{"id":708903,"date":"2026-01-27T12:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/708903\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T12:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:42:12","slug":"jermaine-eluemunor-slams-pro-bowl-after-undeserved-shedeur-sanders-nod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/708903\/","title":{"rendered":"Jermaine Eluemunor slams Pro Bowl after undeserved Shedeur Sanders nod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 27, 2026, 6:06 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-giants\/351\" data-autotag=\"9402befb-12da-4b26-905a-81ab1fea0850\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">New York Giants<\/a> offensive tackle Jermaine Eluemunor sharply criticized the NFL&#8217;s Pro Bowl selection process after Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders was named as a replacement for Drake Maye, whose Super Bowl participation made him unavailable for the 2026 Pro Bowl Games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Eluemunor argued that the selections favor popularity over merit, noting that his teammate Andrew Thomas &#8212; widely considered one of the league&#8217;s elite left tackles &#8212; has never earned a Pro Bowl invitation despite consistent high-level play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In follow-up comments, Eluemunor questioned why Tennessee Titans quarterback Cam Ward, who delivered a strong rookie season with superior stats, was passed over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Sanders, by contrast, struggled significantly in 2025, ranking among the league&#8217;s lowest-rated quarterbacks with a poor completion rate, more interceptions than touchdowns, and a low QBR.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The decision has fueled broad backlash across the NFL community, with many viewing Sanders&#8217; inclusion as evidence that fan voting, name recognition, and marketing increasingly overshadow on-field performance, further diminishing the Pro Bowl&#8217;s credibility as an honor.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769517732_435_86373428007-square-1.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 27, 2026, 6:06 a.m. ET New York Giants offensive tackle Jermaine Eluemunor sharply criticized the NFL&#8217;s Pro&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[95878,7,519,1917,56,2321,2469,6,96069,96070,95882,97450,95896,95891,95888,95895,95897,96626,96071,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-708903","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-giants","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-giants","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-giants","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkgiants","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sstssportsnflgiants","17":"tag-sstsngiants","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagjermaine-eluemunor","20":"tag-tagnational-sports","21":"tag-tagnew-york-giants","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagnfl-hub","24":"tag-tagoverall-negative","25":"tag-tagshedeur-sanders","26":"tag-tagsmg-timely","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115967121776045873","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}