NFL Pro Bowl 2008 - Sunday, Feb. 10
Aloha Stadium, Honolulu
AFC vs. NFC
The 2008 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl, the NFL Pro Bowl in 2008 will be played in the 50,000 seat Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii with kick-off scheduled for 11:30 a.m. local time on February 10, 2008. The game will be televised in the United States by FOX.
The starting rosters for the game were released on December 18, 2007, with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady starting for the AFC (Brady has since pulled out after the Super Bowl loss to the NY Giants) and the Green Bay Packers’ Brett Favre for the NFC. Notable Pro Bowl selections include the late Sean Taylor. The Dallas Cowboys had a record thirteen players named to the Pro Bowl roster, while five teams, including all four members of the NFC South, had no players named, until Jeff Garcia was chosen as a replacement for Brett Favre. The AFC will be coached by Norv Turner and the San Diego Chargers staff, while Mike McCarthy and the staff of the Green Bay Packers will coach the NFC. Three Washington Redskins players (Chris Cooley, Chris Samuels and Ethan Albright) will wear #21 in memory of Taylor, their deceased teammate. On February 4, 2008, Brady, Patriots receiver Randy Moss (Moss has also pulled out after the Super Bowl loss to the NY Giants), Chargers tight end Antonio Gates, and Chargers defensive lineman Jamal Williams decided to pull out of the 2008 Pro Bowl. Brady will be replaced by Cleveland Browns quarterback Derek Anderson, Moss will be replaced by Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chad Johnson, Gates will be replaced by Browns tight end Kellen Winslow, and Williams will be replaced by Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman Casey Hampton.
Number of selections by team:
* 13 selections: Dallas Cowboys
* 8 selections: New England Patriots, San Diego Chargers
* 7 selections: Minnesota Vikings
* 6 selections: Indianapolis Colts, Seattle Seahawks, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers
* 5 selections: Green Bay Packers
* 4 selections: Baltimore Ravens, Chicago Bears, Washington Redskins
* 3 selections: Philadelphia Eagles, Tennessee Titans
* 2 selections: Arizona Cardinals, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers
* 1 selection: Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins, New York Giants, Oakland Raiders, St. Louis Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
* No selections: Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Detroit Lions, New Orleans Saints, New York Jets
For full rosters by team, name or division go to the official NFL Pro Bowl site.
Pro Bowl Tickets:
Tickets are still available for the Pro Bowl. Travel packages to Hawaii including air, hotel, Pro Bowl game ticket and much more are also still available. See the links below for more details:
Check out the local Go Hawaii tourism site for more details.
Pro Bowl Pick and Prediction:
The SportsCityLine.com team predict that the NFC will win.
We tend to think that any team led by the stars of the Colts offense and a defensive combination of Pats, Steelers and Ravens will be unstoppable.
Our Pick NFC 30-10 AFC.
