Quarterbacks Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers and Dak Prescott will be the big absentees from the NFL Pro Bowl to be played this Sunday between the NFC and AFC star teams.
Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady sets record Pro Bowl selections with 15 and who announced his retirement this Tuesday after 22 seasons, is recovering from a shoulder injury that dragged on in the final stretch of the season.
His last game was in the defeat of Tampa Bay in the divisional round of the National Conference by 30-27 against the Rams from a couple of weeks ago.
Brady, winner of seven Super Bowl rings, finished the season 2021 as number one in yards with 5.316 and with more annotations, 43. He also closed his participation in the playoffs with 86 TD passes in his career, an NFL record.
Aaron Rodgers, Packers quarterback, times selected for the all-star game, he also confirmed his absence this Sunday so as not to aggravate the toe injury that bothered him at the end of the regular season and during the playoffs.
The passer of Green Bay was the tenth with more yards gained in the campaign and connected 37 touchdowns.
They were joined by Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, seventh in the NFL, called up after Brady was down and Rodgers, but who declined his participation to take time off and not risk his ankle, which was operated on 2020.
Prescott, with Dallas, and Rodgers, with Green Bay, were eliminated in the playoffs by San Francisco 49ers in l to the wild card round and the NFC divisional stage, respectively.
Those chosen to replace these quarterbacks They will be Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks and Kirk Cousins of the Minnesota Vikings. Both quarterbacks finished with a negative record in the campaign.
Wilson, 7-, will be in the Pro Bowl for the ninth time in recent history 10 seasons. Ended up as pin number 22; passed for 3.113 yards and 25 annotations. Cousins, 8-9, was ninth among quarterbacks with 4.221 yards; got 33 TD passes.
The Pro Bowl will be held next Sunday at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas , Nevada.