The 2025 Pro Bowl Games will begin Thursday with the player skills competitions. Airing on ESPN and streaming on ESPN+ starting at 7 p.m. ET, the top players in the NFL will compete.
The Arizona Cardinals’ two representatives on the NFC squad are safety Budda Baker and tight end Trey McBride.
Both will be part of the skills competitions.
McBride will compete in the “Satisfying Catches” competition.
One wide receiver, tight end and defensive back from each conference will compete in a challenge obstacle course, including catches from a jugs machine at three different distances, to test every aspect of catching a football. Each teammate will complete the course back-to-back with the lowest combined time winning the challenge. McBride will compete with Vikings receiver Justin Jefferson and Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson for the NFC against the AFC’s trio of Bengals receiver Ja’Marr Chase, Raiders tight end Brock Bowers and Texans cornerback Derek Stingley Jr.
Baker will be part of the relay race, a simultaneous relay-style event where four players from each conference complete a 40-yard dash before handing a football to the next athlete on their team, continuing until the fourth and final leg crosses the finish line. The conferences will compete in three rounds, with the fastest team winning.
Baker will be part of the final round for the NFC with Giants receiver Malike Nabers, Commanders linebacker Bobby Wagner and Rams linebacker Jared Verse, competing against the AFC’s choice of Browns receiver Jerry Jeudy, Ravens linebacker Kyle Van Noy, Broncos linebacker Nik Bonitto and Chargers safety Derwin James.
The full list of skills competition on Thursday in the Pro Bowl games are:
- Passing the Test (quarterback throwing competition)
- Satisfying Catches
- The Big Spike (competition of spiking the football)
- Relay Race
- Helmet Harmony (knowledge of teammates test)
- Dodgeball
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