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The 2016 Pro Bowl (branded as the 2016 Pro Bowl presented by
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for sponsorship reasons) was the
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's
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for the 2015 season, which was played at Aloha Stadium in
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,
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on January 31, 2016. As of 2022, this was the last time the Pro Bowl was held in Hawaii.
Andy Reid Andrew Walter Reid (born March 19, 1958) is an American football coach who is the head coach for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). Reid was previously head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1999 to 2012. From 200 ...
of the
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and
Mike McCarthy Michael John McCarthy (born November 10, 1963) is an American football coach who is the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). From 2006 to 2018, he was the head coach of the Green Bay Packers. In 2011, he led t ...
of the
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were selected to coach the teams due to their teams being the highest seeded teams from each conference to lose in the Divisional Round of 2015–16 NFL playoffs, which has been the convention since the 2010 Pro Bowl. On January 27,
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announced that he would not be coaching the Pro Bowl due to an illness and also announced that assistant head coach
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would take over head coaching duties. This was also the sixth consecutive year that the Pro Bowl took place prior to the
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. At the Pro Bowl Draft, the Chiefs' coaching staff was assigned to Team Rice, and the Packers' coaching staff was assigned to Team Irvin. The game continued the fantasy draft format that debuted with the 2014 Pro Bowl. The two teams were to be drafted and captained by two Hall of Famers,
Jerry Rice Jerry Lee Rice (born October 13, 1962) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 20 seasons. Known primarily as a member of the San Francisco 49ers, winning three championsh ...
(winning 2014 Pro Bowl captain) and
Michael Irvin Michael Jerome Irvin (born March 5, 1966) is an American sports commentator and former professional football wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). In 2007, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fa ...
(winning 2015 Pro Bowl captain).
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and Eric Davis served as defensive co-captains for Irvin and Rice respectively, in both cases reuniting two former teammates (Irvin and Woodson were teammates on the
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from 1992 to 1999, while Rice and Davis played together with the
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from 1990 to 1995). The Fantasy draft was held January 27 at 7:30 P.M. EST on
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at
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in
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as part of an extension to the NFL's military appreciation campaign.


Game format

The game format was nearly the same for 2016 as it had been in 2015. The previous year's experimental rule of kicking the point after touchdown from the 15-yard line became a permanent rule. The goal posts remained at their normal 18-foot width in 2016, as compared to the narrower 14-foot width from the 2015 Pro Bowl. *Two former players drafted players onto the teams. Each was assisted by two player captains and one
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fantasy football champion. Michael Irvin was assisted by player captains
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and
Devonta Freeman Devonta Cornellius Freeman ( ; born March 15, 1992) is an American football running back who is a free agent. He played college football at Florida State and was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. High ...
, while Jerry Rice was assisted by player captains
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and
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. *Forty-three players were assigned to each team, down from 44 in
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(a regular game-day active roster has 46). *A two-minute warning was given in the first and third quarters (as well as in the second and fourth quarters), and the ball changed hands after each quarter. *The coin toss determined which team was awarded possession first. There were no kickoffs; the ball was placed on the 25-yard line at the start of each quarter and after scoring plays. *Defenses were now permitted to play
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and press coverage. Prior to 2014, only man coverage was allowed, except for goal line situations. *Beginning at the two-minute mark of every quarter, if the offense did not gain at least one yard, the clock stopped as if the play were an incomplete pass. *The game clock started after an incomplete pass on the signal of the referee, except inside the last two minutes of the first half and the last five minutes of the second half. *A 35-second/25-second play clock was used instead of the usual 40-second/25-second clock. *The game clock did not stop on quarterback sacks outside the final two minutes of the game. Formerly, the clock stopped on these situations outside the final two minutes of the second and fourth quarters.


Summary


Starting lineups


Box Score


Rosters


Team Rice


Team Irvin


Selected but did not participate

Notes: Players must have accepted their invitations as alternates to be listed; those who declined, such as
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, are not considered Pro Bowlers. : signifies the player was selected as a captain :Replacement selection due to injury or vacancy :Injured/suspended player; selected but did not participate :Selected but did not play because his team advanced to
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''(see Pro Bowl "Player Selection" section)
Source for selections and replacements


Number of selections per team


Broadcasting

The game was televised nationally by
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, which has the exclusive broadcast rights to the Pro Bowl through to 2022.
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radio broadcast the game nationally, with
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on play-by-play,
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on color commentary, and Laura Okmin on the sidelines.


References


External links


Official website of the Pro Bowl
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