Because there are linebackers, like Patrick Willis, D-Ware, Urlacher, who are simply far better than him. That's how he doesn't make it. And don't give me that Willis makes it, beating him out, on name reconition when Willis is a rookie.
Fletcher is a good player but at the linebacker spot, at least in the NFC, he's fighting an uphill battle against several players that are just flat better than he is.
I do agree, however, that the Pro Bowl is not the be all end of all of player evaluation. That will not happen until they take the fan vote out of it. The fan vote, being roughly half the voting, is what clouds it because guys do get in, with a load of fans, on popularity only. That's how a guy like Roy Williams continues to make it each year despite the fact that the last two seasons he's really not deserved to.
It's also why a guy like T-New is only just now making his first appearance, this last season, when he's been one of the best Corners in the league for a few years.
It happens that way I guess.
I also agree that yes Portis should have made it in 05 (or 06 can't remember the exact year now) when he had those 1500 plus yards and double digit TDs.
