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Chris Jastrzembski

By Chris Jastrzembski

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In news that shouldn’t surprise anybody, it appears Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski will play in the Super Bowl. He suffered a concussion in the AFC Championship game against the Jaguars a week and a half ago, and it looked like if the Super Bowl happened this past Sunday, he wouldn’t have played.

He might practice with the Patriots later today. I would expect him to be 100% by game time on Sunday. Tom Brady will rely on him heavily against the Eagles’ defense.

But the Patriots did take their first “L” of Super Bowl week. Gronkowski lost to LeGarrette Blount 33-13 in Madden.

Gronk is playing video games, so he should be fine later today.

Four more days.

The Roundup:

Win a gift card to the Crossing Broad store by playing DraftKings this Sunday!

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Our Super Bowl scouting report continues with the Patriots offense.

One reason for the team (and Howie Roseman’s) success: Going for older players instead of younger guys:

“I think that sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of its part,” philosophical Howie said. “You’re going to have a bunch of injuries over the course of the year, and obviously it’s the ‘who’ of who is going to get hurt, but to me to be in a position where one injury derails your ability to compete, we didn’t want that to happen, so we wanted to make sure we built up as much depth as possible.

“I think you’ve seen that maybe in the past, we would go for younger players. But here we brought in some veteran guys to fill those roles because we felt like we had a good football team, and we wanted to be able to have this ‘next man up’ mentality where guys can come in and play at a high level, whereas taking it on the chin wasn’t as much as we had done in the past.”

Nick Foles loves his daughter.

A possible parade date is in place. Although Mayor Kenney won’t publicly announce a possible date:

But the street poles won’t be greased.

Doug Pederson, who turns 50 today, will have former teammate Brett Favre speak to the team the night before the Super Bowl.

An Uber driver recorded a ton of drunk conversations with Eagle fans.

If Jerome Brown was still alive, he’d be 52 years old. He would turn 53 on February 4, Super Bowl Sunday.

Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey took a shot (maybe a playful one) at Eagles fans in his Super Bowl welcome video:

There’s plenty of stories about great Eagles fans you should get to know.

Check out one fan’s Super Bowl song.

Speaking of songs:

The Foles “Skol” chant is a perfect way to cap off a great rendition of “Fly Eagles Fly.”

And John Cena, Massachusetts native, sung “Fly Eagles Fly.” Was it bad, yes, but we appreciate the effort.

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The Sixers will show off their Brotherly Love to the Eagles on Friday night.

Three observations from the team’s loss in Milwaukee on Monday night.

Sixers take on Nik Stauskas, Jahlil Okafor (probably won’t play because it’s Jah), and the Brooklyn Nets in New York at 7:30 PM.

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Brian Elliott has been placed on injured reserve, and the team recalled Alex Lyon from Lehigh Valley.

Flyers return to action tonight against the Washington Capitals in D.C. at 8 PM on NBCSN.

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Odubel Herrera bleached his beard. Why, I don’t know. Bad look.

https://twitter.com/CFJastrzembski/status/958691022153895936

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In college hoops, La Salle visits Davidson, and St. Joe’s hosts Saint Louis in A10 play. Both games tip-off at 7 PM.

One former La Salle College High School hockey player will represent Team USA in the Olympics.

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In other sports news, the Redskins traded for Alex Smith. Kirk Cousins will be a free agent. Although the trade can’t be official until the new league year begins on March 14, the Redskins are giving up a third-round pick and slot cornerback Kendall Fuller to the Chiefs. The team will also sign Smith to a four-year extension that averages $23.5 million per year and with $71 million in guaranteed money.

Fuller didn’t believe he got traded.

But then he realized somehow that he would be off to KC:

James Harden dropped 60 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists for the first 60-point triple-double in NBA history.

Pistons center Andre Drummond will replace Wizards guard John Wall in the NBA All-Star game, not Ben Simmons. He wasn’t happy.

https://twitter.com/BenSimmons25/status/958492886567448576

Cavaliers forward Kevin Love will miss six to eight weeks with a fracture in his left hand. So Ben Simmons could still get in the All-Star game.

It looks like Fox will carry next year’s Thursday Night Football package.

The Tampa Bay Rays fired one of their team doctors after accusations of sexual abuse against him came out.

Former Padres and Diamondbacks GM Kevin Towers lost his battle to thyroid cancer at the age of 56.

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In the news, President Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union address.

Jayson Werth was there for some reason:

Four tons of oranges were found in a car in Spain. Four tons.

Chris Jastrzembski
Chris Jastrzembski

Chris is the Morning Roundup writer on Crossing Broad. He recently graduated from Syracuse University and was the video coordinator for the men's lacrosse team. He's previously covered the Philadelphia Eagles for Philadelphia Magazine’s Birds 24/7 and KYW Newsradio 1060. Chris is also a Production Assistant at ESPN and the Managing Editor for the college lacrosse website College Crosse.

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