The NFL will hold the Pro Bowl today in Florida, the league’s annual attempt to fill the non-football void between the conference championship games and the Super Bowl.
It looked like the Cleveland Browns would not be represented in the game for the first time since 2007 after left tackle Joe Thomas suffered a season-ending injury in October. But another Joe from Wisconsin – linebacker Joe Schobert – stepped up to fill the void.
It will be the first trip for Schobert, who was selected by the Browns in the fourth-round of the 2017 NFL Draft. Schobert was originally tapped as an alternate, but is participating in today’s game as a replacement for Ryan Shazier, the Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker who suffered a spinal injury during a Week 13 game against the Cincinnati Bengals.