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Pro Bowl's new format is pretty absurd — and also kind of promising

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LAS VEGAS — Absurd. Silly. Fun. That’s the best way to describe the inaugural Pro Bowl Games that the NFL put together this year in lieu of an actual game.

The week started with the most coordinated athletes in the world tossing water balloons to each other and playing dodgeball and ended with a series of flag football games where not a lick of defense was played until the final game in the three-game series.

Welcome to the new Pro Bowl. The facemasks have been exchanged for sunglasses and T-shirts replaced the jerseys.