10 Washington Football Team players that could make the Pro Bowl

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LANDOVER, MD – OCTOBER 25: Logan Thomas #82 of the Washington Football Team celebrates after gaining a first down against the Dallas Cowboys during the first half at FedExField on October 25, 2020 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) /

Offense

TE Logan Thomas

This was the most surprising inclusion for me. I am not shocked by how well Thomas has performed this season. He has played at the very top level of which I thought him capable, and has become a valuable weapon on an offense sorely in need of them. But his inclusion as a possible Pro Bowler says more about the state of tight end play in the NFC in 2020 than it does about Thomas.

The league’s premiere tight ends – Kittle, Ertz, Goedert – have all been hurt for significant parts of the year. Detroit’s T.J. Hockenson will be the “starting” tight end, leaving the second spot to go to the likes of Dalton Schultz, Evan Engram and Robert Tonyan. And Logan Thomas, who has been arguably as good as any of them.

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Tonyan may get the nod because of his 10 TDs. If he does, it will be almost entirely because he has Aaron Rodgers throwing him the ball. This race is close enough that a strong finish for any of these players could get them selected.

RB Antonio Gibson

OK, I lied. Gibson is not going to make the Pro Bowl. His recent turf toe injury saw to that. I’m including him because if it weren’t for that injury, he had an outside chance. Because this has been such a bad year for the usual suspects – (McCaffery – hurt. Barkley – hurt. Elliott – terrible) – the door is open for some new blood.

Gibson was trending up big-time when that toe got him. He was obviously well behind Dalvin Cook and Alvin Kamara (whose pass-catching locks up a spot). And Aaron Jones is probably in.

But had Gibson been able to play at the same level he has shown in recent weeks, his numbers would be close to, or in some cases, better than players like Kenyon Drake, Ronald Jones and Miles Sanders. And he would have that huge touchdown number (trailing only Cook among NFC running backs) with which to argue his case. Maybe next year.

C Chase Roullier

Roullier has very quietly turned into one of the best centers in the league. Pro Football Focus currently has him at fifth-best in the league, and third overall in the NFC.

Perennial honoree Jason Kelce may get named again for being the only stable player in the Philadelphia Eagle line this season. That would leave Roullier to battle it out with Green Bay’s Corey Linsley and Detroit Frank Ragnow for the second spot. I think Ragnow is excellent, and Linsley benefits from playing on a high-powered offense, but Roullier can hold his own with both.

WR Terry McLaurin

Riggo’s Rag writer Tim Payne recently stated McLaurin’s case quite well. His numbers put right in the conversation, and if you watch him every day, you know he means a great deal more to the Washington Football Team than those numbers indicate.

He is the team captain. Despite being in just his second season, he is already a team leader. He plays hard every week. His touchdown-saving tackle of Dallas’ Jaylon Smith was the stuff of legends. Plus, he has long been the only viable receiving threat on the outside, which means defenses can devote extra resources to stopping him. He still produces.

Davante Adams and DK Metcalf are locks at receiver. After that, McLaurin is right there with Justin Jefferson, Allen Robinson, Calvin Ridley, and Mike Evans for the two remaining sports.

OG Brandon Scherff

Scherff has been a Pro Bowler three of the last four years, and he will probably be one again this year. Really, the only thing that has ever kept Scherff from being among the league’s best is injury. He did miss a couple of games earlier this year, but the injury proved minor. He returned quickly and was immediately the anchor of a surprisingly effective offensive line.

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