NFL Pro Bowl Snubs: Josh Allen, Antoine Winfield Jr. And Others to Miss Cut

The NFL unveiled its 2024 Pro Bowl Games rosters on Wednesday night, recognizing the league's top performers from the regular season.

Well, most of them.

The roster selections were determined by fans, players, and coaches, with each group's vote counting for one-third toward determining the teams. And, as happens every year, a few notable names slipped through the cracks. Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen isn't on this year's initial All-Star roster—some players will later join as alternates— and Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Antoine Winfield Jr. also missed the cut.

Here's a look at the full rosters, plus some notable snubs from around the league.

2024 Pro Bowl Games Rosters for NFC, AFC

The San Francisco 49ers had a league-high nine players named to the 2024 Pro Bowl Games roster. The Baltimore Ravens and Dallas Cowboys (seven players each) and the Miami Dolphins and Philadelphia Eagles (six players each) rounded out the top five most well-represented franchises.

Twenty-eight first-time Pro Bowl selections made the cut this season. But there were also some milestones hit for the familiar names on the roster. Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill became the first player in the position to be named to the Pro Bowl in each of his first eight seasons, while Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald is the first defensive lineman since 1970 to make it across his first decade in the league.

Click here for the full Pro Bowl roster, as shared by ESPN's Adam Schefter on X, formerly Twitter.

Allen, Winfield Jr. Among Pro Bowl Snubs

A Pro Bowl selection may not carry the same weight as being named All-Pro, but several of the players who didn't make the 2024 cut clearly seemed annoyed to have missed out on the honor.

Here are the Pro Bowl snubs from the initial roster:

Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills QB: The star-studded AFC quarterback lineup consists of Lamar Jackson, Tua Tagovailoa, and Patrick Mahomes. But another star, Allen, may have been deserving of one of the three slots.

Yes, there are the turnovers. The Bills QB has thrown 16 picks and fumbled six times. But he's also accounted for 42 touchdowns and resurrected a Buffalo team once in danger of falling below .500. It's tough to leave Mahomes out of the Pro Bowl, even in a relatively down year, but Allen may have had a case.

Breece Hall, New York Jets RB: Shocking, but an offensive player from this season's Jets team had a compelling Pro Bowl case. Hall, despite seeing limited snaps early in the campaign coming off a torn ACL, has accounted for 1,395 yards (5.4 yards per touch) and eight touchdowns from scrimmage entering Week 18.

Derrick Henry, one of the AFC Pro Bowlers, bests Hall when it comes to touchdowns (11) but otherwise hasn't matched his output or consistency. Hall seems to have taken his snub to heart, saying on X that he will be both a Pro Bowler and an All-Pro next season.

Antoine Winfield Jr., Tampa Bay Buccaneers Safety: Consider Winfield another player who is clearly not happy with missing out on the Pro Bowl. The defensive back took to social media with his confusion — as did his father, who demanded a recount in an Instagram post and questioned how Arizona Cardinals safety Budda Baker made it over his son.

Fair question. The younger Winfield has stuffed the stat sheet with 117 tackles, five tackles for loss, five sacks, seven QB hits, five forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries, three interceptions, and 12 passes defended this season.

Two Defensive Backs on AFC Contenders: Kansas City Chiefs cornerback L'Jarius Sneed and Baltimore Ravens safety Geno Stone are both glaring absences on the AFC side. Sneed has allowed a staggering zero touchdowns in 462 coverage snaps this season, according to NFL Next Gen Stats, despite often matching up with the opponent's top receiver. The corner has also allowed five-plus catches and 50-plus yards in a game just twice this season, and opposing quarterbacks have just a 56.2 passer rating when targeting Sneed, according to CBS Sports.

That may not have earned Sneed a Pro Bowl nod—Dolphins CB Jalen Ramsey earned one but has played in only nine games this season—but it could garner him All-Pro praise.

As for Baltimore, one of its starting safeties made the cut in Kyle Hamilton, but perhaps it should have been two. Stone is second in the NFL with seven interceptions for the Ravens' top-ranked scoring defense. But that, apparently, wasn't enough for a spot. Cornerback Marlon Humperhy took to X to voice his displeasure on his teammate in Baltimore's secondary missing out, writing, "Pro Bowl Snub = Geno Stone."

Trio of NFC Wide Receivers: A.J. Brown, Mike Evans, CeeDee Lamb, and Puka Nacua occupy the conference's four spots. And each selection is tough to argue. But just for the sake of doing so, three other NFC wide receivers who were also in contention for a spot amid stellar seasons include:

• Amon-Ra St. Brown: 112 receptions, 1,371 yards, nine touchdowns.
• D.J. Moore: 92 receptions, 1,300 yards, eight touchdowns.
• Brandon Aiyuk: 72 receptions, 1,317 yards, seven touchdowns.

That type of production would typically earn a wide receiver a Pro Bowl trip. Just not this year in the NFC.

Pro Bowl Games Schedule

The 2024 Pro Bowl Games will kick off with a skills show on February 1 at the Nicholson Fieldhouse on the University of Central Florida campus, then continue on February 4 at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. Peyton Manning will serve as the head coach for the AFC, while Eli Manning will man the NFC.

The NFL did away with the traditional game format for its all-star game in 2022 in favor of non-contact events. This year, they range from a tug-of-war to a Madden head-to-head showdown.