The 2024 Pro Bowl Games is the upcoming
National Football League
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all-star game for the
2023 NFL season
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. This will be the second year that the event consists of skills competitions and non-contact
flag football games, rather than an actual tackle football game.
The first block of skills competitions is scheduled to take place on February 1, 2024, around various venues in
Central Florida
Central Florida is a region of the U.S. state of Florida. Different sources give different definitions for the region, but as its name implies it is usually said to comprise the central part of the state, including the Tampa Bay area and the Gr ...
, while the flag football games and the other events are scheduled for February 4 at
Camping World Stadium in
Orlando, Florida
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. Fan voting began on November 27, 2023, and ended on December 25.
The rosters were then announced on January 3, 2024.
Background
The NFL announced on July 25, 2023, that
Camping World Stadium in
Orlando, Florida
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will be the site for the game after spending the last two years at
Allegiant Stadium
Allegiant Stadium is a domed stadium located in Paradise, Nevada. It is the home stadium for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL), the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Rebels college football team, the Las Ve ...
in
Paradise, Nevada
Paradise is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States, adjacent to the city of Las Vegas. It was formed on December 8, 1950. Its population was 191,238 at the 2020 census, making it the fif ...
.
Prior to Allegiant Stadium's two years, Camping World Stadium hosted the Pro Bowl from
2017
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to
2020
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.
Format
The event will consist of various skill competition events and three 7-on-7 flag football games, with the first block of events being held on February 1, 2024. On February 4, the remainder of the event program is scheduled to take place at Camping World Stadium.
On December 20, 2023, the league announced the skills competitions for both days, with a
tug of war added to the program. The Closest to the Pin golf accuracy competition replaces the
Longest Drive. The High Stakes event replaces the Lightning Round, reducing the previous year's three-part challenge to just the competition where players attempt to catch punts. In addition, the Madden NFL Head-to-Head event, in which two players from each conference play the
Madden NFL
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video game using the Pro Bowl rosters, will now count as part of the skill competitions instead of just being an exhibition event for the past few years.
Rosters
The fan voting ran between November 27 and December 25, 2023.
The final rosters were then announced on January 3, 2024.
AFC
:bold player who participated in the game
: signifies the player has been selected as a captain
: Replacement player selection due to an injury or vacancy
: Injured player; selected but did not participate
: Selected but did not play because his team advanced to
Super Bowl LVIII
Super Bowl LVIII is the planned championship game of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2023 NFL season. The game is scheduled to be played on February 11, 2024, at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. It is the first Super Bowl that ...
'' (see
Pro Bowl "Player Selection" section)''
: Selected but chose not to participate
NFC
:bold player who participated in the game
: signifies the player has been selected as a captain
: Replacement player has been selected as a captain
: Injured player; selected but did not participate
: Selected but did not play because his team advanced to
Super Bowl LVIII
Super Bowl LVIII is the planned championship game of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2023 NFL season. The game is scheduled to be played on February 11, 2024, at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. It is the first Super Bowl that ...
''(see
Pro Bowl "Player selection" section)''
: Selected but chose not to participate
Number of selections per team
Schedule and results
The first set of skills competitions will take place on Thursday, February 1, 2024 at Nicholson Fieldhouse sports complex on the campus of the
University of Central Florida
The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a public research university whose main campus is in unincorporated Orange County, Florida. UCF also has nine smaller regional campuses throughout central Florida. It is part of the State University ...
and the second set will be held on Sunday, February 4 at camping World stadum.
Thursday
*Precision Passing: an accuracy competition in which each quarterback from both conferences attempts to hit as many targets as possible in one minute.
*Best Catch: one player from each conference will be shown in pre-recorded segments doing special catches around various Orlando landmarks, and a fan vote will determine who had the best catches.
*Closest to the Pin: a golf accuracy competition in which six players from each conference attempts to drive a golf ball to as close to the hole as possible.
*High Stakes: a multi-round competition in which players attempt to catch the most punts.
*
Dodgeball, played by teams of five players from each conference.
*Kick-Tac-Toe: a version of
tic-tac-toe
Tic-tac-toe (American English), noughts and crosses (Commonwealth English), or Xs and Os (Canadian or Irish English) is a paper-and-pencil game for two players who take turns marking the spaces in a three-by-three grid with ''X'' or ''O''. T ...
where each team's kicker kicks balls towards a giant tic-tac-toe board; objective is to get three symbols (X/O) across, vertically or diagonally, or get five symbols without making tic-tac-toe to win.
Sunday
*Madden NFL Head-to-Head: two players from each conference will play the
Madden NFL 24 video game using the official Pro Bowl rosters.
*Gridiron Gauntlet: six players from each conference will compete in a relay race through an
obstacle course
An obstacle course is a series of challenging physical obstacles an individual, team or animal must navigate, usually while being timed. Obstacle courses can include running, climbing, jumping, crawling, swimming, and balancing elements with th ...
.
*
Tug-of-war
Tug of war (also known as tug o' war, tug war, rope war, rope pulling, or tugging war) is a sport that pits two teams against each other in a test of strength: teams pull on opposite ends of a rope, with the goal being to bring the rope a certa ...
, played by five players from each conference.
*Move the Chains: a race competed by teams of five players from each conference. They must first move 3000 pounds of weight off of a wall, and then pull that 2,000-pound wall across the finish line.
*
Flag football: 3 games, 7-on-7.
Broadcasting
ESPN
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and
ABC
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ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting
* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster
** Disney–ABC Television ...
will serve as the broadcasters for all Pro Bowl events while the Thursday block of the skills competition were held on the Saturday afternoon after the event on ABC. The Sunday events will be simulcast live by ABC and
Disney XD, and streamed on
ESPN+
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.
References
External links
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