The NFL-leading Philadelphia Eagles had a league-best 8 gamers, together with quarterback Jalen Hurts, decided on for the primary Pro Bowl Games.
The league introduced rosters for the NFC and AFC on Wednesday. Players from each meetings will compete in weeklong abilities competitions culminating with a flag soccer sport on Sunday February 5 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The NFL eradicated its full-contact all-star sport in September.
Kansas City and Dallas each and every had seven gamers decided on for the Games. San Francisco and Baltimore are subsequent with six. Only two groups β Jacksonville and Chicago β don’t seem to be represented at the preliminary rosters.
Joining Hurts from the Eagles (13-1) are broad receiver AJ Brown, working again Miles Sanders, proper take on Lane Johnson, heart Jason Kelce, left guard Landon Dickerson, linebacker Haason Reddick and cornerback Darius Slay. Hurts, Sanders, Dickerson and Reddick are first-timers. It’s Kelce’s 6th, Slay’s 5th and Johnson’s fourth. Sanders and Reddick had been decided on as backups.
Patrick Mahomes is the AFC’s beginning quarterback. Josh Allen and Joe Burrow are his backups. Kirk Cousins ββand Geno Smith are backing up Hurts.
Smith is a first-time select in his tenth season within the NFL. He’s the primary quarterback since Rich Gannon (1999) to earn his first Pro Bowl variety in Year 10 or later of his occupation.
Trent Williams, the 49ers’ left take on, was once decided on for the tenth time. Aaron Donald was the primary defensive lineman to make the Pro Bowl in each and every of his first 9 seasons. He’s the one consultant from the protecting Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams (4-10).
Miami’s Tyreek Hill was once decided on to his 7th consecutive Pro Bowl, becoming a member of AJ Green as the one broad receivers to earn Pro Bowl honors in each and every in their first seven seasons.
Twenty-five of the 88 gamers decided on are first-timers, together with rookie cornerbacks Sauce Gardner of the New York Jets and Tariq Woolen of the Seattle Seahawks. It’s the second one time two rookie cornerbacks made the preliminary Pro Bowl roster. The first took place in 1982 when Pro Football Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott and Everson Walls made it.
Saquon Barkley is the NFC’s beginning working again. Sanders and Dallas Cowboys working again Tony Pollard are the backups. Nick Chubb is the AFC’s beginning working again. Derrick Henry and Josh Jacobs again him up.
The NFC’s beginning wideouts are Brown and Justin Jefferson. CeeDee Lamb and Terry McLaurin additionally made the squad. The AFC’s beginning receivers are Hill and Stefon Diggs.
Davante Adams and Ja’Marr Chase additionally made the roster.
George Kittle begins at tight finish for the NFC and TJ Hockenson made the staff after a midseason industry from Detroit to Minnesota.
AFC beginning tight finish Travis Kelce made the staff for the 8th time. Mark Andrews backs him up.
The roster picks had been decided through the consensus votes of lovers, gamers and coaches.
Each crew’s vote counted one-third towards figuring out the groups. The NFL is the one sports activities league that mixes vote casting through lovers, coaches and gamers to decide its all-stars. It was once additionally the primary skilled sports activities league to provide on-line all-star vote casting in 1995.
Peyton Manning will trainer the AFC staff whilst Eli Manning guides the NFC. Ray Lewis serves because the defensive coordinator for the AFC. DeMarcus Ware handles the position for the NFC.
International flag soccer stars Vanita Crouch and Diana Flores had been named as offensive coordinators.
The AFC and NFC will get started off with 5 abilities competitions on 2 February. On Sunday, there will likely be 3 flag soccer video games and 3 further abilities competitions between the 2 meetings.
The winner of each and every abilities festival earns 3 issues for his convention. There are 8 overall abilities competitions value a complete of 24 to be had issues.
The winner of each and every of the primary two flag video games earns six issues for his convention. The first two flag video games are value a complete of 12 to be had issues.
Points from the 8 abilities competitions and primary two flag video games are added in combination and that would be the rating at first of the 1/3 and ultimate flag sport. The 1/3 flag sport will decide the full winner of the Pro Bowl Games.
The flag video games will function a conventional AFC v NFC matchup with 27 talent place gamers to be had from the entire roster for each and every convention.
Each staff may even have one heart to be had on their roster. The sport will likely be performed 7 v 7.
Each sport will likely be 20 mins in period, with two, 10-minute halves on a 50-yard box with two 10-yard finish zones.
Touchdowns are value six issues. There are two other choices for post-touchdown conversions: one-point conversion from the three-yard line and two-point conversion from the 10-yard line. Safeties and returned one- or two-point conversion makes an attempt are value two issues.