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See how the Browns took part in Day 1 of the fun.
The NFL’s Pro Bowl kicked off on Thursday with Day 1 of the Pro Bowl Skills show. All four of the Cleveland Browns’ Pro Bowlers — Myles Garrett, Jerry Jeudy, Joel Bitonio, and Denzel Ward — took part in at least one challenge. There will be more challenges on Sunday, including the flag football winner. Points are awarded for each contest to either the AFC or NFC, with the combined scores determining which conference emerges victorious.
In this challenge, quarterbacks have 40 seconds to hit stationary or moving targets, accumulating points depending on what they hit. They start off with 40 seconds in the bank, but if an AFC teammate can correctly answer five trivia questions, the quarterback gets an additional 10 seconds for each correct answer.
Russell Wilson was the third AFC quarterback. First off, it’s kind of ridiculous that he earned a Pro Bowl spot, but that’s for another discussion. Myles Garrett was tasked with answering trivia questions, and see how he did below:
Hey, what’s up with working with the Steelers? Garrett was a perfect 5-of-5, giving Wilson an extra 50 seconds of time. Those questions were ridiculously easy, though — even your casual NFL fan should know most or all of those answers. The quarterbacks scored as follows, as you can watch their performances here.
Since Goff had the most points, he earned 3 points for the NFC.
You know the carnival game where you try taking a hammer and slamming it as hard as you can to the ground, to see how big of a power score you can earn? Each conference had a mixture of offensive or defensive linemen competing in “The Big Spike,” which saw them taking a football and spiking it as hard as they can. Each player got two attempts, and whoever ended up with the highest score would earn 3 points for their conference.
Joel Bitonio was one of three players taking part for the AFC. As you can see below, he registered a high score of 901:
DL Quinnen Williams notched a score of 982 to win it for the AFC. DL Dexter Lawrence came oh-so-close for the NFC with a score of 979. You can see the full spike challenge here.
The final contests that the Browns took part in was the relay race. There were three teams of four for the AFC and three teams of four for the NFC. Denzel Ward was on one of the AFC’s relay teams, and Jerry Jeudy was on another one. Three points were up for grabs, but...
