Mammoth Blog

With three weeks to go in the NFL's Pro Bowl fan voting on NFL.com (which runs through Dec. 9), an incredible 16 members of the Washington Redskins lead in the voting at their respective positions. That's just stunning considering the Redskins trail the Giants by three games in the NFC East and considering there are only 19 positional categories on the ballot.

The Redskins also have four of the Top 10 overall vote-getters -- RB Clinton Portis (second), TE Chris Cooley (fifth), WR Santana Moss (sixth) and QB Jason Campbell (ninth). The only Giants player in the Top 10 is quarterback Eli Manning, who ranks fourth with 395,526 votes. And he's still only second among NFC quarterbacks. New Orleans' Drew Brees (the overall vote leader) is first.

Of course, fan voting - which has been open since Oct. 13 -- only counts for only one-third of the Pro Bowl selection process. Votes from coaches and players make up the other two-thirds. Still, that's a lot of Redskins. And it'll undoubtedly remind a lot of Giants about last season when the Dallas Cowboys sent 147 players to the Pro Bowl and the champs sent only Osi Umenyiora.

No respect, I tell ya ...

On the bright side, there is hope since 17 Giants do appear in the top five in the voting at their positions in the NFC:

- Justin Tuck leads all NFC defensive ends (198,223)

- Eli Manning, as I mentioned earlier, is second among NFC quarterbacks (395,526)

- Shaun O'Hara is second among NFC centers (170,262)

- Madison Hedgecock is second among NFC fullbacks (90,818)

- John Carney is second among NFC kickers (56,796)

- Jeff Feagles is second among NFC punters (106,723)

- Chase Blackburn is second among NFC special teams players (60,918)

- Kevin Boss is third among NFC tight ends (108,914 ... 31,000 votes ahead of Jeremy Shockey, by the way)

- Chris Snee is third among NFC guards (137,481)

- Antonio Pierce is third among NFC inside linebackers (98,265)

- David Diehl is third (92,706) and Kareem McKenzie is fourth (80,156) among NFC tackles

- Plaxico Burress if fourth among NFC receivers (199,605)

- Michael Johnson is fourth among NFC free safeties (42,068)

- Brandon Jacobs is fifth among NFC running backs (174,856)

- Fred Robbins is fifth among NFC defensive tackles (84,143)

- James Butler is fifth among NFC strong safeties (46,488) source>>>