GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles both finished with the best records in the AFC and NFC respectively. The Chiefs have the best player in the league. The Eagles have arguably the most complete team.
By all accounts, it should be a competitive game — the kind of Super Bowl you hope to see. The Fox Sports NFL crew must have seen something different because all of them are picking the Eagles.
Ahead of the broadcast of Sunday’s Super Bowl 57 in Arizona, Fox went around its crew of analysts to offer the picks for the game. And all of — literally, every single one — picked against the Chiefs.
The Fox panel goes with a clean sweep picking the Eagles to win the #SuperBowl. pic.twitter.com/x4ttSnqscz
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) February 12, 2023
Now, the pregame crew obviously has no impact on the game. But so many times, we see the clean sweep of picks come back to bite networks. Eagles fans were well aware of that, and they were already crushing Fox for the potential jinx.
This was how Twitter reacted
Whole FOX crew chose the Eagles, so congrats on your Super Bowl win, Kansas City.
— Caroline Darney (@cwdarney) February 12, 2023
Kiss of death. https://t.co/HWdCSFhLRF
— John Daly (@TheDalyPlanet) February 12, 2023
Chiefs by 21? https://t.co/kK7G9OUhtZ
— King of DC Sports (@dcsportsking) February 12, 2023
uh oh lol https://t.co/Z5QXh9GCV1
— Douglas Reyes-Ceron (@dreyesceron) February 12, 2023
— SportsRadar (@SportBusy) February 12, 2023
— Steven Dial (@StevenDialFox4) February 12, 2023
You know what that means https://t.co/S5EVyPlPwv
— The Morning Locke IN (@Locke_Norm) February 12, 2023
Holy Jinx Batman!!! On Fox. #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/3u0kKCm2IB
— Laura (@laurafh16) February 12, 2023
we lost https://t.co/FDL4Y8ZXcV
— Andrew 🐅🏀 (@SixersAndrew) February 12, 2023
If the Eagles lose, they know who to blame.
