2016 Pro Bowl

2016 NFL Pro Bowl

Team Irvin Team Rice 49 27 Head coach: Winston Moss [1] (Green Bay Packers) Head coach: Andy Reid (Kansas City Chiefs)
1 2 3 4 Total Team Irvin 14 14 14 7 49 Team Rice 7 7 7 6 27
Date	January 31, 2016
Stadium	Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii
Offensive MVP	Russell Wilson  (Seattle Seahawks)
Defensive MVP	Michael Bennett  (Seattle Seahawks)
Referee	Pete Morelli [2]
Attendance	50,000
Ceremonies
National anthem	Captain Skye Martin, USMC
Coin toss	ADM Scott H. Swift, USN LtGen John A. Toolan, USMC
TV in the United States
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Mike Tirico (play-by-play) Jon Gruden (analyst) Lisa Salters (sideline reporter)
Nielsen ratings	2.8 (7.987 million)
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The 2016 Pro Bowl (branded as the 2016 Pro Bowl presented by USAA for sponsorship reasons) was the National Football League's all-star game for the 2015 season, which was played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii on January 31, 2016. As of 2023, this was the last time the Pro Bowl was held in Hawaii.

Andy Reid of the Kansas City Chiefs and Mike McCarthy of the Green Bay Packers were selected to coach the teams due to their teams being the highest seeded teams from each conference to lose in the Divisional Round of 2015–16 NFL playoffs, which has been the convention since the 2010 Pro Bowl. ^[3] On January 27, Mike McCarthy announced that he would not be coaching the Pro Bowl due to an illness and also announced that assistant head coach Winston Moss would take over head coaching duties. ^[1] This was also the sixth consecutive year that the Pro Bowl took place prior to the Super Bowl. At the Pro Bowl Draft, the Chiefs' coaching staff was assigned to Team Rice, and the Packers' coaching staff was assigned to Team Irvin. ^[4]

The game continued the fantasy draft format that debuted with the 2014 Pro Bowl. The two teams were to be drafted and captained by two Hall of Famers, Jerry Rice (winning 2014 Pro Bowl captain) and Michael Irvin (winning 2015 Pro Bowl captain). ^[5] Darren Woodson and Eric Davis served as defensive co-captains for Irvin and Rice respectively, in both cases reuniting two former teammates (Irvin and Woodson were teammates on the Dallas Cowboys from 1992 to 1999, while Rice and Davis played together with the San Francisco 49ers from 1990 to 1995). ^[3] The Fantasy draft was held January 27 at 7:30 P.M. EST on ESPN2 at Wheeler Army Airfield in Wahiawa, Hawaii as part of an extension to the NFL's military appreciation campaign.

Game format

The game format was nearly the same for 2016 as it had been in 2015. The previous year's experimental rule of kicking the point after touchdown from the 15-yard line became a permanent rule. The goal posts remained at their normal 18-foot width in 2016, as compared to the narrower 14-foot width from the 2015 Pro Bowl.

• Two former players drafted players onto the teams. Each was assisted by two player captains and one NFL.com fantasy football champion. Michael Irvin was assisted by player captains Geno Atkins and Devonta Freeman, while Jerry Rice was assisted by player captains Odell Beckham Jr. and Aaron Donald. ^[6]
• Forty-three players were assigned to each team, down from 44 in 2015 (a regular game-day active roster has 46).
• A two-minute warning was given in the first and third quarters (as well as in the second and fourth quarters), and the ball changed hands after each quarter.
• The coin toss determined which team was awarded possession first. There were no kickoffs; the ball was placed on the 25-yard line at the start of each quarter and after scoring plays.
• Defenses were now permitted to play cover two and press coverage. Prior to 2014, only man coverage was allowed, except for goal line situations.
• Beginning at the two-minute mark of every quarter, if the offense did not gain at least one yard, the clock stopped as if the play were an incomplete pass.
• The game clock started after an incomplete pass on the signal of the referee, except inside the last two minutes of the first half and the last five minutes of the second half.
• A 35-second/25-second play clock was used instead of the usual 40-second/25-second clock.
• The game clock did not stop on quarterback sacks outside the final two minutes of the game. Formerly, the clock stopped on these situations outside the final two minutes of the second and fourth quarters.

