Cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie got the last laugh, though, as the Giants’ lone representative on the victorious Team Irvin.
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Team Irvin quarterbacks Russell Wilson, Teddy Bridgewater, and Jameis Winston combined for seven touchdown passes on 20/32 passing for 406 yards and only one interception in the blowout win. Wilson competed eight of 12 passes for 164 yards and three touchdowns, and he was selected the game’s offensive MVP.
Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce caught two scoring passes for Team Rice. The players aren’t playing at full speed, and without anything on the line, it’s more of a care-free game.
But Team Irvin put the game away with three straight TDs: a 50-yard catch by Robinson from Bridgewater, a 53-yard reception by Walker from Winston and a 7-yarder by Hopkins, also thrown by Winston.
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Irvin, a Hall of Fame receiver, grabbed Wilson, the Seattle Seahawks’ signal-caller, with the first pick in the Pro Bowl roster draft and then stacked his team with a bevy of elite pass-catchers and young running backs.
It was Manning’s fourth Pro Bowl selection and last under Tom Coughlin, who stepped down as head coach following the 2015 season.
Tyrod Taylor threw 14 passes in a losing effort for Team Rice in the NFL Pro Bowl.
In his two Pro Bowl appearances, the veteran signal caller now has 262 yards and six touchdowns while accumulating a 151.9 passer rating.
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It was a lighthearted, nearly leisurely affair, and even though the Pro Bowl returned to its traditional locale of Hawaii it provided a fitting lead-in to the hoopla of Super Bowl week.
Rice, who was a standout wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders and Seattle Seahawks, is the NFL’s all-time leader in receptions (1,549), receiving yards (22,895) and touchdowns (208 total; 197 receiving, 10 rushing and one return-touchdown).
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Buffalo’s Taylor got into the scoring column with a 31-yard touchdown pass to Miami’s Jarvis Landry.
