The 2011 Associated Press All-Pro teams were announced on Friday, and a Broncos rookie made the cut.
Von Miller is a second-team All-Pro selection in his rookie season after posting 11.5 sacks en route to the Pro Bowl.
Miller is also currently up for Pepsi Rookie of the Year, and voting is now open.
Among the other Broncos to receive All-Pro votes are Chris Kuper (4), Champ Bailey (3), Elvis Dumervil (1), Matt Prater (1) and Britton Colquitt (1).
Below are the full All-Pro teams:
OFFENSE
Quarterback — Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay.
Running Backs — Maurice Jones-Drew, Jacksonville; LeSean McCoy, Philadelphia.
Fullback — Vonta Leach, Baltimore.
Tight End — Rob Gronkowski, New England.
Wide Receivers — Calvin Johnson, Detroit; Wes Welker, New England.
Tackles — Jason Peters, Philadelphia; Joe Thomas, Cleveland.
Guards — Carl Nicks, New Orleans; Jahri Evans, New Orleans.
Center — Maurkice Pouncey, Pittsburgh.
Placekicker — David Akers, San Francisco.
Kick Returner — Patrick Peterson, Arizona.
DEFENSE
Ends — Jared Allen, Minnesota; Jason Pierre-Paul, New York Giants.
Tackles — Haloti Ngata, Baltimore; Justin Smith, San Francisco.
Outside Linebackers — Terrell Suggs, Baltimore; DeMarcus Ware, Dallas.
Inside Linebacker — Patrick Willis, San Francisco; NaVorro Bowman, San Francisco, and Derrick Johnson, Kansas City.
Cornerbacks — Charles Woodson, Green Bay; Darrelle Revis, New York Jets.
Safeties — Troy Polamalu, Pittsburgh; Eric Weddle, San Diego.
Punter — Andy Lee, San Francisco.
SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
Quarterback — Drew Brees, New Orleans.
Running Backs — Ray Rice, Baltimore; Arian Foster, Houston.
Fullback — John Kuhn, Green Bay.
Tight End — Jimmy Graham, New Orleans.
Wide Receivers — Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona; Victor Cruz, New York Giants.
Tackles — Duane Brown, Houston; Joe Staley, San Francisco.
Guards — Marshal Yanda, Baltimore; Logan Mankins, New England.
Center — Ryan Kalil, Carolina, and Nick Mangold, New York Jets.
Placekicker — Sebastian Janikowski, Oakland.
Kick Returner — Devin Hester, Chicago.
SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
Ends — Justin Smith, San Francisco; Jason Babin, Philadelphia.
Tackles — Geno Atkins, Cincinnatil Vince Wilfork, New England, and Richard Seymour, Oakland.
Outside Linebackers — Tamba Hali, Kansas City; Von Miller, Denver.
Inside Linebackers — Brian Cushing, Houston; London Fletcher, Washington.
Cornerbacks — Johnathan Joseph, Houston; Carlos Rogers, San Francisco.
Safeties — Ed Reed, Baltimore; Earl Thomas, Seattle.
Punter — Shane Lechler, Oakland.
Tags: Von Miller
Wow some of our guys couldn’t even make second team … interesting. I will repeat … DJ williams gets no respect at all.
Congrats to von miller. May the accolades keep on coming. And may they never go to his head.
TRB
Congratulations Miller, although I definitely think CHAMP should be on this team as well.
Go Broncos!
Prayers and best wishes for a full recovery to the running backs coach of Pittsburgh. Hope everyone else involved is also well.
Nice addition at the end of that lonewolf. People coulda been mourning a death instead, coulda been worse. best wishes indeed.
Raiders have a new GM … MCKenzie from the packers
Congrats to Miller. Great job and keep up the good work. Show everybody this weekend why you won this award.
The others mentioned from the Broncos should also have been named, but I guess they have to spread the love to every team.
Also wish to give a special prayer to Pitts RB coach, and his family. May he have a speedy recovery.
TRB sent you 2 answers on the last blog. I’m not going to re-post because they were just comments to you on one of your previous post.
TRB,
Kidding on the “ya suck” comment. ED = Decker. BQ= Quinn.
I’m really hating Von Miller’s broken thumb right now. What he and Doom could have done Sunday against a gimpy Roethlisberger would have been incredible.
Posted by Mike Florio on January 6, 2012, 3:13 PM EST
Earlier this week, Rodney Harrison questioned my sanity and/or sobriety when I suggested, both in our weekly One-on-One segment and on NBC SportsTalk, that the Broncos should get quarterback Brady Quinn ready to play, in the event that starter Tim Tebow continues to play like he has played in the last three games he has played.
Apparently, Rodney also needs to question the sanity and/or sobriety of Broncos coach John Fox and/or Broncos V.P. of football operations John Elway. Per a league source, Quinn has been getting roughly half the first-team reps in practice this week.
It’s unknown whether Quinn actually will play on Sunday against Pittsburgh, either as a replacement for Tebow (if he fails to “pull the trigger”) or an unexpected change-of-pace insertion. Either way, the use of Quinn could throw a wrench into the Steelers’ Tebow-specific game plan.
Haha wouldn’t that throw a wrench in pitts defense. I can just see us putting Quinn in the backfield and TT handing the ball off to him then Quinn chunking it downfield. Or better yet, vice-versa. Quinn taking the snap with TT in the backfield. Pitt looking for the pass and TT or McGahee taking off with the rock. Priceless!
I new it was a problem when I saw a Brady Quinn picture of him throwing. We might possibly do the most taboo thing in football which supposedly “doesnt work” and play 2 QBs as part of the game plan.
Applejack, I knew you were kidding, and I knew BQ … what I couldn’t figure out was dmac and ED (I was thinking Elvis Dumervil and I was like “that doesn’t make any sense”) lol
They clearly plan to possibly sit tebow … you don’t go into the most important game of the season have ur starting QB who could use all the reps, share reps. They may start Quinn for all we know the first 2 quarters and tebow the last 2 when the Defense is huffing and puffing for breath so he can close it out in true Tebow fashion. We have done alot of unconventional things this year. This wouldn’t suprise me. Or maybe we insert quinn for plays that they trust him with more than Tebow. At this rate nothing will shock me. “Just win baby win”. Or maybe BQ plays the second quarter, the broncos worst quarter this year lol
TRB
I believe I heard on ESPN that Pouncey’s replacement was Nagerski. Wasn’t there once a player named “Bronco Nagerski?” Maybe an omen
I believe it’s Doug Legursky…lol.
So McKenzie is going back to Oakland as GM.
McKenzie won a SB championship with the Raiders back in the ’80′s.
Just some wishful thinking.
Well DMac (Denver sports radio guy who goes out to the practices) is saying that Quinn rumor is lies, lies and more lies.
Denver football has more drama than soap operas….
I dunno … i doubt they would bench Tebow without probable cause but we will see how it unfolds. All i know is when i saw Brady Quinn pics I was like Oh oh lol.
TRB
Bronco Nagurski was a HoF Fullback a long time ago. Very strong runner.