NFL Pro Bowl Predictions, Roster Selections and Betting Tips 2022

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The NFL Pro Bowl might not have the appeal of other All-Star games in American sports, but the annual clash of some of the AFC and NFC top talents is still a must-watch event. As for betting, it doesn’t get near the cosmic levels of the Super Bowl, yet it grows in popularity with every passing year. Plus, it’s a welcome opportunity to increase your budget for the Big Game the following week. How To Bet’s experts are here to help you uncover the best bets for the 2022 edition with their free Pro Bowl predictions and betting tips. It doesn’t matter if you want to wager on the showcase events or the main occasion – we’ve got you covered anyway, as we always do with our special NFL picks.

How To Bet will show you the best offers from the leading online sportsbooks in the country, as well as their odds and lines for this stunning game. You will find out which NFL stars are present in the 2022 Pro Bowl roster selections (including the voting leaders) and which are in the list of absentees. Last but not least, you’ll learn what channel is the Pro Bowl on, so that you can watch your bets unfold live to add extra excitement around the event. All this and much more is waiting for you here on this page.

It’s Pro Bowl week – let’s get straight to winning!

Pro Bowl Predictions

Many experts warn you not to wager on the NFL Pro Bowl because of the difficulty to find any value in the odds and the unpredictability of the game. While we at How To Bet agree with that to some extent, in our experience there are always some golden nuggets to uncover and it’s our task to serve them on a plate for you. That’s why each year we’ll prepare our expert Pro Bowl predictions and betting tips in order to help you take advantage of the best bets available for this stellar event.

As well as the cleverness not to turn down any opportunity before being explored, there’s another reason to bet on the Pro Bowl: the odds and lines tend to be not as tight as they are for the regular NFL games. Sportsbooks normally don’t put as much effort into odds and lines setting for the All-Star contest, plus they’re fully focused on preparing for the event of the year – the Super Bowl. Because of that, things are way looser than normal and you can find chinks in the armor of every online sportsbook. Even the biggest companies often struggle to cope with the unpredictability of the NFL Pro Bowl game and a good indicator of this are the glaring differences between odds from one sportsbook to another. This is your chance to uncover the real value.

Best Pro Bowl Bets

When you’re on the search for the best Pro Bowl bets, pay attention to past contests to get some ideas on what the trends are. For example, 3 of the last 4 duels between the AFC vs. NFC All-Stars didn’t reach the 48 points mark in total and all four were won by the AFC team. Also, underdogs tend to cover the spread in most cases in the last 20 years and they even get the win in around 60% of the games.

These are just general Pro Bowl betting trends though. Take a couple of minutes to see what value our expert team has uncovered for you with our 2022 Pro Bowl predictions. They are the result of some deep digging through the sportsbooks’ odds for the main betting markets (point spread, moneyline, and totals) and the latest team news.

Our 2022 Pro Bowl Predictions and Picks: NFC @ AFC

If all of the players from the original rosters were to play in Las Vegas, the AFC stood no chance of surviving. With Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady, the NFC would’ve crushed the opponents the way they did back in 2012 when the NFC won for the last time (62:35). That game was the main cause for a number of rule changes that went into effect the next year and will be implemented on Sunday as well:

• No motion or shifting by the offense
• Offense must have a running back and tight end in all formations
• Offense may have up to 3 receivers on the same side
• No blitz
• Defense must run 4-3 at all times
• Deep middle safety must be aligned within hash marks

So, back to the rosters. Rodgers decided not to participate and Brady announced his retirement this week. They will be replaced by Kirk Cousins and Russell Wilson who are not bad QBs but are simply meh compared to Rodgers and Brady. NFC also lost two other offensive stalwarts (OT Trent Williams and WR Cooper Kupp) but at least the latter will be replaced by Mike Evans coming off another 1000-yard receiving season.

On paper, the AFC has more firepower with Justin Herbert and Patrick Mahomes at QB and the league’s leading rusher Jonathan Taylor at RB. However, running behind an unknown OL (only C Ryan Kelly as a backup from the Colts) won’t be an easy task.

