NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers placed seven players in the Pro Bowl Womens Jerome Bettis Jersey , including safety Derwin James, one of six rookies across the league to make the game.James, a first-round draft choice, will be joined on the AFC squad by veteran quarterback Philip Rivers, wide receiver Keenan Allen, running back Melvin Gordon, defensive end Melvin Ingram, center Mike Pouncey and special-teamer Adrian Phillips for the game, which will be played Jan. 27 in Orlando. James and Phillips are the only starters, though.Rivers is a backup to Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes, one of 29 first-time Pro Bowlers. That, of course, includes all the rookies: James, Giants running back Saquon Barkley, Seahawks punter Michael Dickson, Broncos running back Phillip Lindsay, Indianapolis guard Quenton Nelson and Cleveland cornerback Denzel Wads. Lindsay is an undrafted player.New England’s Tom Brady is the other AFC quarterback, making it for the 14th time. Noticeably missing is the Colts’ Andrew Luck.New Orleans, led by quarterback Drew Brees, Dallas and Chicago paced the NFC with five players each. Brees is the starter, backed up by Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers and the Rams‘ Jared Goff.Buffalo, Oakland and Tampa Bay had no Pro Bowl selections.Pittsburgh and Kansas City each had six players chosen, including such first-timers as Steelers running back James Conner and Mahomes, both having breakthrough years.Cleveland has a first overall draft choice in the game — not Baker Mayfield, but 2017 top pick Myles Garrett at defensive end.“Football is a team game and you can’t do it on your own,” said Garrett Jerome Bettis Jersey , who leads the Browns with 12½ sacks. “I’m happy to be able to share this experience with Denzel because this honor is really a testament to our entire defense.”Among the perennial AFC choices returning to the game are Houston DE J.J. Watt, Pittsburgh WR Antonio Brown, Baltimore guard Marshal Yanda and safety Eric Weddle, Cincinnati DT Geno Atkins and Denver LB Von Miller.“To get recognized by your peers, the coaches and the fans, it means a lot,” Weddle said. “It’s always special to put in the hard work and to try your best and then get recognized. The Pro Bowl is something I never take for granted, and I’m pretty stoked about it. Each year you just work hard and try to play your very best. To receive recognition for what you do on the field, even if it may not show up in other areas, is awesome.”For the NFC, frequent repeaters include Atlanta WR Julio Jones and C Alex Mack, Dallas tackle Tyron Smith, inside LBs Luke Kuechly of Carolina and Bobby Wagner of Seattle, Arizona CB Patrick Peterson, Rams DT Aaron Donald and Bears LB Khalil Mack.One of the newcomers, Chicago DT Akiem Hicks, sounded overwhelmed by the honor.“I have played the game of football my entire life and this is the greatest accolade I’ve ever achieved,” he said.There will be a brother combination at center for the AFC as Maurkice Pouncey of Pittsburgh is the starter ahead of Mike Pouncey.The Jets, despite a 4-10 record, have three Pro Bowlers in safety Jamal Adams, kicker Jason Myers and return specialist Andre Roberts — all first-timers.Pro Bowl coaching staffs will be from the losing teams in the AFC and NFC divisional playoffs with the best regular-season records. Each player on the winning Pro Bowl team receives $67,000, while each player on the losing squad earns $34,000.This ‘mistake by the lake’ tells us very little about the 2018 Steelers At FirstEnergy Stadium on the shores of Lake Erie, the weather for Sunday’s Steelers-Browns Opening Day matchup was nearly as ugly as the two teams trying to play football in it. Played from start to finish in a constant rain that varied only in intensity, the 21-21 tie in overtime easily could have wound up in the win column for Pittsburgh James Conner Jersey , if not for the Black-and-gold’s near-total meltdown in the fourth quarter. But despite the many post-mortems being written already on the Steelers’ new season, this game likely tells us even less about what to expect from the 2018 edition of Rooney U. than the preseason games did.While the usual suspects are noisily calling for the benching of Ben Roethlisberger, the firing of Mike Tomlin and other wholesale changes in the organization, we need to keep a few very important points in mind before we start leaping from the ledge. First, the Steelers might easily have been 0-1 at this point, but they’re merely 0-0-1 — not exactly the end of the world with 15 more games to play in the regular season. Secondly, the weather in which this game was played entirely frustrated the normal capabilities of both teams, and because the Steelers clearly are the better team under normal circumstances, the tie — somewhat unfairly — makes