The National Football League announced that they’ve transformed the Pro Bowl into “The Pro Bowl Games.” The first one will take place in Las Vegas in 2023, at Allegiant Stadium, and will air on ESPN and ABC on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. The Pro Bowl Games will be presented by Verizon and will replace the tackle game with flag football. It will be a week-long events of player skills where players showcase their football and non-football skills in unique competitions. The multi-day AFC vs NFC Pro Bowl player competition will be highlighted by the main attraction of a flag football game with all the top stars in the league.
The new format and change to the All Pro event has been attributed to an uneventful last year’s 2022 NFL Pro Bowl as players were not wanting to tackle other players fearing injury to their careers. That didn’t stop Dallas Cowboys’ defensive rookie of the year, Micah Parsons, from playing aggressively, as that is his nature, not to let up on the gas. He might of been the only player playing for real! We caught up with him a couple days after the game (and the day after he was named defensive rookie of the year) and here is what he had to say…