The current four-year stretch of AFC wins is tied for the all-time longest alongside NFC’s from 1977 to 1980. It’s due to end sooner or later, and Sunday is a good opportunity to do so. Don’t underestimate Matt LaFleur as a head coach of the NFC. He can’t win in the playoffs but he’s good at winning anywhere else.

Also the under is an enticing possibility due to the clock management rules. There will be no stoppage regardless of the incomplete passes with the exception of the final two minutes of each half. The vast majority of bets back the over and the line already climbed up by a point. But since the rule amendment in 2013 only twice the combined score reached the current total of 62.5, so the tendency is obvious.

Our 2022 Pro Bowl Expert Picks: NFC Money Line (-105); Under 62.5 (-111)

NFL Pro Bowl Prop Bets

In comparison to Super Bowl prop bets, the NFL Pro Bowl offers much fewer opportunities, but there are still a variety of wagers you could place surrounding the main event on Sunday. You have the opportunity to make different NFL Pro Bowl prop bets, including game, team or individual player props, the duration of the National Anthem performance, the coin toss winner, the Skills Challenge, and so much more.

The Skills Showdown is one of the top options for trying your expertise and luck. Here are the competitions:

• Precision Passing – This challenge engages the two quarterbacks and non-quarterbacks (mostly WRs) appointed by each team captain, in a one-minute competition for hitting the most targets.
• Best Hands / Best Catch – This drill requires two WR-QB tandems from each team to catch in the fastest way possible a succession of passes at a sequence of downfield targets.
• Epic Pro Bowl Dodgeball – This is virtually a game of dodgeball of epic proportions where every player has a role to play in a best of three series.
• Thread the Needle – This challenge tasks DBs to stop opposing league’s top QBs hitting the most designated targets with their passes.
• Fastest Man – This 40-yard test is a classic that doesn’t need much explaining.
• Gridiron Gauntlet – This drill requires five players from each team to enter a direct relay race, relying on fundamental athletic qualities like speed, strength, and agility.

Another hit among the NFL Pro Bowl prop bets that gets a lot of attention is the Pro Bowl MVP for offensive and defensive players. How To Bet’s advice is to wait until the last minute or even place an in-game wager on it as preliminary top candidates often don’t participate in the game at all. You better feel the initial flow of the game before you commit your money on picking the Pro Bowl MVP. Generally speaking, we’d recommend wagering on player props because in this market there are less unknowns compared to others and you may detect some position where a player has a clear edge over his direct opponent in terms of form, motivation, or tactics.

2022 Pro Bowl Roster Selections (Subject to Change)

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ALT TAG: Have a look at the new NFL Pro Bowl roster selections to see which stars will play and which won’t

Pro Bowl roster selection is determined by voting between fans, coaches, and players. Each group counts for one third of the votes. Often replacements have to fill in for players who miss out because of injuries, declined invitation, or Super Bowl participation. Fans have voted since 1995. Before that, only coaches and players from the NFL could make Pro Bowl selections. In most editions, excluding the period between 2014 and 2016, the rosters are being chosen according to conference.

Here are the AFC and NFC teams for the NFL Pro Bowl 2022. Keep in mind though that changes occur all the time so don’t lose track of the chain of events and revisit this page for further information.

AFC Pro Bowl Roster

The AFC Pro Bowl roster contains seven players from the Indianapolis Colts who didn’t make the playoffs. This was the most of any NFL team at the moment of the selections announcement in December 2021. The Kansas City Chiefs, who lost the AFC Championship Game, had six (including Patrick Mahomes who is among the chosen AFC Pro Bowl quarterbacks and Travis Kelce who is in the AFC Pro Bowl tight ends list). The same number was provided by the Los Angeles Chargers. There will also be quite a few representatives from the Las Vegas Raiders, the team that plays its games on the venue of the 2022 Pro Bowl – Allegiant Stadium.

The AFC head coach will be Mike Vrabel of the Tennessee Titans.

