Changing the game: The NFL turns its annual Pro Bowl into multiple events in Las Vegas

Las Vegas Raiders edge rusher Maxx Crosby learned about the rugged physicality and macho mentality often needed for success at the highest levels of football from an early age growing up in Texas.“Once you hit the second grade, you were allowed to start playing football, so you either played tackle or you played flag,” Crosby explained late this season. “If you played flag, we looked at you sideways. If you played tackle, you were about that action.”