Summary

Starting lineups

Offense Rice Position Irvin Odell Beckham Jr. WR Julio Jones Joe Thomas OT Andrew Whitworth Josh Sitton OG Marshal Yanda Nick Mangold C Alex Mack Richie Incognito OG Zack Martin Joe Staley OT Tyron Smith Travis Kelce TE Tyler Eifert Jarvis Landry WR A. J. Green Eli Manning QB Russell Wilson Adrian Peterson RB Devonta Freeman John Kuhn FB Patrick Dimarco

Defense Rice Position Irvin Everson Griffen DE Michael Bennett Aaron Donald DT Geno Atkins Gerald McCoy DT Calais Campbell Khalil Mack DE Ezekiel Ansah Julius Peppers OLB Sean Lee Bobby Wagner ILB Derrick Johnson Tamba Hali OLB Anthony Barr Vontae Davis CB Richard Sherman Jason Verrett CB Adam Jones Charles Woodson FS Malcolm Jenkins Eric Berry SS Reshad Jones

Box Score

2016 Pro Bowl: Team Irvin vs. Team Rice

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Team Irvin	14	14	14	7	49
Team Rice	7	7	7	6	27

at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii

• Date: January 31, 2016
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. EST / 2:00 p.m. HST
• Game weather: 83 °F (28 °C), sunny
• Game attendance: 50,000
• Referee: Pete Morelli
• TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden, and Lisa Salters
• Recap, Gamebook

Game information

First quarter RIC – 9:31 T. Kelce 4 yd. pass from E. Manning (J. Brown kick) (Drive: 10–75, 5:29) RIC 7–0 IRV – 7:59 J. Jones 14 yd. pass from R. Wilson (pass failed) (Drive: 4–75, 1:32) RIC 7–6 IRV – 3:40 D. Freeman 6 yd. pass from R. Wilson (R. Wilson-J. Jones pass) (Drive: 6–28, 2:53) IRV 14–7 Second quarter IRV – 12:32 T. Gurley 10 yd. pass from R. Wilson (D. Bailey kick) (Drive: 5–75, 2:28) IRV 21–7 RIC – 3:24 T. Kelce 10 yd. pass from D. Carr (J. Brown kick) (Drive: 7–51, 4:26) IRV 21–14 IRV – 0:32 D. Sproles 2 yd. pass from T. Bridgewater (D. Bailey kick) (Drive: 7–80, 1:52) IRV 28–14 Third quarter RIC – 8:55 D. Martin 3 yd. run (J. Brown kick) (Drive: 10–75, 6:05) IRV 28–21 IRV – 6:48 A. Robinson 50 yd. pass from T. Bridgewater (D. Bailey kick) (Drive: 4–75, 2:07) IRV 35–21 IRV – 1:51 D. Walker 53 yd. pass from J. Winston (D. Bailey kick) (Drive: 4–68, 1:33) IRV 42–21 Fourth quarter IRV – 7:50 D. Hopkins 7 yd. pass from J. Winston (D. Bailey kick) (Drive: 12–75, 7:10) IRV 49–21 RIC – 6:05 J. Landry 31 yd. pass from T. Taylor (pass failed) (Drive: 5–75, 1:45) IRV 49–27 Top passers RIC – Derek Carr – 14/25, 198 yards, TD, 2 Int IRV – Russell Wilson – 8/12, 164 yards, 3 TD Top rushers RIC – Doug Martin – 7 rushes, 20 yards, TD IRV – Latavius Murray – 9 rushes, 42 yards Top receivers RIC – Travis Kelce – 5 rec, 91 yards, 2 TD IRV – Allen Robinson – 2 rec, 105 yards, TD Top Tacklers RIC – Bobby Wagner – 9 tackles IRV – Derrick Johnson – 6 tackles

