{"id":166179,"date":"2022-12-23T12:51:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T12:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/eagles-javon-hargrave-james-bradberry-react-to-pro-bowl-snubs\/"},"modified":"2022-12-23T12:51:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T12:51:00","slug":"eagles-javon-hargrave-james-bradberry-react-to-pro-bowl-snubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/eagles-javon-hargrave-james-bradberry-react-to-pro-bowl-snubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles’ Javon Hargrave, James Bradberry react to Pro Bowl snubs"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

James Bradberry has the lowest opposing QB passer rating in the NFL. Javon Hargrave has the most sacks among NFC interior linemen.<\/p>\n

Both are having monster seasons for the NFL’s No. 2-ranked defense. <\/p>\n

It wasn’t enough.<\/p>\n

Bradberry and Hargrave were both left off the NFC Pro Bowl team, which was announced Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

Both have been Pro Bowlers in the past \u2013 Bradberry in 2020 with the Giants and Hargrave last year. But that didn’t make the news any easier to take.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefinitely disappointing, but there’s nothing I can really do about it right now,\u201d Hargrave said at his locker Thursday. \u201cJust focus on this game and trying to get better. There’s still three more games left, just a little more fuel, a little more motivation going into these games.\u201d<\/p>\n

Darius Slay and Haason Reddick are the only members of the Eagles’ defense represented on the Pro Bowl team.<\/p>\n

The Eagles, 13-1, are ranked No. 1 in the NFL in pass defense at 172 yards per game, No. 2 in yards allowed at 293 (the 49ers are at 286), No. 1 with 15 interceptions and No. 1 with 55 sack.<\/p>\n

Hargrave said he, Bradberry and Sweat allowed themselves a few minutes to be disappointed before moving on.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, we just cried for a little bit,\u201d he said. \u201cThen we kind of laughed about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

What makes Hargrave’s snub more surprising is that he was the leading vote recipient in the fan vote, which counts one-third of the total vote. Coaches and players make up the other two-thirds.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Hargrave’s 10 sacks are 7th-most ever by an Eagles interior lineman and just 1 \u00bd off the club record of 11 \u00bd set in 1993 by Andy Harmon \u2013 another Pro Bowl snub from three decades ago.<\/p>\n

What else does he have to do to get recognized?<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t really know,\u201d he said. \u201cI don’t understand. But that ain’t for me to understand, I guess. I would think (I did enough), but I guess they don’t feel that. So use it as a little motivation and get myself right for the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got to go earn that respect,\u201d he said. \u201cGot to earn that respect.\u201d<\/p>\n

Josh Sweat, whose 9 \u00bd sacks are 3rd-most among NFC edge rushers; TJ Edwards, who is Pro Football Focus’s 3rd-ranked linebacker; and Chauncey Gardner-Johnson, who still leads the NFL in interceptions despite missing the last three games, are also glaring Pro Bowl snubs just on the defensive side of the ball.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn’t the only one that missed out,\u201d Bradberry said. \u201cI can’t be too upset.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Bradberry has been lights out this year, holding opposing quarterbacks to a 42.2 passer rating when targeting him. Next-best in the league is a 53.5 mark belonging to Tariq Woolen, a rookie 5th-round pick of the Seahawks who shares the NFL interception lead with Gardner-Johnson.<\/p>\n

That 42.2 mark is lowest among cornerbacks since Pro Football Reference began tracking defensive passer rating in 2018.<\/p>\n

Darius Slay, the Eagles’ other cornerback, did make his fifth Pro Bowl team.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a little disappointing,\u201d Bradberry said. \u201cI think I played well enough to be selected for it. But it’s not a huge thing. Didn’t make me cry or anything. I figured they weren’t going to take both of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Five members of the defense – Hargrave, Bradberry, Brandon Graham, Fletcher Cox and Sweat \u2013 were named alternates, although nobody seems to know yet what number alternate each one is.<\/p>\n

And the nature of this year’s game \u2013 it’s a skills competition instead of an actual football game \u2013 could reduce the number of players who opt out with injuries.<\/p>\n

But the Pro Bowl isn’t what anybody on this team is really concerned with right now. <\/p>\n

There’s a huge game against the Cowboys Saturday and a No. 1 seed to secure.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m just looking forward to going down to play Dallas,\u201d Bradberry said. \u201cI’m not even thinking about the Pro Bowl anymore. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe results came out, it is what it is, I’m trying to move on. Still got the playoffs and I still got free agency after the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Subscribe to the Eagle Eye podcast<\/strong><\/p>\n

Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Stitcher | Art19 | Watch on YouTube<\/p>\n