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2016 NFL Pro Bowl: A Full Viewing Guide for This Year’s Game

January 31, 2016   ·     ·   Jump to comments

The anticipation for Super Bowl 50 is building at a frenzied pace, as the NFL's biggest game is now only one week away. Before we get to it, however, there's one more football game.
We're talking, of course, about the 2016 NFL Pro Bowl. This is the latest edition of the league's annual all-star game, which was moved a few years back to the week before the Super Bowl in order to serve as an appetizer for the Big Game. 
Having the Pro Bowl a week before the Super Bowl means that fewer elected all-stars now appear in the yearly exhibition. Players who will appear in the title game obviously aren't going to attend, and those who are dealing with injuries suffered in the postseason are likely to withdraw as well.
However, this doesn't mean the event is entirely meaningless. Players are rewarded with a weeklong trip somewhere sunny and warm—and thank goodness the game is back in Hawaii this year. The fans are rewarded with the type of football shenanigans that could...

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