(reuters)-Aaron Rodgers Rentskins and New England Patriots Tom Brady was named Tuesday as the starting quarterbacks for the Pro Bowl, National Football League (NFL).
Rodgers and Brady will square off in Hawaii on 29 January in the NFL's all-star showcase, but only if they are not in Indianapolis the following weekend, playing in the Super Bowl.
The NFC quarterbacking composition includes three Super Bowl most valuable players, under the leadership of Rodgers, who has guided the Super Bowl champions on a record, 14-1 this season.
Rodgers will be copied by Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints, who claimed over one-season record in the NFL on Monday and will make its appearance sixth all-star.
New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning won his second Pro Bowl selection to match the father Archie, but will have some work to do to match brother Peyton has named 11 all-star teams.
Brady will start for the AFC (American Football Conference) for the second consecutive season, and will provide copies of ' San Diego Chargers and Pittsburgh Steelers Philip Rivers Ben Roethlisberger.
The Patriots led the AFC with eight Pro Bowl selections, while San Francisco was tops in the Titans NFC (National Football Conference), also with eight and one better than the Super Bowl champion Packers to seven.
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Brady will be joined in Hawaii, two Favorite destinations, Wes Welker, who leads the League in receptions and yards, and Rob Gronkowski, who already has set an NFL record for most touchdowns in a season by a tight-end with 15.
The most remarkable AFC has 13 first-time All-Stars, including wide receiver A.J. Green Chargers Cincinnati, which becomes the first rookie wide receiver selected to the Pro Bowl by Anquan Boldin in 2003.
Other receptors of Pittsburgh will boot Mike Wallace and Miami Dolphins ' Brandon Marshall.
The backfield AFC will feature the first time starter Ray rice in Ravens Baltimore, backed by the Arian Foster Mpronkos and Maurice Jones-Drew of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
LeSean McCoy, who leads the NFL with 19 touchdowns, the NFC's starting back and will be joined by San Francisco's Frank Gore and the Redskins ' injured Matt Forte.
Starting wide receivers will include Arizona Cardinals ' Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Greg Jennings and Steve Smith of Carolina.
Saints Jimmy Graham, who led NFL Tight ends with 91 receptions, earned his first Pro Bowl appearance prior to the Atlanta Falcons, Tony Gonzalez, who celebrates his 12th all-star selection, more all-time for a tight-end.
The NFL combines fans, coaches and players to determine the all-star selections with the vote count in each group consensus one-third of the total votes.
(Written by Steve Keating in Toronto, editing by Mark Lamport-Stokes)
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