With the NFL Pro Bowl games coming up, the games are starting on Thursday, January 30th, and will end on Sunday, February 2nd. On Thursday the games will start with the skills showdown with all of the selected players who will be attending the games.
During the skills showdown on Thursday, the events that will happen are a passing test where the quarterback from each side of the league will try to hit various targets at different heights and distances away from the quarterback. Another event happening on Thursday will be the satisfying catch event where one wide receiver, one tight end, and one cornerback will go through an obstacle course and will have to go back-to-back and the lowest time will win. Six total events are happening on Thursday and another one is a game of dodgeball where each team has 14 players and it will be a seven-on-seven game.
Some of the players that were selected from the NFC side of the league are Jared Goff from the Lions, Justin Jefferson from the Vikings, Jahmyr Gibbs, and Brian Branch both from the Lions. On the AFC side of the league, some of the players are Joe Burrow from the Bengals, Nico Collins from the Texans, Brock Bowers from the Raiders, and Ja’Marr Chase from the Bengals as well.
With all of these challenges, people might wonder who is the best in the league and the best in each conference. “Each challenge will help decide who will win the two-day challenge between the AFC and the NFC.”
With the five games being played on Thursday the NFC dominated and won four of the events and split the dodgeball games with the AFC. Each event was worth certain points and was tallied up at the end. The NFC won the passing event with Jared Goff dominating Joe Burrow to put the NFC up 3-0, After the passing test the receivers went in the satisfying catch event and the NFC earned three more points putting them up by six points. When the big spike challenge came around no one could spike a ball like the AFC and they were able to cut the lead to 6-3. When helmet harmony came around which was close to a game show the NFC won again gaining three points making the score 9-3. When the two conferences participated in a relay race the NFC won two of the three races making the score 11-4 going into the last event on Thursday. With the last event on Thursday being dodgeball the AFC won the first game and the NFC won the second game making the score 14-7.
During the Sunday events that happened on February 2nd, the games kicked off with the first quarter of the flag football game. With the NFC still being dominant they outscored the AFC 13-6 in the first quarter, with this score updating it is now 27-13 with the NFC ahead by 14 points. Going into the punt-perfect event the AFC won with Wikipedia explaining all of the scores they said “The AFC won this event 1–0 in three sudden death rounds after a 13–13 regulation tie and a 3–3 overtime tie, earning three points.” When going into the second quarter of the flag football game the NFC still remained on top, outscoring the AFC 12-6 making the score of the entire Pro Bowl Games 39-22. When a few star players faced off in a game of Madden the AFC was able to beat the NFC adding three more points to their total score. There was also another event during the halftime of the flag football game, this event was the great football race which the NFC won again making the score 42-25. When coming out of halftime and heading into the third quarter of the flag football game the AFC was able to pull off a close quarter, out-scoring the NFC 14-13. This made the overall score 55-39 heading to tug-of-war. During tug-of-war, the NFC completed a sweep gaining another three points and making the score 58-39. When the fourth quarter started the AFC was able to outscore the NFC again but it wouldn’t be enough to win the entire Pro Bowl. The final score of the Pro Bowl was 76-63 with the NFC winning its third straight.
At the end of the flag football games, there are MVPs that are handed out and on the offensive side of the ball Jared Goff won the MVP and on the defensive side of the ball Byron Murphy won.
