PHILADELPHIA — When the NFL Pro Bowl teams were announced on Tuesday, everyone from fans to national media members to Philadelphia Eagles teammates were in agreement: Jordan Davis got snubbed.
Davis, the Eagles’ standout defensive tackle, did not make the NFC Pro Bowl roster. He wasn’t even an alternate for the event that recognizes the league’s best players.
The Pro Bowl games rosters are determined by a combination of votes from fans, coaches and players.
Instead of Davis, two other NFC East defensive tackles were named to the roster: Dallas Cowboys star Quinnen Williams and Eagles teammate Jalen Carter.
Which, to a lot of people, didn’t make a whole lot of sense. Carter, a 2024 All-Pro, has not been nearly as good this year as he was last season. He has also missed multiple games.
Davis, meanwhile, has been a stalwart on the Eagles’ defensive line. The 25-year-old has 65 tackles, 4 1/2 sacks, nine tackles for loss, six quarterback hits and six pass breakups so far.
The only other players in the league with 4 1/2 sacks, nine TFLs, six QB hits and six PBUs? Steelers star T.J. Watt and Raiders standout Maxx Crosby, both of whom were Pro Bowlers.
Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jordan Davis (90) runs the ball back for a touchdown after blocking a field goal attempt as time expires during the second half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)AP
There’s also the context of what Davis has done. The 2022 first-round pick lost 26 pounds in the offseason, and it’s shown. Davis is averaging 40 defensive snaps per game. In his first three seasons, he played 40 snaps only five times in 55 games.
That’s why Davis, an NFC Defensive Player of the Week and Special Teams Player of the Week recipient, not landing on the Pro Bowl roster was a stunner.
Defensive coordinator Vic Fangio said Davis “should have” made it. Fangio then questioned the system that gives “everybody and their mother” a vote.
Davis’ exclusion was met with the same level of confusion in the locker room.
“I’m kind of shocked at that,” Eagles safety Reed Blankenship said. “I went up and told him, ‘I feel like you got snubbed, in my opinion.’”
“We all know what he means to our defense and the type of year he’s having,” cornerback Cooper DeJean said. “Everybody in here understands his value.”
“JD’s been playing lights out all year,” center Cam Jurgens added.
Davis, meanwhile, tried not to take it to heart.
“Everybody hopes to be a Pro Bowler,” Davis said. “I think selfishly, as athletes, we want to do stuff like that. But at the end of the day, I can only feel that way because I’m being selfish. And when I looked at it and I took a step back, I’m like, hmm. That’s very selfish of me. Let me give back, let me pour my cup into my teammates. That’s what I do it for.
“And selfishly, you want to get all the accolades, you want to be the best, you want to be considered one of the top guys in the league. But at the end of the day, when you take a step back and you play selflessly, I’m satisfied. I’m more than satisfied because I know I’m adding and I’m contributing and I’m being a force and I’m being dominant, and I can sleep at night with that.”