​Who could be a first-time Pro Bowler for the Green Bay Packers during the 2026 season? Quarterback Jordan Love is the most obvious and likely candidate, given his gradual but meaningful improvement as a starter and the impressive efficiency metrics he produced in 2025.Conor Orr of SI.com already laid out a strong case for Love as a first-time Pro Bowler in 2026:It is unbelievable to me that the only award under Love’s Wikipedia biography is a 2018 bid for second-team All-Mountain West. Love had a fantastic 2026 season marred by a team collapse down the stretch. Though Love was outside the top 12 in passing yards in 2025, he was sixth in quarterback rating and third in QBR. While this is a purely anecdotal observation, I find that a quarterback’s eventual ascension into the category of unquestioned greatness follows a season in which the data clearly illustrate as much without us taking appropriate notice. I’m sure Packers fans will point out that, in actuality, Love has been a top-10 quarterback across the board in most major categories—passing yards, passing touchdowns, passer rating, TD percentage, QBR and touchdown-to-interception ratio—since 2023. Love, like Caleb Williams, suffers from a pack of stalwarts from perennially popular teams who tend to get the nod by default, or at least get a disproportionate benefit of the doubt, such as Jalen Hurts. The Fall of Love™ is upon us.Making the Pro Bowl is difficult, and the honor usually trails behind a player’s actual performance. Being voted to the Pro Bowl usually requires a combination of name recognition, a large portfolio of big plays and a lot of winning. And as Orr rightfully notes, breaking through and earning a first Pro Bowl nod is often the toughest hurdle for a good player.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSo, who are the Packers’ other possible first-time Pro Bowl candidates in 2026?A list:TE Tucker Kraft: He would have made his first Pro Bowl in 2025 had his knee not failed him in early November. Kraft is expecting to be full go come Week 1, so his comeback season could eventually end up in a Pro Bowl honor if he hits the ground running.P Daniel Whelan: He should have been a Pro Bowler in 2025. Don’t be surprised if the actual honor comes a year late, even if Whelan’s 2026 season isn’t quite as good.LB Edgerrin Cooper: The third-year linebacker is slowly but surely gaining recognition as one of the NFL’s best young players at the position. Having a tough veteran like Zaire Franklin next to him in 2026 could help fully unlock Cooper’s playmaking potential. The position lacks stars, so Cooper — who can stuff the stat sheet — could easily emerge as a leader of the next wave of NFL linebackers.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementRT Zach Tom: He’s been consistently excellent at right tackle, but making a Pro Bowl at offensive tackle in the NFC is incredibly difficult. It will take a special (and healthy) year from Tom and a few of the elite veterans falling off for t