The NFL Pro Bowl captains have been introduced … however they are not celebrity athletes like Aaron Rodgers and Patrick Mahomes — it is Pete Davidson and Snoop Dogg!!
TMZ Sports has confirmed … the “Saturday Night Live” alum and rap legend shall be going head-to-head when the festivities go down subsequent month close to Las Vegas … with Pete representing the NFC, and Snoop main the AFC.
It’s unclear what precisely their roles shall be … however we’re assuming they will be working alongside Peyton and Eli Manning, who had been named the coaches for every convention.
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Of course, Eli and Pete (an enormous Giants fan) have constructed a decent friendship lately — they even share a joint Instagram account — so we take it their chemistry will definitely be a plus when the competitors goes down.
As for Snoop, he is all the time had ties to the game … and he even has his personal youth soccer league. On prime of that, he gave a helluva efficiency at Super Bowl LVI final 12 months.
Snoop spoke about his captaincy in a press release to People … saying, “I’m comin’ again to the NFL discipline, however this time, as a substitute of performing, I’m going head-to-head with Pete and competing for the title of The Pro Bowl Games Champion.”
“The competitors goes to go off, however everyone knows that Peyton and our AFC squad are gonna do some massive issues. We’ll find yourself on that podium.”
Davidson stored it brief and candy … including, “I’m doing this to impress my Uncle Mike.”
The recreation will look fully totally different this 12 months … because it’ll be a non-contact flag soccer contest.
