Can you believe an interior defensive lineman with 8.5 sacks didn’t make the NFL Pro Bowl? I can’t, and neither can NFL.com’s Kevin Patra.
Denver Broncos defensive lineman Zach Allen had a productive year, as noted above: 61 tackles, 8.5 sacks, and 19 stuffs. However, getting him into the Pro Bowl wasn’t good enough. NFL.com released their ten biggest Pro Bowl snubs, and Patra puts Allen as the third biggest on the list.
From Patra’s story:
Pressure is production — unless you’re voting for the Pro Bowl, apparently. Allen has been a backfield menace this season, leading all interior defensive linemen with 65 QB pressures (ninth-most among all defenders). When an interior player is getting the kind of push Allen has provided this season, he wrecks games. The pocket-pusher has keyed Vance Joseph’s defense, eating up blockers and still producing; his 14 QB pressures when double-teamed are tied for fourth-most in the NFL. The 27-year-old sits third in sacks among all interior D-linemen with 8.5 (half a sack behind Dexter Lawrence and Leonard Williams).
Allen is an alternate for the Pro Bowl. A much bigger honor is his second-team All-Pro recognition, further confirmation that he should have made the Pro Bowl.