Offense

• AFC Pro Bowl Quarterbacks: Justin Herbert*, Los Angeles Chargers; Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs; Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens (injured); Mac Jones, New England Patriots (replacement)
• Running Backs: Jonathan Taylor*, Indianapolis Colts; Nick Chubb, Cleveland Browns; Joe Mixon, Cincinnati Bengals (Super Bowl); Najee Harris, Pittsburgh Steelers (replacement)
• Fullback: Patrick Ricard, Baltimore Ravens
• Wide Receivers: Tyreek Hill*, Kansas City Chiefs; Ja'Marr Chase*, Cincinnati Bengals (Super Bowl); Stefon Diggs, Buffalo Bills; Keenan Allen, Los Angeles Chargers (injured); Diontae Johnson, Pittsburgh Steelers (replacement); Hunter Renfrow, Las Vegas Raiders (replacement)
• AFC Pro Bowl Tight Ends: Mark Andrews*, Baltimore Ravens; Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs
• Offensive Tackles: Rashawn Slater*, Los Angeles Chargers; Orlando Brown*, Kansas City Chiefs; Dion Dawkins, Buffalo Bills
• Offensive Guards: Quenton Nelson*, Indianapolis Colts (injured); Joel Bitonio*, Cleveland Browns; Wyatt Teller, Cleveland Browns; Rodger Saffold, Tennessee Titans (replacement)
• Centers: Corey Linsley*, Los Angeles Chargers; Ryan Kelly, Indianapolis Colts

Defense

• Defensive Ends: Myles Garrett*, Cleveland Browns; Maxx Crosby*, Las Vegas Raiders; Trey Hendrickson, Cincinnati Bengals (Super Bowl); Frank Clark, Kansas City Chiefs (replacement)
• Interior Linemen: DeForest Buckner*, Indianapolis Colts; Chris Jones*, Kansas City Chiefs (injured); Cameron Heyward, Pittsburgh Steelers; Jeffery Simmons, Tennessee Titans (replacement)
• Outside Linebackers: T.J. Watt*, Pittsburgh Steelers; Joey Bosa*, Los Angeles Chargers (injured); Matt Judon, New England Patriots; Harold Landry, Tennessee Titans (replacement)
• Inside Linebackers: Darius Leonard*, Indianapolis Colts; Denzel Perryman, Las Vegas Raiders
• Cornerbacks: J.C. Jackson*, New England Patriots; Xavien Howard*, Miami Dolphins; Denzel Ward, Cleveland Browns; Kenny Moore II, Indianapolis Colts
• Safeties: Kevin Byard*, Tennessee Titans; Derwin James*, Los Angeles Chargers; Tyrann Mathieu, Kansas City Chiefs

Special Teams

• Placekicker: Justin Tucker, Baltimore Ravens
• Punter: A.J. Cole III, Las Vegas Raiders
• Long Snapper: Luke Rhodes, Indianapolis Colts
• Return Specialist: Devin Duvernay, Baltimore Ravens
• Special Teamer: Matthew Slater, New England Patriots

NFC Pro Bowl Roster

When the NFC Pro Bowl roster was announced, the Buccaneers had five players on the list, including Tom Brady. Now though there are NINE Tampa Bay representatives which is the highest number in the whole of the NFL. As you already know, the legendary Brady won’t feature among the NFC Pro Bowl quarterbacks because of injury but, with so many teammates on the field, the Bucs will show plenty of their essence. The head coach will be Matt LaFleur of the Green Bay Packers.

