Not a lot of NFC Northers in the Pro Bowl this year, so this will be a quick one. Let's go through them. 

Vikings

Nadie.

Bears

The Bears had four Pro-Bowlers: Kevin Byard, Joe Thuney, Nashon Wright and Drew Dalman. The four players were a microcosm of the team's improvement this year on both offense and defense. 

On the offensive side, Thuney and Dalman were the backbones of the new run game, brought by Ben Johnson, and both performed about as well as you could possibly expect from first-year acquisitions. Thuney really is an incredible player, and we can only be thankful that he is already entering his age-34 season and, after a career bringing teams to the Super Bowl (Patriots and then Chiefs), he, hopefully, only has one plus year left for the Bears. Dalman probably didn't have quite the impact as Thuney, but he certainly deserved the spot in the Pro Bowl. 

I was extremely skeptical of these two acquisitions last off-season, and how could you not be, considering the Bears' last 40 years, and I was very, very wrong. We'll see how it carries over to next seaosn but it sure as hell made an impact this season. 

Byard and Nashon Wright were the interception kings. Byard, like Thuney, is pretty old (he will be 33 next season) and this was his last hurrah. Nashon Wright isn't old but he had an extremely boom and bust season - either giving up a long play or getting an interception. 

Lions

The Lions led the division, with five players making the bowl

The Sun God was the fifth most productive receiver in the league and made the passing game go. Jahmyr Gibbs is arguable, but he deserved the spot. Penei Sewell was the best tackle in the NFL. It's not surprising that the Lions had one of the most productive offenses even after losing Ben Johnson. 

It is surprising how bad the defense was despite having two Pro-Bowlers in Aidan Hutchinson and Jack Campbell. Hutchinson is obvious and was a top-five edge even coming off a bad injury but you may not have heard Campbell's name a lot.

The former Hawkeye had the second-best linebacker grade in the league, thanks mostly to an insane 93 rush defense grade. Maybe the gap between his 93 rush defense grade and 71 coverage grade is a good hint about the defense.

The Lions have invested for years in stopping the run and their investments to stop the pass have both been few and far between and bad. Former first-round pick Terrion Arnold was the 94th-best corner this year, according to PFF. He wasn't even their worst starter; Amik Robertson was 108th. And big money free agent signing DJ Reed was 48th. Kerby Joseph, who was a pro bowler last year, only played in six games and was bad in them. We're going to talk a lot about this over the next several months.