2025 Pro Bowl: AFC vs NFC Flag Football Game

Before the Super Bowl kicks off on February 9, next up on the NFL calendar is the annual Pro Bowl. It's not what it once was, of course.

The 2025 Pro Bowl will once again feature 7-on-7 flag football, with the 4-quarter game being played on a 50-yard field with a 10-yard end zone. After a touchdown, the scoring team can either attempt a 1-point conversion from the 5-yard line or a 2-point conversion from the 10-yard line.

The format of the Pro Bowl changed from a standard football game to flag football starting with the 2022 season.

Eli Manning’s NFC roster includes quarterbacks Jared Goff, Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold. Among their teammates are Bijan Robinson, Jahmyr Gibbs, Justin Jefferson, Micah Parsons and Nick Bosa. Peyton Manning’s AFC roster features QBs Joe Burrow, Drake Maye and Russell Wilson in addition to Ja’Marr Chase, Myles Garrett, Trey Hendrickson and Joey Bosa.

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2025 Pro Bowl Odds

Money Line: NFC -110 / AFC –110

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2025 Pro Bowl best bet: AFC money line (-110)

I’m going with the AFC this time. This is, of course, a relative crapshoot that is almost guaranteed to be a competitive contest. That’s why I’m not worried at all about the AFC’s 2-game losing streak in this flag football competition. Peyton’s squad fell 35-33 in 2022 and 64-59 last season. If anything, the AFC should be the slightly more motivated squad to actually win the game. It’s all fun and games, of course, but sibling rivalries are real. Peyton probably wants the ‘W’ and his guys probably want it for him, if only to keep the overall head-to-head matchup interesting at 2-1 in Eli’s favor – giving the NFL something to hype heading into next year’s Pro Bowl.

“The Pro Bowl Games are all about having fun,” Peyton said in a press release. “It’s always unpredictable, and we get to bring fans into the action and see the NFL’s biggest names compete. And the best part about this year’s games is knowing that my AFC team is going to end Eli’s two-year run of luck with the NFC.”

It’s certainly possible. I can definitely see Mayfield balling out in this kind of game, especially since he will have Tampa Bay Buccaneers teammate Mike Evans at his disposal on offense. The AFC is missing Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen, so my bet is that this is a 3-peat attempt that gets denied.

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