Offense

• NFC Pro Bowl Quarterbacks: Aaron Rodgers*, Green Bay Packers (injured); Tom Brady, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (injured); Kyler Murray, Arizona Cardinals; Kirk Cousins, Minnesota Vikings (replacement); Russell Wilson, Seattle Seahawks (replacement)
• Running Backs: Dalvin Cook*, Minnesota Vikings; James Conner, Arizona Cardinals; Alvin Kamara, New Orleans Saints
• Fullback: Kyle Juszczyk, San Francisco 49ers
• Wide Receivers: Cooper Kupp*, Los Angeles Rams (Super Bowl); Davante Adams*, Green Bay Packers (injured); Justin Jefferson, Minnesota Vikings; Deebo Samuel, San Francisco 49ers; Mike Evans, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (replacement); CeeDee Lamb, Dallas Cowboys (replacement)
• NFC Pro Bowl Tight Ends: George Kittle*, San Francisco 49ers; Kyle Pitts, Atlanta Falcons
• Offensive Tackles: Trent Williams*, San Francisco 49ers (injured); Tristan Wirfs*, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (injured); Tyron Smith, Dallas Cowboys (injured); Brian O'Neill, Minnesota Vikings (replacement); Duane Brown, Seattle Seahawks (replacement); D.J. Humphries, Arizona Cardinals (replacement)
• Offensive Guards: Zack Martin*, Dallas Cowboys; Brandon Scherff*, Washington Football Team (injured); Ali Marpet, Tampa Bay Buccaneers; Jonah Jackson, Detroit Lions (replacement)
• Centers: Jason Kelce*, Philadelphia Eagles; Ryan Jensen, Tampa Bay Buccaneers; Alex Mack, San Francisco 49ers (replacement)

Defense

• Defensive Ends: Nick Bosa*, San Francisco 49ers (injured); Brian Burns*, Carolina Panthers; Cameron Jordan, New Orleans Saints; Josh Sweat, Philadelphia Eagles (replacement)
• Interior Linemen: Aaron Donald*, Los Angeles Rams (Super Bowl); Jonathan Allen*, Washington Football Team; Kenny Clark, Green Bay Packers (injured); Javon Hargrave, Philadelphia Eagles (replacement); Vita Vea, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (replacement)
• Outside Linebackers: Chandler Jones*, Arizona Cardinals; Robert Quinn*, Chicago Bears; Shaquil Barrett, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Inside Linebackers: Micah Parsons*, Dallas Cowboys; Bobby Wagner, Seattle Seahawks (injured); Devin White, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (replacement)
• Cornerbacks: Trevon Diggs*, Dallas Cowboys; Jalen Ramsey*, Los Angeles Rams (Super Bowl); Darius Slay, Philadelphia Eagles; Marshon Lattimore, New Orleans Saints; Stephon Gilmore, Carolina Panthers (replacement)
• Safeties: Quandre Diggs*, Seattle Seahawks (injured); Budda Baker*, Arizona Cardinals; Harrison Smith, Minnesota Vikings; Antoine Winfield Jr., Tampa Bay Buccaneers (replacement)

Special Teams

• Placekicker: Matt Gay, Los Angeles Rams (Super Bowl); Jake Elliott, Philadelphia Eagles (replacement)
• Punter: Bryan Anger, Dallas Cowboys
• Long Snapper: Josh Harris, Atlanta Falcons
• Return Specialist: Jakeem Grant, Chicago Bears
• Special Teamer: J.T. Gray, New Orleans Saints

Pro Bowl Voting Leaders

The Pro Bowl voting leaders gain the special recognition of fans who vote online at the NFL's website. Here are the top names on the list for the 2022 edition of the All-Star matchup. All of them were part of the Pro Bowl selections but quite a few of them withdrew for one reason or another.

2022 NFL Pro Bowl Voting Leaders Overall

2022 Pro Bowl Major Absentees & Snubs

The NFL Pro Bowl is considered by many to be the least attractive All-Star game in major American sports. The reason for that roots in the fact that top players often decline invitations because they don’t want to risk injuries and big contracts. Super Bowl contestants have permission not to let their stars take part in the Pro Bowl game as well, which takes even more of the splendor away. As a result, second and sometimes third alternates end up filling the AFC and NFC rosters.

The most important absentee from the 2022 Pro Bowl is Tom Brady, of course. The legendary quarterback who has the most Pro Bowl selections in history (15) was declared injured after receiving his invitation and then he announced that his stunning career is over. Aaron Rodgers is out of the game too, as are Nick Bosa, Josh Allen, Dak Prescott, Joe Burrow, Matthew Stafford, Austin Ekeler, and the snubbed Cordarrelle Patterson, and Roquan Smith.

