Landry hopes for late Pro Bowl invite

Jarvis Landry thought he’d done enough. It seemed like 98 catches, 844 yards and eight touchdown catches would be sufficient to earn him a spot on the initial AFC Pro Bowl roster, but the vot

ers felt otherwise and left him out in favor of Antonio

Brown, Keenan Allen, A.J. Green and DeAndre Hopkins. Landry was stunned by not making the team but has no gripe against the guys picked.

“I respect all those guys’ game,” he said. “It is what it is. I didn’t get in.”

He remains hopeful to be added as an alternate. Some players will withdraw from the game if injured — some use an injury to get out of it — or playing in the Super Bowl.

There’s a possible opening for him when it comes to Brown, one of his close friends. Brown suffered a partially torn calf in Pittsburgh’s loss to the Patriots and won’t play today against Houston.

If Brown is still ailing, or if Pittsburgh (10-3) makes the Super Bowl, that could clear a spot for Landry. It also gives Landry an advantage in trying to win the receiving title for the year. Brown, who has 101 receptions, is the only player ahead of him.

“It’s always unfortunate, but in this league things happen,” Landry said. “He’s a great player, and he does great things for his team. The biggest concern for me, immediately after our game, was just his personal health.”

Landry would still have to hold off New Orleans’ Michael Thomas (94) and Larry Fitzgerald (92), among others.

Landry already has the Dolphins’ single-season catch record with 110 in 2015 and followed it with 94 last year. He has four of the top seven marks in

franchise history and has the NFL record for most receptions by any player in the first four years of a career (386).