Three sets of brothers make NFL Pro Bowl
The first Pro Bowl for NFL interceptions leader Trevon Diggs (pictured) of the Dallas Cowboys means the league now has three sets of brothers with invitations to the game, according to The Associated Press.
Diggs joins Buffalo wide receiver Stefon Diggs, who made his second in a row and also was a 2020 All-Pro selection. The other pairs are Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce and Philadelphia center Jason Kelce; and pass rushers Joey Bosa of the Chargers and Nick Bosa of San Francisco.
The Pro Bowl is scheduled for Feb. 6 — the week before the Super Bowl in Los Angeles — at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
The younger Diggs, who has 10 interceptions and a shot at Dallas’ club record of 11 with three games remaining, shared a group video chat with his brother and about 15 family members and friends after the announcement Wednesday.
“That was real cool,” said Trevon Diggs, who’s in his second season. “Probably one of my favorite moments of this year, for real, because that’s my brother and I love him to death and just being able to go up there with him, that’s fire.”
Stefon Diggs, who waited five years for his first Pro Bowl nod, said he was happier for his brother than himself.
“He was the epitome of just taking that second-year jump, maturing as a player on and off the field,” Stefon Diggs said. “I was just more proud than anything. I knew he was going, but I still wanted to see it. I saw his picture and I saw his face, I saw him in the Cowboys, I’m like, ‘Yeah, that’s my little brother.’ ”
It’s the third consecutive year for the Kelce brothers to make it. Travis Kelce leads all of them with seven Pro Bowls, followed by his brother (five), Joey Bosa (four) and Nick Bosa (two).
Trivia question
On Dec. 26, 1970, the Dallas Cowboys beat the Detroit Lions in the NFL playoffs by an unusual score. What was the score?
They said it
• From Dallas’ Mel Renfro, who made the saving interception that day in the final moments: “(The Lions) were marching down the field, and everybody was thinking we are going to lose the big one again. Fortunately ... I was able to get the interception. It was a great relief.”
• From Packers receiver
Davante Adams, on facing three defenders on some plays last week against the Ravens: “Once they do that, I just start running around in circles, just do whatever. I just turn it into a playground operation. (If) that’s how they want to do it, I do unfair stuff, too. I don’t even know what route I ran, but I don’t think it was the route I was supposed to run on that. In seriousness, I try to do that, but obviously it’s a lot going on as far as people in my way, my path. So, a lot of times it’s going to be tough running my route. It’s just different, man.”
Trivia answer
Only three times in NFL history, and only once in the playoffs, has a team won 5-0. That was the score that day in the Cotton Bowl as the Cowboys rushed for 209 yards, led by Duane Thomas’ 135 yards on 30 carries, and Walt Garrison’s 72 yards on 17 carries. The Lions had just 156 total yards, with Greg Landry and Bill Munson combining to go 7 for 20 for 92 yards with three sacks, one for a safety.