There gained’t be a lot New York illustration on the NFL’s 2026 Professional Bowl Video games.
Go rusher Brian Burns is the Giants’ lone Professional Bowl choice and was named a starter, whereas the Jets shouldn’t have one.
The NFL introduced the preliminary AFC and NFC rosters on Tuesday, although extra gamers will possible be added as soon as others decline to take part.
That is the third Professional Bowl choice for Burns, who’s within the midst of a career-best season.
Burns’ 15.0 sacks rank second within the NFL, whereas his 20 tackles for loss are tied for third. Each are profession highs for the seventh-year professional, who’s in his second season with the Giants.
The 27-year-old Burns recorded two sacks in Sunday’s 16-13 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, together with a strip sack of J.J. McCarthy that Giants security Tyler Nubin returned for a landing.
The Giants acquired Burns in a March 2024 commerce with the Carolina Panthers for a second-round choose and a fifth-round choose, then signed him to a five-year, $141 million contract extension. He has appeared in each sport since then, totaling 23.5 sacks over the previous two years.
The opposite outdoors linebackers on the NFC Professional Bowl roster are Los Angeles Rams teammates Jared Verse and Byron Younger.
That is the second yr in a row, in the meantime, that the Jets didn’t obtain a Professional Bowl nod within the preliminary roster announcement. Defensive sort out Quinnen Williams in the end made final yr’s occasion as a alternative.
This yr’s AFC kicker is the Los Angeles Chargers’ Cameron Dicker, who’s 36-of-38 (94.7%) on area targets and has not missed an additional level.
He bought the spot over Jets kicker Nick Folks, who’s 27-for-28 (96.4%) on area targets and can be excellent on further factors.
Williams is once more a Professional Bowler, however this time for the Dallas Cowboys, who acquired him in a commerce final month in the course of the Jets’ pre-deadline hearth sale.
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold, whom the Jets drafted No. 3 total in 2018, earned a Professional Bowl choice for the second yr in a row.
He’s joined by the Rams’ Matthew Stafford, who was named the NFC’s beginning quarterback, and Dallas’ Dak Prescott.
The AFC quarterbacks are Josh Allen of the Buffalo Payments, who’s the starter, together with the Chargers’ Justin Herbert and Drake Maye of the New England Patriots.
Followers, gamers and coaches vote for the Professional Bowlers every year. Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce led the fan vote for a second consecutive yr.
This would be the fourth yr because the Professional Bowl switched to a abilities problem that includes a flag soccer sport as a substitute of a conventional sport.
The 2026 Professional Bowl Video games are scheduled for Feb. 3 in San Francisco — 5 days earlier than the Bay Space hosts Tremendous Bowl LX.
