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For just the second time in his career \u2014 with the first being a rookie campaign in which he only started one game \u2014 Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was not voted to the Pro Bowl roster in 2024.<\/p>\n
Mahomes has also been left out of the MVP conversation for most of the year, despite leading the Chiefs to a dominant 15-1 record and the No. 1 seed in the AFC. Rival quarterbacks Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson and Joe Burrow made the AFC Pro Bowl roster in place of Mahomes.<\/p>\n
Mahomes did not comment on the Pro Bowl snub, as he has bigger matters to focus on, but his trainer Bobby Stroupe did. At least, that was the public assumption after\u00a0Stroupe dropped a one-word post on X.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood,\u201d the well-known health, performance and player development consultant wrote, grabbing the attention of the KC community.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been waiting for this reaction! Bye 31 other teams \ud83d\udc4b,\u201d one Chiefs fan\u00a0commented.<\/p>\n
Another\u00a0said: \u201cMotivation fuels the fire within \ud83d\udd25.\u201d While a third Kansas City supporter\u00a0wrote\u00a0that \u201crings are better\u201d and a fourth simply\u00a0shared a GIF of Mahomes.<\/p>\n
Finally, one user\u00a0replied: \u201cThe disrespect is unreal! But\u2026 at the same time I love it! No team wants to play a \u2018pissed off\u2019 Mahomes in the playoffs. \ud83d\ude01\ud83d\udd25\u201d<\/p>\n
For the record, Mahomes has had a down year by his standards statistically speaking, but he\u2019s still ranked fourth in the AFC\u00a0in total QBR\u00a0entering Week 18. Unfortunately for those arguing that he was snubbed, the three QBs above him are Jackson, Burrow and Allen in that order.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not just Mahomes who was snubbed of a Pro Bowl selection after the Chiefs went 15-1. KC did earn five Pro Bowl honors on January 2 (more on that below), but Mahomes and seven others were left off the roster as \u201calternates.\u201d<\/p>\n
Per Chiefs team reporter Matt McMullen, the official alternates were star cornerback\u00a0Trent McDuffie, middle linebacker\u00a0Nick Bolton, fullback\u00a0Carson Steele, rising star defensive end\u00a0George Karlaftis, punter\u00a0Matt Araiza, linebacker and core special teamer\u00a0Leo Chenal, kicker\u00a0Harrison Butker\u00a0and Mahomes.<\/p>\n
To be clear, McDuffie, Bolton and Mahomes were \u201cfirst alternates,\u201d while Steele was a \u201csecond alternate\u201d at fullback specifically. Karlaftis and Araiza were \u201cthird alternates\u201d at their respective positions after that, and Chenal and Butker were \u201cfifth alternates.\u201d<\/p>\n
Either way, you could make the case that a few of these players were snubbed of the Pro Bowl alongside Mahomes \u2014\u00a0like McDuffie, Karlaftis or Araiza \u2014 and FOX 4 KC sports producer\u00a0Robert Rimpson did just that on X.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year\u2019s Pro Bowl roster confirms that coaches and players in the NFL are buying into the narrative that the Chiefs are the worst 15-1 team in the history of the league,\u201d Rimpson reacted after the roster was revealed. \u201cThe \u2018nobody believes in us\u2019 card is officially back on the table for the Chiefs to play.\u201d<\/p>\n
As the Kingdom and opposing fanbases know, if there\u2019s one thing you don\u2019t want to do, it\u2019s give Kansas City bulletin board material ahead of the postseason.<\/p>\n
As for the Chiefs that did make the Pro Bowl, the only three starters were superstar defensive lineman\u00a0Chris Jones, center\u00a0Creed Humphrey\u00a0and guard\/recent left tackle\u00a0Joe Thuney.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis marks the third-straight Pro Bowl nod for Humphrey, whose 1,112 offensive snaps this season lead all centers,\u201d\u00a0McMullen detailed on the Chiefs website. \u201cIn fact, Humphrey has been the league\u2019s best overall\u00a0and pass-blocking center this year according to Pro Football Focus. Jones, meanwhile, earned his sixth-straight nomination courtesy of a campaign in which he ranks fourth among all players in terms of pressures (74) despite playing in only 15 games.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Per McMullen, Thuney also earned his third-straight Pro Bowl honor for his durability, reliability and versatility.<\/p>\n Joining the starters were Pro Bowl backups\u00a0Travis Kelce\u00a0(TE) and\u00a0Trey Smith\u00a0(RG).<\/p>\n \u201cKelce, who led all players in fan votes, was named a Pro Bowler for the 10th straight season on Thursday,\u201d the KC team reporter continued on. \u201cThe future Pro Football Hall of Famer has 97 grabs for 823 yards and three touchdowns this year. Kelce secured his seventh consecutive campaign with 90+ catches last week, marking the longest streak for any player in league history.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Finally, McMullen noted that Smith \u201cearned the first Pro Bowl nomination of his career on Thursday.\u201d Adding: \u201cSmith\u2019s 1,112 offensive snaps this season rank second among all guards, and on those, the veteran guard hasn\u2019t allowed a single sack.\u201d<\/p>\n Notably,\u00a0Smith is an unrestricted free agent in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For just the second time in his career \u2014 with the first being a rookie campaign in which he only started one game \u2014 Kansas City Chiefs… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n