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[Updated formatting] Because I thought that PFF’s midseason All-Pro list wasn’t the best, I thought I’d post my own team. Few caveats to this. I’m a week late, so instead of counting all stats through week 9, I’m counting all stats through week 10. I’m not going to pretend to know what I’m talking about for offensive line, so I’ll only be posting PFF’s team. I also won’t pretend that I know how to judge long snappers and “special teamers.” PFF includes flex positions for offense and defense. I’ll list them, but I won’t add my own since the AP doesn’t have one (anymore). I’d love to hear everyone’s thoughts. Finally, I'm a Broncos fan, I'm biased at some positions.

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Offense:

QB	My Team	PFF Team
First-Team	Jalen Hurts	Lamar Jackson
Second-Team	Tua Tagovailoa	Josh Allen

This was one of the biggest shocks to me. Jackson is playing great, but to totally ignore Hurts and what he’s done again this year is insanity to me. Hurts is leading the best team to a number 1 seed right now and if he continues, he deserves the 1st-Team nod along with MVP (if the season ended today). Josh Allen as the second team is also insane. The man is fun to watch because he’s a gunslinger, but live by the gunslinger, die by the gunslinger and the Bills die more often than not. I'm not in love with Tua on the Second-Team and overall I think the QB teams are wide open.

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RB	My Team	PFF Team
First-Team	Christian McCaffrey	Derrick Henry
Second-Team	Derrick Henry	Raheem Mostert

I’m not too mad about PFF’s selections. I think McCaffrey should get the nod though as he’s having another insane season. Henry is also doing what he does. Mostert would make the 3rd-Team right now for me if it existed, but if Henry or McCaffrey slow down at all, he could easily leapfrog them for an All-Pro selection.

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WR	My Team	PFF Team
First-Team	Tyreek Hill	Tyreek Hill
First-Team	AJ Brown	AJ Brown
First-Team	(Probably Diggs)	n/a
Second-Team	CeeDee Lamb	CeeDee Lamb
Second-Team	Stephon Diggs	Justin Jefferson
Second-Team	(Keenan Allen)	n/a

Again, not very different here, but Jefferson being selected was a bit of a head scratcher. After week 8 (when PFF published) Jefferson only had 36 catches for 571 yards and 3 TDs. Also, important to note that PFF does not include a third WR for their First- or Second-Teams so I've put my hypothetical picks in parenthesis, but I'm not going to rip them for that.

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TE	My Team	PFF Team
First-Team	Mark Andrews	Travis Kelce
Second-Team	TJ Hockenson	George Kittle

Andrews to me has been far and away the best TE this year for me. Hockenson has some better stats, but he is force fed a little (95 targets when writing this), plus Andrews is a great blocker. Kittle being on PFF’s 2nd-Team isn’t an awful choice, but it felt like they went with name recognition here, especially with Kelce (who I'd throw on a fourth-team).

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Offensive Flex	PFF Team
First-Team	Brandon Aiyuk
Second-Team	Stefon Diggs

I won't argue here because the Flex position doesn't exist for the AP teams.

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PFF O-Line	First-Team	Second-Team
LT	Christian Darrisaw	Kolton Miller
LG	Tyler Smith	Joe Thuney
C	Jason Kelce	Ryan Kelly
RG	Kevin Dotson	Chris Lindstrom
RT	Penei Sewell	Lane Johnson

No idea if these are good teams are not. Feel free to chime in if you can dig into this further.

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Defense:

Defensive Interior	My Team	PFF Team
First-Team	Quinnen Williams	Quinnen Williams
First-Team	Aaron Donald	Dexter Lawrence
Second-Team	Jalen Carter	Jalen Carter
Second-Team	Chris Jones	Aaron Donald

Again, not the craziest team selections. I just think Dexter Lawrence is fringe Second-Team right now.

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Edge Rusher	My Team	PFF Team
First-Team	TJ Watt	Nick Bosa
First-Team	Myles Garrett	Myles Garrett
Second-Team	Maxx Crosby	Maxx Crosby
Second-Team	Danielle Hunter	TJ Watt

My biggest gripe with PFF is how much they praise Bosa, but hate on Watt. In my opinion Watt is the Defensive Player of the Year, with Garrett being a close runner up. To include Bosa on either team right now is a crime. Watt is dragging that Steelers defense to dominate and win – I’m still not sure how they have a winning record.

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LB	My Team	PFF Team
First-Team	Fred Warner	Demario Davis
First-Team	Foye Oluokun	Roquan Smith
Second-Team	Roquan Smith	CJ Mosley
Second-Team	Kyzir White	Quincy Williams

Fred Warner not being on either PFF team is egregious. He is the best linebacker in football and one of my dark horse candidates for DPoY. Oluokun was overlooked…again. Roquan belongs on a team for sure, I just think it should be second. White is a very overlooked LB on a very bad team.

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CB	My Team	PFF Team
First-Team	DaRon Bland	Paulson Adebo
First-Team	Patrick Surtain II	Jaylon Johnson
Second-Team	Geno Stone	Darious Williams
Second-Team	Sauce Gardner	Sauce Gardner

CB is always a weird position. Do you like flashy INTs and return TDs, but can get burned (think Trevon Diggs)? Or do you like shutdown corners that can remove a star WR from the game (think Darrelle Revis)? My team is a mix of both. I don’t necessarily think my team is much better than PFF. Oh, why’d I’d add PS2? Because I’m a Broncos fan. See, I can admit my bias, can you PFF?

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Safeties	My Team	PFF Team
First-Team	Talanoa Hufanga	Jessie Bates III
First-Team	Jordan Whitehead	Jevon Holland
Second-Team	Justin Simmons	Antoine Winfield
Second-Team	Geno Stone	Geno Stone

Safeties are somewhat similar to how I explained CBs. I do think they snubbed Hufanga and Whitehead without having them on either team. Again, I’m biased and think Simmons should be on a team.

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Defensive Flex	PFF Team
First-Team	Trent McDuffie
Second-Team	DJ Reed

PFF's defensive flex position. It's essentially another defensive back position for them.

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Special Teams:

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K	My Team	PFF Team
First-Team	Harrison Butker	Chase McLaughlin
Second-Team	Dustin Hopkins	Matt Gay

Butker deserves the 1st-Team spot – he’s 100% and has a 60 yarder.

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P	My Team	PFF Team
First-Team	AJ Cole	AJ Cole
Second-Team	Logan Cooke	Matt Gay

Punters are people too.

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Returner	My Team	PFF Team
First-Team	Marvin Mims Jr.	Kavontae Turpin
Second-Team	Xavier Gipson	Charlie Jones

I know I’m biased, but Mims is far and away the best returner this year.

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Special Teamer	PFF Team
First-Team	Miles Killebrew
Second-Team	Brendan Schooler

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Long Snapper	PFF Team
First-Team	Chris Stoll
Second-Team	Josh Harris

TLDR: I didn’t like PFF’s All-Pro team. Here are my selections. Do you agree? Where do you disagree?