The 2025 Pro Bowl Games was the

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. This was the third year that the event consisted of skills competitions and a non-contact

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game. The first block of skills competitions took place on January 30, 2025, around various venues in

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, while the flag football game and the other events took place on February 2 at

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. The NFC won both the skills events and flag football game, 20–13 and 56–50 respectively. This became the first pro bowl that a single conference outscored the other in both the skills events and the final flag football game. This also became the highest scoring Pro Bowl, breaking the record from the year before.

Background

The NFL announced that

, would be the site for the games after hosting it the year before. Previously, Camping World Stadium hosted the Pro Bowl from

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(no game was held in

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Format

The format consisted of various skill competition events and a 7-on-7 flag football game, with the first block of events held on January 30, 2025. On February 2, the remainder of the event program took place at Camping World Stadium (the full Madden NFL 25 game aired on February 1 with clips being shown on Sunday).

Rosters

The fan voting ran between November 25 and December 23, 2024, with rosters announced on January 2, 2025. Three rookies were named to the initial roster: quarterback

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, tight end Brock Bowers, and outside linebacker

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. Later, rookie wide receivers

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and

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replaced

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and

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, respectively, after the latter two went down with injury. After

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chose not to participate, he was replaced by rookie quarterback

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AFC

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'' (see Pro Bowl "Player Selection" section)'' : Selected but chose not to participate

NFC

'' (see Pro Bowl "Player Selection" section)'' : Selected but chose not to participate

Number of selections per team

Broadcasting

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had the rights to the Pro Bowl Games. ESPN,

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, and

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aired the Thursday events live while ABC aired the recording of the block on the Sunday after the event (prior to Sunday's events), while ESPN,

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and

aired the Sunday events live.

Schedule and results

The events were held at

. The first set of skills competitions were held on Thursday, January 30, 2025, and the second set were held on Sunday, February 2.

Thursday

Passing the Test

Passing the Test was an accuracy competition in which each quarterback from both conferences attempted to hit as many targets as possible in the given time, including six stationary targets and three moving targets. After all targets had been hit, the quarterback was allowed to hit it a second time for points. Quarterbacks attempted to hit targets for points until they were out of time. To determine how much time each quarterback had, the quarterbacks were matched with a Pro Bowl partner and asked to answer five trivia questions. Each quarterback started with 40 seconds of time, being awarded an additional 10 second for each correct answer.

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won the event for the NFC with a score of 44, earning the NFC three points.

Satisfying Catches

The NFC won this event, earning three points.

The Big Spike

The AFC won this event, earning three points.

Helmet Harmony

The NFC won this event 8–6, earning three points.

Relay Race

Three races were held, and each was worth a single point. The NFC won the first race, the AFC won the second race, and the NFC won the third race.

Dodgeball

Two games were held, and each was worth three points. The AFC won the first game and the NFC won the second game.

Sunday

Flag Football First Quarter

The first quarter of the flag football game was played. The NFC outscored the AFC 13–6.

Punt Perfect

This event was held between the first quarter and the second quarter of the flag football game. 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.

Flag Football Second Quarter

The second quarter of the flag football game was played. The NFC outscored the AFC 12–6.

Head to Head

This event was a Madden NFL livestream held the day before. The three points were officially added during halftime on Sunday (accompanied by a highlight reel). The AFC won the game 22–13, earning three points.

The Great Football Race

This event was held during halftime of the flag football game. The NFC won this event, earning three points.

Flag Football Third Quarter

The third quarter of the flag football game was played. The AFC outscored the NFC 14–13.

Tug of War

This event was held between the third quarter and the fourth quarter of the flag football game. It was a best-of-three format, and the NFC won in a 2–0 sweep, earning three points.

Flag Football Fourth Quarter

The fourth quarter of the flag football game was played. The AFC outscored the NFC 24–18.

Overall score

In addition to the skills events, one game of

with four 12-minute quarters was played, with Sunday’s events being held between quarters.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pro Bowl

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