Henry Melton: I’m guessing Melton racked up a lot of his votes early in the voting period. In the Bears first seven games Melton had 5 sacks and 2 forced fumbles. Since then he has one sack and no forced fumbles.

Julius Peppers: No a bad pick, but could have been replaced by John Abraham of Atlanta, Chris Clemons of Seattle, or Charles Johnson of Carolina.

Charles Tillman: Has struggled more lately than he did early. His game against Calvin Johnson on 10/22 was a true masterpiece. 10 forced fumbles by a CB is amazing. Worthy pick, particularly given how many years Peanut was overlooked by the national media. Good to see him getting recognition the last two years.

Tim Jennings: Tough to argue too much with the NFL interception leader making the pro bowl. Jennings’ development has to be part of any case to retain Lovie as head coach. Fine pick.

Lance Briggs: All the OLBs who were voted in ahead of Briggs are 3-4 pass rush specialists. Briggs’ lack of gaudy sack totals kept him out of an 8th Pro Bowl. This is particularly annoying as almost half of Clay Matthews’ sacks have come off J’Marcus Webb. Perhaps the NFL should have a minimum of one 4-3 OLB? All told, in the Bears four games against the three NFC team OLBs, they gave up 12 sacks. I think a case could be made that Lance Briggs didn’t make the Pro Bowl because the Bears offensive line let opposing OLBs wreck such havoc.