Rosters

Team Rice

Team Rice
Quarterbacks  4 Derek Carr [a] 10 Eli Manning [a]  5 Tyrod Taylor [a] Running Backs 33 Chris Ivory [a] 22 Doug Martin 28 Adrian Peterson 30 John Kuhn FB [a] Wide Receivers 13 Odell Beckham Jr. (C) 89 Amari Cooper [a] 13 T. Y. Hilton [a] 14 Jarvis Landry [a] Tight Ends 82 Gary Barnidge [a] 87 Travis Kelce Offensive tackles 75 Kyle Long [a] 74 Joe Staley 73 Joe Thomas		Offensive guards 64 Richie Incognito [a] 70 Logan Mankins [a] 71 Josh Sitton Centers 74 Nick Mangold [a] 70 Eric Wood [a] Defensive ends 97 Everson Griffen [a] 94 Cameron Jordan [a] 52 Khalil Mack Defensive tackles 91 Fletcher Cox 99 Aaron Donald 93 Gerald McCoy Outside linebackers 58 Elvis Dumervil [a] 91 Tamba Hali 56 Julius Peppers [a] Inside linebackers 52 Clay Matthews III 54 Bobby Wagner		Cornerbacks 21 Vontae Davis [a] 21 Brent Grimes [a] 22 Marcus Peters 22 Jason Verrett [a] Safeties 29 Mike Adams [a] 29 Eric Berry 24 Charles Woodson [a] Punter  6 Johnny Hekker Placekicker  3 Josh Brown [a] Return specialist 16 Tyler Lockett Long snapper 46 Morgan Cox Special Teamer 30 Cedric Peerman [a]

Team Irvin

Team Irvin
Quarterbacks  5 Teddy Bridgewater [a]  3 Russell Wilson  3 Jameis Winston [a] Running Backs 24 Devonta Freeman (C) 30 Todd Gurley 28 Latavius Murray [a] 42 Patrick DiMarco FB [a] Wide Receivers 18 A. J. Green 10 DeAndre Hopkins 11 Julio Jones 15 Allen Robinson [a] Tight Ends 85 Tyler Eifert 82 Delanie Walker [a] Offensive tackles 76 Branden Albert [a] 77 Tyron Smith 77 Andrew Whitworth		Offensive guards 66 David DeCastro 70 Zack Martin 73 Marshal Yanda Centers 72 Travis Frederick 55 Alex Mack Defensive Ends 94 Ezekiel Ansah 72 Michael Bennett 96 Carlos Dunlap [a] Defensive tackles 97 Geno Atkins (C) 93 Calais Campbell 99 Jurrell Casey [a] Outside Linebackers 55 Anthony Barr [a] 54 Lavonte David [a] 50 Sean Lee [a] Inside Linebackers 53 NaVorro Bowman 56 Derrick Johnson [a]		Cornerbacks 24 Adam Jones [a] 41 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie [a] 25 Richard Sherman 21 Desmond Trufant [a] Safeties 27 Malcolm Jenkins 20 Reshad Jones [a] 22 Harrison Smith [a] Punter  4 Sam Koch Placekicker  5 Dan Bailey Return Specialist 43 Darren Sproles Long snapper 46 Jon Weeks Special Teamer 28 Justin Bethel

