The 2014 Pro Bowl was the National Football League's all-star game for the 2013 season. It took place at 2:30 pm local time on January 26 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The game was televised nationally by NBC and was the final Pro Bowl on network television before exclusive rights moved to ESPN.

Significant changes to the Pro Bowl format were adopted in an attempt to make the game more "fan-friendly". These changes were proposed by National Football League Players Association president Dominique Foxworth and developed in partnership between the league and the player's union.

The most significant change is that the game no longer pits the AFC against the NFC; instead the teams are now selected by captains in a fantasy draft. This is similar to how the National Hockey League All-Star Game had operated from 2011 to 2015. Pro Bowl players are selected on the basis of fan, player and coach voting without regard for conference. The Pro Bowl Draft was held on January 21–22. The teams were called Team Rice and Team Sanders, after Pro Football Hall of Famers Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders who have been selected as alumni team captains and who assist in the draft.

The captains for the Pro Bowl had Drew Brees and Robert Quinn paired together while Jamaal Charles and J.J. Watt were the other pairing. These four captains, who were the top two voted players on offense and defense from the teams that did not advance to the conference championship round, were teamed with Rice and Sanders to determine the rosters for the game.

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