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Bradley Chubb hilariously ‘translates’ Courtland Sutton’s tweet after Pro Bowl snub

Broncos wide receiver Courtland Sutton was snubbed by Pro Bowl voters and linebacker Bradley Chubb is tweeting on his behalf.

Denver Broncos wide receiver Courtland Sutton has played with three different quarterbacks this season and has managed to rack up over 1,000 receiving yards despite often being the No. 1 focus of opposing defenses.

Despite his brilliant year, Sutton was not voted to the 2020 Pro Bowl. Fans, coaches and players each accounted for one-third of the vote and Sutton ended up as a second-alternate for the All-Star game.

Asked by media members about the snub on Wednesday, Sutton simply said, “It is what it is.” Two days later, the receiver took to Twitter to thank those that did vote for him.

“I haven’t had a chance to thank everyone that took the time to vote for me for Pro Bowl,” Sutton wrote on Friday. “Although we didn’t make it, there are always positives. I’m going to continue to grow and develop my game while also continuing to have fun with the process. #AllLove #ThankYou.”

Broncos outside linebacker Bradley Chubb, who was a Pro Bowl alternate last year, hilariously quote-tweeted Sutton’s message with a “translation.”

Here’s how Sutton stacks up against the WRs that did make the Pro Bowl.

Player Yards YPC 20+yd REC TDs
Courtland Sutton 1,019 16.2 18 6
Jarvis Landry 1,018 13.3 17 5
Keenan Allen 1,046 11.6 14 5
Tyreek Hill 727 14.8 10 7
DeAndre Hopkins 1,142 11.5 16 7

As a second-alternate, Sutton will need two players to drop out to reach the Pro Bowl. Or, one player could drop out and if the first-alternate is unable to play in the game, Sutton could also make it that way.

The 2020 Pro Bowl will be played on Sunday, Jan. 26 at 1:00 p.m. MT.

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Saints reunite DL coach Ryan Nielsen with one of his N.C. State proteges

The New Orleans Saints signed free agent DT T.Y. McGill, reuniting coach Ryan Nielsen with one of his former students at N.C. State.

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A huge part of the New Orleans Saints’ recent success was the wave of changes to the coaching staff back in February 2017, when Saints coach Sean Payton made the tough but necessary decision to part ways with longtime assistants like linebackers coach Joe Vitt and defensive line coach Bill Johnson. Other developments followed as Payton scoured his staff looking for areas that needed improvement, even though many of the coaches he had to fire had been with him since he first came to New Orleans.

In their place, he went looking for teachers. And he found a great one in defensive line coach Ryan Nielsen, who had held that post with the North Carolina State Wolfpack since 2014. He was twice nominated for the Broyles Award, which recognizes the nation’s top assistant coach; former Saints coach Joe Brady won it this year for his impact on the LSU Tigers offense.

Nielsen recruited and coached up a unit that included multiple future NFL players, including four who would be picked in the first four rounds of the 2018 NFL Draft: Bradley Chubb (Denver Broncos), B.J. Hill (New York Giants), Justin Jones (Los Angeles Chargers), and Kentavius Street (San Francisco 49ers).

What all of these players have in common — and what Nielsen has instilled in the Saints’ defensive line — is sound technique that’s been refined after years of training. He teaches his players to engage opponents by striking them in their chest pads, translating skills from the weight room (specifically the bench press) to the practice field. It’s done wonders for inexperienced athletes the Saints have brought in over the last few years, like David Onyemata and Marcus Davenport (each of whom only really picked up playing football on defense in college).

On Wednesday, the Saints reunited Nielsen with one of his former students by signing journeyman defensive tackle T.Y. McGill. McGill was a senior on the 2014 squad Nielsen joined, functioning as the leading voice in the room that younger teammates like Chubb and Hill looked up to. McGill flourished under Nielsen’s coaching, racking up a career-best eight tackles for loss and three sacks before signing with the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted rookie. He’s since spent time with nearly a dozen teams while trying to find his way in the NFL.

Now they’ll get the chance to work together again, and Nielsen can put his one-time protege through a week of practice in New Orleans before Monday’s game with the Indianapolis Colts. McGill will probably be competing with second-year pro Taylor Stallworth (who is on the practice squad after playing 365 snaps last season) to dress for this week’s kickoff, so he’ll need to rely on every tool and lesson Nielsen once taught him to keep his NFL career going strong.

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