2015 NFL Pro Bowl: A Complete Guide to This Year’s All-Star Game

January 24, 2015   ·   Gary Davenport   ·   Jump to comments

The Pro Bowl is the pinnacle of professional football, a titanic struggle featuring teams comprised of only the very best players in the National Football League.
OK, so that might be exaggerating just a tad.
The Pro Bowl is actually a much-criticized exhibition played like a backyard game by the NFL's best players who actually feel like showing up. The game catches a lot of flak. In fact, as recently as 2012, there was talk in league circles about eliminating it altogether.
That was until, of course, they remembered that it's a football game on television at the end of January. And people will watch a football game at the end of January, even if the level of play is somewhat less than "crisp."
In recent years, new rules have been added in an effort to increase interest in the matchup. Gone is the old AFC vs. NFC format, in favor of a "fantasy style" Pro Bowl draft a few days before the game.
The teams have been selected for this year's game in Glendale, A...

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