THE NFL ANNOUNCED its plans for a “re-imagined” Pro Bowl week this January, which will feature a “Skills Showdown” that includes a hands competition, a relay race, and a dodgeball game.
Unlike in past years, this year the Pro Bowl will return to an AFC vs. NFC structure. And over the course of the week, teams from the two conferences will square off in a variety of new competitions as part of the larger aforementioned “Skills Showdown.”
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“Each team in the Skills Showdown will feature a mix of quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, linemen, linebackers, and defensive backs,” the NFL said in the announcement.
Competitions will include:
“Epic Pro Bowl Dodgeball: Pro Bowlers will compete in a game of dodgeball.
Power Relay Challenge: Four team members will compete in a timed relay race.
Precision Passing: Two players on each team will battle it out, trying to hit moving targets of varying size and distance.
Best Hands: Quarterback and wide receiver duos from each team will show off their skills, connecting on as many pass attempts as possible before time runs out.”
There will be four team captains: Jerome Bettis and Ray Lewis in the AFC, and Tony Gonzalez and Charles Woodson in the NFC.
The NFL’s reasoning here is fairly transparent. The Pro Bowl hasn’t been drawing attention the way the NFL would have liked in recent years. Considering it happens the week before the Super Bowl, meaning that players from the league’s top two teams don’t feature, it would take some outside-the-box thinking to improve its reputation.
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The NFL has tried to make the Pro Bowl more interesting by adding a skills competition
THE NFL ANNOUNCED its plans for a “re-imagined” Pro Bowl week this January, which will feature a “Skills Showdown” that includes a hands competition, a relay race, and a dodgeball game.
Unlike in past years, this year the Pro Bowl will return to an AFC vs. NFC structure. And over the course of the week, teams from the two conferences will square off in a variety of new competitions as part of the larger aforementioned “Skills Showdown.”
“Each team in the Skills Showdown will feature a mix of quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, linemen, linebackers, and defensive backs,” the NFL said in the announcement.
Competitions will include:
There will be four team captains: Jerome Bettis and Ray Lewis in the AFC, and Tony Gonzalez and Charles Woodson in the NFC.
The NFL’s reasoning here is fairly transparent. The Pro Bowl hasn’t been drawing attention the way the NFL would have liked in recent years. Considering it happens the week before the Super Bowl, meaning that players from the league’s top two teams don’t feature, it would take some outside-the-box thinking to improve its reputation.
Do you think this is a good move for the NFL? Let us know in the comments below.
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