The Baltimore Ravens initially had Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry opt out of the 2025 Pro Bowl games before the NFL released a final participation list. That list was amended again after Roquan Smith and Nnamdi Madubuike opted out before Thursday’s start date. Linebacker Patrick Queen, who replaced Baltimore Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith, was named to the Pro Bowl Games.
Queen, who signed with the Steelers as an unrestricted free agent during the 2024 offseason, started all 17 games and the Wild Card game at inside linebacker.
Queen, who was selected to the Pro Bowl Games in 2023 while with the Baltimore Ravens, finished the 2024 season with a team-high 129 tackles, the fifth-most n by a Steelers defender since 1994. He added seven passes defenses, defended seven passes, had two forced fumbles, one forced two fumbles, sacked one, and recovered. He was the first in the NFL in 2024 to record 125 or more tackles, six or more tackles for loss, and seven or more passes in defense.
Titans defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons is headed back to the Pro Bowl.
On Wednesday, Simmons was named a replacement for Madubuike at the Pro Bowl Games. Madubuike cannot participate due to an injury.
It will be Simmons’s third Pro Bowl appearance, also named a Pro Bowler in 2021 and 2022.
Simmons finished second on the team with 76 tackles in 2024 and led the team with 42 quarterback pressures. Simmons also tallied five sacks, 11 tackles for a loss, four passes defended, two forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries.
The Pro Bowl Games will be held Thursday through Sunday in Orlando, Florida. They will include skills competitions and a flag football game.
Marlon Humphrey, Kyle Hamilton, Tyler Linderbaum, Patrick Ricard, Ronnie Stanley, and Kyle Van Noy are all slated to participate.
