The Super Bowl may go through New England and Seattle.

The Pro Bowl goes through Dove Valley.

No team has more Pro Bowl selections than the Broncos. The NFL announced Tuesday that nine Broncos have made the Pro Bowl team, including cornerback Chris Harris for the first time and Peyton Manning for a 14th, extending his record for quarterbacks.

Harris is one of five defensive Broncos to be honored, joining fellow cornerback Aqib Talib, strong safety T.J. Ward, defensive end DeMarcus Ware and strongside linebacker Von Miller.

Manning, receiver Demaryius Thomas, tight end Julius Thomas and left tackle Ryan Clady are the four offensive players who were named.

Nine Pro Bowlers speak to how far John Elway has brought the Broncos since he took charge of the team’s football operations in 2011. The question going forward is: Can they all become Super Bowlers?

The Broncos have been on such a remarkable run in recent years, it’s difficult to believe that as recently as 2010, the team was 4-12 and had just two Pro Bowlers — cornerback Champ Bailey and receiver Brandon Lloyd.

The talent level has since soared dramatically. Elway has acquired seven of the Broncos’ nine Pro Bowlers since 2011. Clady and Demaryius Thomas were the only Pro Bowlers Elway inherited.

It’s the team’s largest Pro Bowl group since 1998 when Elway in his final year at quarterback was one of 10 Broncos honored.

Besides the nine Broncos who made the Pro Bowl team, receiver Emmanuel Sanders was selected a second alternate and running back C.J. Anderson was a sixth alternate — even though he has only played more than a handful of snaps in just seven games.

This season’s Pro Bowl will be played Jan. 25 at the University of Phoenix in Glendale, Ari. — the same place where Super Bowl XLIX will be played a week later.

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For the nine honored Broncos, the idea is to bring along a Super Bowl excuse with them to Arizona so they don’t play in the Pro Bowl.

Even with an NFL-most nine Pro Bowlers, the Broncos still had two glaring snubs in Sanders and defensive tackle Terrance “Pot Roast” Knighton.

Sanders is fifth in the league with 95 catches, sixth with 1,331 receiving yards and tied for 16th with nine touchdowns.

The last time a receiver with at least 95 catches, 1,300 yards and nine touchdowns didn’t make the Pro Bowl was 1995 when Isaac Bruce, Brett Perriman and Robert Brooks were snubbed.

Knighton is considered the most dominant run-stuffer on a Denver defense that ranks No. 2 against the run.

Also not honored were Louis Vasquez, who was switched to right tackle after he was both a Pro Bowler and all-pro at right guard last season, and weakside linebacker Brandon Marshall, who leads the team in tackles.

Mike Klis: mklis@denverpost.com; Twitter: @mikeklis

The Broncos’ Pro Bowl 9

A look at the nine Broncos selected to the Pro Bowl team:

Player, Position ……………… Pro Bowl appearances

1.Peyton Manning, QB …….. 14

Leads the league with 39 touchdown passes.

2.Ryan Clady, LT ……………… 4

Returned from Lisfranc fracture that forced him to miss all but 2 games last season.

3.Demaryius Thomas, WR …. 3

Career-best 103 catches and 1,504 yards with 11 TDs.

4.Julius Thomas, TE ………….. 2

Set NFL-record with 12 touchdown receptions through 9 games.

5.DeMarcus Ware, DE ………. 8

Has at least 10.0 sacks for the eight time in nine years.

6.Von Miller, OLB …………… 3

Bounced back from difficult 2013 season to post 13.0 sacks.

7.Aqib Talib, CB ………………. 2

First-year Bronco has two pick-sixes this season and six in his career.

8.T.J. Ward, SS …………………. 2

Has two sacks and two interceptions along with 74 tackles.

9.Chris Harris, CB ……………… 1

Has the highest overall grade (26.0) among all NFL cornerbacks as rated by Pro Football Focus. Next is Indy’s Vontae Davis (18.3), Darrelle Revis (17.2) and Richard Sherman (17.0).