NFL Pro Bowl Betting Lines & Odds

Pro Bowl Betting Tips

Here is a list of Pro Bowl betting tips which should serve you well in the quest for winning some wagers and avoiding costly errors. How To Bet already introduced you to some of the Pro Bowl betting trends, so now we will focus on specific strategies.

Don’t waste too much time for your picks – Do just some basic research on the two teams, their players and coaches, and the betting markets. If you don’t find value soon, leave betting for next time. You can also trust the art form of NFL betting, namely the expert picks which save you a lot of time and often win you money.

Shop the odds – Look for big gulfs between odds and lines at different sportsbooks and take advantage of them. As we already discussed, the NFL Pro Bowl provides more opportunities to gain an edge in that regard compared to regular NFL games. Also, keep an eye out for the line movements. Act like a sharp bettor and if the public favors the team that’s not your preference, bet firmly against it. Here lies the real value in Pro Bowl betting: picking the moneyline underdog when it has a realistic chance to win and/or cover the spread.

Remember that rules are different here – The Pro Bowl is known as some sort of Guinea pig for the NFL, as there we’ve seen many experiments with the football rules in order to try them out before implementation in regular league games. This can have a significant impact on the All-Star contest. Consider how the changed rules could affect specific players and, as a result, their teams.

Assess the coaches – They are more important in the Pro Bowl contest in comparison to regular NFL games because of the short period for preparation. Trust the more flexible, motivated, and respectable one of the two opposing coaches and check if they already had a clash this season to see who was superior.

Analyze the motivation of both teams and their players – Sometimes there’s a clear difference between the teams in that regard and the one with the more motivated players and coach most probably will have the upper hand in the contest. Follow the latest team news from all types of high authority sources day in, day out to see the representatives of which roster will show more ambition and focus in their pre-game interviews.

Consider the players missing – If the absentees are spread almost evenly for both the AFC and NFC teams, it’s not that big of a deal. But if one of the rosters is too weakened compared to the other, consider this when placing a bet.

Don’t bet based on the starters – The NFL Pro Bowl is practically an exhibition game, so the backups will most probably play roughly the same minutes as the starters. Because of that, you must consider the whole roster and not just the players that start like you would do for a regular NFL matchup.

Remember that regular stats don’t work here – Using advanced metrics for betting on regular NFL games is a must, but the Pro Bowl contest is like no other. Players here will play in untypical roles next to mostly unfamiliar teammates and in undrilled schemes. Therefore, stats and data will do you no good on this specific occasion.

Set a strict budget – Wager only with money you can afford to lose and remember this game is mostly about entertainment. The NFL Pro Bowl provides hundreds of betting opportunities, but it’s an event that’s hard to predict. Be selective with your wagers and set a limit that assures you’ll have more cash for your Super Bowl bets next week or other sports next month.

What Channel is the Pro Bowl on

The NFL Pro Bowl game will be televised in the USA by ESPN, and simulcast on Disney XD and ABC for the last time. The current contract with ESPN and Disney XD is coming to an end this year and the new one starts from 2023. According to it, the Pro Bowl will be broadcast exclusively on ABC.

2022 Pro Bowl Information

• Date: Sunday, Feb. 6
• Start Time: 3 p.m. ET
• Venue: Allegiant Stadium (Las Vegas)
• TV: ESPN

Pro Bowl Picks – Overall Verdict

Now that you’ve seen our Pro Bowl picks and predictions, as well as our betting tips, the AFC and NFC roster selections, and the odds and lines, you should be well prepared to place some winning wagers. Keep in mind that this event is so much more different than regular NFL games, so you must know how to bet based on its specifics. There are plenty of opportunities for you to grasp if you approach the game with an analytical mind. Or you can just follow the proven pathway and trust our Pro Bowl betting picks with the hope that we win together as a team.