The 2024 Associated Press All-Pro Team

[InPhiltraitor]

You know it’s a bad year when the most debated accolade is in regard to your kicker.

 

[atlantacowboy]

I do not remember which member corrected me by advocating Brock Bowers as the best tight end in football. I still think highly of Sam LaPorta, even in a somewhat down year for him.

However, Bowers started and finished the season strong without any real lag in-between. Dude is legit even as a rookie. The Raiders would have a much worse season than they ended up without him. And yes, I know Las Vegas finished 4-13.

Considering they don't have a good QB.....it's even more impressive.

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

https://apnews.com/article/nfl-all-pro-2024-cdf9837431c51929b072c357988bc024

CeeDee Lamb 2nd Team AP

Brandon Aubrey 2nd Team AP

KaVontae Turpin 1st Team AP



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The Associated Press 2024 NFL All-Pro team selected by a national panel of 50 media members:

First team​

Offense​

Quarterback — Lamar Jackson, Baltimore

Running Back — Saquon Barkley, Philadelphia

Fullback — Patrick Ricard, Baltimore

Tight End — Brock Bowers, Las Vegas

Wide Receivers — Ja’Marr Chase, Cincinnati; Justin Jefferson, Minnesota; Amon-Ra St. Brown, Detroit

Left Tackle — Tristan Wirfs, Tampa Bay

Left Guard — Joe Thuney, Kansas City

Center — Creed Humphrey, Kansas City

Right Guard — Quinn Meinerz, Denver

Right Tackle — Penei Sewell, Detroit

Defense​

Edge Rushers — Myles Garrett, Cleveland; Trey Hendrickson, Cincinnati

Interior Linemen — Cameron Heyward, Pittsburgh; Chris Jones, Kansas City

Linebackers — Zack Baun, Philadelphia; Fred Warner, San Francisco; Roquan Smith, Baltimore

Cornerbacks — Patrick Surtain II, Denver; Derek Stingley Jr., Houston

Slot cornerback — Marlon Humphrey, Baltimore

Safeties — Kerby Joseph, Detroit; Xavier McKinney, Green Bay

Special Teams​

Placekicker — Chris Boswell, Pittsburgh

Punter — Jack Fox, Detroit

Kick Returner — KaVontae Turpin, Dallas

Punt Returner — Marvin Mims Jr., Denver

Special Teamer — Brenden Schooler, New England

Long Snapper — Andrew DePaola, Minnesota

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Second team​

Offense​

Quarterback — Josh Allen, Buffalo

Running Back — Derrick Henry, Baltimore

Fullback — Kyle Juszczyk, San Francisco

Tight End — George Kittle, San Francisco

Wide Receivers — Terry McLaurin, Washington; CeeDee Lamb, Dallas; A.J. Brown, Philadelphia

Left Tackle — Jordan Mailata, Philadelphia

Left Guard — Quenton Nelson, Indianapolis

Center — Frank Ragnow, Detroit

Right Guard — Chris Lindstrom, Atlanta

Right Tackle — Lane Johnson, Philadelphia

Defense​

Edge Rushers — T.J. Watt, Pittsburgh; (asterisk)-Nik Bonitto, Denver, (asterisk)-Andrew Van Ginkel, Minnesota

Interior Linemen — Zach Allen, Denver; Jalen Carter, Philadelphia

Linebackers — Frankie Luvu, Washington; Bobby Wagner, Washington; Zaire Franklin, Indianapolis

Cornerbacks — Trent McDuffie, Kansas City; Christian Gonzalez, New England

Slot cornerback — Derwin James, Los Angeles Chargers

Safeties — Kyle Hamilton, Baltimore; Budda Baker, Arizona

Special teams​

Placekicker — Brandon Aubrey, Dallas

Punter — Logan Cooke, Jacksonville

Kick Returner — Austin Ekeler, Washington

Punt Returner — Kalif Raymond, Detroit

Special Teamer — J.T. Gray, New Orleans

Long Snapper — Ross Matiscik, Jacksonville

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(asterisk)-tied for second-team spot

 

[darthseinfeld]

Boswell over Automatic Aubrey? Really?

He has had a better year. 93% VS. 85% and 86% vs. 82% on 50 yards +

 

[AyeAtey]

It's Burrow for me.

 

[speedkilz88]

Two things for me:

1. KaVontae Turpin's free agent contract negotiations became much more favorable for him. His mother works for the same business I work for. It will be interesting if I can get any tidbits that her son might share with her.
2. I really want to petition the AP to (selfishly) increase wide receivers from three to four selections. I think he is being penalized for the team's quarterback situation this year. The guy was an absolute warrior and produced despite obstacles both getting the ball and his shoulder injury.

