NFL announces Pro Bowl replacement players
Before the Super Bowl takes place Feb. 6, the NFL will hold its annual Pro Bowl Game on Sunday in Hawaii (7 pm ET, FOX).
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A number of replacement players were announced Monday, including Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald, who will replace Green Bay Packers receiver Greg Jennings.
Fitzgerald is making his fifth Pro Bowl appearance
Players from both the Super Bowl-bound teams, the Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers, will be replaced with other top National Football League players because the game will be played a week before the two teams meet in the Super Bowl XLV in Dallas.
As well, two Chicago Bears linebackers pulled out of the Pro Bowl due to injuries suffered in Sunday’s NFC Championship game.
New Orleans Saints safety Roman Harper will replace Green Bay’s Nick Collins, while Washington Redskins linebacker Brian Orakpo, Atlanta Falcons defensive back Brent Grimes and Tampa Bay Buccaneers left tackle Donald Penn will substitute for the Packers’ Clay Matthews, Charles Woodson and Chad Clifton.
Redskins’ linebacker London Fletcher will replace Bears’ LB Brian Urlacher, while Carolina Panthers linebacker Jon Beason will fill in for the Bears’ Lance Briggs.
And a pair of Kansas City Chiefs defenders were added to the Pro Bowl squad in place of Pittsburgh players with safety Eric Berry going instead of Troy Polamalu, while linebacker Tamba Hali takes over for James Harrison.
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