fan vote is only third of that. chargers fans are definitely not the biggest group and i am pretty sure that even a lot of them didnt vote for rivers (i for example didnt).
i am fairly sure that tebow and dalton got more fan votes (btw, if someone has detailed lists on fan, player and coaches voting and/or alternates, SHOW MEEEE) than rivers, but players and coaches saw that it wasnt ALL him what was wrong. during that win streak they protected him and he lit it up.
and i am pretty sure thats what the coaches and players saw and voted for. and a lot of QBs only played half/three quarters of a season due to injuries and its hard to pick such a dude, so this year he got a little lucky.
gates is clearly a little more undeserving. when healthy he is the best receiving TE in the league (I KNOW), but this was not a good year for him. hernandez was a little more deserving as an example. and i call for a journalists voting because as much as i hate the steelers, i would like to see a good allround-TE like miller in the pro bowl. because he can block too, which is a big part of the position. most TEs that are recognized are simply another generation of WRs. big, tall, former basketball player. they dont really block a lot.
but what makes me sick personally is polamalu and reed year in year out. picking the bills safety tandem as an example would reflect the season more. both had over 90 tackles and 3/4 ints and 1/3 FF and 1/1 FR.
some positions are just horseshit to make a fan voting about. to be honest, i think that 80% of fans shouldnt vote defense and O-line.
i dig fairly deep into the whole stuff, watching 2 simultaneously and the red zone channel on top of it, read stats and all of that, but even i had problems voting O-line and defense.
so for all of those reasons, i think there should be a fourth voting of journalists like for the MVP.