NFL fans offer a look at both sides of the Super Bowl as kick-off approaches | 24CA News

There are solely two extra sleeps till Super Bowl Sunday, the largest occasion of the 12 months for followers of the National Football League.

The matchup pits the each prime seeds within the NFC and AFC, within the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs.

But how are followers of the 2 groups gearing up for the sport?

Matt Kelm, for example, has been a fan of the Chiefs for 18 years. His love for the crew began in 2005 when he was in Grade 9.

“My buddies used to play Madden 05 on GameCube,” stated Kelm. “There was a speeding assault mode the place you possibly can be a crew, and I actually preferred the Chiefs and for some purpose that simply caught with me and I simply continued to love them all through highschool.

“They had some pretty epic players, Tony Gonzalez and Priest Holmes.”

Dylan Earis, a neighborhood Eagles fan, has Kelm beat by one 12 months by way of their fandom.

“It was 2004. I was in Philly, went to training camp, saw a guy named T.O. catch some passes, and it was intense — there were 3,000 people there,” stated Earis.

“Also Jevon Kearse was in one of the fan tents, and I’ll never forget it. A guy yelled, ‘Welcome to the Eagles Jevon.’ ”

As far as superstitions go relating to watching their groups, each gents have distinctive ones.

“This will really get the ladies banging on my door, but I don’t think this jersey that I’m wearing now, Nick Foles, my personal hero, has been washed this entire year. They haven’t really lost so I have to keep this going, man,” stated Earis.

“Three days before the game, I never shave, that’s one thing. And then another thing is cleaning my house. I always have to clean the day of the game. Before the game I tell my wife Brittany that we have to get cleaning, and it has to be a good cleaning, like two hours of scrubbing,” stated Kelm.

The two followers do have one factor in widespread, although, and that’s who they consider will win the sport.

Earis is anxious in regards to the slipperiness of Chiefs MVP quarterback, Patrick Mahomes.

“It’s Mahomes man, he just does Houdini things. I always say he puts Crisco on himself when he sits there and plays quarterback, because you’ll see sometimes he’ll be sacked and then he’ll just slip out and run around and then chuck a 50-yard bomb to some no name receiver. So it’s going to end up 31 to 27 for the Chiefs,” stated Earis.

“I’ll say 27 to 24 for the Chiefs. Kansas City will hit a field goal in the final few minutes, then Philly will have a chance and the Chiefs defence gets a stop, said Kelm.”

Only time will inform, when the massive recreation kicks off at 5:30 this Sunday night time from State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.

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