The NFL is ending the Pro Bowl Games, the league’s annual all-star event, after years of format changes. Beginning with the 2026 season, the league will select 88 players for Pro Bowl status, but it will not stage an AFC–NFC game, a flag-football matchup, or an accompanying set of skills competitions.
Instead of holding the multi-event Pro Bowl Games, selected players will be honored during Super Bowl week. The NFL plans to invite them to the next Super Bowl site in Los Angeles for an in-person celebration in February. Both outlets frame the move as a shift away from the expanded competition format that had been added and adjusted over time, while retaining the Pro Bowl roster selection as the core recognition mechanism.
The reporting aligns on the key operational change: the Pro Bowl becomes a selection-based honor rather than a full set of on-field and skills events. The outlets do not provide details on how the 88-player list is determined or how the new celebration will be structured beyond the Super Bowl week timeframe.
