WR Ja'Marr Chase brought some of his 2024 magic to the most magical place on Earth Sunday, scoring three touchdowns for the AFC Team in the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando. The NFC overcame Chase's herculean efforts to win 76-63.
AFC head coach Peyton Manning joked before kickoff that Bengals QB Joe Burrow would play the entire game, something never seen before in the Pro Bowl.
"It's in Joe we trust, Joe Burrow will be the difference today" Manning told ESPN. "I got him, and I got a guy named Ja'Marr Chase… This is Joe Burrow time."
Burrow didn't play the entire 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games Flag Football Championship game like Manning hoped, subbing out after the first quarter.
The AFC entered Sunday trailing 14-7 after the results of Thursday’s Skills Showdown, meaning Burrow and Chase had their work cut out for them in flag football.
"The wrath of Burrow begins," ESPN analyst Scott Van Pelt said as Burrow took the field for his first possession.
Burrow wasted no time dissecting the seven-man defense, finding Raiders TE Brock Bowers and Texans WR Nico Collins on his first two attempts and easily moving down the 50-yard field. After a scramble eerily similar to his touchdown run against the Giants on Sunday Night Football put the AFC near the goal line, Burrow found Chase for the score.
As Burrow subbed out, Chase continued his strong first half with a deep catch from Steelers QB Russell Wilson. The AFC trailed 39-25 at halftime.
Chase started the second half like he ended the first half, hauling in a pass from a non-Burrow QB. This time, it was Patriots rookie Drake Maye finding Chase.
Later in the quarter, Bengals WR coach and AFC playcaller Troy Walters dialed up another play for his playmaker: Maye hit Chase deep for a 29-yard touchdown, the Triple Crown winner's second score of the day.
DE Trey Hendrickson competed in Tug-of-War between the third and fourth quarters, anchoring an AFC unit of linemen. The NFC added six more points in the Tug-of-War event, trying to put the game out of reach.
Chase wasn't done showing out for the Orlando crowd, though. Midway through the fourth quarter, he caught his third touchdown from his third quarterback of the day, as Wilson fired a full-field pass to Chase for six. Chase hit a backflip in celebration.
Walters dug deep into his bag of tricks as the clock wound down, calling up a double pass play: Wilson tossed it to Chase behind the line-of-scrimmage, who then threw it back to Wilson, who then found former Bengal and current Texan Joe Mixon for the long touchdown.
Despite the loss, the Bengals players enjoyed their week in Orlando. Chase, in his fourth Pro Bowl appearance, said on the ESPN broadcast he loves getting to know players from both conferences he never met before.
"I love Orlando," Chase told ESPN. "I love the Pro Bowl."
Burrow, Chase and Hendrickson will have one more week to remember 2024, as the 2025 NFL Honors take place Thursday, February 6. Burrow is nominated for NFL Most Valuable Player, Offensive Player of the Year and Comeback Player of the Year, Chase is up for OPOY and Hendrickson is a finalist for Defensive Player of the Year.
The trio became the first three players from the same team to lead the league in passing, receiving and sacks in the same season in 2024.
View the best shots of QB Joe Burrow, WR Ja'Marr Chase and DE Trey Hendrickson at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games.
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) scrambles in the pocket during the 2025 Pro Bowl Games Championship on Sunday, February 2, 2025 in Orlando, Florida. (Perry Knotts/NFL)
QB Joe Burrow, WR Ja'Marr Chase and Texans RB Joe Mixon at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, February 2, 2025.
