The Pro Bowl, which has been contested since 1951, will be replaced by The Pro Bowl Games, a week of skill challenges that will culminate in a flag football game, according to a Monday announcement from the NFL.

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This comes after the Pro Bowl’s future was questioned by Commissioner Roger Goodell in May 2022, who, after the owner’s meeting in Atlanta had said,” 

The (Pro Bowl) game doesn’t work. We need to find another way to celebrate the players.”  

This makes the 2022 Pro Bowl the last one to be played. It has been played in every year since 1950, except for 2020, where it was postponed due to COVID-19.

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According to NFL official Peter O’Reilly, the league has been searching for a Pro Bowl alternative for some time, and after hearing comments from players, coaches, and general managers, the league decided to go in a different route to highlight the NFL’s rich talent pool.

O’ Reilly said,“The Pro Bowl is something that we’ve been looking at for a while, really continuing to evolve,”while speaking to The Associated Press. “Coming out of last year’s game, we really made the decision based on a lot of internal conversations, getting feedback from GMs and coaches, getting a lot of feedback from players. We think there’s a real opportunity to do something wholly different here and move away from the traditional tackle football game.”

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He further added,” We decided the goal is to celebrate 88 of the biggest stars in the NFL in a really positive, fun, yet competitive way. The feedback very directly from guys who had been in the Pro Bowl recently was to keep the construct of the week, make sure you’re having that multi-day element. It was overwhelmingly positive both from players as well as from clubs.”