NFL Pro Bowl Changing Format

[Mavric]

Basically, it will barely resemble a regular game:

 

Voting for the game also will be changed, as conference affiliation no longer will be considered in determining the All-Star selections. The two leading vote-getters will be named captains and will be assisted by Hall of Famers Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders and two NFL.com fantasy football champions in picking the two teams.

Among other changes:

 

• A two-minute warning will be added to the first and third quarters in addition to the traditional rule in the second and fourth quarters. Possession also will change hands after each quarter.

 

• Defenses will be allowed to play Cover 2 and press coverage. In the past, only man coverage had been allowed, except for goal-line situations.

 

• Changes will be made to the game clock during the two-minute warning, with the clock stopping if the offense doesn't gain at least 1 yard, in order to encourage offenses to try to gain yardage at the end of each quarter.

 

• In addition, the clock will start after an incomplete pass on the signal of the game referee except during the two-minute warnings and the final five minutes of the game.

 

• The game will use a 35-second/25-second play clock instead of the traditional 40-second/25-second clock.

 

• Also, the game clock will not stop on sacks of the quarterback, outside of the game's final two minutes.

 

ESPN Article

[Decked]

Whats the point anymore?

[walksalone]

they'll be handing out no-doz if you watch the game?

[MLB 51]

The fan vote pretty much ruined the Pro-Bowl and All-Star game.

People vote for their favorite players not the best players.

[Mavric]

The fan vote pretty much ruined the Pro-Bowl and All-Star game.

People vote for their favorite players not the best players.

I don't care so much who's there because even if the starters aren't the best the guys selected are usually deserving. I'd just like them to actually try. Watched about five plays of the game two years ago and thought "If they don't care to be there, I don't care to watch."

[huKSer]

The fan vote pretty much ruined the Pro-Bowl and All-Star game.

People vote for their favorite players not the best players.

And the best players didn't play to avoid injury

[GM_Tood]

They should just draft the players and have a couple kids play Madden 2014 and ustream it. Prob get more viewers than the actual game.