Eagle Smith confident of winning Super Bowl rematch
The Kansas City Chiefs may have thwarted the Eagles’ Super Bowl hopes two years ago but Philadelphia receiver DeVonta Smith says he has no problem setting aside his nerves before their rematch.
Eagles fans are still hurting from their 38-35 defeat in Super Bowl 57, where Smith had seven receptions for 100 yards as Philadelphia let a 10-point half-time lead slip away.
While he said he has replayed the game in his mind many times, Smith is keeping his cool ahead of his home Super Bowl at the Superdome in New Orleans, having grown up in the nearby town of Amite City, Louisiana.
“You think about it all the time, especially you know playing them again, playing the same team, you think about it,” Smith told reporters. “It’s the next team trying to stop us from getting to our end goal.”
Smith did not participate in Friday’s practice, with the injury report citing his hamstring, but he assured reporters he would be in good shape for the February 9 championship.
“As long as we go out there, play our game, continuing to play football the way we’ve been playing it, we should come out successful,” said Smith.
Meanwhile, a congressional group will visit New Orleans on Monday to inspect security ahead of the Super Bowl following a New Year’s Day attack in the city that killed 14 people and injured scores more, the congressman leading the delegation said.
The bipartisan group will visit the site of the attack in the city’s popular French Quarter, where an ISIS-inspired US Army veteran rammed a truck into a crowd of revellers in the early hours of January 1.
The lawmakers will then tour Caesars Superdome, the site of the NFL’s championship game, to observe security preparations and joint efforts by all levels of law enforcement to ensure public safety.
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