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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

Today is Tuesday. It is February 7th. Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning in the news this morning. The circus atmosphere that kicks off.

The NFL's biggest week returned to Monday for the first time since 2020,

and the word being used to describe Super Bowl opening night is energetic.

The COVID-19 pandemic forced teams to meet the media on video conferences the past two years.

Siriani and the Eagles took the stage first at Footprint Center, home of the Phoenix Suns.

Fly Eagles Fly Chance greeted

players and coaches before they spent an hour answering wide-ranging questions from more than

2,000 media members. Red-clad Chiefs fans took over the arena when Kansas City came out, turning

it into an indoor version of Arrowhead Stadium. It was a new experience for many of the

Eagles, many Eagles who have had seven holdovers from the team that beat the, beat New England

in the Super Bowl five years ago. Patrick Mahones and the Chiefs are here for the third time in four

years. So they've already got a taste of the media extravaganza in Miami in 2020.

Kind of look like a professional wrestling event. It was crazy, right? Yeah. We learned that Siriani loves the Rocky movies and identifies with Sylvester Stallone's fictional movie character who is part of Philadelphia's fabric. I love you. As much as the cheese steak. And Maris, do we have that clip from last night. We have a clip? Yeah. All right, here we go. I feel like I live and coach in the greatest sports town in America. It means so much to everybody there. That's what you want, right? When you're a little kid playing in a peewee football game, you're like, where is everybody? I want them to see us. I want them to see everything that we have to offer them, right? That's what you want. You know, you want your fans to love it. You want your fans to be there. You want them to be wearing green on Friday. You want them to be wearing green on Saturday. You want them to be throwing snowballs at Santa Claus. You want that because that's what we want. We want to be able to put our, you know, our talents on display. And we're able to get in the greatest sports town in America. I was able to go to a couple of Phillies games. I didn't get to go to the World Series, but a couple playoff games. And I just love the fact that my kids are growing up in such a great sports

town where football means so much because football means so much to me. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hertz,

an AP NFL MVP finalist, drew the largest crowd in the early portion. Reporters staked out a spot

about an hour before the event started. The first question came from Hall of Fame wide receiver,

Michael Irvin, an NFL network analyst. I feel like it's not a time to reflect

Hurt said about his journey to start him. We came here to finish the job. Chiefs coach Andy

Reid got numerous questions about his time in Philadelphia and food. The cheeseburger

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