6. S Tashaun Gipson
Safety Tashaun Gipson hasn’t been to a Pro Bowl since 2014. However, the 30-year-old should have broken that stretch of no appearances on Tuesday. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen — not even an alternate designation for the veteran.
Though missing two games, Gipson has played the part of one of the NFL’s best in 2019, despite wearing a cast for much of the season. Heading into Week 15, fellow snub safety Justin Reid praised him, calling him “undoubtedly the best cover safety in the league.”
” I mean, there’s many times like after the Pro Bowl voting, T-Gip was actually my first call before the guys that made the Pro Bowl because I really thought he played well enough to make the Pro Bowl and I thought a ton of him that way,” said Jaguars coach Doug Marrone on Sept. 11.
Through 15 weeks of play, Gipson is seventh in the NFL in allowed passer rating (39.8) and fourth for all safeties. He leads the Texans in interceptions with three (including a pick-six) while recording 44 combined tackles and eight pass deflections as a strong-side safety.