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Colts Offensive Stars All Set For Today's Pro Bowl Game

Indianapolis Colts wide receiver T.Y. Hilton and tight end Jack Doyle will take the field for the AFC squad in today’s Pro Bowl game, which kicks off from Orlando at 3 p.m. ET.

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ORLANDO, Fla. —It's time for the best of the best to try to earn bragging rights.

The 2018 NFL Pro Bowl kicks off today at 3 p.m. ET from Orlando's Camping World Stadium, where the AFC and NFC squads will try to get the best of each other to earn just a little more trash-talking material heading into the 2018 offseason.

The AFC squad, of course, features two Indianapolis Colts players this year in wide receiver T.Y. Hilton and tight end Jack Doyle.

For Hilton, it's his fourth-straight Pro Bowl appearance, as "The Ghost" has continued to establish himself as one of the best receiving threats in the league. Despite having a brand new quarterback, Jacoby Brissett, learning the offense on the fly throughout the season after his acquisition just before the start of the season, Hilton was still able to catch 57 passes for 966 yards (16.9 yards per reception) and four touchdowns.

Hilton tallied the fourth-best yards-per-reception mark in the league, while his reputation as one of the league's most feared deep threats continued, as well; his 11 receptions of 25 yards or more were tied for the seventh-most in the NFL.

So while Hilton is very familiar with the Pro Bowl process — what to expect at practices, media obligations, community appearances, the game itself — Doyle has been experiencing everything for the very first time this past week.

With the Pittsburgh Steelers' coaching staff leading the AFC team, Doyle said it's been interesting trying to get the watered-down playbook down both offensively and on special teams so that he can execute in today's game.

"It's been fun," Doyle told Colts.com's Caroline Cann. "Just trying to figure out the plays so you don't look dumb in the game is the main key. So yeah, just trying to pick up on things and trying to enjoy it at the same time."

Doyle, who is known league-wide as a dependable target from the tight end position — his 80 receptions in 2017 were the second most among tight ends in the NFL, and were the second most in a single season in franchise history (Dallas Clark had 100 receptions back in 2009) — he will also like be counted on today to play various roles on the AFC's special teams units.

Doyle — who also had a career-best 690 receiving yards and added four touchdown receptions in 2017 — said it's been interesting seeing how another team approaches the various aspects of gameplanning.

"It's just different offense, different things to do, different ideas," he said. "But at the end of the day, it's all the same for the most part — it's just football. So you can kinda see what they're doing there and kinda compare it back to what we did this past year."

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2018 NFL Pro BowlTime/date:3 p.m., today

Location:Camping World Stadium; Orlando, Fla.

TV:ABC/ESPN

Stream:WatchESPN

TV crew:Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Mass Hasselbeck (color)**

AFC RosterOffense (21):**

QUARTERBACKS (3)

TIGHT ENDS (2)

Derek Carr, Oakland

Jack Doyle, Indianapolis

Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh

Delanie Walker, Tennessee

Alex Smith, Kansas City

TACKLES (3)

WIDE RECEIVERS (4)

Taylor Lewan, Tennessee

Keenan Allen, Los Angeles Chargers

Russell Okung, Los Angeles Chargers

Antonio Brown, Pittsburgh

Alejandro Villanueva, Pittsburgh

T.Y. Hilton, Indianapolis

Jarvis Landry, Miami

GUARDS (3)

David DeCastro, Pittsburgh

RUNNING BACKS (3)

Richie Incognito, Buffalo

Le'Veon Bell, Pittsburgh

Kelechi Osemele, Oakland

Kareem Hunt, Kansas City

LeSean McCoy, Buffalo

CENTERS (2)

Rodney Hudson, Oakland

FULLBACK (1)

Maurkice Pouncey, Pittsburgh

Roosevelt Nix, Pittsburgh

Defense (18):

DEFENSIVE ENDS (3)

INSIDE/MIDDLE LINEBACKERS (2)

Cameron Heyward, Pittsburgh

C.J. Mosley, Baltimore

Melvin Ingram, Los Angeles Chargers

Joe Schobert, Cleveland

Yannick Ngakoue, Jacksonville

CORNERBACKS (4)

INTERIOR LINEMEN (3)

A.J. Bouye, Jacksonville

Geno Atkins, Cincinnati

Casey Hayward, Los Angeles Chargers

Jurrell Casey, Tennessee

Jalen Ramsey, Jacksonville

Malik Jackson, Jacksonville

Aqib Talib, Denver

OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS (3)

FREE SAFETY (1)

Von Miller, Denver

Eric Weddle, Baltimore

Telvin Smith, Jacksonville

Terrell Suggs, Baltimore

STRONG SAFETIES (2)

Kevin Byard, Tennessee

Reshad Jones, Miami

Specialists (5):

PUNTER (1)

RETURN SPECIALIST (1)

Brett Kern, Tennessee

Tyreek Hill, Kansas City

PLACEKICKERS (1)

SPECIAL TEAMER (1)

Chris Boswell, Pittsburgh

Brynden Trawick, Tennessee

LONG SNAPPER (1)

Clark Harris, Cincinnati

**NFC Roster

Offense (21):**

QUARTERBACKS (3)

TIGHT ENDS (2)

Drew Brees, New Orleans

Kyle Rudolph, Minnesota

Jared Goff, Los Angeles Rams

Jason Witten, Dallas

Russell Wilson, Seattle

TACKLES (3)

WIDE RECEIVERS (4)

Duane Brown, Seattle

Davante Adams, Green Bay

Joe Staley, San Francisco

Doug Baldwin, Seattle

Andrew Whitworth, Los Angeles Rams

Adam Thielen, Minnesota

Michael Thomas, New Orleans

GUARDS (3)

T.J. Lang, Detroit

RUNNING BACKS (3)

Trai Turner, Carolina

Todd Gurley, Los Angeles Rams

Larry Warford, New Orleans

Mark Ingram, New Orleans

Alvin Kamara, New Orleans

CENTERS (2)

Travis Frederick, Dallas

FULLBACK (1)

Alex Mack, Atlanta

Kyle Juszczyk, San Francisco

Defense (18):

DEFENSIVE ENDS (3)

INSIDE/MIDDLE LINEBACKERS (2)

Michael Bennett, Seattle

Kwon Alexander, Tampa Bay

Cameron Jordan, New Orleans

Deion Jones, Atlanta

Demarcus Lawrence, Dallas

CORNERBACKS (4)

INTERIOR LINEMEN (3)

Marshon Lattimore, New Orleans

Mike Daniels, Green Bay

Patrick Peterson, Arizona

Linval Joseph, Minnesota

Xavier Rhodes, Minnesota

Gerald McCoy, Tampa Bay

Darius Slay, Detroit

OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS (3)

FREE SAFETY (1)

Thomas Davis, Carolina

Earl Thomas, Seattle

Chandler Jones, Arizona

Ryan Kerrigan, Washington

STRONG SAFETIES (2)

Keanu Neal, Atlanta

Harrison Smith, Minnesota

Specialists (5):

PUNTER (1)

RETURN SPECIALIST (1)

Johnny Hekker, Los Angeles Rams

Pharoh Cooper, Los Angeles Rams

PLACEKICKERS (1)

SPECIAL TEAMER (1)

Graham Gano, Carolina

Budda Baker, Arizona

LONG SNAPPER (1)

Jake McQuaide, Los Angeles Rams

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