There were no shortage of Pro Bowl snubs after the game’s initial rosters were released on Wednesday, but there might not be one bigger than Miami Dolphins star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who missed the Pro Bowl despite a ton of support from the fans.
Tua Tagovailoa led the entire NFL in fan voting, but he was not among the players chosen to represent the AFC at the Pro Bowl due to the event’s voting criteria. The Pro Bowl nominees are selected based on a voting system that consists of a fan vote for one-third of the voting, a coaches vote for another third, and a player vote for the final third. It appears that the NFL coaches and players chose other quarterbacks over Tagovailoa, and that is why he didn’t get the nomination.
Instead of Tagovailoa, the AFC will be represented by Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills, Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals, and Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs.
However, Tagovailoa is the first alternate quarterback for the AFC. So if either Allen, Burrow, or Mahomes make the Super Bowl and are unable to compete in the Pro Bowl, then Tagovailoa will be invited to participate in the event.
