The Pro Bowl Draft was tonight, and Team Rice has selected a team captain Michael Irvin thinks will be a winner.
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Each year, the NFL Pro Bowl welcomes the best of the very best from the past season to Hawaii for one of the most glorified exhibition games in sports. While it’s far from having reached it’s full potential as far as the entertainment value is concerned, the Pro Bowl has made strides to be more interesting and part of that includes letting captains draft their teams out of the entire pool of players making the trip.
Historically, the Pro Bowl has been an AFC vs. NFC affair, but after that started getting boring after the first fifteen minutes of the first game, it was apparent that things needed to be changed up a little. That’s why Niners legend Jerry Rice is a team captain this year, as he will picking who he thinks is the best team he can assemble as to make sure he beats fellow Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin in the Pro Bowl this year.
Here’s a look at the Team Rice drafted on Wednesday night.
TEAM RICE
Captain: WR Odell Beckham (Giants)
Captain: DT Aaron Donald (Rams)
1. QB Eli Manning (Giants)
2. DE Khalil Mack (Raiders)
3. WR Jarvis Landry (Dolphins)
4. QB Derek Carr (Raiders)
5. WR Amari Cooper (Raiders)
6. CB Marcus Peters (Chiefs)
7. RB Adrian Peterson (Vikings)
8. OLB Tamba Hali (Chiefs)
9. DE Everson Griffen (Vikings)
10. CB Vontae Davis (Colts)
11. WR T.Y. Hilton (Colts)
12. RB Doug Martin (Buccaneers)
13. TE Travis Kelce (Chiefs)
14. S Eric Berry (Chiefs)
15. LB Julius Pepper (Packers)
16. DE Cameron Jordan (Saints)
17. QB Tyrod Taylor (Bills)
18. TE Gary Barnidge (Browns)
19. OLB Elvis Dumervil (Ravens)
20. RB Chris Ivory (Jets)
21. CB Jason Verrett (Chargers)
PRE-SELECTED PICKS (chosen Tuesday)
1. FB John Kuhn (Packers)
2. OT Kyle Long (Bears)
3. OT Joe Staley (49ers)
4. OT Joe Thomas (Browns)
5. G Richie Incognito (Bills)
6. G Logan Mankins (Buccaneers)
7. G Josh Sitton (Packers)
8. G Nick Mangold (Jets)
9. C Eric Wood (Bills)
10. DT Fletcher Cox (Eagles)
11. DT Gerald McCoy (Buccaneers)
12. LB Clay Matthews (Packers)
13. LB Bobby Wagner (Seahawks)
14. K Josh Brown (Giants)
15. P Johnny Hekker (Rams)
16. KR Tyler Lockett (Seahawks)
17. ST Cedric Peerman (Bengals)