Biggest Seahawks 2024 Pro Bowl Snub

The NFL announced the 2024 Pro Bowl teams on Wednesday, Jan. 3, and three Seattle Seahawks made the team. Outside of linebacker Bobby Wagner, safety Julian Love, and rookie cornerback Devin Witherspoon, eight players were named alternates on the NFC Pro Bowl team. Of those eight alternates, the biggest Seahawks Pro Bowl snub is outside linebacker Boye Mafe.

Quarterback Geno Smith, wide receiver DK Metcalf, running back Kenneth Walker III, special teamer Nick Bellore, linebacker Jordyn Brooks, punter Michael Dickson, and safety Quandre Diggs were the other Seahawks Pro Bowl alternates. And while they all had solid seasons, that is about where they should be. Because if you say someone is a “Pro Bowl snub,” you not only have to make their case but also call out who they should replace on the team.

With apologies to Smith, he’s not unseating Brock Purdy, Dak Prescott, or Matthew Stafford. And Jordyn Brooks is great, but should he take the place of Fred Warner or his teammate, Wagner? No. The same goes for Metcalf, Walker, Brooke, and Diggs. As for Bellore and Dickson, that’s a little harder for even hardcore fans to decipher, so we’ll just have to take the voters’ word for it.

The 2024 NFC Pro Bowl Team

The NFC Pro Bowl team outside linebackers are the Dallas Cowboys’ Micah Parsons, Minnesota Vikings’ Danielle Hunter, and Philadelphia Eagles’ Hasson Reddick. Boye Mafe does not have an argument to be on the team over Parsons (the best OLB in the game right now) or Hunter (who had an NFC-leading 15.5 sacks this season). However, Reddick vs. Mafe is an argument.

Pro Bowl voting is not an exact science. More often than not, it is as much a PR contest, a team-based honor, or a straight counting-based situation. Reddick has 11.0 sacks to Boye Mafe’s 9.0, which is a big reason he made the team.