Eagles news: Birds open as Super Bowl favorites against Chiefs; Jalen Hurts and his cigar go viral; how to buy tickets
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Philadelphia Inquirer 59 mins ago Rob Tornoe, Jeff McLane, Josh Tolentino, EJ Smith, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Jalen Hurts and his cigar go viral
// Timestamp 01/30/23 7:30am
Jalen Hurts, pairing a lavender jacket with lavender pants, sat alone Sunday night at his locker in the corner of the Eagles locker room and puffed a cigar. His work — a year after his season ended with criticism and uncertainty — was finished. The Eagles are NFC champions. And Hurts had the smoke to prove it.
He had arrived in Philadelphia as a curiosity, a backup quarterback selected in the second round who was first used as a gadget player. He even said after Sunday’s 31-7 win over the 49ers that “they probably didn’t even want to draft me here.”
Less than three years later, he’s the fourth player to quarterback the Eagles to the Super Bowl. He completed 15 of his 25 passes, rushed for a game-sealing score in the final minute of the third quarter, and did not record a turnover.
Eagles’ Jalen Hurts went from unwanted to NFC champion. He has the cigar to prove it.
— Matt Breen
Eagles open up as Super Bowl favorites
// Timestamp 01/30/23 7:10am
The Super Bowl is set: the Philadelphia Eagles will play the Kansas City Chiefs in Arizona in two weekends. It’s the NFC’s top seed against the AFC’s top seed.
Oddsmakers are expecting the game to be tight.
The Chiefs opened as a 1.5-point favorite (and the total started at 50). But money must have poured in on the Eagles, who moved quickly to a 2-point favorite before going back down to -1.5.
Meanwhile, over at BetMGM, the Eagles were all the way up to 2.5-point favorites.
At Caesars Sportsbook, the game opened as a pick and moved quickly to Eagles -2.
In the first hour or so of the market being open, 24 bets of $10,000 or more had come in, according to a Caesars Sportsbook staffer. Of those 24 big bets, 21 were on the Eagles.
Eagles slight Super Bowl favorites over Chiefs after betting markets open
— Jeff Neiburg, The Action Network
Photos: Eagles fans storm Philly streets after Birds’ win
// Timestamp 01/30/23 7:05am
Celebrations erupt as the Eagles head for the Super Bowl
How to buy Super Bowl tickets
// Timestamp 01/30/23 7:00am
Now that the Eagles have defeated the San Francisco 49ers to earn a face-off against the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl, the first thing on the mind of many Birds fans is: How do I purchase Super Bowl tickets?
The short answer is it’s not going to be easy, or cheap.
The face value of tickets for the Super Bowl LVII on Feb. 12 is about $1,000 for the nosebleed section. But other than a few lucky season ticket holders, most fans will pay thousands of dollars more for a seat at the NFL’s biggest game.
In 2018, the Eagles held a lottery for season ticket holders, allowing a select few to have a chance to purchase seats at face value. Not all teams offer Super Bowl seats to season ticket holders, and it’s unclear if the Eagles will do something similar this season. The team hasn’t released any ticket information.
The NFL distributes 35% of the available Super Bowl tickets to the NFC and AFC champions, with each team getting 17.5%. But many of those tickets go to players, coaches, sponsors, and members of the team’s staff.
The Eagles and On Location are selling tickets and hospitality packages for Eagles fans starting around $5,000 per person, but that doesn’t include airfare or hotel accommodations. It does include an official Super Bowl LVII ticket and pregame hospitality, including an open bar and “elevated” tailgate fare.
Super Bowl tickets: How Eagles and Chiefs fans can buy them
— Rob Tornoe
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