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Entire AFC team leaves sideline to stop Jahmyr Gibbs pick-6 in 2025 Pro Bowl

Wade-Peeryby:Wade Peery•about 13 hours
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The Pro Bowl is always a time for players across the NFL to have some fun at the end of the year. And we got a taste of that in Sunday’s version, when Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs intercepted a pass late in the flag football game. He looked like he was probably going to house a pick six late in the fourth quarter. But the AFC team had other plans, with all of their players leaving their sideline to make sure Gibbs didn’t score.

The NFC won the game, 76-63. Jared Goff won Offensive MVP honors.

More on Jahmyr Gibbs and his dynamic 2024 campaign

Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs was named NFL Offensive Player of the Month for December and January. He earned the honor for the NFC.

Gibbs is a big reason the Lions finished the 2024 regular season with a 15-2 record and the top seed in the conference. In the final six games, Gibbs recorded 439 rushing yards, 235 receiving yards, six rushing touchdowns and three receiving touchdowns. He finished the season with a league-leading 16 rushing TDs.

The Lions had a pretty special season, but were dealt a heartbreaking loss to the Washington Commanders, 45-31, in the NFC Divisional Round.

This was the first time in his career that Gibbs has won the Player of the Month award. He became the second Lions running back to earn the honor, with the first being Barry Sanders, who was named Player of the Month six times. Gibbs is the third former Alabama Crimson Tide running back to earn Offensive Player of the Month honors, joining Derrick Henry (three-time winner) and Shaun Alexander (November 2005).

Gibbs has wasted little time in proving that he’s one of the most dynamic tailbacks in the National Football League. He enjoyed a spectacular 2024-2025 campaign, rushing for 1,412 yards and 16 touchdowns. As a receiver, he finished with 517 receiving yards and four touchdowns. That gave him over 1,900 all-purpose yards on the season.

But he and the rest of the Lions players will have to adjust to a new offensive coordinator this offseason, as Ben Johnson departed to become the head coach of the Chicago Bears.

On3’s Brian Jones also contributed to this article.