AFC Wins Pro Bowl While Brandon Marshall Sets Touchdown Record

The NFL Pro Bowl is often played with youthful abandon by players lucky enough to be chosen for the trip to Hawaii, however one player didn’t get that memo this year. Brandon Marshall appeared to be playing at double speed compared to his fellow NFL all-stars on Sunday when he caught four touchdowns, a new Pro Bowl Record.

All together the Miami Dolphins wide receiver caught six passes for 176 years as his AFC teammates used the second-half to pull ahead of the NFC for a 59-41 win on Sunday.

After the game Marshall said:

“You never know when you’re going to be back and I wanted to go all out today because it could be my last Pro Bowl.”

Adding to his impressive full game span Marshall managed one touch per quarter, enough to get him selected as the Pro Bowl MVP.

After the game Brandon Marshall made it clear that he had a mission:

“You know what? I wanted it,” he said. “It’s a Pro Bowl. Some guys are playing 100 (percent), some guys are playing 90, some guys aren’t playing at all, but it means a lot to be up in the rafters with some of these guys.”

Marshall’s four TD’s wasn’t the only broken Pro Bowl record, the AFC set a new mark with 59 points.

It was Marshall’s third Pro Bowl appearance and the Hawaii weather and Aloha Stadium has always been a favorite of Marshalls, it was at the same stadium in 2005 where he earned MVP honors in his final game for Central Florida, the 2005 Hawaii Bowl. During that game he caught 11 passes for 210 yards including three touchdowns.

Joking about his season Marshall pointed out that he had just six TDs this past season but four in the Pro Bowl.

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