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Pro Bowl Cheat Sheet: The AFC | ProFootballFocus.com
Four starters on the offensive team and three on defense, not bad. Though I’m sure there will be some Pats fans who don’t think McCourty should be on there.
I’m not one of them. He’s like the anti-Ninkovich… he only stands out when he’s doing something bad. Otherwise he’s been solid.
Overall, the last five years, 24 of the last 45 players the Patriots selected in the draft were college captains. That includes five of the nine members of the 2014 draft class, including Dominique Easley, Jimmy Garoppolo, Bryan Stork, Jon Halapio and Zach Moore. (In addition, Iowa’s Morris was a two-time captain for the Hawkeyes.) […]