NFL Pro Bowl Betting Odds & Lines - Bet on 2025 American Football Online
As the curtain closes on another year of football, the 2024-25 NFL season is gearing up for its biggest few months. With the playoffs and February’s Super Bowl on the horizon, it shouldn’t be overlooked that there’s also the NFL Pro Bowl to come.
Here at Stake Sportsbook, NFL betting is our bread and butter, so what exactly is the NFL Pro Bowl and how can you bet on it?
What is the NFL Pro Bowl?
The NFL Pro Bowl is a fixture on the American football calendar that celebrates some of the finest of the current crop of players in the game. Much like in other major North American sports and their leagues, including the NBA, MLB, NHL, and MLS, the NFL hosts an All-Star game to give fans a chance to see the best of the best duke it out on the field. It pits the top talents from the AFC against the NFC to crown the best conference.
While many of the biggest names in the sport, such as the youngest ever Pro Bowler - the name given to those selected - to start a game at quarterback in the 2020 edition, Lamar Jackson, will feature, the importance of the Super Bowl means that anyone competing in the championship game will often not play in the Pro Bowl. However, the 2024 games did see Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs take his place at tight end, proving that there’s room for serious star power.
Any newcomers to the NFL need to know that the current format of the games is very different to what they might expect from an All-Star fixture. Despite being a celebration of the best players from the regular season, to minimise injuries to players, the football part of the day is a non-contact game. On top of that, there are several different events held to determine if the AFC Championship is king or if the NFC can dominate.
History of the NFL Pro Bowl
The US has a long and storied history of All-Star games in its major leagues. The Pro Bowl has its own particularly winding history, too. The very first NFL exhibition match was hosted all the way back in 1939 at Wrigley Field, a venue synonymous with baseball and not American football. Subsequently, it was played annually until World War II saw it put on hold in 1943.
It took until 1950 for something to take its place. This was when the Pro Bowl moniker was born and saw representative sides for the two conferences taking to the field. Prior to this, it had been the championship team against an All-Star roster. Since then, it has become something of a staple of the American football calendar.
Now, more than 70 years on from its rebirth, the Pro Bowl sits as the curtain raiser on the biggest couple of weeks in the football season and has been held at venues like Caesars Superdome and Sun Life Stadium. It is now competed across the first weekend of February, acting as the opening act for Super Bowl weekend. Since 2023, it has introduced other feats of endurance and even eSports competitions alongside its flag football showpiece.
Who is Competing in the NFL Pro Bowl 2025?
The Pro Bowl 2025 will see another AFC versus NFC contest but all eyes will be on who will take to the field for either conference. In terms of who you can expect to see taking to the field and pitting themselves against each other in a number of skills games, the Detroit Lions is the team with the players receiving the most public votes.
In 2023, 9 players from the San Francisco 49ers were picked and we’ll likely see some more San Fran representation again this year. Kansas City’s Andy Reid will be expecting to see his star man Lamar Jackson make an appearance after raking in the public vote, too.
We could also see a debut for Green Bay Packers man Jordan Love after improving on an already impressive 2023 season. However, multi-Pro Bowl appearance maker Kirk Cousins looks set to miss out after a disappointing end to the regular season.
NFL Pro Bowl 2025 Schedule
The NFL Pro Bowl will be kicking off February football for 2025, interestingly, in January. The first events will begin on the final Thursday of January before the main event touches down on the following Sunday, the first Sunday of February.
December 23: Public voting is closed
January 30: First events - Thursday Skills Showdown
February 2: Pro Bowl flag football game
How to Bet on NFL & Types of American Football Bets
The NFL is probably the United States’ biggest sports betting draw. Whether that’s Super Bowl weekend or Thanksgiving football, US sports fans flock to the football betting markets. At Stake, we offer all the top markets on the sport and all the different bet types you might want to place. These include the standard outright bets, as well as the parlays and player props.
If you’re looking for something a little more specific and bet on the points in the game, you can play Overs/Unders, team points totals, handicaps, and winning margins. All this, coupled with the futures markets where you can bet on things like who will come through the playoffs and make it to the showpiece Superbowl, means that the action is all covered at Stake Sportsbook.
Live Stream NFL Pro Bowl & Live Betting Options
Stake.com is not just the home of American football betting, it’s the home of American football - period. At your stake account, if you select the Live tab in the sportsbook, you can choose from a list of fixtures that are currently live. If the game is being broadcast at Stake, a video screen will be present and you can sit back and watch the action unfold.
If you’re watching the game play out and seeing that there’s some value to be found, you can also place a live bet mid-game. Because the game is in-play, though, make sure to know the difference between pre-match and live betting and how that can affect the odds.
NFL Pro Bowl Betting Odds and Payouts
At Stake, we’re committed to standing out from other online sportsbooks and betting sites in offering all the best markets with competitive odds. All of the markets available on the NFL Pro Bowl and even other sports like soccer, rugby, basketball, and baseball, are available in the odds type of your choosing - that is American, decimal, or fractional. So whether you’re looking for futures odds in the decimal format or in-play proposition bets in fractional, you can find it here with advice on how to read these odds.
NFL Betting Tips, Predictions & Strategies
If you’re betting on the NFL at Stake, while there is no way to guarantee a win, there are tips and strategies that you can use to give yourself a better experience.
Know the game: Make sure you know the rules of your chosen game. If you’re a fair-weather football fan, you might expect a tough-tackling Pro Bowl game, only to find that it's a non-contact game. You might have to rethink your predictions then!
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