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The annual Pro Bowl will take place Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013 from Honolulu. Two Steelers players qualified for the league's All-Star game, center Maurkice Pouncey and tight end Heath Miller. Due to a knee injury, Miller will not play. He was replaced by Houston's Owen Daniels.
The 2013 Pro Bowl will kick off at 7 p.m. ET Sunday, Jan. 27 from Honolulu. While only two Steelers players earned invitations, center Maurkice Pouncey and tight end Heath Miller (who will not play due to a knee injury suffered in Week 17), some of the best in the league will participate in what's typically a light-hearted affair.
Some may remember last season when Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown, who was named to the AFC roster as a kick returner, decided to try his hand on defense, covering Arizona's Larry Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald proceeded to break wide open on Brown, and score a deep touchdown for the NFC team.
Those kinds of moments are what the Pro Bowl is about, and while some people prefer the game to be played seriously, or not played at all, with a roster strung together and only a week of prep time, it's next to impossible to field anything resembling a team anyway.
NBC will have all the Pro Bowl action starting at 7 p.m. Sunday.
2013 NFL Pro Bowl rosters
| AFC | NFC | |||
| Quarterback | ||||
| *Peyton Manning | Denver | Drew Brees | New Orleans | |
| Matt Schaub | Houston | Eli Manning | New York Giants | |
| Andrew Luck | Indianapolis | Russell Wilson | Seattle | |
| Running Back | ||||
| *Arian Foster | Houston | *Adrian Peterson | Minnesota | |
| Jamaal Charles | Kansas City | Marshawn Lynch | Seattle | |
| C.J. Spiller | Buffalo | Doug Martin | Tampa Bay | |
| Fullback | ||||
| *Marcel Reece | Oakland | Jerome Felton | Minnesota | |
| Wide receiver | ||||
| *Andre Johnson | Houston | Julio Jones | Atlanta | |
| *A.J. Green | Cincinnati | Victor Cruz | New York Giants | |
| Reggie Wayne | Indianapolis | Larry Fitzgerald | Arizona | |
| DeMaryius Thomas | Denver | Vincent Jackson | Tampa Bay | |
| Tight end | ||||
| Jermaine Gresham | Cincinnati | Jason Witten | Dallas | |
| Owen Daniels | Houston | Kyle Rudolph | Minnesota | |
| Tackle | ||||
| *Duane Brown | Houston | Russell Okung | Seattle | |
| *Joe Thomas | Cleveland | Jermon Bushrod | New Orleans | |
| Andrew Whitworth | Cincinnati | Matt Kalil | Minnesota | |
| Guard | ||||
| Wade Smith | Houston | Jahri Evans | New Orleans | |
| Richie Incognito | Miami | Chris Snee | New York Giants | |
| Zane Beadles | Denver | Josh Sitton | Green Bay | |
| Center | ||||
| *Maurkice Pouncey | Steelers | Max Unger | Seattle | |
| Chris Meyers | Houston | Jeff Saturday | Green Bay | |
| Defense | ||||
| Defensive end | ||||
| J.J. Watt | Houston | Jason Pierre-Paul | New York Giants | |
| Cameron Wake | Miami | Julius Peppers | Chicago | |
| Elvis Dumervill | Denver | Jared Allen | Minnesota | |
| Interior linemen | ||||
| Geno Atkins | Cincinnati | Henry Melton | Chicago | |
| Randy Starks | Miami | Gerald McCoy | Tampa Bay | |
| Kyle Williams | Buffalo | Ndamukong Suh | Detroit | |
| Outside linebacker | ||||
| Tamba Hali | Kansas City | Chad Greenway | Minnesota | |
| Robert Mathis | Indianapolis | Ryan Kerrigan | Washington | |
| Justin Houston | Kansas City | Anthony Spencer | Dallas | |
| Inside/middle linebacker | ||||
| Jerod Mayo | New England | London Fletcher | Washington | |
| Derrick Johnson | Kansas City | Daryl Washington | Atlanta | |
| Cornerback | ||||
| Champ Bailey | Denver | Charles Tillman | Chicago | |
| Johnathan Joseph | Houston | Tim Jennings | Chicago | |
| Antonio Cromartie | New York Jets | Patrick Peterson | Arizona | |
| Free safety | ||||
| Jairus Byrd | Buffalo | Earl Thomas | Seattle | |
| Strong Safety | Thomas DeCoud | Atlanta | ||
| Eric Berry | Kansas City | |||
| LaRon Landry | New York Jets | William Moore | Atlanta | |
| Punter | ||||
| Dustin Colquitt | Kansas City | Thomas Morestead | New Orleans | |
| Kicker | ||||
| Phil Dawson | Cleveland | Blair Walsh | Minnesota | |
| Kick returner | ||||
| Josh Cribbs | Cleveland | Leon Washington | Seattle | |
| Special teams player | ||||
| Matt Slater | New England | Lorenzo Alexander | Washington | |
| Long snapper | ||||
| John Denney | Miami | Don Muhlbach | Detroit |
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