NFL Moves Pro Bowl Into Super Bowl Week

The NFL will move the 2026 Pro Bowl Games into Super Bowl week, staging an AFC vs. NFC 7-on-7 flag-football game Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, a change Commissioner Roger Goodell unveiled at the league’s owners meeting. The ticketed, intentionally intimate event will be integrated with the Super Bowl Experience fan programming and produced as a primetime television showcase on ESPN and partner networks. The Pro Bowl will be played on a 50-yard field with modified scoring and use expanded fan voting to determine rosters; league executives said the move is designed to spotlight flag football ahead of its Los Angeles 2028 Olympic debut. NFL owners have approved players participating in the 2028 Games, and the league plans promotional changes — including launching Pro Bowl voting on Thanksgiving and honoring select players late in the regular season — to raise the event’s profile. League officials cautioned the Tuesday timing and 7-on-7 format aren’t necessarily permanent, the Manning brothers will be replaced as head coaches but will remain involved, and the shift ends the recent practice of staging the Pro Bowl at a separate site from the Super Bowl host market.