL All-Pro

[Saints Rest]

So Brady and Gronk make 1st Team, and Slater makes 2nd Team. Slater seems a bit undeserving, mainly because of his lack of playing time. But I don't think anyone else on the Pats was particularly deserving, maybe Ghost for 2nd Team.

I'm not sure how LeVeon Bell makes it as 1st Team Flex and 2nd Team RB.

The full AP 2017 NFL All-Pro Team:
FIRST TEAM -- OFFENSE
Quarterback: Tom Brady, New England
Running Back: Todd Gurley, Los Angeles Rams
Flex: Le'Veon Bell, Pittsburgh
Tight End: Rob Gronkowski, New England
Wide Receivers: Antonio Brown, Pittsburgh; DeAndre Hopkins, Houston
Left Tackle: Andrew Whitworth, Los Angeles Rams
Right Tackle: Lane Johnson, Philadelphia
Left Guard: Andrew Norwell, Carolina
Right Guard: David DeCastro, Pittsburgh
Center: Jason Kelce, Philadelphia

FIRST TEAM -- DEFENSE
Edge Rushers: Calais Campbell, Jacksonville; Cameron Jordan, New Orleans
Interior Linemen: Aaron Donald, Los Angeles Rams; Cam Heyward, Pittsburgh
Linebackers: Chandler Jones, Arizona; Luke Kuechly, Carolina; Bobby Wagner, Seattle
Cornerbacks: Jalen Ramsey, Jacksonville; Xavier Rhodes, Minnesota
Safeties: Kevin Byard, Tennessee; Harrison Smith, Minnesota
Defensive Back: Darius Slay, Detroit

FIRST TEAM -- SPECIAL TEAMS
Placekicker: Greg Zuerlein, Los Angeles Rams
Punter: Johnny Hekker, Los Angeles Rams
Kick Returner: Pharoh Cooper, Los Angeles Rams
Punt Returner: Jamal Agnew, Detroit
Special Teamer: Budda Baker, Arizona

SECOND TEAM -- OFFENSE
Quarterback: Carson Wentz, Philadelphia
Running Back: Le'Veon Bell, Pittsburgh
Fle: Alvin Kamara, New Orleans
Tight End: Travis Kelce, Kansas City
Wide Receivers: Julio Jones, Atlanta; Adam Thielen, Minnesota
Left Tackle: David Bakhtiari, Green Bay
Right Tackle: Mitchell Schwartz, Kansas City, and Daryl Williams, Carolina
Left Guard: Rodger Saffold, Los Angeles Rams
Right Guard: Zach Martin, Dallas
Center: Alex Mack, Atlanta

SECOND TEAM -- DEFENSE
Edge Rushers: Everson Griffen, Minnesota; Demarcus Lawrence, Dallas
Interior Linemen: Fletcher Cox, Philadelphia; Calais Campbell, Jacksonville
Linebackers: Von Miller, Denver; C.J. Mosley, Baltimore; Telvin Smith, Jacksonville
Cornerbacks: Casey Hayward, Los Angles Chargers; A. J. Bouye, Jacksonville
Safeties: Earl Thomas, Seattle; Micah Hyde, Buffalo
Defensive Back: Xavier Rhodes, Minnesota

SECOND TEAM -- SPECIAL TEAMS
Place kicker: Brett Kern, Tennessee
Kick Returner: Tyler Lockett, Seattle
Punt Returner: Pharoh Cooper, Los Angeles Rams
Special Teamer: Matthew Slater, New England

 

[Saints Rest]

For comparison, here is an in-depth article with Pro Football Focus's own selections:
https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/2017-pff-nfl-all-pro-team

 

[DJnVa]

Undrafted Adam Thielen makes 2nd team. Very cool.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Blah, 2.5 million less cap space next season.

 

[Ralphwiggum]

Calais Campbell made both 1st and 2nd teams as well (1st team edge rusher, 2nd team interior lineman).

 

[InstaFace]

What has Budda Baker done to bump Matt Slater to 2nd team?

 

[AB in DC]

SECOND TEAM -- SPECIAL TEAMS
Place kicker: Brett Kern, Tennessee
Kick Returner: Tyler Lockett, Seattle
Punt Returner: Pharoh Cooper, Los Angeles Rams
Special Teamer: Matthew Slater, New England

Brett Kern is the punter. Justin Tucker was second-team kicker.

 

[RIrooter09]

What has Budda Baker done to bump Matt Slater to 2nd team?

Played a full season?

 

[Saints Rest]

Brett Kern is the punter. Justin Tucker was second-team kicker.

Weird
Other than eliminating some extraneous blank lines, it was just a cut-and-paste from NFL.com (who would think they would get a detail wrong).
And it’s still wrong on their site.

 

[Morgan's Magic Snowplow]

Letting guys make the first and second teams at different positions remains stupid. This is particularly true when they make the first team as "flex," a position that only exists in fantasy football.

This is sort of like letting Mike Trout make the first and second all pro baseball teams (if they existed) as both UT and OF.

Edit: Xavier Rhodes making the first team as a CB and the second team as a "defensive back" is also moronic.

 

[Super Nomario]

The second team All-Pro is a joke, probably even more of a joke than the Pro Bowl.

 

[rodderick]

Hmm... "working smarter" sure seems like an allusion to the TB12 method.

 

[InstaFace]

If there's an underappreciated aspect of Rob Gronkowski's game, it's the amount of genuine intellectual focus and curiosity with which he approaches his route planning and recognition. He may really have focused down on certain aspects of his preparation that would fall under "smarter".

His ability to make DBs wish they'd taken up badminton instead of football, meanwhile, is merely the fun part.

 

[Marciano490]

Hmm... "working smarter" sure seems like an allusion to the TB12 method.

It's hilarious he trumped the word "smarter" of every word in that tweet.

 

[brandonchristensen]

The Rams are well represented

 

[Eck'sSneakyCheese]

Chandler Jones with the quietest 17 sack season ever. Honestly had no idea he was playing at that level. I just assumed he had fallen off a cliff. Good for him. What could have been...

 

[mwonow]

Brett Kern is the punter. Justin Tucker was second-team kicker.

I wonder if the Pharoh Cooper voters want a redo after yesterday

 

[Leather]

Chandler Jones with the quietest 17 sack season ever. Honestly had no idea he was playing at that level. I just assumed he had fallen off a cliff. Good for him. What could have been...

He could have won a Super Bowl?