AP All Pro released.

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(01-08-2016, 10:58 PM)RoyleRedlegs Wrote: Gronk > Welker, Hernandez and Branch by a lot. He's the number one guy in NE. 

Green is the number one target. 
Eifert isn't. 

Eifert is more talented than Barnidge.  That's not debatable. Difference is simply in their respective teams. 

Which is just proving my point. In 2011, Welker had more targets, catches, and yards. By a LOT. Gronk wasn't the number one target. Still took care of business and was an All-Pro.

If we're going to choose All-Pro on un-quantifiable talent/potential that hasn't been achieved yet, then sure. Eifert would win. If we choose it based off of actual production, which can be quantified and is the logical way to do it, then it shouldn't even be a conversation. Should Reggie Nelson give his 2nd team All-Pro spot to Pittsburgh's Will Allen? Sure Allen only has 1 pick to Nelson's 8, but it's not Allen's fault his team doesn't use him as a ball hawking centerfielder. See? Silly, right?

Not to mention Eifert would break like humpty dumpty if he was given Barnidge's workload. Never to be put back together again.