Cowboys land 7 players on NFC Pro Bowl roster
As a team, the Cowboys are aware of what lies ahead of them this weekend: winning the NFC East and securing the No. 2 seed in the postseason are on the line.
Seven Cowboys were selected to the 2024 Pro Bowl team, giving a select few players one of the greatest accolades available.
Out of the seven, two were first-timers: cornerback DaRon Bland and kicker Brandon Aubrey, who both broke NFL records this season to qualify for the Pro Bowl.
Joining them are some familiar faces, led by quarterback Dak Prescott, who makes his first Pro Bowl since 2018 and his third
overall. Guard Zack Martin was named to his ninth Pro Bowl, CeeDee Lamb made it for the third time, as did Micah Parsons,
who has been selected every year of his career so far. Punter Bryan Anger is headed back to the Pro Bowl for the second time in his career.
Last year, the Cowboys ended up with eight Pro Bowlers, and they could once again get to that number or even past it, depending on alternates.
This year, the Pro Bowl will return to Orlando. Although there won’t be a game, the Pro Bowl Games event will take place on February.
1. They will feature AFC-NFC competitions ranging from skill-set challenges to a competitive flag football game on Sunday, February 4.
The Cowboys players are naturally hoping that they don’t show up at this point because it would mean they advance to the Super Bowl, which takes place the following week.
But for now, the Cowboys have seven Pro Bowlers, which include some incredible stories, but none bigger than Aubrey, who
was signed by the Cowboys from the USFL. He was a former soccer player who hadn’t ever played high school or college
football until he made a roster for Birmingham’s USFL team and turned his opportunity into a stellar season that saw him
break the NFL record for consecutive field goals to begin a career with 19. But Aubrey hasn’t stopped, hitting 35 straight field
goals, including 9-of-9 from 50 yards or more. Aubrey has also set the NFL record for most touchbacks in a single-season with 95.
The storm surrounding Bland’s season has cooled off somewhat in the last few weeks, but not before he set the NFL record for
most Pick-6’s in a season with five interception returns for touchdowns. He’s currently leading the league with eight interceptions this season.
Prescott is leading the NFL with 32 touchdown passes and he ranks second in the league with a 104.2 QB rating.
Many of Dak’s yards this year have gone to CeeDee Lamb, who set the Cowboys’ single-season records in both catches (120) and
receiving yards (1,651) to go along with 10 touchdown catches. Lamb has scored a touchdown in the last eight games, the longest streak by any Cowboys receiver in team history.
Parsons is demonstrating once more why he is one of the NFL’s most formidable pass-rushers. He has 90 quarterback snaps and 13 sacks.
constraints. Parsons and Mel Renfro are the only defensive players in franchise history to start all three seasons in the Pro Bowl.
Martin has now made nine Pro Bowls in his ten seasons with the Cowboys, making him one of only six players in franchise history to do so.
Anger has now made two Pro Bowls, joining Mat McBriar as the only two-time players to do so after making the Pro Bowl in 2021 as well.
choice in the history of the team. With a 51.4 yard punting average, Anger is ranked second in the NFL, but his 44.3 net average puts him first in the league.
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