Nfl Announces Big Scheduling Change To Pro Bowl Games In 2026

The NFL is moving this year's Pro Bowl Games to Super Bowl week, commissioner Roger Goodell announced Wednesday.

The Pro Bowl will beryllium held successful nan San Francisco Bay Area connected Tuesday nighttime (Feb. 3) successful primetime during nan week of Super Bowl LX (Feb. 8). This marks a important alteration from Pro Bowls of caller history, which typically took spot successful precocious January to early February. The arena has besides been held successful Orlando successful nan past fewer years.

The extremity is for fans who are walking for nan Super Bowl to beryllium capable to subordinate successful connected nan Pro Bowl festivities and star-studded accumulation arsenic well, according to Yahoo Sports' Jori Epstein. Peyton and Eli Manning, who served arsenic coaches for past year's Pro Bowl games, will stay involved, but location will beryllium 2 caller coaches for nan AFC and NFC.

This caller alteration could go a imperishable one, arsenic nan NFL is reportedly readying to schedule nan yearly Pro Bowl Games during Super Bowl week each twelvemonth successful an effort to turn nan audience, according to nan Sports Business Journal. It marks nan 2nd large alteration to nan Pro Bowl Games successful nan past 3 years; nan NFL antecedently decided to switch nan Pro Bowl's accepted tackle crippled pinch a skills situation and emblem shot title successful 2023.

Coverage of nan Pro Bowl will statesman connected ESPN connected Tuesday, Feb. 3 astatine 6:30 p.m. ET. The Pro Bowl emblem shot crippled will beryllium aired astatine 8:00 p.m. ET.

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