C.J. Stroud came up just short of winning the Precision Passing contest at the Pro Bowl Skills Showdown on Thursday night.
The former Ohio State quarterback had the best first-round score among all six participating quarterbacks, scoring 26 points. Points were tabulated by hitting a variety of passing targets with point values that ranged from one to 10 points.
26 points from C.J. Stroud in Precision Passing
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Stroud lost 9-8 to Baker Mayfield in the head-to-head final, which consisted of each quarterback making six throws to the same targets on an alternating basis.
Baker Mayfield and the NFC win the Precision Passing final!
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Stroud beat out Tua Tagovailoa and Gardner Minshew to make the final among AFC quarterbacks while Mayfield beat out Jalen Hurts and Geno Smith on the NFC side.
Coming off of one the best seasons ever for an NFL rookie quarterback, Stroud was selected to participate in the Pro Bowl Games as an alternate, taking the place of Patrick Mahomes after the Kansas City Chiefs made the Super Bowl.
The Pro Bowl Games will continue at 3 p.m. Sunday at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, where Stroud and the rest of the participating players will compete in 7-on-7 flag football and several other competitions. The competition will be televised on ESPN, ABC and Disney XD and streamed on ESPN+.
