Today Vick is the leading vote getter for the NFL Pro Bowl where voting is often deemed as a popularity contest among fans.
And the NFL moved its Pro Bowl to the week before the Super Bowl.
The three-time Pro Bowl selection and 2005 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year said on his website Tuesday night that he intends to file retirement papers.
Flutie actually lasted 20 years as a pro, moving around among the USFL, NFL, Canada's CFL and back to the NFL. He had success in Canada and during his second NFL stint, when he made the Pro Bowl with the Buffalo Bills at age 36.
Welker's five 100-catch seasons are the most in the NFL. He has been selected to the Pro Bowl in each of his past five seasons and was an All-Pro four of the past five years.
Manning's passer rating since then has averaged 17th in the 32-team NFL, and he's made just one Pro Bowl.
There also have been at least 12 suicides involving former NFL players during the last 25 years, including perennial Pro Bowl defenders Junior Seau and Dave Duerson within the last 14 months.
An average of just 8.1 players taken in the first round of the NFL draft between 1999 and 2009 were later selected to the Pro Bowl.
Along Hayes' way to five Pro Bowls, two Super Bowl rings and 1980 NFL Player of the Year honors, he was known as everything from Lester The Molester to The Judge to The Only True Jedi.
Last year, Maurice Jones-Drew gained more yards than any running back in the NFL. He was on the top of his game, Pro-Bowl selectee, peaking in marketability, with plenty of market value left in his 27 year old limbs.
The Pro Bowl atmosphere plays on the emotions and heartstrings of top NFL players, especially ones making their first trip due to this great reward.
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Michael Vick is heading to the Pro Bowl and his Philadelphia Eagles are on their way to the NFL playoffs.
That explains why even though many NFL stars get to stay in luxury hotels boasting 800-thread count Italian sheets, Pro Bowl wide receiver Steve Smith of the Philadelphia Eagles brings his own.
To mark Earth Day, I invited Ovie Mughelli, a former Pro Bowl fullback for the Atlanta Falcons, to contribute a guest post on measures the NFL and other pro sports leagues can take to become more environmentally friendly.
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The biggest name left in NFL free agency found a surprising home on Tuesday night, as defensive back Charles Woodson, an eight-time Pro Bowl selection, rejoined the Oakland Raiders after spending seven years with the Green Bay Packers.
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