To understand whether NFL players are truly invested in the Pro Bowl Games format, consider their feedback after Year 1 of the revamped event.
They asked the league to allow for more practice time in 2024.
"[They said] we're not playing flag all the time," said Peter O'Reilly, the NFL's executive vice president for club business, international and league events.
Among the tweaks ahead of February's Pro Bowl Games in Orlando -- the centerpiece of which will again be a series of flag football games -- will be more time for walk-throughs to permit the teams to prepare with their respective coaches, Peyton and Eli Manning.