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Best moments from the Pro Bowl Skills Showdown

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You know what's better than the Super Bowl? That's right, the Pro Bowl Skills Showdown!

OK, maybe not ... fine, definitely not.

Still, watching NFL stars participate in an array of contests was pretty entertaining. Here are the highlights from each event from the showdown that ESPN aired on Thursday night:

Best Hands

Russell Wilson and Adam Thielen stole the show in the Best Hands competition. They were the only duo to get through every checkpoint on the first throw.

Precision Passing

Von Miller is a marvelous pass-rusher, but he won't be switching positions to quarterback any time soon.

Wilson - aka "Mr. Unlimited" - dominated the event while posting a high score of 19 points.

40-yard Splash

Skip ahead to the 1:52 mark in the video below and watch the left side of the screen.

Gridiron Gauntlet

Jamal Adams and George Kittle left blood (not really), sweat, and tears (also not really) on the field while leaping over walls and sliding under tables for their respective squads.

Dodgeball

We may never know what Akiem Hicks was thinking here.

Hicks and his NFC teammates earned Pro Bowl Skills Showdown supremacy nonetheless, with Wilson the most valuable Pro Bowler in Orlando on this day.

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