A detail view of the locker of Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) prior to the 2025 Pro Bowl Games Championship on Sunday, February 2, 2025 in Orlando, Florida. (Lauren Leigh Bacho/NFL)
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) is seen arriving prior to the 2025 Pro Bowl Games Championship on Sunday, February 2, 2025 in Orlando, Florida. (Perry Knotts/NFL)
Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Trey Hendrickson (91) poses for a portrait during the Pro Bowl team photoshoot on Friday, January 31, 2025 in Orlando, Florida. (Lauren Leigh Bacho/NFL)
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) warms up prior to the 2025 Pro Bowl Games Championship on Sunday, February 2, 2025 in Orlando, Florida. (Perry Knotts/NFL)
Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Trey Hendrickson (91) poses for a portrait during the Pro Bowl team photoshoot on Friday, January 31, 2025 in Orlando, Florida. (Lauren Leigh Bacho/NFL)
Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Trey Hendrickson (91) is seen prior to the 2025 Pro Bowl Games Championship on Sunday, February 2, 2025 in Orlando, Florida. (Perry Knotts/NFL)
QB Joe Burrow jogs onto the field at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, February 2, 2025.
WR coach Troy Walters walks onto the field at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, February 2, 2025.
NFC head coach Eli Manning, right, talks with AFC wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase (1), of the Cincinnati Bengals, before the flag football event at the NFL Pro Bowl Games on Sunday, February 2, 2025, in Orlando, Fla. (Doug Benc/AP Images for NFL)
WR Ja'Marr Chase walks onto the field at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, February 2, 2025.
DE Trey Hendrickson walks onto the field at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, February 2, 2025.
WR Ja'Marr Chase scores a touchdown at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, February 2, 2025.
QB Joe Burrow looks to pass at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, February 2, 2025.
QB Joe Burrow scrambles at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, February 2, 2025.
QB Joe Burrow looks to throw at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, February 2, 2025.
WR Ja'Marr Chase and teammates celebrate a touchdown at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, February 2, 2025.
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) looks on during the 2025 Pro Bowl Games Championship on Sunday, February 2, 2025 in Orlando, Florida. (Lauren Leigh Bacho/NFL)
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Kyle Van Noy (53), Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) and pit Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle Cameron Heyward (97) are seen on the field prior to the 2025 Pro Bowl Games Championship on Sunday, February 2, 2025 in Orlando, Florida. (Perry Knotts/NFL)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Rachaad White (1) runs onto the field prior to the 2025 Pro Bowl Games Championship on Sunday, February 2, 2025 in Orlando, Florida. (Lauren Leigh Bacho/NFL)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Rachaad White (1) reacts during the 2025 Pro Bowl Games Championship on Sunday, February 2, 2025 in Orlando, Florida. (Lauren Leigh Bacho/NFL)
WR Ja'Marr Chase catches a pass at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, February 2, 2025.
WR Ja'Marr Chase celebrates a play at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, February 2, 2025.
WR Ja'Marr Chase jumps into a foam pit after a play at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, February 2, 2025.
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase (1) attempts a catch during the 2025 Pro Bowl Games Championship on Sunday, February 2, 2025 in Orlando, Florida. (Perry Knotts/NFL)
WR Ja'Marr Chase scores his second touchdown at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, February 2, 2025.
WR Ja'Marr Chase celebrates with Colts RB Jonathan Taylor at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, February 2, 2025.
Bengals WR coach Troy Walters calls a play at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, February 2, 2025.
DE Trey Hendrickson smiles at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, February 2, 2025.
WR Ja'Marr Chase catches a pass at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, February 2, 2025.
WR Ja'Marr Chase celebrates his third touchdown of the game at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, February 2, 2025.
NFC Coach Eli Manning looks on during the 2025 Pro Bowl Games Championship on Sunday, February 2, 2025 in Orlando, Florida. (Lauren Leigh Bacho/NFL)
DE Trey Hendrickson prepares for Tug-of-War at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, February 2, 2025.
WR Ja'Marr Chase with AFC HC Peyton Manning at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, February 2, 2025.
WR Ja'Marr Chase at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, February 2, 2025.
WR Ja'Marr Chase celebrates at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, February 2, 2025.
DE Trey Hendrickson, QB Joe Burrow, WR Ja'Marr Chase and Chargers DE Joey Bosa talk on the bench at the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, February 2, 2025.
