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Jalen Hurts, Darius Slay added to NFC Pro Bowl team originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
With the 49ers headed for the Super Bowl, Jalen Hurts and Darius Slay have been added to the NFC Pro Bowl team.
This is Hurts’ second straight Pro Bowl and Slay’s third straight and sixth in seven years. Both were first alternates.
Hurts replaces Brock Purdy and Slay replaces Charvarius Ward. The 49ers beat the Lions 34-31 in the NFC Championship Game Sunday. The Pro Bowl isn’t a real game anymore, but the Pro Bowl Games are scheduled for Thursday and Sunday in Orlando. Players on the two Super Bowl teams don’t participate.
Hurts is the first Eagles quarterback to make back-to-back Pro Bowl teams since Donovan McNabb made five in a row from 2000 through 2004. He’s the sixth Eagles QB to make multiple Pro Bowls but only the third since 1960.
Adrian Burk was a Pro Bowler in 1954 and 1955, Bobby Thomason in 1953, 1955 and 1956, Norm Van Brocklin from 1958 through 1960 and Randall Cunningham from 1988 through 1990.
Hurts and McNabb are the only Eagles quarterbacks to make multiple Pro Bowls in their first four seasons.
Although Hurts’ performance dropped off from the 2022 Super Bowl season, he still ranked second in the NFL with 38 total touchdowns – 23 passing and 15 rushing.
Hurts and Patrick Mahomes are the only quarterbacks to make the Pro Bowl in each of the last two seasons.
Slay made his first three Pro Bowls with the Lions in 2017, 2018 and 2019. He wasn’t selected in 2000, his first year with the Eagles, but has now been picked to three in a row. He’s the fourth Eagles corner to make three straight Pro Bowls.
He joins Troy Vincent, Eric Allen and Asante Samuel as the fourth corner in Eagles history to make at least three Pro Bowls. Vincent made four straight from 1999 through 2003, Allen made four in a row from 1991 through 1994 and Samuel made three straight from 2008 through 2010.
Slay is the 16th cornerback in NFL history named to at least six Pro…
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Publish date : 2024-01-30 17:21:47
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