Vikings leads NFC with 8 Pro Bowl members; Colts have 6 for AFC

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Favre among 8 Vikings in Pro Bowl

NEW YORK — Brett Favre is among eight Minnesota Vikings selected to the Pro Bowl on Tuesday, while Peyton Manning is one of six Indianapolis Colts on the AFC squad.

It will be Favre’s 11th Pro Bowl and the 10th for Manning. No other quarterbacks have been to 10 all-star games.

Tennessee running back Chris Johnson, the league’s leading rusher, also is on the AFC team, along with NFL receptions leader Wes Welker of New England.

Vikings RB Adrian Peterson, the league’s top scorer among non-kickers, will be in the NFC backfield, where New Orleans’ Drew Brees, the NFL’s top-rated passer, is the starting quarterback.

The Pro Bowl will be played Jan. 31, one week before the Super Bowl, in Miami.