Turpin is restricted. So he's probably getting a 2nd round tender a little under $5 million for one season. (edited tender amount since it's gone up recently)


Numbers OTC is showing
2025 Projected RFA Tenders
Type Amount
First Round $7,279,000
Second Round $5,217,000
Right of First Refusal $3,185,000

 

[Coogiguy03]

Boswell over Automatic Aubrey? Really?

who cares, we make a lot of field goals anyways

 

[WillieBeamen]

First Team for Lamar means hes gonna win MVP

 

[john van brocklin]

Turpin 1st team. Lamb and Aubrey 2nd team.

Seems fair to the Cowboys

 

[Tussinman]

Wow. Brock Bowers , a rookie, on the all-pro first team

Even more crazy is that like half of the rookie non special teamers that have made first team all pro as rookies have been cowboys (Martin, Zeke, Parsons).

The other shocker on the list is Cam Heyward. He became the oldest DT to make first team all pro. A few years back it was looking like he was going to be stuck in the "hall of very good" like DTs Fletcher cox and La'Rai Glover and now it's looking like he's a lock for Canton.

 

[gimmesix]

No what really hurt him is all those long kicks low percentage kicks that most teams punt in those situations where our head coach or special teams coach allowed him to try those kicks even though he was probably going to miss on most of them he hurt his percentage by doing that so we all know who the best kicker is it don't matter about accolades at least he's on one of the all pro teams...

The two blocks didn't help either. Lowered his make percentage. I believe that was the only two kicks he missed under 40 yards.

 

[gimmesix]

He missed 7 kicks….

Take away the two blocks and the 70-yarder and he missed four. Not saying he should be first team, but his numbers could have easily been better. There are just a few misses that were actually on him.

 

[gimmesix]

Aubrey missed a lot for a All Pro even though some of them were 50-60 yarders so I was wondering would that hurt him.

Probably shows how much he earned respect that he even made All-Pro with an 85.1 make percentage. Shows that not everything comes down to stats. I mean, Cameron Dicker had a better percentage going 39 of 41. (Of course, he did miss three PATs while Aubrey missed none.)

 

[gimmesix]

Not sure that either of the second-team DEs should have been picked over Parsons. They both had 11.5 sacks. Parsons had 12 in fewer games. He also had 23 QB hits compared to 19 for Van Ginkel and 22 for Bonitto. Looks to me like they awarded players on better teams, not better players.

Whoops, Bonitto had 13.5 sacks and 24 QB hits. Apparently I wasn't looking at updated stats. He also returned an interception and a fumble for TDs.

Micah still had more than Van Ginkel, but fewer tackles and tackles for losses, which is somewhat expected when he played in 13 games compared to 17 for Van Ginkel.

 

[speedkilz88]

Boswell probably got it because Aubrey was only 8/10 in the 30-39 kicks. Boswell was 12/12 and was pretty similar on 50 plus kicks as Aubrey with 57 being his long. If not for the 30-39 kicks Aubrey then would probably have gotten the nod because of the 65 yard long.

 

[darthseinfeld]

First Team for Lamar means hes gonna win MVP

Could be Barkley

 

[WillieBeamen]

Could be Barkley

0 chance its Barkley

Maybe if he broke the record but MVP has become a QB award

 

[atlantacowboy]

Even more crazy is that like half of the rookie non special teamers that have made first team all pro as rookies have been cowboys (Martin, Zeke, Parsons).

The other shocker on the list is Cam Heyward. He became the oldest DT to make first team all pro. A few years back it was looking like he was going to be stuck in the "hall of very good" like DTs Fletcher cox and La'Rai Glover and now it's looking like he's a lock for Canton.

Fletcher cox gets in before cam Hayward

 

[Tussinman]

Fletcher cox gets in before cam Hayward

Fletcher Cox based on Cantons history does not make the hall of fame. 6x pro bowl and only a single first team all pro. He's a dime a dozen (he's like best case scenario the 4th best DT from the 2010-2015 era draft class)

Almost every single interior lineman with those accolades have never even made it as a finalist let alone been enshrined (La'Roi Glover, Nate Newton, Jeff Saturday, Olin Kreutz).

Interior lineman is arguably the hardest position to make Canton, even Heyward whose 4x first team all pro and likely to end up with close to 100 career sacks will probably be waiting minimum 3 or 4 years

 

[MarcusRock]

Didn't realize the season Boswell had.

41-44, long of 57.
158 points scored as a kicker for #1 overall

Aubrey was 40-47, long of 65.
150 points scored, tied for 2nd.

Shhh, don't tell @Cowboys5217. Might disrupt that victim stance, lol.