This year’s Pro Bowl will feature a different setup than the one most NFL fans are accustomed to watching.
The Pro Bowl Games will include various skill challenges, where players can showcase their non-football abilities. The events are scheduled to take place from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday and will be televised live on ESPN.
The festivities will continue from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday and will be televised on ESPN and ABC.
Instead of a traditional football game between players on the AFC and NFC rosters, competing members will face off in a flag football game Sunday. Seven Cowboys players will be among the representatives on the NFC side.
Micah Parsons, CeeDee Lamb, Zack Martin, DeMarcus Lawrence, Trevon Diggs, KaVontae Turpin and Tony Pollard were selected to compete in the Pro Bowl Games in December. Pollard won’t be at the events, as he underwent surgery for a high ankle sprain sustained in an NFC divisional round playoff against the San Francisco 49ers.
Tyler Biadasz was added to the NFC roster on Jan. 30, replacing Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, who will compete in Super Bowl LVII.
How to watch the 2023 Pro Bowl Games
Dates: Thursday, Feb. 2 and Sunday, Feb. 5
Times: 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday and 2-5 p.m. Sunday
Location: Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas
TV: ESPN and ABC*
*Only Sunday’s events will be on ESPN and ABC. Thursday’s events will only be on ESPN.
Here are the events Cowboys players will compete in, along with their scheduled dates:
Thursday, Feb. 2
Epic Pro Bowl Dodgeball
A multi-round tournament of classic dodgeball featuring four teams of six players that begins with the offenses and defenses from both conferences squaring off and culminates in an AFC vs. NFC showdown.
| Offense | CeeDee Lamb (DAL) |
| Defense | Trevon Diggs (DAL) |
| Defense | Micah Parsons (DAL) |
Lightning Round
Each conference will select 20 players to compete in a three-part elimination challenge that will leave one player left at the end to earn three points for his conference.
| KaVontae Turpin (DAL) |
| DeMarcus Lawrence (DAL) |
| Zack Martin (DAL) |
| Tyler Biadasz (DAL) |
Sunday, Feb. 5
Move the Chains
Four teams (two teams from each conference) will compete side-by-side in a weighted wall pull that will showcase their strength, speed and ingenuity.
| DeMarcus Lawrence (DAL) |
| Zack Martin (DAL) |
| Tyler Biadasz (DAL) |
Flag football games
| WR | CeeDee Lamb (DAL) |
| OLB | Micah Parsons (DAL) |
| CB | Trevon Diggs (DAL) |
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