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5 Most Obvious 2020 NFL Pro Bowl Snubs

By Steven Kubitza

Dak Prescott is having too good of a year to miss the 2020 Pro Bowl.
Dak Prescott is having too good of a year to miss the 2020 Pro Bowl. / Tom Pennington/Getty Images

The 2020 Pro Bowl rosters have been announced and right away the annual talk of snubs returned. Plenty of players deserved a spot and may make it there as alternates. For now, here are five obvious snubs after the roster announcement.

5. Blake Martinez

Martinez is having a great year for the Packers.
Martinez is having a great year for the Packers. / Stacy Revere/Getty Images

Blake Martinez leads the NFL in tackles and isn't in the Pro Bowl. That is strange. He also has two sacks and six tackles for loss as a linebacker, and plays a key role in a rejuvenated Packers defense under Mike Pettine. The linebackers who did make the Pro Bowl in the NFC are all household names. That is what doomed Martinez this time around.

4. Harrison Butker

Butker has had himself quite the great year.
Butker has had himself quite the great year. / Jam Media/Getty Images

Only one kicker per conference was chosen and the AFC has Justin Tucker. Meanwhile, Harrison Butker is left out after making 31 of 35 field goals and 39 of 41 extra points. That is eight more made field goals than Tucker and three of his misses came from over 50 yards. Tucker has only attempted one from that distance. Butker is also 12 for 12 in the 40-49-yard range.

3. Josh Jacobs

Jacobs is one of the better backs in the AFC.
Jacobs is one of the better backs in the AFC. / David Eulitt/Getty Images

Josh Jacobs has rushed for 1,150 yards in 13 games and has seven touchdowns on the ground as a rookie. He was snubbed in favor of Mark Ingram, who isn't even the leading rusher on his own team. Ingram is seventh in the AFC with 963 rushing yards. Jacobs has done all this as a rookie on a struggling team.

2. Dak Prescott

Prescott has had a successful year for the Cowboys.
Prescott has had a successful year for the Cowboys. / Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images

Dak Prescott is second in the NFC in passing yards and tied for third in touchdowns. He is one of only three quarterbacks to eclipse the 4,000-yard mark through 15 games and has also rushed for over 200 yards and three touchdowns. Dak deserved a spot over Drew Brees, who missed several weeks due to injury. Brees is a legend of the game, but has only played in nine games.

1. Aaron Jones

Jones has been a difference maker for the Green Bay offense.
Jones has been a difference maker for the Green Bay offense. / Stacy Revere/Getty Images

Jones has been a touchdown machine for the Packers in 2019. He is tied for the NFL lead with 14 rushing touchdowns and has 830 yards on only 188 attempts. His 425 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns only bolster his Pro Bowl case. Jones missing out is due to his receiving yards and overall touchdown total being ignored in favor of just rushing stats.