With the Pro Bowl seen as more of an exhibition game than a competitive matchup, the league will once use this annual event to test out a number of game day innovations that might one day be approved for use during the regular season.
Six new modifications will be tested for their viability on Sunday, with perhaps the most significant being the installation of multiple coach-to-player communications devices to be used simultaneously during the game. Under current rules, only one player on either side of the ball is permitted to wear a helmet that allows them to talk to the coaching staff on the sidelines, signified by a green dot on the helmet, but this testing could help change that rule one day.