Selected but did not participate

Selected but did not participate
Quarterbacks 12 Tom Brady [b]  1 Cam Newton [c] 12 Aaron Rodgers [b]  3 Carson Palmer [b]  7 Ben Roethlisberger [b] Running Backs 25 LeSean McCoy [b] 28 Jonathan Stewart [c] Fullbacks 45 Marcel Reece [b] 35 Mike Tolbert [c] Wide Receivers 84 Antonio Brown [b] 11 Larry Fitzgerald [b] 81 Calvin Johnson [b] 15 Brandon Marshall [b] Tight Ends 87 Rob Gronkowski [b] 88 Greg Olsen [c]		Offensive tackles 71 Jason Peters [b] 71 Trent Williams [b] Offensive guards 76 Mike Iupati [b] 70 Trai Turner [c] Centers 67 Ryan Kalil [c] 51 Mike Pouncey [b] Defensive Ends 95 Chandler Jones [b] 99 J. J. Watt [b] 96 Muhammad Wilkerson [b] Defensive tackles 99 Kawann Short [c] Linebackers 91 Jamie Collins [b] 58 Thomas Davis [c] 50 Justin Houston [b] 59 Luke Kuechly [c] 58 Von Miller [c] 94 DeMarcus Ware [c]		Cornerbacks 21 Malcolm Butler [b] 25 Chris Harris, Jr. [c] 24 Josh Norman [c] 21 Patrick Peterson [b] 24 Darrelle Revis [b] 21 Aqib Talib [c] Safeties 31 Kam Chancellor [b] 32 Tyrann Mathieu [b] 20 Reggie Nelson [b] 29 Earl Thomas [b] Placekickers  3 Stephen Gostkowski [b] Special Teamers 18 Matthew Slater [b]

Notes: Players must have accepted their invitations as alternates to be listed; those who declined, such as Philip Rivers, are not considered Pro Bowlers.

(C) signifies the player was selected as a captain

^a Replacement selection due to injury or vacancy

^b Injured/suspended player; selected but did not participate

^c Selected but did not play because his team advanced to Super Bowl 50 (see Pro Bowl "Player Selection" section)

• Source for selections and replacements

Number of selections per team

American Football Conference Team Selections Cincinnati Bengals 8 New England Patriots 7 Kansas City Chiefs 6 Oakland Raiders 6 Miami Dolphins 5 New York Jets 5 Baltimore Ravens 4 Buffalo Bills 4 Denver Broncos 4 Cleveland Browns 3 Houston Texans 3 Indianapolis Colts 3 Pittsburgh Steelers 3 Tennessee Titans 2 San Diego Chargers 1 Jacksonville Jaguars 1

National Football Conference Team Selections Carolina Panthers 10 Arizona Cardinals 7 Seattle Seahawks 7 Dallas Cowboys 5 Green Bay Packers 5 Minnesota Vikings 5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5 Atlanta Falcons 4 New York Giants 4 Philadelphia Eagles 4 St. Louis Rams 3 Detroit Lions 2 San Francisco 49ers 2 Chicago Bears 1 New Orleans Saints 1 Washington Redskins 1

Broadcasting

The game was televised nationally by ESPN, which has the exclusive broadcast rights to the Pro Bowl through to 2022.

Westwood One radio broadcast the game nationally, with Kevin Kugler on play-by-play, Tony Boselli on color commentary, and Laura Okmin on the sidelines.

References

1. Demovsky, Rob. "Mike McCarthy won't travel to Hawaii because of illness". espn.com. ESPN . Retrieved January 28, 2016.
2. Griep, Marcus. "Pete Morelli selected as 2016 Pro Bowl referee". footballzebras.com. Football Zebras. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
3. "Reid, McCarthy and staffs to coach in Pro Bowl". USA Today . Associated Press. January 20, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
4. "Pro Bowl 2016". ESPN. January 31, 2016. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
5. "Rice, Irvin Set To Captain NFL's 2016 Pro Bowl".
6. "Geno Atkins, Odell Beckham, Jr., Aaron Donald and Devonta Freeman Named 2016 Pro Bowl Captains". nflcommunications.com. NFL . Retrieved January 24, 2016.

External links

• Official website of the Pro Bowl