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Super Bowl Media Day isn’t the most serious event and the questions for the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles didn’t buck the trend. From Ninja Turtles to tacos, we have all the highlights from Monday night right here as they happened.
10:46 p.m. ET:
The Eagles have turned to dog masks as inspiration to go with their underdog story and Brandon Graham kept that going Monday.
10:31 p.m. ET:
Watch your back, Tedy Bruschi.
Uh ohhhhh pic.twitter.com/f2zJrp2As0
— SB Nation NFL (@SBNationNFL) January 30, 2018
10:28 p.m. ET:
Julie Ertz, a midfielder for the United States Women’s National Team, is on the scene and took the chance to ask her husband the tough questions. Like what he thinks of her cooking.
You can’t go wrong with tacos.
9:52 p.m. ET:
The birds are here!
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9:24 p.m. ET:
You feel old yet?
Fun fact: @NFoles_9 was 13 when Brady won his first Super Bowl.
— NFL (@NFL) January 30, 2018
And now they're facing off in #SBLII.
: @nflnetwork #SBOpeningNight pic.twitter.com/O5ZAllzfcX
9:06 p.m. ET:
Our own Jessica Smetana has perhaps the most important quote of media day right here.
I GOT JOHN CLAYTON TO YELL MOM IM DONE WITH MY SEGMENT!!! LIFE MADE pic.twitter.com/GiJGeTG6jX
— Jessica Smetana (@jessica_smetana) January 30, 2018
9:00 p.m. ET:
Someone actually made Bill Belichick laugh!
8:55 p.m. ET:
Man in full kit interviews man in dog mask. Obviously #SBOpeningNight pic.twitter.com/4MXsOV4c0w
— David Tossell (@David_Tossell) January 30, 2018
8:43 p.m. ET:
Brandon Cooks’ knowledge of the Ninja Turtles leaves a bit to be desired.
8:37 p.m. ET:
Apparently Brady doesn’t have much time to watch TV. When it came to pop culture questions he didn’t have much of a clue:
8:32 p.m. ET:
Good luck with this one:
NFL Network has a Bill Belichick smile counter. pic.twitter.com/8RJLoF6uCS
— Pats Pulpit (@patspulpit) January 30, 2018
8:30 p.m. ET:
Just a reminder that Super Bowl Media Day is pretty odd:
WE HAVE A SHARK REPORTER AT #SBOpeningNight!! pic.twitter.com/kIkl1qKRiX
— SB Nation (@SBNation) January 30, 2018
8:28 p.m. ET:
Brady had a lengthy chat with his former teammate and current NFL Network personality Willie McGinest:
None other than our own @WillieMcGinest got Tom Brady’s first interview of the night!
— NFL Network (@nflnetwork) January 30, 2018
On facing the Eagles: “There’s no underdogs in the Super Bowl.”
: #SBOpeningNight pic.twitter.com/EkPGPblTlV
8:10 p.m. ET:
The Patriots made their arrival with Tom Brady leading the way. The Patriots quarterback is still keeping his hand hidden and came with a pair of gloves.
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Before Opening Night
The NFL has turned Super Bowl Media Day into a massive primetime TV spectacle, now christened Opening Night. This is the biggest press conference in football, featuring players and coaches from the Super Bowl teams and plenty of wacky outfits. TV viewers can catch the circus starting at 8 p.m. ET on NFL Network and ESPN2 (live stream at FuboTV and WatchESPN).
The New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles will have pretty much all their personnel available to the media, with thousands of reporters flying in from all over the world. Yes, that means some of them will be in silly costumes and doing an obvious gimmick, but occasionally you get an honest moment during these nonstop scrums.
Perhaps the best Media Day moment in recent memory happened in 2014, when Marshawn Lynch (known for skipping press conferences) stayed out of the spotlight. NFL Network’s Deion Sanders eventually caught up with him, and the ensuing interview gave birth to the catchphrase “just ‘bout that action, boss.”
This is the eighth time Bill Belichick and Tom Brady will be at Media Day, so we can probably expect them to be straight-laced as usual (aside from maybe some TB12 questions). The Patriots’ interview session will last from 8:10 to 9:10 p.m. ET, while the Eagles are up from 10 to 11 p.m. ET.
Most of the Eagles players are here for the first time, so they’ll be the go-to target for anything exciting. We can probably expect questions about dog masks, Santa Claus, and greased-up poles over the course of the evening.