Pittsburgh look far worse than it does Cleveland. Finally, the fact that neither team’s starting players saw very much, if any, action during the preseason would have made this an ugly game even if it wasn’t played in a deluge.More than any other single factor, it seemed that fatigue caught up to the Steelers in their fourth-quarter collapse. In particular, an offensive line that seemed to be owning the Browns’ defense earlier in the game was unable to hold Cleveland at bay in the final quarter when even a single Pittsburgh score of any description would have won the game. As for the obviously poor coordination between Roethlisberger and his receivers throughout the slop-fest, this should have been expected from the opening kickoff, not only due to early-season rust, but also to the ridiculous weather conditions. had a 14-point lead in the fourth quarter prior to James Conner’s fumble, plus possession of the ball. So if there’s any serious blame to assign for this pathetic outcome, it ought to fall on the apparent decision by the Steelers to try running out the clock much too early in the final quarter — instead of keeping their foot on the gas. As it turned out, the Browns’ defense — and especially Myles Garrett, their stellar 2017 first-round draft pick (and first overall pick) — might have been down, but they certainly weren’t out, as they stifled virtually everything the Steelers tried to do offensively late in the game. The Browns also forced some late and crucial Pittsburgh turnovers to turn the tide, including two sacks and recoveries of Roethlisberger fumbles — one coming at 6:48 of the fourth quarter and the second coming at 0:41 of the OT period. If not for T.J. Watt’s block of a Zane Gonzales FG attempt with only 13 seconds remaining, today’s story would be even worse, as the Steelers would be 0-1. And just prior to the blocked Cleveland FG attempt https://www.thesteelerslockerroom.com/a … nds-jersey , Chris Boswell missed a 42-yard attempt wide left which would have lifted the Steelers to 1-0.Although Steelers Nation likely will dwell on what might have been, it’s worthwhile to consider how far below the line both teams performed in this washout of a game. Despite passing for 335 yards in the miserable rain, Ben threw three interceptions and was sacked a total of four times, including the back-breaking sack/fumbles when the game was on the line. His quarterback rating for the game was a pathetic 60.5, but Tyrod Taylor’s rating was even worse for Cleveland at 51.8 with one interception and seven sacks.Filling in for the absent Le’Veon Bell, Conner was one of the few bright spots for Pittsburgh, rushing for 135 yards on 31 carries for a 4.4-yard average and two TDs, plus catching five passes for 57 yards. It’s tough to come down too hard on Conner for his fourth-quarter fumble, as he was stripped from behind by the budding superstar Garrett. This might have been the first time in his football career that Conner has been mugged by a Defensive End trailing the play from the opposite side. It was simply a great football play that took No. 30 completely by surprise.Ryan Switzer, the Steelers’ recent acquisition from the Raiders, also looked very good, returning three kickoffs for 69 yards and a 23-yard average, plus also returning five punts for 56 yards (11.2-yard average).But in terms of what this opening game tells us about the 2018 Steelers team, it was practically useless. Thus, any definitive conclusions drawn from the sorry exhibition we saw on Sunday afternoon in Cleveland are likely to be premature and off-target. Not that this caveat will stop any zealous critic from grinding his or her ax, but we’re going to need at least two more games played under reasonably normal field conditions before we can legitimately start characterizing this Steelers team or pointing fingers at individual players and coaches — or even possibly the equipment manager. The game-time conditions in Cleveland on Sunday simply were so awful that this dreary outcome is hardly indicative of anything significant — at least not yet.So as we look forward to Week 2, in which the Steelers face the Kansas City Chiefs at Heinz Field, it’s probably better to recognize this Week-1 affair for what it was — a clash of two rusty teams under some of the worst field conditions you’ll ever see for a football game. Though it’s almost never done in the NFL, the league ought to seriously consider postponing games when the weather conditions are predicted to be especially awful. Even given the early-season rust factor, what we saw in Cleveland was nothing close to being representative of NFL football, what with six Pittsburgh turnovers and a combined 203 yards in penalties for both teams. As you might have noticed, the weather nowadays isn’t exactly improving, and the fans who support this league deserve far better.